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Caritas is marking ten years of mitigating the suffering in the Darfur region of Sudan despite the enormous difficulties of working there. It has maintained the same high level of commitment to the victims of violence during this time and remained constant, true and at their side in Darfur.
The violence which struck Darfur in the early 2000s, changed the way farmers and herders lived together. Bloody conflicts broke out over routes and grazing, which continue to this day.
Caritas works in partnership with the ACT alliance of church-based aid agencies in a unique ecumenical initiative. Caritas members provide emergency relief, clean water, healthcare and nutrition. Altogether more than one million people have benefitted. More and more responsibility and management roles have been successfully given to local organisations, following a substantial investment in capacity building.
Caritas uses radio programmes and football tournaments to build peace and provides bicycles for shuttle diplomacy. It opens free veterinary clinics and water points to remove flashpoints. Different groups of people interact and become friends during skills training programmes, which also help to get them jobs.
12 October 2009, Rome - World Food Day Event: Delivering on Commitments to Eradicate Hunger and Malnutrition by 2050, organized by the International Alliance Against Hunger (IAAH) held in the Iran Room during the High-Level Expert Forum on "How to Feed the World in 2050", 12-13 October 2009, FAO Headquarters, Rome, Italy.
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Members of the Golden State Warriors basketball team visited the Tomb of the Unknown Solider at Arlington National Cemetery as a part of the National Basket Ball Associations partnership with the Department of the Defense called Commitment to Service Feb. 25, 2015. (DoD Photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Daniel Hinton/Released)
My neighbour's daughter got married two days back. It was a traditional Rajput marraige. They r still rooted to their village, so everything is took place in a very traditional way.
Veterans’ cricket offers rather different pleasures from other forms of the game. It is usually short, because we seniors have other commitments like work, families, and so on, and because few of us can stand up on the field for too long, neve r mind run, dive, throw or do much else. It is also leisurely, with no bouncers whistling past a batsman’s ears, no bats desperately outstretched to beat lightning throws, and no sliding stops and brilliant dives — those only happen when one of us tries to bend, falls over, and unintentionally impedes the ball’s progress. The veterans’ game is also played in good humour; no serious and determined expressions, only jovial reminiscing about whether we can get into our flannels (were we really that slim once?), and many warm handshakes for teammates and opponents.
Well MCC and their recent visitors, the Irish Taverners, played the game in the true veterans’ spirit when the Taverners concluded a week-long tour of India with a match against an MCC veterans’ XI at Chepauk on February 16. The Taverners had played the CCI at the Brabourne Stadium in Mumbai and had then had a game in Pune, where the great Chandu Borde had turned out against them. Now, having thawed out from their northern winter, they warmed up properly in the blue-white heat of a Chennai morning.
The half-past-nine start drifted towards a ten o’clock start as variations of the laws were agreed upon and the hosts tried to conjure up two more players from thin air (well the air was thin). The Taverners lent MCC two fielders, many photographs were taken, the toss was negotiated, and two famous players opened the bowling against the Taverners’ former Ireland opening bat and his partner.
Those watching sat with the large visitors’ party — which included an Irish women’s international — on the pavilion’s covered patio, chatting about whatever cricketers of mature years chat about when watching a game in happy company and peaceful surroundings.
The occasional clump of bat on ball brought a ripple of applause, bowlers took turns, substitutes came and went, and some took a stroll round the — substantially shortened — boundary. Deep fielders said what the ball was doing on the pitch’s generous coating of grass, lime-juice cooled the players down, and the Taverners closed their innings on 94-7 off 25 overs.
MCC’s formidable batsmen got the runs relatively easily, off ten or eleven overs, and well before the winning boundary those in the pavilion were socialising over cold beer. A shower, a tour of the magnificent new Test match dressing-rooms, and short but plentiful presentations preceded a fine buffet lunch. The Taverners were deeply appreciative of the chance to play on a famous Test ground, and the hosts were graciously unassuming about their long history of cricket at the very highest level. MCC and the Irish Taverners hope to meet again on and off the field, and for one long past what was only ever a moderate best, it had been an enchanting way to learn that much happy cricket yet awaits.
