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Category Archives: Dominican Studies and Diaspora

President of Dominican Republic Delights in Aerial Photos Depicting The Country
Dr. Leonel Fernandez, President of the Dominican Republic and Honorary President of GFDD and FUNGLODE, on a trip to the United States to attend the United Nations General Assembly, took the opportunity to visit the photo exhibit “New Perspectives: Dominican Republic”, an initiative of GFDD and FUNGLODE, located at the City University of New York (CUNY) until October 31.

URI Feinstein Campus Gallery stages GFDD and FUNGLODE’s Ninth New Perspectives: Dominican Republic Photo Exhibit
Global Foundation for Democracy and Development (GFDD) & Fundación Global Democracia y Desarrollo (FUNGLODE) hosted their ninth photo exhibit entitled “New Perspectives: Dominican Republic”, in collaboration with the Urban Arts & Cultural Program of the University of Rhode Island Providence Campus.

GFDD and FUNGLODE Photo Exhibit Highlights Beauty and Diversity of the Dominican Republic
“Breathtaking”, “Stunning”, “Magnificent” were just some of the many impassioned comments made by hundreds gathered at the inauguration of the “New Perspectives of the Dominican Republic” photo exhibit on September 13 at the City College of New York Amsterdam Plaza.

Photo Exhibit: New Perspectives: Dominican Republic to open at the University of Rhode Island Providence Campus this Fall in honor of Hispanic Heritage Month
Global Foundation for Democracy and Development (GFDD) & Fundación Global Democracia y Desarrollo (FUNGLODE) will host their ninth photo exhibit entitled New Perspectives: Dominican Republic, in collaboration with the Urban Arts & Cultural Program of the University of Rhode Island Providence Campus. The official dates of the Exhibit will be September 12 through October 31, 2011 which coincides with Rhode Island’s Hispanic Heritage Month celebrations.

FUNGLODE and GFDD, will organize a High-Level Conference “The Presence of Africa in the Caribbean, the Antilles and the United States”
Fundación Global Democracia y Desarrollo (FUNGLODE) and its sister institution in the United States, Global Foundation for Democracy and Development (GFDD), will organize a three-day academic conference titled “The Presence of Africa in the Caribbean, the Antilles and the United States.”

The Dominican Republic Global Film Festival Thanks Its Volunteers
The Dominican Republic Global Film Festival (DRGFF) thanked its 2008 group of volunteers this Thursday, August 6 by throwing a special party in their honor at the dance club Jet Set in the Dominican capital.

Summer Interns Visit Altos de Chavon and Saona Island
On Saturday, August 1, InteRDom’s Summer 2009 students embarked on their last excursion of the summer to visit the eastern part of the country at Altos de Chavón and Saona Island.

Summer Interns Get Close to Nature in San Cristobal
InteRDom’s summer 2009 interns learned about the history, culture and ecology of the Dominican Republic on their third excursion of the summer, July 18-19 at Rancho Campeche in San Cristobal.

InteRDom Interns Tour the National Congress
On June 24, 2009 the InteRDom interns got to experience the politics of the Dominican Republic first-hand when they went on a tour of the National Congress building in Santo Domingo.

HOT Summer Seminar “Civil Rights in the Dominican Republic”
As part of its 2009 Academic Summer Program, the internship program InteRDom, an initiative of Global Foundation for Democracy and Development (GFDD) and Fundación Global Democracia y Desarrollo, will present the two-day seminar “Civil Rights in the Dominican Republic.”