Haiti Responses. EPECARE and NVOAD. August 24, 2021

EPECARE ( https://www.epecare.org/) is BEMA International primary response entity for Haitian relief and recovery, but others are also recommended for volunteer services such as National Voluntary Organizations Active in Disasters and others in coordination with CDEMA (Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency).

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Haiti Earthquake

The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has been named the lead federal agency for the US response to the Haiti earthquake, and has requested all voluntary agencies responding please reach out via the information below to foster communication and coordination for ongoing response and recovery operations. If your organization is responding to this event, please reach out to the primary email and CC the other two emails: TO: HaitiEQ21RMT_DMC@usaid.gov (Deputy Manager) CC: HaitiEQ21RMT_RM@usaid.gov (Response Manager, Nick Kaufman) CC: Info@nvoad.org (National VOAD team)

 

REGISTER TODAY for the Neighborhood Leaders' Roundtable September 18, 2021

Having trouble reading this email? View it in your browser. Register TODAY   Join us for the third quarter's Neighborhood Leaders' Roundtable on City Infrastructure.   During the meeting, you will have the opportunity to hear from and engage with:   ·       Ramsey Green, Deputy CAO of Infrastructure   ·       Ghassan Korban, Executive Director of S&WB   ·       Josh Hartley, Director Department of Public Works   ---   When:  Saturday, September 18, 2021   Time:  9 AM - 11 AM   Where:  Corpus Christi Center (2022 St. Bernard Avenue)   Topic:  City Infrastructure   Register: HERE   There will also be additional information for you to take back to your neighborhood organizations and networks.   Please note space is very limited. Registration ends September 10, 2021 at 5:00 pm, or until we reach capacity. All current COVID-19 guidelines set forth by the New Orleans Health Department will be adhered to. All attendees will be required to wear a mask and show proof of vaccination or negative COVID test taken within 72hrs of the event to be allowed entry, About The Mayor’s Neighborhood Engagement Office is the City’s permanent mechanism for public participation in government decision-making. We create opportunities for dialogue, information sharing, partnership, and action between City government and neighborhood residents and leaders.

Philanthropic Foundations in International Development: Rockefeller, Ford and Gates by Patrick Kilby August 23, 2021

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Philanthropic Foundations in International Development: Rockefeller, Ford and Gates

August 23, 2021

Patrick Kilby (Oxford, United Kingdom: Routledge, 2021)

American foundations have shaped the world we live in. It's an extraordinary feat considering that the combined giving of all U.S. foundations in 2020 was only about $75 billion — a drop in the bucket compared with the U.S. economy's $22 trillion GDP. But over the past century, those unfettered billions have served to create and reinforce systems, norms, and behaviors that are so pervasive that at times we don't even realize there was a time they didn't exist. The hand of large-scale philanthropy can be felt from the cradle to the grave, from hospitals and schools to libraries and universities, museums, theaters, public spaces, even the food we eat. And it is not just in the United States; American foundations have purposefully gone abroad — as Americans do — to help establish some of the very institutions that underpin the global system. Today roughly one in ten foundation dollars goes overseas.

In Philanthropic Foundations in International Development: Rockefeller, Ford and Gates, Patrick Kilby reveals American philanthropy's travels abroad as a generations-long, if informal, project to preserve the status quo of the capitalist system on which American wealth — and philanthropy — are grounded. Whether a conscious pursuit of American Greatness or an inevitable outgrowth of the near-unrivaled dominance of U.S. economic power, the breadth and depth of American philanthropy's influence in setting the agenda of international development is truly astounding.

To look at the Rockefeller Foundation alone: While the Rockefeller family's gift of real estate for construction of the United Nations headquarters is well known, perhaps less known is the role the incipient foundation played after World War I in forming the League of Nations, or after World War II in bankrolling the World Health Organization (which the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation stepped forward to support when the U.S. government momentarily stepped back in 2020). Many have heard of Nobel laureate Norman Borlaug and the "Green Revolution," broadly funded by Rockefeller, but few are aware that today, 60 percent of the world's rice is a variety bred by the International Rice Research Institute, a Rockefeller project.

