September 2012 - Global Foundation for Democracy and Development

Monthly Archives: September 2012

DREFF Partners with Blue Ocean Film Festival and Conservation Event to Kick Start the Week-Long Series of Events
Members of the Dominican Republic Environmental Film Festival (DREFF) team, represented by Emy Rodriguez, Director of Programming; Margaret Hayward, Panel Coordinator; and Alexandra Tabar, Workshop Manager & Multimedia Coordinator, are presently in Monterey, California working with the Blue Ocean Film Festival and Conservation Event.

GFDD Will Organize Dominican Get-Together with Acclaimed Dominican Journalist Miguel Franjul
On Friday, October 5, Global Foundation for Democracy and Development (GFDD) will organize a Dominican Get-Together with acclaimed Dominican journalist Miguel Franjul. The event will take place from 10:45 am to 12:45 pm in the Park Avenue Theater, located at 780 Third Avenue, on the corner of 48th, Manhattan, NY 10017.

GFDD Will Showcase Publications at 6th Annual Dominican Book Fair
Global Foundation for Democracy and Development (GFDD) is pleased to be partnering once again with the Dominican Commissioner for Culture in New York to celebrate the 6th Annual Dominican Book Fair. The Fair will be celebrated September 28-30, 2012 at Boricua College in the Bronx.

DREFF Announces 2012 Audience Award Winners
The Dominican Republic Environmental Film Festival (DREFF) is pleased to announce this year’s Audience Award Winners. Out of DREFF 2012’s diverse selection of 24 acclaimed films – 13 featured films, 6 short films, 3 Dominican productions and 2 retrospectives – audience members selected their top picks.

Dr. Leonel Fernández Suggests Creation of Legal Mechanism to Sanction Cases of Religious Blasphemy and Insult during UNESCO High-Level Debate
During the forum, which commemorated the International Day of Peace, the former Dominican President referred to the wave of violence that erupted in countries with large Muslim populations over the release of an amateur video that has been viewed as insulting to the Prophet Muhammad.

GFDD, FUNGLODE and UNA-DR Select Finalist Isaac Vásquez Montilla to Serve as Dominican Republic Youth Delegate before the Third Committee of the United Nations General Assembly
Global Foundation for Democracy and Development (GFDD) is pleased to announce that Mr. Isaac Vásquez Montilla has been selected by GFDD, Fundación Global Democracia y Desarrollo (FUNGLODE) and the United Nations Association of the Dominican Republic (UNA-DR) to serve as the Dominican Republic Youth Delegate before the Social, Humanitarian and Cultural Affairs Committee (Third Committee) of the General Assembly.

GFDD Will Join Forces with the Providence Latin American Film Festival to Present Dominican Film Showcase
Global Foundation for Democracy and Development (GFDD) is very pleased to announce that it will be joining forces with the Providence Latin American Film Festival (PLAFF) to present a Dominican Film Showcase during the 2012 edition of the event, to be celebrated September 27-30.

Global Foundation for Democracy and Development will Host Second Golf Tournament in New York
On Monday, October 1, 2012, Global Foundation for Democracy and Development (GFDD) will host its 2nd GFDD Golf Tournament on the picturesque grounds of the Fresh Meadow Country Club, located in Flushing, Queens. The benefit will help support the numerous projects and programs realized by the Foundation, which seek to foster social, economic and democratic development in the Dominican Republic.

Dominican Teachers will Participate in Competition in Peru, with Support from GFDD, FUNGLODE, Microsoft and the Ministry of Education of the Dominican Republic
Four Dominican teachers will participate today, September 19, and tomorrow, September 20, in the competition “Innovative Teachers” in Lima, Peru, which is the result of a collaboration between Global Foundation for Democracy and Development (GFDD), Fundación Global Democracia y Desarrollo (FUNGLODE), Microsoft’s Partners in Learning Program, and the Ministry of Education of the Dominican Republic.

Dominicans Reaffirm their Commitment to Protect Biodiversity during Dominican Chapter of Citizen Dialogue
On Saturday, September 15, Global Foundation for Democracy and Development (GFDD) and Fundación Global Democracia y Desarrollo (FUNGLODE) successfully concluded the Dominican Chapter of the Citizen Dialogue on Biodiversity, during the initiative “World Wide Views on Biodiversity,” organized by the Technology Council of Denmark, with support from the United Nations Convention on Biodiversity.