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2022 Posts
4th Quarter
- David Shear celebration of life: 3:30pm, October 30, at the Hollin Hall of Mt. Vernon Unitarian Church.
3rd Quarter
- Gathering in memory of Richard Blue: afternoon of September 24, 2022 at Susan and Richard’s home in Bluemont, Virginia. For information contact Susan Holloran at richardnblue36@gmail.com.
- Former A/AID Brian Atwood’s oral history posted on ADST’s website.
- DACOR Bacon House Foundation’s Homecoming event, September 9th at 2:30 pm: full English Afternoon Tea. (Register here.)
- Payne Fellowships: Applications Open for 2023 Cohort
- September 14 John Eriksson-Led Global Peace Services Forum on State-Level Implementation of the Climate Change Provisions of the U.S. Inflation Reduction Act of 2022
- Celebration of Life: Sher Plunkett
- Emergency Relief Funds for Ukraine: for FSNs and for Ukrainian Citizens
2nd Quarter
- USGLC’s President, Liz Schrayer, on the 2022 Global Impact Forum (June 24)
- USGLC International Affairs Budget Update (June 23)
- DACOR List of Comprehensive Ways to Contribute Assistance to Ukrainians
- USAID Administrator Power on Localization at the Skoll World Forum
- Marked and Branded by Holly Ferrette
- AID announces Global Fragility Act Countries
- Dilian Deal Memorial Scholarship
- USGLC: Liz Schrayer’s Top 7 Takeaways from Administration’s Budget Request
- Virtual Retirement Ceremony for SFS and SES
- CSIS Livestream on 50 Years of Bangladesh-U.S. Relations and Beyond
1st Quarter
- Outreach to “Road Scholars”
- Remembering Madeleine Albright by Liz Schrayer, USGLC
- The World Madeleine Albright Worked to Build (USAID Administrator Samantha Power)
- Politics never trumped my 40-year friendship with Madeleine Albright (Former USAID Administrator, Brian Atwood)
- Update on USAID’s Afghanistan Response
- Fighting for Peace: Serving During the Sri Lankan Civil War (David J. Garms)
- Ways to Support the People of Ukraine
- MFAN Congratulates Alice Albright and Scott Nathan on their Confirmations by the US Senate
- Devex: Samantha Power on UN Vote Condemning Russian invasion
- President Biden: To the Dedicated Members of the Federal Workforce
- Putin’s abuse of history is straight out of the autocrats playbook
- USAID Executive Message: “Supporting our FSN Colleagues in Ukraine
- Urgent Message from USAID Kyiv
- General Notice from the USAID Administrator: Standing with Ukraine
- USGLC Liz Schrayer: military + business leaders speak out
- USAID Announcing a New Counselor to the Agency from Administrator Samantha Power (January 4, 2022)
- Terry Myers Letter in January 1, 2022 NYTimes re GI Bill for Afghans (January 1, 2022)
2021 Posts
4th Quarter
- Journey from Kabul to US by USAID/Afghanistan FSNs (December 27, 2021)
- Administrator Samantha Power Holds Meetings on Covid-19 Vaccine Access and Delivery Efforts
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USAID steps up ‘languishing’ diversity, equity, and inclusion effort (Devex, 12/2021)
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Update on USAID’s Afghanistan Response: Note from Administrator Powell (December 9, 2021)
- Woody Navin’s Analysis of the “Enduring Struggle: The History of the United States Agency for International Development” (December 6, 2021)
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More than 9 in 10 federal workers and military personnel are vaccinated, with only a small percentage seeking exemptions, White House says (by Eric Yoder, November 26, 2021)
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OPINION: USAID at 60 by John Norris (November 3, 2021)
- Launch of WorkwithUSAID.org: recent initiative announced by USAID Administrator Samantha Power (November 8, 2021)
- Terry Myers Review of John Norris’ recent book “The Enduring Struggle: The History of the USAID and America’s Uneasy Transformation of the World (November 3, 2021)
- Through Peace and Prosperity: An Armenian-American finds the American Dream: Sylvian Etian (October 28, 2021)
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Fighting the War on Drugs with Bus Stops and Law Books: USAID in Bolivia (Lewis Lucke on October 20,2021)
- MFAN Applauds Consolidation of U.S. Foreign Assistance Dashboards
(Delivered on behalf of the Mondernizing Foreign Assistance Network (MFAN) by Co-Chairs Lester Munson, Larry Nowels, and Tessie San Martin) -
MFAN Announces Launch of Revitalized Organization — with Returning and New Members Committed to Foreign Aid Effectiveness (Washington, October 12, 2021)
- AFSA Urges USG Move Quickly on Afghanistan, Members Offer to Help with Processing/Hosting New Arrivals (October 12, 2021)