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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? [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. [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. [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. [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. [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. [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 linguists in the film and visiting specialist at Microsoft, Dr. [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. [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. [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. [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. [Read more]

Reforming Aid: Transforming the World

The importance of effective foreign assistance in the wake of the severe crisis in the Horn of Africa and a concern over the impact of the proposed foreign aid cuts, were the two underlying themes of the special discussion , “Reforming Aid: Transforming the World” hosted by Global Washington on August 30. [Read more]