ARVIND SIVARAMAKRISHNAN
Read on: The Commitments. Good cast in an unconvincing musical.
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BornFebruary 12, 1855 BirthplaceBrockport, New York
DiedMarch 4, 1944
Grave SiteHigh Street Cemetery, Brockport, New York
ContributionWorked to secure equal rights and opportunities for all women, especially African-American women.
Quotation"I dare not cease to hope and aspire and believe in human love and justice ..."
Frances (Fannie) Barrier would always look back on her youth in Brockport, New York as a time of innocence. At the same time, she also believed that these childhood experiences of "social equality" ill-prepared her for the racism that she faced later in life. Her growing awareness of the unfair treatment African American women received led her to pursue a lifetime of activism and strengthened her commitment to improving their lives.
The youngest of Anthony and Harriet Barrier’s three children, Fannie Barrier often recalled "old home and school associations" as "sweet and delightful." Her father was a barber who later became a coal dealer, came to Brockport as a child from Pennsylvania, where he was born, and claimed to be of French descent. Her mother had been born in Chenango, New York and married Mr. Barrier in Brockport.
All three Barrier children went to and graduated from Brockport public schools. Fannie Barrier went on to the Brockport Normal School, a teacher college (now called SUNY Brockport), and was the first African-American to graduate from there in 1870. The children also attended church and Sunday School at the First Baptist Church in Brockport. Theirs was the only African–American family in the congregation, and each of them was very active. Fannie Barrier frequently sang or played the piano. Anthony Barrier was a clerk, trustee, treasurer, and deacon of the church and Harriet Barrier led a women’s Bible class.
After graduation, Fannie Barrier went to teach in the Washington D.C. area, hoping to help the freedmen. Life there was very different from what she had experienced and she was "shattered" by the discrimination she encountered. She enrolled in the School of Fine Arts in Washington to study portrait painting, and found herself surrounded by screens that separated her from the other students. In response to her complaints, she was informed that that was the only way she could remain in the class. She had a similar experience at the New England Conservatory of Music in Boston where she wanted to further her piano studies, but was asked to leave after all the students from the southern states threatened to quit if she stayed.
She returned to her teaching, and met S. Laing Williams, her future husband, in Washington, D.C. He was a native of Georgia and worked in the United States Pension Office. He was also a law student at Columbian University (later George Washington University Law School). They were married in her Brockport home in August 1887, returned to Washington, and then moved to Chicago, Illinois. S. Laing Williams was admitted to the Illinois bar and began a successful law practice.
No longer teaching, Fannie Barrier Williams became very active among the Chicago reformers. She was director of the art and music department of the Prudence Crandall Study Club, an exclusive organization formed by Chicago’s elite African-American community. Barrier Williams was able to extend her view well beyond this privileged group to the needs of all women. With her husband, she worked for the Hyde Park Colored Voters Republican Club and the Taft Colored League. An associate of both Frederick Douglass and Booker T. Washington, she represented the viewpoint of African-Americans in the Illinois Women’s Alliance and lectured frequently on the need for all women, but especially black women, to have the vote.
Recognizing the lack of services available to women, Barrier Williams helped to found the National League of Colored Women in 1893 and its successor, the National Association of Colored Women (NACW) in 1896. These organizations provided kindergartens, mothers’ groups, sewing classes, childcare centers, employment bureaus, and savings banks for women who would not have had access to them elsewhere. Similarly, when she became aware of the lack of African-American physicians and nurses in the hospitals, she helped to create Provident Hospital in 1891, an inter-racial medical facility that included a training school for nurses that admitted African-American women. She was also instrumental in the creation of the Frederick Douglass Center in 1905, a settlement house, and the Phillis Wheatley Home for Girls. The latter became part of a national movement, and the hospital and settlement house still serve the Chicago community today. She was also the first African-American and the first woman on the Chicago Library Board.
