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2nd Quarter, 2025

Stand Up for Aid Situation Reports

Updates from OneUSAID Community

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1st Quarter, 2025

Stand Up for Aid Situation Reports

Updates from OneUSAID Community

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Monday, March 24th, at 9 a.m. EST (afternoon in Africa) for a forum on African views of President Trump. Online only, for the link, RSVP at  https://annenberg.usc.edu/events/cclp/africa-us-forum-president-donald-trumps-100-days-office-views-africa  (and yes, our African partners did  not want to wait until the 100 days had passed)
Monday, March 31, 9 am EST (afternoon in Africa): The Future of Africa-U.S. Health Diplomacy: African public perceptions and responses to the US presidential actions. In person and on line.
To attend in person in Washington DC, please email Judy Kang at junghwak@usc.edu (seating is limited, RSVPs are essential)

2024 Posts

4th Quarter

3rd Quarter

  • Join the Fight for Democracy Regardless of party affiliation: National Security Leaders for America (NSL4A) is a bipartisan, all-volunteer organization established to counter growing threats to our democratic institutions, norms, and processes.  We advocate for positions, values, and individuals that strengthen the United States as a democratic nation.  See https://www.nsl4a.org/
  • USAID alumni are invited to join USC in person or online on Monday, August 26, 9 to 11 a.m. EDT (afternoon in Africa), on Intergenerational Solidarity and African Health Systems at the USC Washington DC campus, 1771 N Street NW.  Click here for details and how to RSVP. 
  • On Friday, August 9, at 11 a.m., a memorial service will be held for Roger Allen Bloom at St. Luke’s Episcopal Church, 8009 Ft. Hunt Rd., Alexandria, VA.
  • On Sunday, August 4, 2024, at 12 p.m., funeral services will be held for Norman Cohen at Congregation Har Shalom in Potomac, where he was a founding member.  Internment will follow at Judean Memorial Gardens in Olney.
  • On Thursday, July 25, 2024, the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and USAID are pleased to invite you to “Development Is Digital: Harnessing Technology’s Potential for a Better World,” the launch event for USAID’s Digital Policy.  USAID Administrator Samantha Power will deliver a keynote address on why technology is perhaps the single most decisive force shaping global development today.  Click here for more details and to register. 
  • On Sept. 9 from 5 to 7 p.m. a celebration of the life of Ambassador Dean Pittman will be held at the Howard Theatre, 620 T St NW, Washington, DC.  To RSVP (required for entry, please do so by August 15) and find more details, click on this link:  RSVP for Dean’s Celebration of Life.  
  • On Sept. 14 at 11 a.m. a memorial service will be held at Grace Church Cathedral in Charleston, SC, for Judith “Judy” Davis Johnson, who passed away on June 11, 2024.
  • On Monday, July 8, at 12 noon EDT, a forum with Dan Kimmage, Principal Deputy Coordinator, U.S. State Department Global Engagement Center, will be part of the First Monday public diplomacy lunch forums, presented in partnership with the Public Diplomacy Council of America and the George Washington University Institute for Public Diplomacy and Global Communication at the USC Washington DC campus, 1771 N Street NW.   All USAID alumni are invited to join us, in person or by zoom.  Details and RSVP:  https://publicdiplomacy.org/news_manager.php?page=36118

2nd Quarter

  • On Monday, June 24, at 9 a.m. EDT, at the USC Washington DC campus, 1771 N Street NW, the USC Annenberg Center on Communication Leadership and Policy, University of Southern California, and others, will hear from African experts about what the next 30 years of the ICPD means for Africa, regional priorities for the future of reproductive and sexual health, and what emerged from the 57th Commission on Population and Development.  Click here for details and to RSVP.  
  • On Monday, June 3, from 6:00 to 8:00 PM a reception in memory of Elizabeth Schoenecker will be held at Joseph Gawler’s Sons Funeral Home, 5130 Wisconsin Avenue, NW, Washington, DC, 20016. The funeral Mass will be held at Holy Trinity Catholic Church, in Georgetown, 3513 N Street NW Washington, DC 20007, starting at 10:30 AM on Tuesday, June 4, 2024.
  • To see the Foreign Service Centennial Video click here, May 24, 2024
  • The U.S. Foreign Service celebrated its 100th year anniversary on May 24, 2024.  The gala on Tuesday, May 21st was livestreamed on State’s website and YouTube channels. Secretary of State Anthony Blinken, CIA Director Bill Burns, and USAID’s Counsellor Clinton White were the main speakers. Here are the links for the livestream from the gala where you are able to watch the remarks of all the speakers:  Department homepage and YouTube Channel.  In honor of the Anniversary, AFSA has provided an excellent set of talking points should you have the opportunity to spread the word in your community. Just click here.
  • USAID has released a new Mandatory Reference to Automated Directives System (ADS) Chapter 530, Emergency Planning Overseas. The Mandatory Reference, Standard Operating Procedures for Emergency and Crisis Management for Non-American Staff and Locally Contracted Personnel (“the Playbook”) describes the available actions that Mission can take to support FSNs in the event of a crisis or emergency situation.  See note from USAID Deputy Administrator Paloma Adams-Allen, August 21, 2023, by clicking here.

1st Quarter

 

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