It might be enough to simply enumerate and celebrate these successes, but Kilby's intention is to illuminate the almost uninterrupted line from Andrew Carnegie's Gospel of Wealth and the pursuit of "scientific philanthropy" to the Rockefeller Foundation's investments in health, science, and agriculture; the Ford Foundation's focus on social research at an international scale; and Bill Gates' conviction that technology can solve global problems in health and sanitation. In many ways, this is a comparison of apples to oranges. In the first half of the twentieth century, the Rockefeller Foundation was peerless in its pursuit of global health policies at a time when the ecosystem of international development didn't even exist. At mid-century, the Ford Foundation funded think tanks like the highly influential Brookings Institution and social research in partnership with foreign governments and local institutions — often but not always in line with U.S. foreign policy — that in part prompted the Reese Commission's McCarthyite investigations into American philanthropy (which indirectly led to the creation of the Foundation Center Library, now Candid). Today, while the Ford and Rockefeller foundations have long operated independently of their founding families, the Gates Foundation remains directly linked to the entrepreneurial and idiosyncratic interests of its founders, the sheer size of its investments serving at times to stifle public debate. Though mismatched on the details, the throughline holds: Great wealth — and the opportunity to transform lives and systems on the world stage — continues to drive American philanthropists into the international development arena.

Philanthropic Foundations in International Development is the latest volume in academic publisher Routledge's Explorations in Development Studies series that shines a comparative and interdisciplinary light on the field. Kilby, an Australian anthropologist, has spent his career exploring the relationship of NGOs, foreign aid, and international development with an eye to understanding the growing influence of philanthropy from the Global South. It is through this lens that he pivots to look — albeit all too briefly — at India's Tata Trusts, Saudi Arabia's Alwaleed Philanthropies (second only to the Gates Foundation in estimated assets), and the nascent philanthropies in China, including the Jack Ma and Ali Baba foundations.

As wealth and philanthropy continue to grow in the Global South, Kilby expects these emerging foundations to mature into their global aspirations — much as the Carnegie Corporation of New York and the Rockefeller, Ford, and Gates foundations did before them — influencing national and international development with their own priorities and approaches to how their work relates to shaping the world order. If, as Kilby suggests, American philanthropy is pursued — not so quietly — in service of the capitalist system, what will international development look like a generation from now, when, for example, philanthropy from China — where today's Belt and Road Initiative is conspicuously in service to Chinese interests — grows to rival the established philanthropic environment?

The rise of nationalism is a central worry in Kilby's final analysis. How will an aggressive, exclusionary worldview be expressed in international development? What's more, the wrenching disruptions of the COVID-19 pandemic have only exacerbated inequality and accelerated the focus on domestic interests. Will philanthropy turn inward? Kilby sees the Ford and Rockefeller foundations' mostly domestic COVID-related investments — at least initially — as an early Exhibit A. By contrast, the Gates Foundation's outward looking $400 million gift to cover the U.S. obligations to the WHO in 2020 on top of its $1.6 billion re-investment in the public-private GAVI vaccine alliance, suggests American philanthropy's engagement in international development is far from over; after all the U.S. has now returned to the WHO, as well as the Paris Climate Agreement, while billions of American philanthropic and taxpayer dollars continue to flow overseas. And yet, it was in the twentieth century that American philanthropy truly led in shaping the institutions that shape our world. The shape of the twenty-first century remains to be seen.

Daniel X Matz is foundation web development manager at Candid.

Subjects: Agriculture / Food; International Affairs / Development; Philanthropy / Voluntarism; Public Affairs; COVID19

People: Patrick Kilby; Daniel X Matz

Organization: Ford Foundation; International Rice Research Institute; Rockefeller Foundation; Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation; Carnegie Corporation Of New York; World Health Organization; United Nations

Location: International

Community Engagement\Participation. FYI & Participation: Launch of the National Justice Roundtable: Monday, August 30th, 1pm-5pm EST, 10am-2pm PT.

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Within BEMA International we promote, we advocate for ‘Degree of Citizen Power’, and ‘Degree of Participation’ for our youths to change the paradigms in our communities.