Barrier Williams achieved considerable recognition when she waged a battle for the representation of African-Americans at the Columbian Exposition of 1893 in Chicago. She succeeded in having two staff appointments designated for African-Americans and having African-American interests included in the program. She herself was appointed as Clerk in charge of Colored Interests in the Department of Publicity and Promotions. She was also invited to present two major addresses, one to the World’s Congress of Representative Women and the other to the World’s Parliament of Religions. In the first, The Intellectual Progress of the Colored Women of the United States Since the Emancipation Proclamation, Barrier Williams disputed the notion that slavery had rendered African-American women incapable of the same moral and intellectual levels as other women and called on all women to unite to claim their inalienable rights. This was followed by a discussion and words of praise from Frederick Douglass.
The second speech, "What Can Religion Further Do to Advance the condition of the American Negro?" called upon churches, particularly those in the South, to open their doors to all people, regardless of race. She also proclaimed a continuing belief in the ability of religion and faith to correct society’s problems. Perhaps it was this belief that gave Barrier Williams the courage to challenge every day injustices. When she was nominated to the prestigious Chicago Women’s Club in 1894, she and her friends received various threats. Barrier Williams continued to fight for inclusion, not because the club mattered to her so much, but because she believed that she owed it to her friends who supported her not to quit, and to all African-American women to show perseverance. She was admitted in 1895, the same year she established the National Federation of Afro-American Women with Mary Church Terrell. This group also became a part of the National Association of Colored Women. At the National Colored Women’s Congress in 1895, these women, along with Ida Wells Barnett, had broken with Booker T. Washington, and allied with W.E.B. Dubois. They believed Washington compromised with the "white supremacist" South too much. In addition to condemning discrimination and lynching, these women passed a resolution calling for a fully integrated women’s movement.
Barrier Williams retained her friendship with Dubois and was among the founders of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). Her work to secure women’s rights was recognized when she was the only African-American selected to eulogize Susan B. Anthony at the 1907 National American Women’s Suffrage Association convention. She continued to fight for women’s rights, and to implement programs and associations that could improve their lives. She remained in Chicago, even after the death of her husband in 1921, and then returned to Brockport in 1926 to live with her sister. She continued to advocate for African-American women, if only from the sidelines, until her death in 1944.
Womensphere 2016 Summit on Creating the Future: Full Steam Ahead
November 7, 2016 | New York City
Womensphere’s Annual Fall Summit brought together over 200 diverse leaders and emerging leaders across sectors, including executives, professionals, entrepreneurs, educators, scientists, artists, student leaders, and leaders from civil society. Convened on the day before the 2016 US national elections, we were thrilled to be able to come together in celebration and strength, to share, discuss, ideate, and collaborate on creating the future to accelerate the advancement of women in all fields.
We were excited to honor Morgan Stanley Vice Chairman Carla Harris with the Womensphere Global Leadership Award for her powerful and creative vision, her longstanding commitment to empowering women and youth of color, and more than a dozen other great reasons. We were happy to bring together ground-breaking innovators, executives, educators, artists, and leaders creating change for women around the world – to launch some very important initiatives. The event offered a forum for sharing and co-designing global and local programs that accelerate the advancement of women and girls in America and around the world.
