International Development

I-DEV International’s Doing Development In…Peru Program is a 10-day field experience geared toward students and young professionals interested in seeing social impact from the on-the-ground perspective.

Please join us on Thursday, May 27th for the next Dinner Discussion series with Peter Goldmark, Director of Climate and Air program for the Environmental Defense Fund.

BCLC’s Global Corporate Citizenship program is hosting a Forum on Investing in the MDGs at the UN headquarters in New York on April 7-8, 2010. The Forum will provide an update on the status of the MDGs and discuss how the business community might be able to advance them more rapidly.

BCLC’s vision is for the positive role of business in society to be understood and advanced.

Our mission is to promote better business and society relations and improve long-term social and economic conditions by:

Communicating the U.S. private sector’s unique and valuable contributions
Cultivating strategies and practices that achieve positive results
Coordinating public-private partnerships and coalitions

Join us on Thursday, March 11 for a speed networking happy hour event! You will have the opportunity to expand your network by connecting with other professionals in CSR, sustainability, social entrepreneurship, international development and non-profit management.

March 11, 7-9 PM Location TBD For more info, contact nyc@netimpact.org Mark your calendars.  We’re joining other Net Impact chapters globally to host speed networking events throughout March.

February 26, 8 AM Ground Support, 399 West Broadway (near Spring Street) RSVP to nyc@netimpact.org Net Impact develops and supports a community of social intrapreneurs through the Impact at Work program.  If you’ve ever attended one of the Impact at Work conference calls or have simply wondered about how you can make a positive difference in the workplace, then join us for coffee and conversation. In this first gathering of minds, we’ll discuss how to more »

WAVES for Development and the NY Surf Film Festival Present: A Rising Tide… Charity Party! When: Wednesday, September 23, 7:00pm-10:00pm Location: Bar 13, 35 E 13th Street, NYC Tickets: $15 pre-sale, $20 at the Door (tax deductible) RSVP: http://arisingtidecharityparty.eventbrite.com/ Raffle Prizes * Spectacular Adventures Film * 2×1 Drink Specials * Giveaways * Surf-Related Non-Profits * “Meet the Filmmakers” Lounge * Trailers of festival films* Please join us at Bar 13 as we celebrate the diverse more »

One of the little known treasure troves in the Net Impact vault is the audio recordings of conversations available on the website.  The conversations are all related to Net Impact causes and are with those at the forefront of social service in the world today.  They can easily be downloaded to your iPod and heard on the go! Here are just a few of the numerous talks available: -Jacqueline Novogratz, CEO of Acumen Fund -Jeffrey more »

In my time on the west coast, one of the most inspiring organizations I met up with was The Global Oneness Project, founded by Emmanuel Vaughan-Lee. By now we all intellectually understand the truth of our interconnectedness. We hear words like “global consciousness“, “paradigm shift“, “sustainability“, “world citizenship” and “social and economic justice” in response to the present planetary crisis and the need to protect life on earth for future generations. Mr. Vaughan-Lee is traveling more »