Search Results For Region: North America
African Presence in Mexico
This program is a visual arts exhibition that explores the African contributions to Mexican culture over the past nearly 500 years. Exhibition will travel throughout the U.S. and Mexico for 5 years. This will be the 6th exhibition that the Museum h ... Read More
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Art and International Development
CASID is breaking new ground. Art is a powerful form of communication and CASID is using theater, dance and visual arts to share stories of exemplary individuals in international development to the public and to stimulate conversations among American ... Read More
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Capacity Building for International Development Leaders
CASID helps international development practitioners connect their work and the results they produce to their behavior, beliefs, capacity for self-awareness, and the growth and development of their character. CASID has created a unique model for leade ... Read More
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Castillo-Orta Family
Artisan family from Mexico comes to the Museum during the Day of the Dead exhibition and demonstrates how to make a tree of like and what this tradition means in Mexico Read More
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Changing Communities
Play for Peace is all about change—changing the way people relate to each other.
Our objectives:
- To promote positive relationships among the people of societies in conflict.
- To foster leaders for peace around the world.< ... Read More
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Chiapas Media Project
The Chiapas Media Project (CMP)/Promedios is an award winning, bi-national partnership that provides video equipment, computers and training enabling marginalized indigenous communities in Southern Mexico to create their own media. Read More
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Chicago Council on Global Affairs General Programming
With more than 150 programs and events every year, The Chicago Council on Global Affairs delivers a diverse and balanced spectrum of programming related to international relations, global issues, and U.S. foreign policy. Programs range from renown ... Read More
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Chicago Youth for the Millennium Development Goals (CYMDG)
End poverty by 2015-this is the hope of the Millennium Development Goals. Chicago Youth for the Millennium Development Goals (CYMDG) is CASID's global education initiative. CYMDG educates students about critical problems facing populations in the wor ... Read More
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Day of the Dead Exhibition
The 20th annual Day of the Dead exhibition, the oldest and largest in the U.S. will bring back at least 10 artists from Mexico and the U.S. A special multimedia curriculum packet will also be created for teachers. Read More
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Days of Interfaith Youth Service
The Days of Interfaith Youth Service (DIYS) grew out of a vision from the first National Conference on Interfaith Youth Work in 2003. By 2006, DIYS was an international event, pairing community service and interfaith dialogue. Boasting thirty-four ... Read More
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Education
We believe that education is a human right. Children are born into this world as eager learners and it is our duty to provide them with every opportunity for education. UNICEF estimates that over 120 million children worldwide are not receiving an ed ... Read More
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Emergency Relief
Disaster strikes at any time and without warning an entire family, town or nation can be devastated by natural or man-made disasters. It is a great mission that we undertake to help those who have been displaced either physically, financially or both ... Read More
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English Language Training
Learning the English language is one of the most difficult challenges facing our newly arrived immigrants and refugees. IRIM's English Language Training Program empowers students to learn the language so that they can take advantage of the wealth of ... Read More
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Enlaces America
Enlaces America has been an adviser, facilitator, and support center for transnational Latino and Caribbean immigrant organizations committed to building healthy communities both in the United States and in their countries of origin. In fulfilling th ... Read More
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Global Health Summit
Each year, the GlobeMed Global Health Summit brings together GlobeMed members from across the country to learn from leaders in global health. Read More
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Global Partnerships
Woodstock Institute provides technical assistance internationally to organizations seeking to bring mainstream financial resources to underserved communities effectively and affordably. Likewise, Woodstock Institute’s international research seeks to ... Read More
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globalhealthU
As part of globalhealthU, students organize discussions and public events on their campuses to build a critical understanding of global health issues. Read More
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Health Partnerships
Our Health Partnerships enable students to improve global health by mobilizing the resources of their university campuses to support partner grassroots health organizations throughout the world. Read More
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Human Rights Law - Americas
