Congratulations to Friends of ENCA Farms and Returned Peace Corps Volunteer(RPCV) Sherry Manning Earlier this month, the National Peace Corps Association’s Annual Peace Corps Connect Conference was held in Denver, hosted by the Return Peace Corps Volunteers of Colorado (RPCV). It was an energizing weekend and a great way to bring together the large community… Read more »
Two Health-Related Posner Tenants Share Their Models July’s Posner Center Block Party brought together two of our newer tenants, African Strategies for Advancing Pathology (ASAP) and D-Rev. Both groups focus on strengthening health systems, but approach this work in very different ways, and their presentations shed light on each of their approaches. Special thank you… Read more »
Posner Center Funds Training Center Construction is underway on a new training center in the Wasiko district of Uganda, thanks to a partnership between Africa Development Promise and Edge of Seven. The center will support Epaphroditus Cooperative Society, a women’s agricultural cooperative, by providing them a space for basic office operations and facility for educational… Read more »
On Thursday, June 29th, the Posner Center had the pleasure of hosting a panel-style discussion on Financial Inclusion for Women in Developing World, exploring a spectrum of approaches to achieving this vital component of global poverty eradication. The event was generously supported by Beyond Our Borders, group-advised fund held at The Women’s Foundation of Colorado,… Read more »
$14,000 Raised for Posner Center Organizations On Saturday, June 3rd, the Posner Center participated as the non-profit partner for Cocktails on the Rocks, an event organized by Party B Cause. The annual event was held in the heart Morrison, Colorado overlooking Red Rocks Amphitheater and serves as a host for 30 of Colorado’s distilleries combined… Read more »
Dynamic 5-Day Institute Propels Change Leaders from High-Potential to High-Impact Apply for StartingBloc DC’17 by July 7th StartingBloc is rooted in the belief that our world is in urgent need for better leadership—leadership that is purpose-driven, inclusive, and collaborative. StartingBloc cultivates and convenes these leaders at 5-day Institutes, and has grown a global Fellowship of… Read more »
Results From the Training, Supported by the Posner International Collaboration Fund As part of a 2017 International Collaboration Fund (ICF) grant awarded by the Posner Center, Member organizations emBOLDen Alliances and Uhambo are partnering to raise awareness within our network about people with disabilities, and to provide education and resources on how to include persons with disabilities in… Read more »
A Look at the Efforts of Three Networks Each month the Posner Center hosts a Block Party, a lunchtime event that allows Tenant and Member organizations in our community to share about their work around a particular thematic area or topic. On June 14th we hosted a Block Party to feature a few of… Read more »
Engineers Without Borders USA & Freshwater Project Int’l Supported by the Posner Center’s International Collaboration Fund (ICF), our Tenant Engineers Without Borders USA and Member Freshwater Project International are working together in Malawi to to assess the water and sanitation conditions at 20 government-funded Maternal Waiting Homes. The homes were built by the government as part of a larger program,… Read more »
On January 28th, the United Nations Association Denver kicked off hosting the 3rd Annual UNAFF Traveling International Documentary Film Festival with an evening at the Posner Center. Each year during the festival community partners in various locations around the country screen selected international documentaries, helping to raise awareness on critical human rights and global development issues…. Read more »
7 Ways Our Small Business Program Fosters High-Impact Entrepreneurship Originally posted on Starfish’s blog. Starfish works in Guatemala to unlock and maximize the potential of young women to lead transformational change. Women face significant obstacles and inequalities in the workplace—we know this—and indigenous women in Guatemala face even more disadvantages. Ninety percent of Guatemalan adolescents receive no… Read more »
Get to Know a New Member Submitted by Lena Brennan, Philanthropy Director, Asian Hope Asian Hope is a new Posner Center Member, that aims to change the future of vulnerable children in Cambodia for Christ. Founded in 1999, Asian Hope is an international, Christian nonprofit dedicated to improving the lives of vulnerable children in Cambodia through protection,… Read more »
Lessons from a Sustainable Water System in Honduras Originally posted on Engineers Without Borders Blog. It’s been eight years since the EWB-USA Boston Professional Chapter first began working with 40 families living in three rural villages in Honduras. These families shared a common goal: reliable access to clean water. The story I want to tell today… Read more »
The following post was submitted by Kim Burnett, President of Shadhika – a nonprofit organization investing in the education, empowerment, and economic self-sufficiency of girls for India’s future. When we arrive, we are greeted by a colorful ‘rangoli’ (see photo). We are told later that the girls make every day, but that today’s is special — one of the girls spent… Read more »
Cambodia Writers’ Club Off to a Fantastic Start! Submitted by Julie Carey, Write Our World. For three weeks in September, Children’s Future (Posner Tenant) is implementing a bilingual ebook authoring workshop in collaboration with Write Our World (Posner Member) at it’s Learning Center in Battambang, Cambodia. Students aged 11-13 are developing ebooks that document some… Read more »