USAID & PLAC Afro-Colombian Legal Clinics

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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.

USAID & PLAC Afro-Colombian Legal Clinics

PLAC received funding from USAID to develop and implement a series of seminars for Afro-Colombian university students focusing on legal issues and public policies in Colombia that affect the Afro-Colombian community. These seminars are conducted by leading Afro-Colombian experts in the legal field as well as historians and sociologist and are complemented by legal experts from Howard University Law School. Among the visiting experts is Dean Kurt Schmoke and Professor Ursula Doyle who share their perspective on lessons learned from the Civil Rights movement in the US and how those lessons may apply to the Colombian context. The first cycle of this two year program has already been successfully completed in 4 major cities Bogotá, Quibdó, Cartagena and Cali, and over 120 students have participated. The second cycle will launch in October of 2011.

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