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Transcript from the State Department and USAID’s briefing on the President’s FY13 budget request.
Please note that Secretary Clinton will speak at 10:45 am tomorrow at a USAID Town Hall addressing the agency’s reform agenda and accomplishments in innovation. Additional details are available in USAID’s press release. Briefing on the 2013 State Department and USAID Budget Special Briefing Thomas Nides Deputy Secretary for Management and Resources Rajiv Shah USAID Administrator Washington,... [Read more]
Global Washington’s K-20 Education Summit, November 18th
by Anna von Essen What is global education? And how do we make sure that all students in the State of Washington (K-20) receive a truly global education that prepares them to succeed in a globally connected, dependent world? These are just a few of the critical questions that 150 attendees began to answer at Global Washington’s Global K-20 Education Summit on Friday November 18th, 2011. The Global... [Read more]
Third Global Washington Happy Hour event: an intimate and thoughtful conversation with KJ Zunigha, Special Projects Coordinator, Corporate Services at PATH.
Global Washington organized its third Global Happy Hour on October 13th. A group of Young professionals got together to talk about global health issues and career opportunities within the global development sector. Our guest speaker KJ Zunigha, Special Projects Coordinator, Corporate Services at PATH, gave insightful advice and led a thoughtful discussion. Here are the top 10 tips that KJ discussed... [Read more]
Is the hub of global development innovation the “other” Washington?
Excerpt from a blog by Leela Stake of APCO Worldwide about Global Action Day and the Global Washington Conference “Next week, I’ll head up to the Microsoft* campus in Redmond, Wash., to moderate a panel at Global Washington’s third annual conference. It’s a great model of statewide collaboration in the development community, and I thought you might want to know more about it. During the... [Read more]
11.1.11 – Global Action Day
The “99 percent” protesters occupying Wall Street, Seattle, and other U.S. cities have been in the news recently, protesting against the “one percent” of the wealthiest in the country. However, there is another “one percent” that perhaps should be in the news and on the minds of Americans. That is the one percent of the U.S. Budget that supports foreign aid. Most Americans think that... [Read more]
A Bright Future for Business Education in Rwanda
The Sun is rising at Kigali’s School of Finance and Banking By Dr. James Hembree Sunrise at Mburabuturo Hill, home of Kigali, Rwanda’s School of Finance and Banking, is a splendid sight. Perhaps that is why the day starts so early here. It is early September and I am at SFB as a Fulbright Specialist from Seattle University working on a six week consulting project in resource development. The... [Read more]
Take Action to Advocate for the International Affairs Budget
Tell Senator Murray now: Protect the International Affairs Budget! As co-chair of Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction (aka the “Supercommittee”) Washington Senator Patty Murray is in a powerful position to influence the recommendations the committee makes, by November 23, 2011, for at least $1.5 trillion in additional deficit reduction steps. Sign onto a letter to her to advocate for the... [Read more]
Protecting Endangered Languages
Endangered languages don’t attract nearly as much attention as endangered animals or plants. In fact, they get almost no media attention at all. Should they? On Tuesday evening, September 27th, Global Washington and Microsoft (more specifically Microsoft’s Local Language Program) hosted a special screening of the documentary “The Linguists,” at MOHAI, followed by a talk with one of the... [Read more]
Global Washington’s Global Social – Bringing Some Attention Back to Latin America
Signs of a successful gathering? Tasty food, chilled drinks, compelling conversations, and people still talking way past closing. Global Washington’s Global Social on Wednesday evening scores high marks on all four, as more than 40 members and guests came to mingle, listen and connect. Four panelists shared their observations and concerns about development work in Latin America. While each... [Read more]
Global Washington convenes Disaster Relief organizations to share experiences with supermodel Petra Nemcova
Supermodel Petra Nemcova’s surviving the 2004 tsunami while in Phuket, Thailand, led her to establishing the Happy Hearts Fund, a charitable organization to address what she called “the hopelessness in the eyes of children” that she saw when she returned to Thailand after the tsunami. She wanted to close the “gap” that exists after first responders leave a disaster site and before full-scale... [Read more]
Member Guest Blog: Web-based Education Tool Aims to Mainstream Land Rights into International Development Thinking
By Anna Knox and Peter Veit Regardless of what matters to you – access to education, universal food security, strengthening women’s rights, or a healthier environment – land rights plays a key role in achieving these goals. When people have secure access to land, it can lead to: Economic development through increased agricultural productivity, Improved childhood nutrition, Increased school attendance... [Read more]
Interested in helping to shape recommendations for the future of global education in our state? Help us by hosting or joining a conversation!
The Global Education Initiative is moving quickly to gear up towards the Summit on Global Education on November 18, 2011. Thanks to our dedicated coordinating committee and task force members who conducted interviews with experts in the field, the first round of information gathering has been well underway. From the interview feedback, we have a great start on recommendations and inputs on improving... [Read more]
