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This Worldly Wednesday we are excited to wish you the happiest holidays!
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Happy New Year from Worldly Events!
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Six New Year's Traditions Around the World!
Some will bring in the new year by wearing red underwear or eating 12 grapes at midnight. Here are 6 traditions you might have never heard of.
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January 3 @ 11:00 am - 2:00 pm
Join Posner Center for some free lunchtime jazz with fellow Posner colleagues. Ready for something different for lunch? A community outing with Posner friends? Some free jazz? Meet at the Posner Center front door at 11am. We’ll walk to the 30th & Downing light rail and take it to Dazzle’s Jazz Club on 15th & Curtis for their free Friday lunchtime series. Check out performance details at Dazzle’s Friday Lunch Club Jazz.
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January 7, 2020 @ 4:00 pm - 6:30 pm
Join the Posner Center for a first time home buyer workshop! Jon Mottern and Brady Efting, Compass Broker Associates, will give first time home buyers a wealth of information to prepare for that first-time home purchase. This event is free and open to the public, and food will be provided. Event is free and open to the general public. Please RSVP! Food will be provided.
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January 13, 2020 @ 8:30 am - 10:30 am
Please join for an upcoming event on doing business in Slovenia. The Denver US Export Assistance Center and World Trade Center Denver are pleased to host the US State Department Economic Specialist, Matjaž Kavčič, and invite you to attend a roundtable discussion on export opportunities in Slovenia.
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January 15, 2020 @ 9:30 am - 11:00 am
Grounding ourselves in a common understanding of the seven tenets of systems resilience, we’ll talk through examples of how the tenets play out in a social-ecological system and in a hypothetical global development system. The second half of the session will workshop resilience in your own global development system by exploring how it maps to the seven tenets and explore where you hold power to influence greater resilience – in your practice, and in the system as a whole. This event is open to the general public and both in person and online. Zoom link will be sent to registrants one hour before the start of the event. Registration is required to attend.
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January 16, 2020 @ 5:30 pm - 7:30 pm
There will be a panel of renowned local experts and lively discussion on the ways that climate change and climate-related disasters impact communities in Colorado. Refreshments and Reception to follow.
This event is free and open to the public.
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January 16, 2020 @ 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm
Want to get involved in international business but have no idea where to start? This training will introduce you to the world of international business from a beginner’s perspective, introducing critical resources with each step. The World Trade Center Denver will provide you with a brief history of global trade, how it works, and why it is important in addition to an overview of strategy and operation considerations, export compliance considerations, and import compliance considerations. This seminar is meant to provide a brief overview and more detail about these objectives are provided in other trainings.
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January 21, 2020 @ 11:00 am - 12:30 pm
Without having the right personnel in place, it could really hinder your company growth. Infusing all levels of your company with EQ will dramatically increase the likelihood of creating positive experiences that empower people who are doing the right things. Learn more about how this helps motivate, empower, reduce stress, improve focus, raise peak performance, and develop interpersonal relationships.
Learn how Dr. Jeremy Moretti delivers a brain friendly understanding of cognitive neuroscience and mindfulness leadership throughout business settings.
This event will be a Zoom webinar. Please register by 1/17!
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January 22, 2020 @ 5:30 pm - 7:30 pm
The border is not just a geographical place, but a mindset. It’s not a no-man’s land over run by criminals in need of a wall to separate us from them. For millions it’s just a dynamic, vibrant place surrounded by some of the safest communities anywhere; It’s also a piñata for politicians and a target for White Supremacists. Whether demographics, or economic integration, the border is a peek into the future. Join WorldDenver for a conversation with Alfredo Corchado, a renowned author and reporter, about the epicenter of our Homelands, the border.
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Announcing WorldDenver's 2020 Travel Program!
*Attend their special travel information session and receive $200 off your trip to the Balkans!
January 16th @ 5:30 pm
Email Travel@WorldDenver.org to RSVP.
For the full Balkans itinerary, click here
To sign up, email Travel@WorldDenver.org
For more information on their Travel programs, visit their Travel Page
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Homestay Opportunities!
WorldDenver is hosting homestay opportunities! Currently, they are looking for volunteers for these homestay opportunities:
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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Women's World Banking is a global non-profit with an office in Denver, Colorado. They are devoted to giving more low-income women access to the financial tools and resources essential to their security and prosperity.
For more than 35 years they have worked with financial institutions to show them the benefit of investing in women as clients, and as leaders. They equip these institutions to meet women’s needs through authoritative market research, leadership training, sustainable financial products, and consumer education. Headquartered in New York, Women’s World Banking works with 39 institutions in 28 countries with a reach of 14 million women to create access to finance on a greater scale that ever before.
Learn more HERE!
Find Women's World Banking on Facebook!
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Well, that's all folks...
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