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InteRDom Promotes Summer and Fall Opportunities at the Manhattanville College Spring Job and Internship Fair
InteRDom representatives have been working hard to bring the program to potential interns in time to apply by the April 15 application deadline, for what promises to be an exciting summer and fall. In light of the upcoming deadline, InteRDom participated in the Manhattanville College Spring Job and Internship Fair on March 25, 2016 in Purchase, New York.
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“Vuelos Prohibidos”, an ICAIC and Funglode Co-production, Premieres in New York
The most recent production of the Cuban director Rigoberto López, “Vuelos Prohibidos”, will premiere April 25 at the Lincoln Center in New York City. The director and cast will attend the premiere, along with the President of Funglode/GFDD, Dr. Leonel Fernández, and the Executive Director of GFDD, Natasha Despotovic, institutions that organized the event in the Big Apple.
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Value of Life and 7 Gramos at Finger Lakes Environmental Film Festival
GFDD’s production Value of Life and Globo Verde Dominicano Award winner 7 Gramos will be presented at the 19th annual Finger Lakes Environmental Film Festival (FLEFF) April 1 at 10am, at Ithaca College campus. The event will be open to the public and free of charge.
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“Gender-Based Violence is an Impediment to the Empowerment of Women and the Dominican Republic’s Sustainable Development” States GFDD during CSW60
GFDD was present as the 60th session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW60) concluded on Thursday March 24th, following two weeks of negotiations. UN Member States committed to the gender-responsive implementation of the United Nations Agenda 2030 for Sustainable Development. A set of agreed conclusions called for enhancing the basis for rapid progress, including stronger laws, policies and institutions, better data and scaled-up financing.
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Anthony Davidson Appointed New Member of GFDD Advisory Committee
GFDD is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Anthony R. Davidson, Dean of the School of Business at Manhattanville College, as the newest member of the foundation’s Advisory Committee. Davidson, who has spent the past 30 years leading organizations and managing key initiatives across a wide range of industries, and generating new growth opportunities that create enduring value, was appointed after meeting with GFDD President Leonel Fernández, in New York.
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Emotions and Surprises During the First DGT of the Year With Fernando Villalona
For its first Dominican Get Together of the year, GFDD/Funglode welcomed today Fernando Villalona, el Mayimbe, one of the most famous and emblematic artists of the Dominican Republic, to talk about his life and more than 45 years of musical career at the Miami Dade College.
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GFDD/Funglode Praises Dominican Women Writers in the US
“The 13th International Book Fair of Dominican Women Writers in the United States, dedicated this year to the writer Kianny Antigua, was held in New York from March 18 to March 20, with the theme: “The feminine creation is auto-reflective “. The fair, one of the most important events of the Dominican writers community residing in New York City, welcomed once again the presence of GFDD/Funglode, which in addition to be present with a stand, participated in various activities and
organized a workshop on recycled art through its program ReCrearte.
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InteRDom to Attend Manhattanville College Spring Job and Internship Fair
For the first time, InteRDom will be participating in the Spring Job and Internship Fair at Manhattanville College in Purchase, New York from 12:30 – 3:00 pm on Friday, March 25, 2016.
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Women Artisans Learn to Create Art from Waste at CUNY
The City University of New York (CUNY) hosted a workshop of creative recycling organized by the GFDD program ReCrearte, within a series of workshops held in March in New York City, March 17. The event, led by Bertha Santana, was aimed at women artisans, who learned to recover waste and transform it into new objects and designs. Participants amazingly made personal accessories out of plastic bags.
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Praising Dominican Natural Beauty and Creating Environmental Awareness at the DCEFF
There were conversations about environmental awareness and sustainable development as well as praise for the natural beauty of the Dominican Republic. Film was once again used not just for entertainment but as a vehicle to show the world the issues that most matter and to spread the word about them, because they are after all, global and touch us all. A sign in front of the Gala Theater in Washington D.C. read “tickets sold out” for the Noche Dominicana
(Dominican Night) organized by GFDD and DREFF yesterday as part of the DC Environmental Film Festival in the Nation’s Capital (DCEFF).
