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Interested in Conducting Research in the Dominican Republic?
Let us do the leg-work for you. You concentrate on what you have to do – RESEARCH. The Fellows Program, an initiative of Global Foundation for Democracy and Development, has fellowship opportunities for M.S., M.A., Ph.D.
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InteRDom Presents Urban Gardening Workshop for Participants in 2012 CCNY Service Learning Program
In preparation for the summer 2012 Service Learning Program in the Dominican Republic, InteRDom Internships, together with the Global Coalition for Peace (GCFP) and the Study Abroad office at the City College of New York (CCNY), presented an urban gardening workshop and practicum on Friday, May 25th to the participants enrolled in the program.
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Dominican Get-together is Celebrating the Dominican Music on July 5th in New York at the United Nations Headquarters, in the Dag Hammarskjold Auditorium from 6 – 8pm
Global Foundation for Democracy and Development and the Permanent Mission of the Dominican Republic to the United Nations come together to showcase the beauty and the history of Dominican music, from its very early days to the contemporary rhythms of today.
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GFDD Attends High Level Debate on State of the World Economy
Global Foundation for Democracy and Development attended the High Level Thematic Debate (HLTD) on the State of the World Economy and Finance in 2012, held in New York on 17-18 May 2012, under the sponsorship of the Secretary-General of the United Nations, Mr. Ban-ki Moon (SG) and the President of the General Assembly (PGA) H. E. Mr. Nassir Abdulaziz Al-Nasser.
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DREFF Will Present Discussion Panel on National Recycling Initiatives and Screening of Documentary Film Bag It!
On Wednesday, May 30, at 7:00 pm, the Dominican Republic Environmental Film Festival (DREFF), an initiative of GFDD, will organize a program on recycling at FUNGLODE headquarters in Santo Domingo, which will feature a panel discussion with key societal actors behind the country’s recycling and green living movement, followed by the screening of the documentary film Bag It!. Admission is free and open to the public.
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Acclaimed Photo Exhibit “New Perspectives: Dominican Republic” will be on Display at Primary School 24 in Brooklyn during the Month of June
Global Foundation for Democracy and Development (GFDD) is pleased to announce that it is bringing its acclaimed photography exhibit “New Perspectives: Dominican Republic” to the Primary School 24 Dual Language School for International Studies in Brooklyn, New York.
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Stellar Haitian-Dominican Friendship Concert, Co-organized by GFDD
The Smithsonian National Museum of African Art, The Smithsonian Latino Center, The Embassy of the Dominican Republic, The Embassy of Haiti, The Dominican Republic Tourist Board, in partnership with Global Foundation for Democracy and Development (GFDD), presented the Haitian-Dominican Friendship Concert.
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Join GFDD on May 16 for Haitian-Dominican Friendship Concert
Join Global Foundation for Democracy and Development (GFDD) for an evening of celebration of Dominican and Haitian music on Wednesday, May 16. GFDD is partnering with The Smithsonian National Museum of African Art, The Smithsonian Latino Center, The Embassy of the Dominican Republic, The Embassy of Haiti, and The Dominican Republic Tourist Board to present the “Haitian-Dominican Friendship Concert.”
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Social Work Students Learn About Internship and Research Opportunities at NYU Master’s Level Social Work Job Fair
InteRDom representatives promoted internship and research opportunities in the Dominican Republic to students and graduates of New York area social work programs on Wednesday, May 9th at the NYU Master’s Level Social Work Job Fair.
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GFDD and FUNGLODE Showcase Programs and Projects during Cultural Tourism Passport DC Initiative
GFDD and FUNGLODE’s participation in the Cultural Tourism Passport DC program, on May 5, 2012, in partnership with the Embassy of the Dominican Republic in Washington DC, attracted the attention and interest of a large group of visitors from all over the world. Tourists from Cuba, Colombia, Peru, Korea, Great Britain, along with the cosmopolitan DC population, expressed their interest in the Foundation’s projects, programs and activities and events taking place in the Dominican
Republic, the US and other countries.
