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Welcoming New Champions in the Fight against Child Marriage September 22, 2011 by W. Robert Pearson I’ve just returned from a series of meetings in New York. With the UN General Assembly and the annual Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) conference taking place, the energy in the international development community was palpable. I was especially excited to learn about the new Girls Not Brides initiative launched at CGI by The Elders in partnership with the Ford and Nike Foundations, as gender is one of IREX’s core focus areas.	Global Citizens Emerge through a Global Curriculum September 14, 2011 by Lisa Inks When middle school students in Asheville, NC, raised funds to support girls’ rights in China, improve water access in Cambodia, and help earthquake victims in Japan, their lives changed as well. They gained a greater understanding of their role in the world at the hands of their globally savvy and inspiring teacher, Kathy Millar.
Leaders from 21 Countries Train in US to Improve Local Communities August 25, 2011 Sixty-four motivated community leaders from 21 countries arrived in the US recently to kick off the 2011 Community Solutions Program. Community Solutions is a professional development program for the best and brightest global community leaders striving for change in their communities.	Teacher Fellows from Pakistan Arrive in US August 17, 2011 A group of teachers from Pakistan arrived in the US recently and were welcomed into the Teaching Excellence and Achievement Program (TEA). TEA brings outstanding secondary school teachers from around the globe to the United States to further develop expertise in their subject areas, enhance their teaching skills, and increase their knowledge about the United States.
American Teachers Bring the World to the Classroom August 16, 2011 One hundred American high school teachers from across the country are internationalizing their fall lesson plans after returning from global professional development visits worldwide.	IREX Remembers Medarka Muarip of the Philippines August 8, 2011 A dear friend of IREX and distinguished alumna of the International Leaders in Education Program (ILEP), Ms. Medarka “Med” Muarip passed away on August 2, 2011. One of the many outstanding Filipino teachers to participate in the ILEP program, Medarka traveled to the United States in January 2010 for a five-month professional development program for international teachers.
Youth Without Borders August 5, 2011 by Robert Cronin I’ve worked on civil society development for almost twenty years now. So I’ve seen my fill of inspirational project acronyms and transformative methodologies - each one more synergistic and sustainable than the next: community mobilization, citizen participation, and other grassroots approaches to civil society capacity building. These are methodologies that frame the work of international NGOs like IREX around the world. And don’t misunderstand my lighthearted sarcasm, I believe in these concepts quite deeply and have dedicated myself to them passionately.	International Year of Youth: Inclusion of Youth at All Levels July 12, 2011 by Rachel Surkin The extraordinary power of youth to change their own worlds and the world around them strikes me anew every day.I see this power manifest in diverse forms and settings – from the Russian program participant who created a break-dancing school to engage at-risk youth in her small town, to the two teenagers from MetroTeenAIDS who, last week, addressed more than 70 international development professionals about their role in educating thousands of other youth in Washington, DC, about STDs and HIV testing.
To Make a Better World: IREX Then & Now June 30, 2011 by W. Robert Pearson Forty-three years ago today, IREX was created to help advance exchanges, not just of people, but of ideas. As we celebrate IREX’s founding, we honor its original charge by continuing to bring people together, to link institutions both within and across countries and regions, and to host events where the latest thinking and research is shared with the world.	Are They Listening? Shaping Successful Youth Messaging June 21, 2011 IREX and the International Youth Foundation (IYF) are pleased to invite you to the Youth in Development Work Group event. This session will be the third installment of our series of programming on Youth, Media, and Messaging. The event will take place on Thursday, June 30, 2011; 12:00 - 1:30 pm– Brown Bag Lunch. Please RSVP by Monday June 27 and direct any questions to Nick Ashburn at nashburn@irex.org. Please pass this invitation along to any interested colleagues.