July 26, 2010
Respect Magazine: Global Potential débarque en France!
Révéler le potentiel de chacun, faire des jeunes défavorisés les leaders de demain : tel est le credo de l’ONG américaine Global Potential, basée à New-York et Boston. Depuis 2007, GP envoie des jeunes en République Dominicaine, au Nicaragua et en Haïti. Prochaine étape : s’implanter en France !
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April 24, 2010
Nicas in New York
Article in Spanish written by Nicaraguan Journalist Lidia Hunter, in New York, who gave a workshop on April 24th on Nicaragua to 18 Global Potential Youth in New York. Lidia Hunter is the Publicist of the Nicaraguan Foundation for Humanitarian action Pro-Nicaragua in New York, and has partnered with Global Potential since May 2009.
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December 23, 2009
Respect Magazine
One of the GP films was featured in Respect Magazine, a French Magazine that also awarded us with the Plural + Respect award at the Plural + Youth Video Festival.
Read about it here!
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November 1 – November 8, 2009
International Youth Foundation
Sarah Gogel, Deputy Director of GP, was among 20 outstanding young social entrepreneurs selected as 2009 YouthActionNet® Fellows. Launched in 2001 by the International Youth Foundation (IYF) and Nokia, YouthActionNet® seeks to develop a new generation of socially conscious global citizens who create positive change in their communities, their countries, and the world.
The 2009 Global YouthActionNet® Fellows traveled to Washington, D.C., USA for a weeklong leadership workshop on November 1-8. Each was recognized for their efforts at the Annual YouthActionNet® Global Awards Ceremony and had the opportunity to network with leading international organizations.
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October 24, 2009 at 8 pm EST and October 25, 2009 at 11 pm EST
CNN Special
Special report by Soledad O’Brien, on how Latinos are reshaping our communities and culture and forcing a nation of immigrants to rediscover what it means to be an American. Click here for more information
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October 21, 2009
Diario Digital
Omega Tech agasaja a voluntarios de la Organización New Heights
Estos jóvenes estarán conviviendo en comunidad en el batey Los Block de Mena, en Tamayo, por 45 días. Read more here.
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October 16, 2009
The Transdiaspora Network Community Blog
Click here to read about how The Transdiaspora Network Community Blog is engaging youth to explore new alternatives for communication about HIV prevention in Haiti and the Dominican Republic.
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October 4, 2009
NYC Venture Philanthropy Fund
GP selected as a one of three finalists for the NYC Venture Philanthropy Fund, to present on October 22nd at the VPF Finalists Pitch Night.
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October 1, 2009
Manhattan Times News
Young adults head to Dominican Republic for community service:
Where the six young adults from the GED program at New Heights Neighborhood Center are going there is no electricity, and the people are desperately poor. Over a period of 45 days, the 17- to 24-year-olds will help teach English, help build houses, and participate in health workshops in Tamayo, in la Provincia Independencia, in the Dominican Republic. Read more
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September 10, 2009
UNESCO
Although we did not make the final cut, we were pleased to receive this note from UNESCO’s Best practices in youth policies and programs in Latin American and the Caribbean project, “It is our pleasure to inform you that after a rigorous examination of over 600 registered practices from over 30 countries of the region, your initiative “Global potential” has been pre-selected as a best practice in the work with and for the young people of the region.”
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September 2009
Jaded Radio
Frank Cohn, Executive Director and Founder, on the radio explaining Global Potential with Jaded Radio in Brooklyn. Click here to hear his interview
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August 2009
International Youth Foundation
Sarah Gogel, GP’s Deputy Director, awarded YouthActionNet® Global Fellowship, a program of the International Youth Foundation that develops a new generation of socially conscious global citizens who create positive change in their communities, their countries, and the world. Click here to read more
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June 30, 2009
Office of the Brooklyn Borough President’s Office
Letter from the Office of the Brooklyn Borough President’s Office” “I would like to commend Global Potential’s innovative work in the borough of Brooklyn. Brooklyn is home to one of the most ethnically diverse populations in the world so it is only fitting that an organization such as Global Potential has used innovative strategies to provided culturally enriching global opportunities for Brooklyn’s ethnically diverse and disadvantaged youth.”
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January 23, 2008
Changemakers.net
“Global Potential: Youth Empowerment for Community Development—Travel, Volunteering, Social Entrepreneurship, and Job Training”, published on Changemakers.net. Click here to read more
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September 2008
Transdiaspora Network
GP’s HIV/AIDS prevention work and sexual and reproductive health workshops in the Dominican Republic”, published on Transdiaspora Network. Click here to read more.
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July 29, 2008
Caribbean Net News
“A new program shifts the concept of philanthropy,” Global Potential cited in Caribbean Net News. Click here to read more.
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