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GFDD Fellow Henry Montero stresses how Cognitive Behavioral Therapy improves practical thinking and diminishes the delusions of Parkinson’s disease patients
GFDD & Funglode hosted a special side event at the United Nations during the 8th Session of the Conference of States Parties to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) on Thursday June 11. The lunchtime event, moderated by Marc Jourdan, GFDD UN Representative, presented the latest addition to the publication series Research and Ideas: a research study carried out by Henry A. Montero, a 2014 GFDD fellow on the topic of ‘Treating Parkinson’s
Disease Psychosis with Cognitive Behavioral Therapy’.

@dominicanaonline & @zonacolonialrd Launch “Discover your Colonial Zone”
The GFDD website, Dominicanaonline, and the @zonacolonialrd Instagram account are launching “Discover your Colonial Zone” photo competition. The contest welcomes professional as well as amateur photographers to submit their best pictures of Santo Domingo’s Colonial Zone starting on June 9th until June 25th, 2015. In addition to fabulous prizes, the ten winners will be invited to participate in a photo exhibition in Santo Domingo and will have their pictures published in
Dominicanaonline. Winners will be announced on July 3rd.

InteRDom Summer Program 2015 Kicks Off in Santo Domingo
The 2015 InteRDom Summer Program officially began on June 1st, 2015 in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, and welcomed a diverse group of students. Scholars in the program hail from the United States, Germany, and Italy, significantly expanding our reach of international students.

GFDD Representing Civil Society at XLV General Assembly of the OAS
The 45th Regular Session of the General Assembly of the Organization of American States (OAS), will be held on June 15-16, 2015 at OAS Headquarters in Washington, D.C. with the theme “Present and Future of the Organization of American States.” Global Foundation for Democracy and Development (GFDD) will participate in these meetings, as well as in two special dialogues. These will take place on Sunday, June 14, and include the Secretary General and the Assistant Secretary
General of the OAS, representatives of civil society, and other social actors addressing pressing issues relevant to the OAS’s efforts in the region.

Screening of “Planet Ocean” Closes Week of Environmental Awareness at Unibe
Thanks to the agreement between the Dominican Universities Environmental Network (RAUDO by its acronym in Spanish) and GFDD’s Dominican Republic Environmental Film Festival (DREFF), the 2015 Environment Week hosted several screenings of environmental films, in addition to exhibitions, lectures, and workshops on creative recycling.

UNIBE Students Join the Creative Recycling Wave with the ReCrearte Program
As part of the celebration of the Environment Week 2015, on June 2, Unibe hosted an orientation session on ReCrearte, GFDD/Funglode creative recycling program. A total of 65 students majoring in Marketing, Medicine and Advertising joined the “green” wave of creative recycling. In addition, after the lecture, the young people enjoyed GFDD’s award-winning documentary “Garbage or Resource? A Dominican Republic Experience,” which provides an overview of solid waste
management at the national level, and provides practical solutions for its management.

Fellows Program Welcomes Newest Program Participant Megan Beddow
The Fellows Program, an initiative of The Global foundation For Democracy and Development (GFFD) and Fundación Global Democracia y Desarrollo (Funglode), is pleased to receive Megan Beddow into the program. Megan has earned a Bachelor Degree from Florida Southern College in math, sociology, and Spanish, and is currently a candidate of a double degree (MA and MPA) in the University of Indiana. Her field of research includes the operation of nonprofit organizations, community
development, and social entrepreneurship, with a focus on communities in Latin America and the Caribbean. Megan is currently seeking to use her analytical skills for international development.

UNIBE Kicks Off Environment Week 2015 With Film Screening
UNIBE formally opened Environment Week 2015 – dedicated this year to the prestigious biologist and environmentalist Celeste Mir– with a screening of Lago Enriquillo: Preludio del cambio climático (Lake Enriquillo: Prelude to Climate Change). The film’s director, Fernando Báez, was present at the event, which was organized through UNIBE’s partnership with the Dominican Environmental Film Festival, an initiative of
GFDD/Funglode.

GFDD/Funglode Golf Classic to be Held This July
This event helps benefit GFDD/Fungode and its programs which support social, economic and democratic development in the Dominican Republic. It also serves as a networking opportunity for high-ranking officials, industry leaders, business executives, and celebrities. Previous tournaments have hosted leading individuals from the philanthropic field and prominent sports figures, along with others who have supported GFDD’s programs and projects. Mr. Juan Marichal, the first Dominican to
be inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame, will carry on the tradition of being the first to tee off for the tournament.