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Shirley Annhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16695191528359174601noreply@blogger.comBlogger503125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29472458.post-53088806820125581722019-03-29T21:26:00.002-05:002019-03-29T21:26:29.499-05:00You're Invited!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Come and celebrate the official opening of our location at 1 Beavers St. in Newnan GA on April 26th from 4-6.Elizabethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10880299978549800044noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29472458.post-69208969439307370292019-01-21T08:03:00.002-05:002019-01-21T08:04:34.388-05:00Thanks again to Ladies On Spokes<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">ASAP is honored to be included with these amazing women working to fill needs in our communities.</td></tr>
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<br />Elizabethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10880299978549800044noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29472458.post-54295906885381964412018-12-20T10:35:00.002-05:002018-12-20T10:37:45.301-05:00YAY! Ladies On Spokes<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Liz Arsenault from ASAP accepts a $100 donation from <br />
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Special thanks to ASAP's new partner - <a href="https://ladiesonspokes.com/" target="_blank">Ladies On Spokes</a>. This awesome group of Christian women unite through cycling - supporting one another with fellowship, love and acceptance. '<a href="http://www.asapempowers.org/tools/" target="_blank">Tools For Empowerment</a>" was honored with a $100 donation yesterday. Our <a href="http://www.asapempowers.org/news/yearend.php" target="_blank">goal is to raise $25,000</a> to provide business training to women tool recipients in the Dominican Republic in 2019.<br />
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Next year, on Friday April 26th, we look forward to our rescheduled ribbon cutting at 4:00pm. Ladies On Spokes will spearhead a bike-ride prior to the event. Please save the date!Elizabethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10880299978549800044noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29472458.post-56046038627864274522018-12-17T19:50:00.004-05:002018-12-17T19:50:45.549-05:00Thanks to the Coca-Cola Foundation<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<strong style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14.666666984558105px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-weight: normal;">ASAP was proud to participate in the 2018 </span></strong><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14.666666984558105px;">Coca-Cola Women’s Empowerment Challenge. Funds donated on Giving Tuesday were matched by the Coca-Cola Foundation to support our work to empower women entrepreneurs.</span><br />
<br />Elizabethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10880299978549800044noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29472458.post-15608951272255701372018-11-21T20:47:00.002-05:002018-11-23T20:54:17.250-05:00News Flash - Happy Thanksgiving<div style="text-align: center;">
Happy Thanksgiving!</div>
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THANKS for your interest. You make our work possible.</div>
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Elizabethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10880299978549800044noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29472458.post-21011320585124205412018-07-31T13:14:00.003-05:002018-07-31T13:14:53.308-05:00A Summer of Peace<a href="https://we.net/?utm_source=phplist1088&utm_medium=email&utm_content=HTML&utm_campaign=Finding%20Common%20Ground%20August%207-9:%20A%20Shift%20Network%20Online%20Summer%20of%20Peace%20Summit%20Co-Sponsored%20by%20We,%20The%20World!" target="_blank">WE - The World</a> are hosting a free Summer of Peace Summit.<br />
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<a href="https://summerofpeacesummit.com/?&utm_medium=affiliate&utm_source=infusionsoft" target="_blank">Click here</a> to learn more and registerElizabethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10880299978549800044noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29472458.post-64835880655283586162018-07-13T08:42:00.002-05:002018-07-13T08:46:36.590-05:00Renewal, Innovation, Reform<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<a href="https://we.net/wetheworld?utm_source=phplist1086&utm_medium=email&utm_content=HTML&utm_campaign=You%27re%20invited%20July%2021-23:%20Inaugural%20Global%20Town%20Hall%20for%20UN%20&%20Global%20Governance%20Renewal%20-%20Boulder,%20Colorado%20&%20Webcast%20Online!" target="_blank">We, The World </a>- A global campaign to unite and amplify the efforts of people, organizations and movements working for the common good - are hosting this Global Town Hall. Attend the livestream. <a href="http://events.cu.edu/events/inaugural-global-town-hall-for-global-governance-innovation-and-reform/event-summary-6a90187f36a740be80c5d70225dd74d7.aspx?utm_source=phplist1086&utm_medium=email&utm_content=HTML&utm_campaign=You%27re+invited+July+21-23%3A+Inaugural+Global+Town+Hall+for+UN+%26+Global+Governance+Renewal+-+Boulder%2C+Colorado+%26+Webcast+Online%21" target="_blank">Click here</a> to learn more or register.Elizabethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10880299978549800044noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29472458.post-42968523259903417652018-06-14T14:50:00.003-05:002018-06-14T14:50:57.241-05:00State of the Nonprofit Sector<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Roboto, Tahoma, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Nonprofit Finance Fund (NFF) will share the results of its latest State of the Nonprofit Sector Survey during a webinar on June 21 - 3-4 pm. <a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/data-for-change-the-state-of-the-nonprofit-sector-survey-tickets-46655726534" target="_blank">Click here</a> for more information.</span></span></span><br />
