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New Generation of Dominican Filmmakers to be Presented at Drexel University
As part of its popular Dominican get-togethers program organized to promote a better understanding of the richness and diversity of Dominican Culture, Global Foundation for Democracy and Development (GFDD) in collaboration with Café Latino, and the assistance of the Drexel University Spanish Club and will be hosting a Dominican film screening, to be held on October 10th, 2013 at Papadakis Integrates Science Building, Drexel University.

GFDD and FUNGLODE Participates in Latino Poetry Festival with Dominican Poet Basilio Belliard
GFDD/FUNGLODE, a partner in this initiative, is participating in this popular poetry gathering by hosting renowned Dominican poet Basilio Belliard. This Festival, already a major cultural event in New York City, celebrates the literary creativity and Hispanic heritage of the United States, according to organizers who point out that nearly 40 million people speak Spanish in the United States. Local, national and international poets are invited to attend this year’s Festival.

Former Dominican Culture Minister and Literary Figure Celebrates Pedro Mir’s Great Work at GFDD’s Dominican Get-Together in the Big Apple
Jose Rafael Lantigua, guest of GFDD’s Dominican Get-Together program, spoke to a packed auditorium at New York City’s Cervantes Institute in collaboration with the Dominican Cultural Commission in the US and FUNGLODE’s esteemed publication Revista Global (Global magazine).

GFDD and FUNGLODE partner with City College of NY, on Photo Exhibit: Agriculture and People: Subsistence Practices of Hispaniola
GFDD and FUNGLODE, in association with City College of NY, Center for Worker Education, Division of Interdisciplinary Studies are partnering on a photo exhibit entitled “Agriculture and People Subsistence Practices of Hispaniola” showcasing works by Dominican conservation photographer, naturalist and illustrated-book producer, Eladio Fernandez.

Dominican Get-Togethers in the Big Apple Hosts Literary Gathering
Global Foundation for Democracy and Development (GFDD), and the Dominican Cultural Commissioner in the United States, in collaboration with FUNGLODE’s esteemed publication Revista Global (Global magazine), invite you to a conference with acclaimed Dominican literary writer José Rafael Lantigua. The conference, entitled “Pedro Mir: From the Landscape of Love to the Seed of Hope”, will take place from 6:00-9:00 pm at the Auditorium of Instituto Cervantes New
York, located between second and third avenues at 211 East 49th Ave, NY 10017.

Vegano Culture featured in Upper Manhattan at GFDD and FUNGLODE’s DGT in the Big Apple
Enthused guests were treated to dancing and the lively sounds of the Dominican Carnival in La Vega on Thursday night, June 6, during Global Foundation for Democracy and Development’s popular initiative, Dominican Get-togethers in the Big Apple.

The Second Annual Dominican Film Festival in New York City is Made Possible with Collaboration and Support of GFDD and FUNGLODE
In collaboration with Cine-Art, Global Foundation for Democracy and Development (GFDD) will appear as a partner and supporter for the Dominican Film Festival in New York (DFFNY) that will be held from June 26-30, 2013 at the Alumni Auditorium, Columbia University Medical Center, New York City.

GFDD and FUNGLODE’s Second Edition of the Dominican Film Showcase Program Attracts Wide Audience
Thought-provoking, entertaining and artfully crafted films defined this second edition of the Dominican Film Showcase Program in Washington, DC hosted by GFDD and FUNGLODE at the OAS’s Art Museum of the Americas. Over a period of four days, hundreds of avid film-goers were treated to a sampling of some of the best films produced in the Dominican Republic, by Dominican filmmakers, about Dominican topics.

GFDD and FUNGLODE is Proud to Present a Lunchtime Screening of The Growth of Lake Enriquillo: Environmental, Social and Scientific Implications
On Thursday, April 11, Global Foundation for Democracy and Development (GFDD) and its sister organization Fundación Global Democracia y Desarrollo (FUNGLODE) will host a documentary screening of the short film, The Growth of Lake Enriquillo: Environmental, Social and Scientific Implications, (In Spanish with English subtitles).

GFDD and FUNGLODE Host the Discussion about Corporate Social Responsibility at the OAS Headquarters
On April 4, Global Foundation for Democracy and Development (GFDD) and FUNGLODE, in cooperation with Comunidad Interamericana de Responsabilidad Social and the Organization of American States (OAS) will host a discussion about Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) in the OAS headquarters in Washington DC.