Democracy and civic education
Peace building and Conflict resolution
Leadership Development
Community and Regional development
 
ACCOMPLISHMENTS
Central Asian Exchange Program-Responsible Governance, Civic Education and Citizen Participation in Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan. An exchange between US and Central Asian NGO leaders, educators and education policy makers.

LINC: Voices in Democracy- Linking individuals, knowledge, and culture; a two-way exchange for U.S. & Indonesian secondary school students. 2006-2007

Youth Leadership Program: Indonesia- Civic Education programs in the U.S. for high school students and teachers from Indonesian Pesantren ( Islamic Boarding) schools, 2004, 2005, 2006

Religion, Human Rights, and Democracy- Peer Interactions between U.S. and Kazakh Religious and Civic Leaders, 2003-2005

Community Connections: Role of Religion in Democracy - Religious Leaders from Azerbaijan (Community Connections), 2004

Global Education and Leadership Training- Youths from the North and South America, Europe, Asia, and Africa (Global Youth Village) - Kelly Foundation, Turn2Foundation, Open Society Institute, Xerox Corporation, 1979 - present

Conflict Prevention-Training for Civic Leaders from Jalalabad, Kyrgyzstan-for media, government, NGO, and law enforcement - U.S. Department of State, 2003

Building for the Future- Peaceful Coexistence Skills for Children of Civil War/ Youth Development Program, Georgian and Abkhazian youths- Academy for Educational Development, 1998, 2001

Cross-Cultural Conflict Resolution- Training for Community Agencies in Arlington, VA-training provided for the National MultiCultural Institute, 1996

Oil Company and Environmental Activist Dialogue- Program for Major Oil Companies and Environmental Activist groups, private funding, 1991

Global Viewpoints Forums; Arab- Jewish Men's Dialogues-presentations and discussions on interfaith understanding, regional conflicts, and environmentally sustainable development -private funding, 1985 - 1989

Dialogue Exchange; Dialogue Speakers Tours- study tour of reconciliation movement in the U.S., Israel, and Palestine - private funding

 

Ukrainian Women's Leadership: NGO Development- U.S. Department of State, 1999-2002

Community Connections- US internship programs for entrepreneurs, educators, and other professionals from Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Uzbekistan, U.S. department of State, 1993-present

Global Youth Village- summer training institute for high school students from around the world in environmental action, global perspectives, conflict resolution, and leadership. Foundation support, private funding, 1979-present

Leadership Curriculum- student and teacher manuals created for two-tier program activities, 1991-93

Leadership Development Initiative-organizational development and pilot for a year-long series of enabling activities for principals, teachers, and students of the Archdiocese of New York City (joint project with Center for Educational Programs)- Milken Foundations 1991-95

Workshops in Sustainable Tourism Development- European Union (Amman, Jordan)

Central Asian Youth Exchange focused on Tourism- US Department of State, 1993-5

Discover the NIS - international travel to Russia, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan for underserved US teens - DeWitt Wallace Reader's Digest Foundation, 1992-94

Middle East Environmental Professional Visitors Program- U.S. Department of State, 1993

YES (Youths for Environment and Service) - empowering youth to form coalitions and take actions that make a difference - private funding, 1985 - 1991

 
 
  Religion and Society Program-Indonesia - religious leaders, clerics and community leaders increase their knowledge of the counterpart country and establish a dialogue about the scholarship and practice of religion (particularly Islam) in the two nations.

Small grants program for Ukrainian NGOs - funding women's initiatives in legal education, adoption, anti-drug and teen pregnancy, U.S. Department of State, 2001-02

NGO development for youth-serving NGOs in Perm, Russia - focus on inter-ethnic and inter-religious understanding, US Agency for International Development

Community Connections- US internship programs on NGO development, urban ecology, public health and other issues for professionals from Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Uzbekistan, U.S. department of State, 1993-present

Central Asian Artisan Marketing Workshop- women's business initiative (Uzbekistan)- World Bank 1993-5

Virginia Growth Management Forum- statewide forum for government and business sectors, 1989

Changing Tides along the Mediterranean- international conference for young professionals from 11 Mediterranean and 2 North American nations developed environmental action plans (Spain)- U.S. Agency for International Development and private funding, 1985