Yearly Archives: 2010

By signing the Presidential Policy Directive on Global Development, President Obama has set forth the first policy of its kind by a U.S. administration recognizing that “development is vital to U.S. national security and is a strategic, economic, and moral imperative for the United States.”  For decades, the U.S. government has made global development an imperative, with private and public funders focusing, understandably, on everything from micro-lending programs to bringing together cross-sector partnerships…

“What should I wear if I do not have a long,  loose dress?  haha…  that may sound trivial but I want to be respectful.  Do you get my question?” Now I generally do not wear dresses, but I did understand all to well her question she texted to me this morning.   Molly, a 17 year old student and leader in Mercy Corps’ Global Citizen Corps, is getting ready to lead more than a…

Laura Adriance from the World Affairs Council just alerted the Coalition Steering Committee to the Global Education Conference coming in November. http://www.globaleducationconference.com/index.html The 2010 Global Education Conference will be held November 15 - 19, 2010, online and free. Sessions will be held in multiple time zones and multiple languages over the five days. This looks like something that Coalition member organizations might want to get involved with. I've asked Laura to post some…