Right now, world leaders are gathering in Rio de Janeiro for the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development, Rio+20, to define pathways to a more sustainable future for our world.
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This World Refugee Day, take a moment to think about what home means to you. No one wants to be uprooted from home, but refugees have no choice
Read ArticleIt was a great day, with one exception: the dang mosquitoes! We’ve been at war with them for a while, trying tried repellant, citronella candles, swatters, and garlic. Nothing seemed to work.
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This World Refugee Day, take a moment to think about what home means to you. No one wants to be uprooted from home, but refugees have no choice.
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Students from The Bush School in Seattle, Washington know how to make a big impact by sending nets and saving lives!
Read ArticleThis summer I’m in DC interning with the United Nations Foundation’s Nothing But Nets team, a unique internship that’s more than just another professional experience.
Read ArticleRecently my colleague Drake Carden and I flew to Atlanta to attend the World Leadership Conference hosted by Usher’s New Look Foundation. Seventh and eighth graders from all over Atlanta came to learn about New Look’s Powered by Service initiative, which teaches young people to identify their special talent, pinpoint an issue in their community, develop strategies to address the problem, and implement a solution to help others.
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Right before my mom Pauline Ann Middleton Allis passed away in May 2012 from a brain tumor, I promised her that I would work every day the rest of my life to be part of creating a better world.
Read ArticleEarlier this month, my colleague Rachel Smith and I had an amazing adventure attending a conference hosted by Junior Chamber International (JCI) in Braunschweig, Germany.
Read ArticleI survived, but more than 2 million people were killed in the war, with more dying even today. The CPA was informally known as “peace on paper.” Even as late as 2008, I did not know if I would ever see my father and extended family again.
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