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Water & Peacebuilding
Water & Peacebuilding
Throughout history, water has been a source of conflict, as nations wrestle for sovereignty over key waterways, groups fight for access to critical water sources, and populations are forced to leave their homes due to water scarcity. Accelerating climate change such as erratic rainfall, severe droughts, and other extreme weather events creates more competition for…
WorldQuest 2021
WorldQuest 2021
We’re coming together virtually for this year’s WorldQuest—our annual fundraising gala to support WorldOregon! Join us for an inspiring livestream program as we learn how WorldOregon continues to keep Oregonians connected to the world in the face of a global pandemic. This is our opportunity to build connections and work together to shape a more…
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GlobalPDX Lunch & Learn: 100 Days of the Biden Administration
GlobalPDX Lunch & Learn: 100 Days of the Biden Administration
Sarah Farnsworth (formerly of USAID, the Departments of Defense, and State) takes us on a deep analytical dive into the first 100 days of the Biden Presidency. Join us as Sarah explores the following through her lens as a long-time D.C. insider: Clear trends tie domestic policy to international development goals and objectives. Examples include:…
How Radically Listening to communities is addressing the climate and nature crisis: Results from proof of concept site for Health In Harmony
How Radically Listening to communities is addressing the climate and nature crisis: Results from proof of concept site for Health In Harmony
This panel will discuss the powerful results of a planetary health approach in Indonesian Borneo after ten years as analyzed by Stanford University and published in PNAS. We will discuss how this approach can be implemented globally. The results, which were published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences in October 2020, show…
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Carry5: Walk for Water
Carry5: Walk for Water
Together we walk for a healthier & more equitable world. Walk 5km (3.2 miles) on May 2, in solidarity with the 2 billion people who still lack access to clean water. Carry as much water as you are able. Save your empty milk jugs! Rally friends, family, colleagues—spread the word—the more people who walk, the bigger impact we…
Green Empowerment Annual Benefit Dinner 2021
Green Empowerment Annual Benefit Dinner 2021
Tune in from the comfort of your own home for a lively and interactive evening as we enjoy a delicious custom-tailored Peruvian meal crafted by Vibrant Table. Sunday, May 2nd, 5:00pm Virtual Event: meals by delivery This adaptation of our annual dinner will feature a warm welcome from our team, a video premiere featuring our…
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WELCOME ADMINISTRATOR POWER
WELCOME ADMINISTRATOR POWER
Join us on Monday, May 3rd at 3:00 PM ET to watch live video remarks from USAID's new Administrator Samantha Power
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Partners in Diversity NW Equity Summit
Partners in Diversity NW Equity Summit
Partners in Diversity invites you to our first NW Equity Summit, A Defining Moment: Where Do You Stand in Equity? The event, which takes place on May 4 and 5, is designed to help employers learn how to enhance diversity, equity and inclusion in the workplace. Senior leaders, human resource professionals, diversity practitioners, managers and…
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TOWARD RESILIENT FUTURES – Towards a Resilient Urban Forest
TOWARD RESILIENT FUTURES – Towards a Resilient Urban Forest
TOWARDS RESILIENT FUTURES SPEAKER SERIES Emergency Management and Community Resilience Program Initiative for Community and Disaster Resilience This monthly speaker series presents cutting-edge research and approaches on the resilience of urban and rural communities and systems to hazards and disasters. The speakers represent the core faculty of Portland State University’s new transdisciplinary Emergency Management and…
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Celebrating Women Driving Change: The Women of Rungwe
Celebrating Women Driving Change: The Women of Rungwe
On this Mother’s Day weekend, we invite you to join us from the comfort of your home as we celebrate women driving change. Through storytelling, you'll hear the heartwarming and empowering stories of the women of Tanzania and learn how they have overcome tremendous obstacles and are now thriving. Hosts of the Evening: Barry Childs…
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Our First Monthly Chat with Chuck USAID and Biden’s first 100 days
Our First Monthly Chat with Chuck USAID and Biden’s first 100 days
We are excited to announce our next AidKonekt USAID Market Event with Senior USAID Staff Chuck Pope. Chuck has been an USAID Contracting Officer, Chief of Operations and Deputy Assistant Administrator in the Global Health Bureau, in Senior leadership on the COVID response, a Foreign Service Officer, and is currently Senior Regional Advisor for the…
GlobalPDX Lunch & Learn – “Interactive Workshop on the Power of Evaluation” with Alli Shurilla
GlobalPDX Lunch & Learn – “Interactive Workshop on the Power of Evaluation” with Alli Shurilla
When you hear the word “evaluation,” what comes to mind? Requirements from funders? An audit? Scrambling to track down information for a report? What if I told you evaluation could be a tool to support your own work while also making your funders and higher-ups happy? Join us for an interactive workshop to learn how…
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The Security Threat That Binds Us: Challenges to Ecological & National Security
The Security Threat That Binds Us: Challenges to Ecological & National Security
Humanity’s alteration of the Earth’s climate, driven primarily by the discharge of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere is well documented and is now receiving long-overdue attention from the media, governments, security institutions, and people worldwide. Broader activities related to natural security—ones that more directly alter ecosystems and transform the biosphere—have been no less dramatic or consequential…
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Wheatfields to the World: Oregon, Hunger, and Humanitarian Aid
Wheatfields to the World: Oregon, Hunger, and Humanitarian Aid
Presented as part of The Engage America: World Food Program USA Speaker Series, supported by The World Affairs Councils of America, World Food Program USA, with additional sponsorship from the M.J. Murdock Charitable Trust. For more than 50 years, the United States has led the world in support for international food security programs. The U.S. was…