Womensphere Fall Summit on Creating the Future
Agenda for November 7, 2016
1:00-1:30 PM
Registration, Connecting with Discussion Co-Hosts, and Roundtable Introductions
1:30-2:10 PM
Welcome, Introductions, Context-setting & Launch
• The Leadership Gender Gap: Overview of Global, US, Cross-Industry Contexts
• Women in Leadership & Innovation: Challenges, Opportunities
• Technology-powered Leadership
• NowIsTheTime.com: Celebrating Women’s Firsts
• New Models for Leadership in the World
• Launching NewChampions5050 + Womensphere Incubator Network global initiatives
Anna Ewing – Board Member, New York Hall of Science; Angel Investor; Past CIO & EVP, Global Technology Solutions, NASDAQ OMX
Dr. Valerie Barr – President, ACM-Women (Association for Computing Machinery)
Rina Kupferschmid-Rojas – Managing Director & Global Head, Sustainable Investing, UBS
Analisa Leonor Balares – CEO & Chief Innovation Officer, Womensphere
Drue Kataoka – Global Artist & Creator, Now is The Time
2:10 – 3:00 PM
Womensphere Global Leadership Award 2016 & Keynote
Carla Harris, Vice Chairman, Morgan Stanley; President, National Women’s Business Council
Advancing Women in Leadership in Business & Insights on the Journey to Executive Leadership
Plenary Discussion Panel
Angela Sun – Head of Corporate Development & Strategy, Bloomberg; Young Global Leader
Carla Harris – Vice Chairman, Morgan Stanley
Lili Gil Valetta – CEO, XL Alliance; Young Global Leader
Mary Graham Davis – Managing Partner, Davis Bateson Group; Former Chair, Board of Trustees, Mount Holyoke College
3:00 – 3:10PM Networking Break
3:10 – 4:00 PM
Sharing Insights & Discussion: Building the Pipeline of Talent & Accelerating Leadership for Women
• Insights on Advancing Women in Business & Finance
• Insights on Advancing Women in Science & Technology
• Insights on Advancing Women in Academia & Academic Leadership
• Empowering Millennials to Change the World
• Roundtable Discussion & Ideation for Global Initiatives 2017
Amy Dorn Kopelan –President & Founder, Bedlam Productions; Executive Producer, Corporate State CEO Summit
Laura Cantileno – Executive, Cisco; Co-Author, Internet of Women
Dr. Gilda Barabino – Dean, Grove School of Engineering, City College New York
Aria Finger – CEO, DoSomething.org; Young Global Leader
4:00 – 4:50
Sharing Insights & Discussion: Accelerating Impact & Advancing Women's Leadership in the World
• Principles in Accelerating Impact
• Women's Leadership in the World: Driving the Sustainability & Inclusion Agenda
• Women's Innovation in the World: Driving the Fourth Industrial Revolution
• Leveraging Technology to Amplify & Accelerate Impact
• Roundtable Discussion & Ideation: Strategies for Accelerating Women’s Impact & Advancing Women’s
Leadership (Across Fields/Industries)
Dr. Nada Anid – Dean, School of Engineering, New York Institute of Technology
Dr. Sana Odeh – Chair & Founder, Arab Women in Computing
Dina Shoman – CEO & Founder, InHerQuests financial education company; Young Global Leader
Rina Kupferschmid-Rojas – Managing Director & Global Head, Sustainable Investing, UBS; Young Global Leader
4:50 – 5:40
Synthesis & Community Solutions from Roundtable Discussions & Ideation Sessions
• Synthesis of Insights & Learnings – Community Presentations & Reflections
• Introducing: Project American Dreams
• Introducing: The Internet of Women - book and leaders
• Looking Ahead to 2017: Global Initiatives, Global Movement, Next Steps
5:40 – 6:30
Closing Networking Reception
• Community Connections between Speakers, Discussion Co-Hosts, Participants
• Connect with the Book Authors - The Internet of Women
Womensphere 2016 Summit on Creating the Future
Full Steam Ahead
November 7, 2016
Cary Hall @ The DiMenna Center, New York City
#Womensphere #CreatingTheFuture
The Obama Foundation hosts it's first Obama Presidential Center Roadshow, showcasing parts of the Eleanor Roosevelt Fruit & Vegetable Garden and Teaching Kitchen—two spaces that embody the Foundation’s commitment to support sustainability, community food systems, urban agriculture, health, and wellness on May 20, 2023 at South Merrill Community Garden in Chicago, IL.
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