Category Archives: Dominican Studies and Diaspora
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Dominican Week in the US 2007
The Global Foundation for Democracy and Development (GFDD) and Fundación Global Democracia y Desarrollo (FUNGLODE), in association with the Semanadom Committee, Grupo Profesionales Dominicanos (GPD) of Washington DC, Goldman Sachs and Universidad APEC (UNAPEC), will be organizing Dominican Week in the United States.
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Dominican Week in USA
During the third week of September, New York and Washington D.C. will be hosts to “Dominican Week”; a week filled with activities that represent the Dominican community abroad. Some of those activities are panels, conferences, roundtables, fairs, and various cultural events.
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GFDD, FUNGLODE, and Dominican Week in USA Sign Agreement of Understanding
Global Foundation for Democracy and Development (GFDD) and Foundació Global Democracia y Desarrollo (FUNGLODE) signed an Agreement of Understanding with the Organizing Committee for the “Dominican Week in USA and Puerto Rico”.
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Launch of Remittance Task Force Report
A special task force was established by the Inter-American Dialogue to explore the impact of remittances on social and economic development in Latin America.
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The Role of the Dominican Diaspora: Forging Change in the Homeland
Ms. María Elizabeth Rodríguez, Director of the NY-DR Strategic Alliance Project, emphasized the proactive role of the Dominican Diaspora in the economic development of the Dominican Republic at the Berkeley Center for Globalization and Information Technology’s conference: “The Diaspora and Homeland Development.”