Phelps Stokes Colombia

Phelps Stokes enters its second century with vitality and unbridled enthusiasm, knowing that one person can truly make a difference.

Phelps Stokes administers its programs throughout the world – identifying leaders, empowering the disenfranchised, building relationships and making the invisible visible.

Keep abreast of everything that is Phelps Stokes. Learn about what we’ve done, where we’ve been and where we’re going!

This week, the spotlight is on Programs for Latin America & the Caribbean. PLAC recently launched its 2nd cycle of International Legal Clinics in Colombia. Click the arrow to learn more!

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.

PSSP

Phelps Stokes Colombia, loyal to the global tradition of the organization, is contributing to the social mobility of disadvantaged groups and to harmony between different ethnic groups in this Andean nation. Phelps Stokes Colombia achieves this mainly through the promotion of quality educational opportunities and leadership development with an emphasis on Afro-Colombian and Indigenous populations. In fulfilling this mandate, Phelps Stokes Colombia has developed several activities, among which the following stand out: 1) a leadership training program for Afro-Colombian and Indigenous students prior to their postgraduate studies in the United States; 2) a program to strengthen legal offices (Legal Clinics) serving Afro-Colombian population (in Bogotá, Cali, Cartagena, Quibdó), with primary participation of universities in the network of universities that serve Afro-Colombian population; and 3) a leadership training program and college access for Afro-Colombian high school students in Cali and Quibdó. Also, in order to strengthen our presence in the country, Phelps Stokes Colombia is deepening its construction of strategic alliances with institutional and social actors that share an interest in serving our target populations. In that manner, Phelps Stokes Colombia is expanding the thematic space needed to accompany the communities we serve, in order to address the challenges they face.

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