<br />Elizabethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10880299978549800044noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29472458.post-23574532893178222032018-04-26T09:05:00.000-05:002018-04-26T09:08:58.221-05:00Food Revolution Summit<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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learn more about this 7th annual FREE event.Elizabethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10880299978549800044noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29472458.post-67703534262110837842018-03-22T11:45:00.001-05:002018-03-22T11:48:59.851-05:00Grant Announcement<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Thanks to a recent grant from our friends at <a href="https://thewestfoundation.org/" target="_blank">The West Foundation,</a> ASAP is developing a new fund development and marketing plan. The West Foundation supported our <a href="http://www.asapempowers.org/tools/" target="_blank">Tools For Empowerment</a> pilot project for the last two years. This capacity building grant will help ASAP flourish, as together we work to help women and youth around our world become self-reliant.Elizabethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10880299978549800044noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29472458.post-63011855134191142322018-03-05T12:58:00.001-05:002018-03-05T13:09:29.412-05:00International Women's Day<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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Thursday, March 8th is International Women's Day. Attend the 1st annual Treasuring Women Global Summit. It's FREE.<br />
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<span style="background-color: #eeeeee; color: #333333; font-family: "roboto" , "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 17.5px;">"Achieving gender equality and empowering women and girls is the unfinished business of our time, and the greatest human rights challenge in our world."</span><br />
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<br />Elizabethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10880299978549800044noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29472458.post-16801426570890988652018-01-16T16:44:00.001-05:002018-01-16T16:49:48.968-05:00Foresight AfricaTomorrow , Wed. January 17, Brookings Africa Growth Initiative will launch the eighth annual <i>Foresight Africa</i> report, examining the six priorities that will shape growth in the coming year.<br />
<a href="https://www.brookings.edu/multi-chapter-report/foresight-africa-top-priorities-for-the-continent-in-2018/?utm_campaign=Africa%20Growth%20Initiative&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=60010622" target="_blank">Click here </a>to read the report.<br />
<a href="https://www.brookings.edu/events/foresight-africa-top-priorities-for-africa-in-2018/?utm_campaign=Africa%20Growth%20Initiative&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=60010622" target="_blank">Click here</a> to register for the webcast.<br />
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<br />Elizabethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10880299978549800044noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29472458.post-7576422845876009382018-01-11T09:19:00.002-05:002018-01-11T09:19:29.980-05:00Netzkraft Movement<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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ASAP is proud to be a member to the <a href="http://www.netzkraft.net/profil.php?teilnehmer=1991&lg=en" target="_blank">Netzkraft movement</a> since 2002. Started in 1990, this in an international group of activists and organizations working for peace, human rights and the environment. They're now on Facebook too -<a href="https://www.facebook.com/pg/netzkraft/about/?ref=page_internal" target="_blank"> click here to give us a like.</a>Elizabethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10880299978549800044noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29472458.post-50790057227256856362018-01-04T10:36:00.001-05:002018-01-04T10:36:38.020-05:002018 Begins with A Global EventExhausted from the holidays? Join <a href="https://www.7days-of-rest.org/" target="_blank">7 Days of Rest</a>.<br />
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Elizabethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10880299978549800044noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29472458.post-25207785063426780292017-10-20T17:35:00.001-05:002017-10-20T17:35:54.053-05:00Autumn Newsletter<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<a href="http://www.asapempowers.org/lib/newsletter/Current.pdf" target="_blank">Click here</a> to read ASAP's Autumn newsletter. Thanks for your interest!Elizabethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10880299978549800044noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29472458.post-63247585205562888552017-09-26T16:02:00.000-05:002017-09-26T16:03:46.732-05:00The Purpose of Development Aid?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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In our changing world, does aid continue to save the lives of children, decrease poverty and help fight disease?<br />