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You’re cordially invited to join leaders and organizers for The First of a Series of National Justice Roundtables:On Building A Unified Progressive Movement When:  Monday, August 30th, from 1-5pm ET, 10am-2pm PT  Where:  Via Zoom, registration link here (you’ll get follow up info.)  https://actionnetwork.org/events/national-justice-roundtable/ Press/questions: Joel Segal Joel.R.Segal@gmail.com (571)-344-1518  Dear Friends: We warmly invite you to actively participate in an unprecedented gathering of progressive economic and social justice leaders, healthcare experts, community organizers, voting rights advocates, climate and green jobs activists at the Inaugural National Justice Roundtable, Monday, August 30th, from 1pm to 5pm EST, 10am-2pm Pacific Standard Time. (see list of speakers and participants below). Due to the very dangerous Covid-19 Delta Variant, the NJR will be broadcast via zoom and radio for those who prefer to participate at the Summit on-line. The legendary Dolores Huerta, one of the founders of the United Farm Workers Union, Rudy Arredondo, President of the National Latino Farmers and Ranchers Trade Association, and Reverend Graylan Hagler are the Senior Advisors of the National Justice Roundtable. At the National Justice Roundtable, we will have representatives from The National Organization For Women, the National Coalition To End Homelessness, Progressive Democrats of America, national climate action/green leaders, affordable housing/end homelessness, African American, Native American, Asian Pacific American, Latin X, interfaith, civil rights, artists, DC Statehood, small farmers and ranchers, and African climate action leaders and dignitaries will be attending the meeting. (Names of confirmed speakers and participants forthcoming)There is a widespread feeling among progressive leaders, community organizers, civic leaders, and activists that the time has come for the creation of a “united progressive coalition” with representation from 435 Congressional Districts and 50 states--given the existential threat of the climate emergency, far right wing authoritarian threats to democracy, and the persistent savage inequality, poverty and homelessness that plague the U.S. and the world. This is the first time in American and world history where how we organize in the streets and suites, will ultimately determine whether or not civilization survives the climate emergency, whether or nor we can save our democracy from far right wing anti-government extremists, and pass federal green and “social justice” legislation in Congress that will foster social and economic justice for all—and save our planet!  At the first National Justice Roundtable, we seek to discuss the following in an informal and relaxed atmosphere to foster unity….. we plan to have a series of these Roundtables via zoom in order to begin the process of building a united progressive coalition: - How do we unite progressives across the nation under one diverse and intersectional umbrella where ethnic communities are in leadership, where progressive activists who live in towns and cities across the nation have the real opportunity to become part of a united “progressive home.”  - How do we rapidly organize a progressive green earth global movement that has real political power in order for humanity thrive and survive the climate emergency; how do we create a rapid response street and suite heat apparatus, so we do not have to continue building ad hoc coalitions whenever there is political crisis, and Congress and the President are not acting in the best interests of “we the people.”  - How do progressives become a highly visible political force in the national and world media, how do we bring in artists, musicians, actors, and dignitaries so we become more visible in the media. How do we create our own independent progressive media that has maximum viewership.  -What political infrastructure is needed to hold Members of Congress, The Executive Branch, the Supreme Court, and elected officials accountable so we can pass human-centric progressive green/social justice legislation on the federal, world, state, and local level; or to stop harmful legislation from passing. How do we generate our own progressive green legislation that we want passed in Congress, state, and local levels.  For more information, please contact Joel Segal Joel.R.Segal@gmail.com 571 344-1518.  *In Solidarity, Dolores Huerta, Founder, Dolores Huerta Foundation Co-Founder United Farm Workers Union With Cesar Chavez Christian F. Nunes, President, National Organization For Women, (NOW)  Chase Iron Eyes, Attorney, Lakota People’s Law Project Key Leader, Standing Rock Water Protectors Movement Maureen Taylor, State Chairperson, Michigan Welfare Rights Organization  Rudy Arredondo, President, National Latino Farmers and Ranchers Trade Association  Joel Segal National Justice Roundtable Co-Founder, 2000 Universal Health Care and Global HIV/AIDS Campaigns Rep. John Conyers, 2000-2013, senior legislative assistant Harvey Wasserman, National Co-ordinator, National Grassroots Election Protection Coalition Andrea Miller, Executive Director, Center For Common Ground  Tatanka Bricca, Co-Founder, Circle of 100, Co-Leader California Green New Deal, Long Time National Social Justice Activist  Gloria Tinubu, Applied Economist, Educator, Former Elected Official Magdaleno Leno Rose-Avila, Building Bridges (human rights activist) Honorable Charles Moreland, DC First Elected Representative  U.S. Senator Michael Brown, District of Columbia  Ray McClendon, NAACP Atlanta Political Action Chairman, GOTV/Election Protection National Leader James Fakuda, President, LULAC, NJ Reverend Dr. Rodney, Sadler, Director of the Center For Social Justice and Reconciliation, Union Presbyterian Seminary Mike Hersh, Progressive Democrats Of America, Director of Communications  Amanda Robertson, Climate Action Leader, North Carolina  National Justice Roundtable Speakers and Participants August 30, 2021   1pm-5pm  Dolores Huerta, Co-Founder, National Farm Workers Association, Senior Advisor Rep. Alan, Grayson, D-FLA Christian Nunes, President, National Organization For Women Mustafa Ali, Executive VP, National Wildlife Federation, Former Senior Advisor, President Obama Folabi Olagbaju, Greenpeace, Washington DC Norman Stockwell, Publisher, Progressive Magazine Rev. Dr. Rodney Sadler. National Interfaith Justice Leader, Charlotte, NC Harvey Wasserman, Senior Advisor, Greenpeace, Organizer, No Nukes Concert Concert, NYC, national election protection activists author, professor Ana Blackburn, Latin X leader, NC Poor People’s Campaign Alan Minsky, E.D., Progressive Democrats of America Donald Whitehead, E.D. National Coalition For The Homeless Rajni Shankar Brown, Professor, Stetson University, NCH Board of Directors Rudy Arredondo, President, National Latino Farmers and Ranchers Trade Association Workers Circle, NYC, Anne Tobach, Tatanka Bricca, Green New Deal California, Long time organizer, United Farm Workers Charles Mooreland, DC Statehood, first elected DC Rep., U.S. Congress Gracie Patton, Un-Pac Virginia, national university organization working for passage of for the People Act Rev Graylan Hagler, Plymouth United Church of Christ, Washington, DC Robert Wilson, Former Under-Secretary of State, NC James Fakuda, President, LULAC,NJ Eva K Lee, Professor of Science and Engineering, Georgia Tech, Expert on clean renewable energy Debra Mack, Hill Staffer, works in black progressive circles Joe Libertelli, Director, UDC Law School Fredette West, former senior Hill Staffer, Rep. Charles Diggs Bob Sissler, Organizer, United Auto Workers, former close colleague, Rep. John Conyers, Detroit Mike Hersh, PDA Commuications Director Stephen Spitz, PDA Virginia Phyllis Zolotoro, Universal health care and senior citizen rights leader Charles Stephenson, former Legislative Director, Rep. Ron Dellums Mark Watson, former senior legislative assistant, Rep. John Conyers Moshe Chertoff, Progressive Democrats of Israel Jim Duffet, leader 2000 universal health care movement Taylor Branson, Latino Farmers and Ranchers Trade Association Dr. Carmon Johnson, criminal justice reform leader, Washington, DC Enid Shore, former senior assistant, Harry Belafonte Phyllis Zolotoro, universal health care, senior citizen rights, and disability activist Noa Baum, Workers Circle Ann Tobach, Workers Circle Noelle Damico, Workers Circle Drew Glover, Youth activist and social justice organizer Maureen Taylor, State Chairperson, Michigan Welfare Rights Organization Cynthia Perry,  Alliance of Moral Progressives Donna Marie Woodson, Alliance of Moral Progressives