Economy Disrupted: The View from Oregon (with Kate Brown)
Economy Disrupted: The View from Oregon (with Kate Brown)
A CSIS Original Series from the Economics Program: A DISCUSSION WITH Kate Brown Governor, Oregon HOSTED BY Matthew P. Goodman Senior Vice President for Economics; Simon Chair in Political Economy, CSIS Sarah Ladislaw Senior Associate (Non-Resident), Energy Security and Climate Change Program, CSIS Governor Kate Brown joins Matthew P. Goodman and Sarah Ladislaw to discuss trade, technology,…
Immerse 2021 – The Freshwater Trust
Immerse 2021 – The Freshwater Trust
Big problems demand bigger solutions. About this Event Despite spending $2 trillion over the last 60 years, more than half of America’s rivers remain impaired under the Clean Water Act. How we are managing water isn’t working, and that has massive implications for the resiliency of our world. After nearly 40 years, The Freshwater Trust…
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Unveiling of the Quinault Project Recap Video
Unveiling of the Quinault Project Recap Video
Twende Solar believes in a world where sustainable energy is accessible to ALL and we know the only way to get there is to work together. In this spirit, we recently partnered with the Quinault Indian Nation, Bonneville Environmental Foundation, project sponsors and several local contractors to install the Tribe’s first solar project on the…
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Peace Corps Thought Leader Series: Returned Peace Corps Volunteers Advancing Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Peace Corps Thought Leader Series: Returned Peace Corps Volunteers Advancing Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
The Peace Corps Thought Leader Series brings together Returned Peace Corp Volunteers (RPCVs) who have become thought leaders and influencers in various fields throughout the United States and across the world. We explore with them how their Peace Corps service informed and influenced their career choices and how the knowledge, skills, and abilities they gained…
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Happy Hour with Green Empowerment
Happy Hour with Green Empowerment
Nerd out with a splash of international development trivia. Travel to Peru and beyond through a short film. And network with others across the globe who are passionate about creating a more equitable world. Whether you’re a long-time supporter or just interested in learning more about their work, Green Empowerment invites you to kick back…
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The Glocal Org’s Toolkit for Engaging with Government
The Glocal Org’s Toolkit for Engaging with Government
PSU Graduate Student Matt Wurst unveils his capstone project: a resource supporting advocacy needs of GlobalPDX Members. Policy is a challenge. While there is a conception that policy development is a linear process, the reality is much more complicated and tangled. Approaching policy without understanding the complexity and dexterity necessary to succeed in a constantly…
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Rethinking American Grand Strategy | Christopher McKnight Nichols with Mary Carlin Yates & Derrick Olsen
Rethinking American Grand Strategy | Christopher McKnight Nichols with Mary Carlin Yates & Derrick Olsen
Rethinking American Grand Strategy recasts both historical and modern dimensions of U.S. grand strategy by broadening the factors, events, and figures that could be considered political, and therefore strategic. Join us for a 30-minute lecture with one of the volume’s co-editors, Christopher McKnight Nichols, laying out some of the broad themes, major events, and transformations in U.S. grand…
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Strengthening US foreign policy through subnational diplomacy
Strengthening US foreign policy through subnational diplomacy
U.S. mayors and governors are increasingly demonstrating their leadership in addressing transnational challenges, such as the COVID-19 pandemic, climate change, trade, migration, and the intersection of these issues with racial inequities. To accelerate progress on these issues, the Biden-Harris administration is repositioning the U.S. to engage more proactively in global cooperation and multilateral efforts. To…
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Just Dessert: The International Labor Organization & Theo Chocolate
Just Dessert: The International Labor Organization & Theo Chocolate
Kevin Cassidy, Director of the International Labour Organization (ILO) joins us for an exploration of this UN agency’s work —their history and mission; their role in combatting child labor (particularly in the Chocolate sector); and how they engage with global and domestic partners in both the public and private sector to fight exploitative practices. Following his presentation, Aaron Lindstrom,…
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Fund for Global Health interactive letter writing workshop
Fund for Global Health interactive letter writing workshop
Letter Writing Workshop 6/2/21 5pm PST The Fund for Global Health team from Oregon invites you to join our interactive letter writing workshop! We will show you how to write an effective letter to Senator Merkley’s staff encouraging the Senator to support robust primary healthcare funding as part of his position on the Senate…
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Seven Doors: Stories of Immigration Detention with Greg Constantine, Warren Binford, and Michael Garcia Bochenek
Seven Doors: Stories of Immigration Detention with Greg Constantine, Warren Binford, and Michael Garcia Bochenek
Join us for a discussion with documentary photographer Greg Constantine; Warren Binford, a professor of Law and Director of the Clinical Law Program at Willamette University and an internationally recognized children’s rights expert; and Michael Garcia Bochenek, senior counsel to the Children’s Rights Division of Human Rights Watch on the wide-scale impacts of immigration detention in the U.S. and globally…
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Field of Dreams
Field of Dreams
Join us online for our annual signature event, Field of Dreams! We’ll be taking you to the field once again, sharing stories of the impact you have around the world. You’ll get to experience firsthand what it looks like to act, heal and love. Stay up to date and register here: REGISTER HERE If you have any questions regarding…
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