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What is the real motivation behind aid? <a href="https://www.brookings.edu/blog/future-development/2017/09/20/not-your-parents-foreign-aid-the-shift-from-power-to-proximity-and-poverty/" target="_blank">Click here</a> to read thoughts of Sarah Bermeo from Duke University's Center for International Development.<br />
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<br />Elizabethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10880299978549800044noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29472458.post-13734975245963457652017-07-23T14:35:00.000-05:002017-07-23T14:40:23.553-05:00The Drive for Resilience<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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On Monday, The Christian Science Monitor Daily will launch a weeklong series on strengthening community resilience in East Africa.<br />
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To watch the first video <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MtgYbxmvUeo" target="_blank">click here.</a>Elizabethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10880299978549800044noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29472458.post-8475234927886787642017-06-28T14:39:00.002-05:002017-06-28T14:39:20.264-05:00Valuable Volunteers<div style="text-align: center;">
Thanks to all our volunteers - you are priceless! </div>
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Elizabethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10880299978549800044noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29472458.post-7578683653152717742017-06-13T11:39:00.001-05:002017-06-13T11:49:02.983-05:00Thinking Working Politically<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0ncd07zdqNfUWHm1sa2qTF7Un1LiIJLNiQPLnw338Z3yspQgyjVyEeKPKvMvfI5UGECvAaiIN5_TS9w1kdAC-D1SodVAns8FD555-BMicvS3cib4LFqsvaIkym2Xtd2-us8WG/s1600/politics+%2526+dev.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="411" data-original-width="387" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0ncd07zdqNfUWHm1sa2qTF7Un1LiIJLNiQPLnw338Z3yspQgyjVyEeKPKvMvfI5UGECvAaiIN5_TS9w1kdAC-D1SodVAns8FD555-BMicvS3cib4LFqsvaIkym2Xtd2-us8WG/s320/politics+%2526+dev.jpg" width="301" /></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #404040; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Many development initiatives fail. Why? According to <a href="http://publications.dlprog.org/TWP.pdf">Thinking/Working Politically (TWP)</a> one problem is those who would benefit most lack power; that is, those who can make a difference are disengaged and political barriers are too often overlooked.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #404040; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br />Yet, progress is being made on <a href="http://doingdevelopmentdifferently.com/">"Doing Development Differently"</a>. Right now you can take action. <a href="http://doingdevelopmentdifferently.com/the-ddd-manifesto/">Click Here</a> to learn about and sign the<a href="http://doingdevelopmentdifferently.com/the-ddd-manifesto/"> DDD Manifesto.</a></span>Elizabethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10880299978549800044noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29472458.post-87115676580301744572017-05-18T13:42:00.003-05:002017-05-18T13:42:33.682-05:00Doing Development Differently<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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As the world rethinks development and foreign aid, USAID is considering combining disaster assistance and food humanitarian programs. <a href="https://www.devex.com/news/usaid-exploring-food-aid-disaster-assistance-merger-for-trump-reorganization-90307">Click here</a> to read the article.</div>
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Perhaps faith-based organizations are in the best position to bridge the gap as government budgets diminish. <a href="http://oxfamblogs.org/fp2p/why-faith-based-organizations-are-particularly-well-suited-to-doing-development-differently/?mkt_tok=eyJpIjoiWVdJM056Vm1NalV5T1RjMyIsInQiOiJUMCsrVU5UMTR1NUFjbVVhdnVRVFwvb0VtaDRnSFpEOGU2bXZqZ3A5UVlhcmJucTJrazZOcVd2UHVXcWFqOUNxNDNIRHdMZ3pXYno2T3RqeGFvY3llYkxwMjl4d21ab3REUGIwZDduQzNMQ0F6dVM1MmRRdVUyUm93WVwvOVVZaHgrIn0%3D">Click here</a> to read Oxfam's Duncan Green's article. <span id="goog_1611717006"></span><span id="goog_1611717007"></span><a href="https://www.blogger.com/"></a></div>
Elizabethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10880299978549800044noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29472458.post-929536238017614952017-04-25T19:18:00.001-05:002017-04-26T10:59:05.950-05:00Happy National Volunteer Week<span style="background-color: white; color: #575757; font-family: "tahoma" , "geneva" , sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">It's National Volunteer Week. We have SO MANY volunteers who give so much we wanted to take a moment to pause and say "Thanks!" to everyone who pitched in and helped out over the past year. </span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #575757; font-family: "tahoma" , "geneva" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal;">We CAN'T do it alone, and are so grateful to count you as one of our friends. We cherish <span style="color: black; font-size: 13px; text-align: center;">ALL the <a href="http://www.asapempowers.org/donor_recognition/volunteers.php">volunteers</a>, <a href="http://www.asapempowers.org/donor_recognition/in-kind_contributors.php">in-kind contributors</a>, <a href="http://www.asapempowers.org/donor_recognition/donors_table2017.php">donors</a> that make our work possible.</span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"> Special thanks to (left to right) Maria Berger, Edna Postash, John McCann, Jim Moore,<br />
