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Join Women's Global at
Chicago Public Radio's
2010 Global Activism Expo!
Join Women's Global Education Project, Chicago Public Radio's Jerome McDonnell of global affairs show Worldview,
and more than 100 other Chicago-area global activists at this annual
celebration of humanitarian efforts around the world!
Event includes
food for sale from local ethnic restaurants, special presentations from
featured global activists, and a Performance Stage curated by Lethal
Poetry.
More than 3,500 people are expected to attend, so mark your
calendars now for an amazing day of inspiration and fun!
WHAT: Chicago Public Radio Global Activism Expo 2010
WHEN: Saturday, April 17, 2010
Noon - 6 pm
WHERE: UIC Forum
University of Illinois at Chicago
725 W. Roosevelt Rd., Chicago
COST: FREE!
Also, join Women's Global Executive Director Amy Maglio at a special panel discussion during the expo:
Panel Discussion: Funding Your Development Project
Time: 2:30-3:30 pm
Location: Classroom 1
Panel Description: It takes more than just a good idea to make a project
happen and in the current economic climate, fundraising has become even more
challenging. As an organization grows and changes funding its future can
become even more complicated. Find out how these organizations have been
able to overcome the obstacles and keep going, dollar by dollar!! Each panelist will present for 12 minues, followed by audience Q&A for 25 minutes.
Panelists: MODERATOR: Colleen Walsh, St. Francis Health Care Services
Nila Vora, founding member, India Development Service
Robert Webster, Trustee, Board of Trustees, Operation Asha USA
Amy Maglio, Founder and Executive Director, Women's Global Education Project
WHAT ELSE IS GOING ON AT THE EXPO?
° International music and poetry perfromances, with a Performance Stage curated by Lethal Poetry
° Food booths from local ethnic restaurants
° Hosted by Worldview host Jerome McDonnell
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More than 100 Chicago-area international nonprofits representing work in over 40 countries around the world
who, like Women's Global, have been featured guests on Chicago Public Radio's global activism
series Worldview:
100 Friends Project
Across the Americas
Actual Size
Adoption-Link (Chances by Choice)
American Friends Service Committee
AMIM Congo
Armenian Relief Mission
Art Creation Foundation for Children
Arzu Rugs
Art Works Projects: Art and Design for Human Rights
Asha for Education
Aspire Inspire Foundation
Awassa Children's Project
BoldeReach
BOSCO Ugandan Relief Project
Build Cambodia
buildOn (formerly Building With Books)
Cameroon America AIDS Alliance
Campaign for Collateral Compassion
CatarACT International
Causes for Change International
Center for Global Initiatives
Center for Rural Empowerment and the Environment (CREE)
Centro Medico Humberto Parra
Chiapas Media Project
Child Restoration Outreach Support
Children’s Place International
Common Hope
Concern America
Coprodeli USA
Cove Alliance Children’s Outreach and Vocational Education
Dalit Solidarity
Damien House
Development in Gardening (DIG)
Digital Divide Data
Dwan Madiki Partnership
Earthways Foundation
El Fuego Del Sol (Force of the Sun)
Ember Kenya Grandparents Empowerment Project
Enable International/Honduran Health Exchange
Engineers Without Borders
Feed My Starving Children
Fellow Man International
Ghar Sita Mutu (House with a Heart)
Global Alliance for Africa
Global Business Assist
Global Emergency Care Collaborative
Global Partnership for Afghanistan
GlobeMed
Hagar USA
Hands of Hope
Health for Humanity
Heartland International
Hearts in Motion
Help Sudan
Holy Angels Hospice and Orphanage
Hospital Sisters Mission Outreach
India Development Coalition of America
India Development Services (formally known as Blind Foundation for India)
International Family Literacy Initiative
It Can Be Done
Ivory Coast Mothers and Children |
Jewelers’ Burma Relief Project
Kows 4 Kenyan Families
Landmines Blow!
LEAP Science and Maths School
LemonAid Fund
Mali Midwives
Malia Designs
Marjorie Kovler Center at the Heartland Alliance
MarketPlace Handiwork of India
Matanya’s Hope
MayaWorks
Medical Aid to Northern Uganda
Mosaic Initiative
Mosel Chemotherapy Project
Mwangaza, Inc.
My Lai Peace Park Project
Mzake ndi Mzake (Friend to Friend)
New Life for Haiti
New Trier Haiti Project
Nicaragua-Direct
Ninos del Lago
Nonviolent Peace Force
One Acre Fund
Open Hands Studios
Operation Asha
Organic Retreats
Orphan’s Tree (formerly Children's Hopechest)
Paraguay Hecho a Mano
Peace Journey Project
Prevention Through Education
Project Focus
Project Harambee
Radios Populares
Range of Motion Project (ROMP)
Rat Patrol
Refugee Center for Hope
Riders for Health II
Run for Congo Women
Sango Association
Sarvodaya USA
Schools for Children of the World
Share Your Soles
SHAREcircle
Society for the Promotional of Rural Education and Development International
Solar Light for Africa
Solar Service, Inc.
Solidarity Bridge/Solidarity Clothing
South Sudan Voices of Hope for Relief and Development
St. Francis Health Care Services
Stop Burma's Crimes Against Humanity
Sun Ovens International
The Citizens Foundation
The Zakat Foundation of America
Tibet Girls School
Tikondane Community Center
Tiller’s International
Timothy Project (Mekelle Institute of Technology)
Vamos Adelante
Vanavevhu – Children of the Soil
Vumilia
WE-ACTx
Women’s Global Education Project
Working Bikes Cooperative
Youth Technology Corps
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Lethal Poetry
is an arts and entertainment company/label in Chicago built to support
local art community and provide public service. They seek to promote
artistic practices, encourage non-political social activism, and
promote environmentally conscious living. They are proud to be curating
the Performance Stage at this year's Global Activism Expo.
Click here for more information about the Global Activism Expo 2010.
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