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Take a look at the recent video by Dr. Badi G. Foster as
he discusses the Global Youth Innovation Network!
 

Events

“Global DC Initiative” Launch Event
The D.C. Center for Global Education and Leadership (CGEL) in partnership with Office of the State Superintendent of Education (OSSE) will be honoring the lives lost on 9/11.
3rd Glenncrest Community Garden Meeting
The Glenncrest MADH and Dreaming Out Loud would like to invite all members of the Glenncrest neighborhood, community volunteers and organizations, to our third Community Garden Meeting.
PAFE Presents: September Palaver Hut: "Women Entrepreneurship and International Partnership"
Every month Phelps Stokes’ Programs for Africa and Freedom Endowment hosts a Palaver Hut, a symposium that creates an environment of productive dialogue on an important issue. This month’s event is entitled, “Women’s Entrepreneurship and International Partnership”. We are extending an invitation to you and hope to see you there. Space is limited, so please RSVP.
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Programs for Equality, Access & Empowerment Launches 2nd Cycle of International Legal Clinics

Phelps Stokes’ Programs Equality, Access and Empowerment launched the second cycle of the International Legal Clinics Seminars in Bogota and Quibdó, Colombia during the week of October 10.  These seminars conducted in conjunction with Howard University Law School and the Fulbright Commission-Colombia and sponsored by USAID-Colombia, aim to share the US experience during the Civil Rights Movement with Afro-Colombian university students throughout Colombia.  Presenters discussed the history of the US Civil Rights Movement and how any lessons learned during that time might be applicable to the Colombian context, or not.  The seminars also included a leadership development component which focuses on “Leadership for Social Change.”

Among other exercises and activities, participants were asked to select a social issue and depict it using a combination of Legos, pipe cleaners, and various other items.  Following that activity they were asked to depict their vision of that problem resolved using the same materials.  Below are photos of some of the creations that were developed.  Issues of corruption, environmental degradation, education, and health were all issues that were mentioned in the context of Colombian society and in particular in Afro-Colombian communities.

Students participating in the Bogota seminar hailed from San Andres/Providencias, Chocó, Tumaco, and other parts of Colombia.  Students participating in the Quibdó seminars hailed from all parts of Chocó.  The next installment of the seminars will take place in the spring in Cali and Cartagena, Colombia. For more information about the Legal Seminars, contact Tonija Hope Navas, Director of Programs for Latin America & the Caribbean at TNavas@phelpsstokes.org.