Jeff Sevigny, Miles Faulk and Nick Seery </td></tr>
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</span>Elizabethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10880299978549800044noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29472458.post-91190638377899801302017-02-27T11:40:00.001-05:002017-02-27T12:35:22.105-05:00Universal Basic Income Experiment<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj07SsUmr6dZ2XKRhoTBT9AA7X9pzTJ6g0qbgDFs6gkuQu0_1kbIFfFa4R7c3ln9rh8457_wDYA0XfX9bIiXRhMJUiTTFM0qWkhX0enOy_5F0NyA0bf9t9lyUmewP1nXgtYktPg/s1600/show+me+the+money.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj07SsUmr6dZ2XKRhoTBT9AA7X9pzTJ6g0qbgDFs6gkuQu0_1kbIFfFa4R7c3ln9rh8457_wDYA0XfX9bIiXRhMJUiTTFM0qWkhX0enOy_5F0NyA0bf9t9lyUmewP1nXgtYktPg/s200/show+me+the+money.png" width="170" /></a>To fight global poverty, data tells us Direct Cash Transfers are working. According to randomized controlled trials from <a href="https://www.givedirectly.org/basic-income">GiveDirectly,</a> the leader in DCTs “peer-reviewed studies demonstrate that simply giving people money works.”<br />
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Now the biggest experiment ever in universal basic income will take place in western Kenya over 12 years.<br />
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<a href="http://www.insidephilanthropy.com/home/2017/2/25/omidyar-network-grant-givedirectly?mkt_tok=eyJpIjoiTVRrNVkySm1Nems0WXpNeSIsInQiOiIwbUxLYnB4R3FXdnRmcmtcL3ZrK2owZDlBRnhkTVlcL2ZEZm5KTitwNnRob0VkZmt3dldGZU5tUlwvTXp6cDJFZk44R2hKbXcrS202SkY5SWw5K09HYXlcL3o3b0tWWGFmYVZrclRWK0QxaTJncmlmZTRIZTZOaFo4eUtZaURtYlgrWHIifQ%3D%3D">Click here</a> to learn more.Elizabethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10880299978549800044noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29472458.post-77664002073042811192017-01-30T13:34:00.000-05:002017-01-30T13:34:02.545-05:00Mission Possible<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Scala Sans, sans-serif;"><span style="letter-spacing: -0.3199999928474426px;"><a href="https://ssir.org/">Stanford Social Innovation Review</a> and <a href="https://www.missioninvestors.org/">Mission Investors Exchange</a> have teamed up to explore what's next in impact investing.</span></span></span><br />
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CARE's <i>Scale X Design Accelerator program </i>aims to bridge the gap between impact and scale.<br />
Tomorrow, January 26th, CARE will launch the Scale X Design Challenge. At 7 pm EST the competition will be live at <span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: italic;"> </span><a class="c6" href="https://www.facebook.com/carefans/" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #666699; font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: italic; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">facebook.com/CAREfans</a><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="background-color: white;"><i>.</i></span></span><br />
To learn more <a href="https://www.devex.com/news/q-a-care-s-scale-x-design-accelerator-program-aims-to-bridge-the-gap-between-impact-and-scale-89499?access_key=&mkt_tok=eyJpIjoiWXpobU9URmhOamRqT1RNMCIsInQiOiI3Wmlya1lDN3pHanRVd1ZGWnVtVzdLYWl4Y2lmMXlUR2pHOEtzdTl2cXdNN05jN09KZ2lRSkJSVFV0eEhTMGUxaFkxQzNuRDlMcXFzZUtLQVFBV2hucmFSczRVd1h1SnlaN1wveTVrNzh3aktxRGtYR1dWb29HcVpBdmFvMmRUclAifQ%3D%3D">click here.</a>Elizabethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10880299978549800044noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29472458.post-24721642398712708632017-01-17T13:23:00.002-05:002017-01-17T13:35:56.904-05:00Millennium Development Goals<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="background-color: white; color: navy; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">“Would you tell me, please, which way I ought to go from here?”</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: navy; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 15px;"><i>Alice Through the Looking Glass</i> - Lewis Carroll </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: navy; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">"That depends a good deal on where you want to get to" replies the Cat.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: #fafafa;"><br /><span style="color: #101010; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Brookings' John McArthur and Krista Rasmussen examine which trajectories changed, for better or worse, and dispel some common myths about the 2000 - 2015 MDGs. </span></span></span><br />
<a href="https://www.brookings.edu/blog/future-development/2017/01/11/how-successful-were-the-millennium-development-goals/?utm_campaign=Global+Economy+and+Development&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=40647108" style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Click here to learn more.</a></td></tr>
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To review the new 15 year goals to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all </div>
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<a href="http://www.un.org/sustainabledevelopment/sustainable-development-goals/"> Click Here.</a>
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Change starts with YOU. It's easy too.<br />
<a href="http://www.un.org/sustainabledevelopment/takeaction/">Click here</a> for "The lazy person's guide to saving the world". </div>
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