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This Worldly Wednesday we are excited to tell you about Worldly opportunities and events!
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Why India’s Election Has Stoked Conflict
India’s prime minister, Narendra Modi, has galvanised voters with an appeal to Hindu nationalism. But rising Hindu-Muslim violence is putting India’s historic secularism at risk.
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December 4 @ 5:30 pm - 7:30 pm
Join WorldDenver as we hear from Samuel Visner, Director of the National Cybersecurity Federally Funded Research and Development Center (MITRE).
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December 5 @ 8:30 am - 12:30 pm
Ensuring that the message of your product or service is reaching your international audience is essential to any international strategy. However, your domestic approach may not suffice in international markets. World Trade Center's instructors will take you through the key points of bringing your message global through traditional and digital marketing.
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December 5 @ 9:30 am - 10:30 am
Erik Estrada will be joining us at the Posner Center to discuss and sign his new book, Understanding Nonprofit Law and Finance: Forty-Eight Key Principles for Philanthropic Leaders. Coffee, tea, and light snacks will be provided. Please RSVP here!
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December 5 @ 5:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Colorado Motor Carriers Association, Denver Transportation Club, and World Trade Center Denver Invite you to their Holiday Party! Tickets include drink and food.
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December 7 @ 2:00 pm - 6:00 pm
The Village Institute is a live/learn/work community for single mother refugee families. They are excited to be moving into a new space. They HOPE to be moved in by December, but either way you'll be helping them make the move!
Come enjoy food, crafts, music, holiday shopping, and a silent auction benefitting their work. Hear from refugee speakers about what makes this community special. Fun for the whole family!
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December 9 @ 9:30 am - December 10 @ 1:00 pm
Are you or your global stakeholders feeling the impacts of climate change? Does weather impact your ability to deliver services to your stakeholders? Come join this 2-day training on powerful open-source tools such as R and QGIS where you’ll learn how to leverage aWhere’s 1.7 million virtual weather stations and 13+ years of historical data to inform decisions for food security, disaster risk reduction planning, and more for locations across the globe. aWhere’s localized weather data can help adapt our world to climate change!
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December 11 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
The Trump Administration's recent policy shifts in the Middle East, from withdrawing troops from northern Syria to the relative lack of response following Iranian alleged rocket attacks on Saudi oil facilities, have already had profound consequences across the region. Join us for a panel discussion on who the winners and losers of these U.S. policy divergences may be, including the governments of Iran, Israel, and other actors in the Middle East. Panelists will include former US Ambassador Grappo, University of Denver professor and Middle East expert Micheline Ishay, and NIAC Senior Research Analyst Sina Toossi and will be moderated by the Center's director Nader Hashemi. Please RSVP!
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Homestay Opportunities!
WorldDenver is hosting homestay opportunities! Currently, they are looking for volunteers for these homestay opportunities:
Russia Open World (December 6- December 14)
YOUTH AMBASSADORS: January 28 -February 10, 2020
16 high school participants and 2 adult mentors from Belize, El Salvador, Honduras, and Nicaragua
OPEN WORLD: February 14-22, 2020
6 professionals from Russia
Expectations for Homestay Hosts:
-Provide a welcoming home that is respectful of other cultures
-Treat your guest(s) like family
-Share your favorite cultural parts of the city and state
-Provide a room with an individual bed & access to a shared bathroom (youth can share rooms, must have individual bed)
-Provide 2 meals/day Monday-Friday, 3 meals/day on weekends (dietary restrictions may apply)
-Transportation: Students will need to be dropped off/picked up at WorldDenver office;
-Professionals: public transportation to/from worksite placements, Monday – Friday
Homestay Hosting is a great way to travel the world without leaving your home.
Learn more about the requirements to be a homestay family HERE!
WorldDenver truly values their Homestay families as they are the backbone of their programs! They offer a year membership to WorldDenver as a thank you to their hosts! They also provide a tax form at the end to claim this as a write off. If anyone is interested in hosting, please fill out WorldDenver's Host Stay application here: https://worlddenver.typeform.com/to/UvYL8Y
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Worldly Nonprofit Spotlight
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New Dimension of Hope is a Denver-based nonprofit organization that addresses the issues of poverty and illiteracy as it pertains to less fortunate children around the world.
Their mission is to give children in disadvantaged situations unlimited opportunities to improve their reading, writing, and computer skills through educational programs. They do this by partnering with underserved communities to construct sustainable school buildings and facilitate the provision of multidimensional social services.
They strive to be a part of transforming the education of millions of children in the most underserved villages around the world.
VISION
Their vision is to see communities using local resources to provide their children with educational opportunities and help to improve living conditions with locally applicable solutions that last.
VALUES
RESPECT FOR LOCAL DESIRES AND CHOICES
Acknowledgment and acceptance of each community’s individuality
Use of participatory methods in designing local programs
DIRECT INTERACTION
The intentional cultivation of personal relationships with communities and local staff
RESPONSIBLE MANAGEMENT AND PLANNING
Research of and deference to local and national regulations, requirements, and standards prior to program implementation
Ensuring that program staff are thoroughly prepared to overcome local challenges
Learn more HERE!
Find New Dimension of Hope on Facebook!
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Well, that's all folks...
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