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Children’s climate cards. August 2021

 

Children’s climate cards

By IFRC on Aug 21, 2021 04:32 am
The Children’s Climate Cards provide a series of inspiring and interactive activities to engage children on the climate change agenda and call for

Children’s climate cards

By British Red Cross on Aug 21, 2021 04:32 am
The Children’s Climate Cards provide a series of inspiring and interactive activities to engage children on the climate change agenda and call for

Children’s climate cards

By CCC on Aug 21, 2021 04:32 am
The Children’s Climate Cards provide a series of inspiring and interactive activities to engage children on the climate change agenda and call for

Children’s climate cards

By Plan International on Aug 21, 2021 04:32 am
The Children’s Climate Cards provide a series of inspiring and interactive activities to engage children on the climate change agenda and call for

Children’s climate cards

By WVI on Aug 21, 2021 04:32 am
The Children’s Climate Cards provide a series of inspiring and interactive activities to engage children on the climate change agenda and call for

Children’s climate cards

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The Children’s Climate Cards provide a series of inspiring and interactive activities to engage children on the climate change agenda and call for

Children’s climate cards

By UNICEF on Aug 21, 2021 04:32 am
The Children’s Climate Cards provide a series of inspiring and interactive activities to engage children on the climate change agenda and call for

Children’s climate cards

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Haiti 2010: When Disaster Is Compounded by Chaos & Confusion. August 2021

 https://www.domesticpreparedness.com/healthcare/haiti-2010-when-disaster-is-compounded-by-chaos-confusion/

https://www.domesticpreparedness.com/healthcare/haiti-2010-when-disaster-is-compounded-by-chaos-confusion/

Haiti 2010: When Disaster Is Compounded by Chaos & Confusion By Theodore (Ted) Tully In 2010, Haiti was devastated with a 7.1-magnitude earthquake that exposed vulnerabilities in its healthcare system and other critical infrastructures. U.S. government agencies and numerous NGOs rapidly responded to provide critical resources needed. This lessons-learned report highlighted how New York City’s Mount Sinai Hospital accelerated its pre-planning process, the preparation of healthcare volunteers, the procurement of medical supplies and equipment, and the dispatch to Port au Prince of an all-volunteer medical relief team. Similar resources from U.S. organizations have been deployed to assist with the 7.2-magnitude earthquake that hit the same region on 14 August 2021.