The Jeanne and Joseph Sullivan Program for Human Rights in the Americas began in 1992 with the first of a series of generous grants provided by the Jeanne M. and Joseph P. Sullivan Foundation. The Sullivan Program coordinates an array of human rights ... Read More
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Interfaith Refugee and Immigration Ministries Youth Program
Of the 15 million refugees in the world, nearly half are children. Many have witnessed unspeakable horrors, lost loved ones, and have had to live in abject poverty. Unfamiliar with US culture and carrying the trauma they have experienced in their cou ... Read More
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International Gender Persecution Project
Heartland Alliance supports NGOs dedicated to combating violence against women, including domestic violence and threats of honor killing. We comprehensively approache the eradication of gender-based violence by providing direct services to victims of ... Read More
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Maternal and Child Health
The lack of access to adequate health care for poor and vulnerable women can lead to significant problems in their maternal health – their health while pregnant, in childbirth or postpartum. These women may experience suffering or death from such p ... Read More
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Mondragon Family (Day of the Dead Sugar Skulls)
This artisan family from Mexico visits the Museum every year during the Day of the Dead exhibition, and performs demonstrations of Sugar Skulls. Sugar skulls are a tradition of the holiday that dates back to Ancient times. Read More
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National Immigrant Justice Center's Counter-Trafficking Initiative
The Counter-Trafficking Initiative has helped more than 70 trafficking victims in their recovery by providing legal and case management services, assisting clients in finding counseling, housing, emergency care, employment assistance, and access to ... Read More
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North American Network on the Solidarity Economy
NANSE brings together grassroots and locally established organizations from Canada, the USA, and the Caribbean to explore building a sustainable alternative to the current neo-liberal development model. This program seeks to serve as a catalyst for e ... Read More
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Outreach Education and Trainings Program
IFYC provides a variety of in-depth trainings around the world to equip young leaders, faith leaders, civic organizers and others to organize their own interfaith youth service projects. The program also seeks to educate the wider public on the impo ... Read More
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Plant Database Cooridnation
PlantCollections(TM) – A Community Solution is a collaborative effort led by the Chicago Botanic Garden, American Public Gardens Association, the University of Kansas Natural History Museum and Biodiversity Research Center and the MorphBank project a ... Read More
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Project Latina
This program will support the creation of a Spanish-language version of "voicesandfaces.org," one that features the stories of Latina Women from Mexico, Central America and South America, Cuba, the Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico. We will also inc ... Read More
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Radio Culturarte, Juchitán, Mexico
Culturarte use traditional music, dance, poetry and art to celebrate and promote Zapotec culture. They also work to increase awareness about issues affecting local people such as indigenous people’s rights, land reform law, women’s rights and health. ... Read More
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Raising Awareness
Landmines Blow! is part of the solution to assisting survivors and rebuilding mine-affected communities. Acre by acre, child to child the threat of landmines, cluster bombs and water borne illnesses can be eliminated.
Cambodia is one of ... Read More
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Share Your Soles
Shoe collection, cleaning, processing, shipping and distriubtion - donate shoes, funds, or help organize the shipment. Read More
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Sor Juana Festival
The annual Sor Juana Festival honors Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz--one of Mexico’s greatest writers--and celebrates and the rich artistic accomplishments of Mexican women from Mexico and the United States. The Festival also recognizes Mexican women lea ... Read More
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The Immigrant Child Advocacy Project
The Immigrant Child Advocacy Project is a human service and policy advocacy program dedicated to advocating for the best interest - safety and well-being - of immigrant and refugee children who are alone in the United States. We're working to develop ... Read More
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Women's Empowerment Program
Over 70% of refugees are women. Many have been widowed or have lost children to violence, and most have been oppressed and victimized in their home countries. Women refugees often struggle with chronic depression and anxiety, making it difficult for ... Read More
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Working Bikes Cooperative
A bicycle worth $20 in Chicago can be worth the equivalent of $1,000 in Africa. Your donation can possibly mean the difference between work and unemployment to someone in need. The bicycle is the primary means of transportation for the majority of t ... Read More