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Institute for Education Courts Big Players to Revive Civility

For the past 20 years, the Institute for Education has sought to serve as a bastion of calm and civility amid a political culture rife with polarization and partisanship. This is, of course, not an easy task, and in today's heated political climate, it's somewhat of a novelty. But the D.C.-based nonprofit organization, which was founded by and is the brainchild of CEO and "coach" Kathy Kemper, has had success in bringing together and fostering a dialogue among diverse representatives from business, politics, diplomacy and media over the past two decades.

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Merdian Ball

Reposted from The Scene BisNow. Friday night we attended the 43rd annual Meridian Ball. First, 750 attendees enjoyed dinners hosted by 22 ambassadors at their embassies or residences or a private dinner at Meridian’s White Mayer House; then everyone came together at a glamorous black-tie ball at the luxe Meridian House. We snapped Patricia Oxley, her husband former Congressman Michael Oxley, Institute for [...]

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LearnServe Egypt Exchange Seizes Moment of Opportunity

On Jan. 25, the "Day of Rage" that sparked the Egyptian revolution and the demise of President Hosni Mubarak, Omar Abdel-Maksoud, a mechanical engineering student at the British University in Cairo, received a Facebook invitation to "join the revolution" in Tahrir Square.

Jacob Comenetz, The Washington Diplomat, September 2011

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Cultivating Entrepreneurship in the Arab Spring

Since early 2010, wheels were turning to launch LearnServe Egypt in Cairo in the summer of 2011, a flagship program bringing American and Egyptian university students together for a six-week "boot camp" of entrepreneurship, innovation, intercultural understanding and social impact to help promote Egyptian social and economic development. Unsurprisingly, when the revolution began on January 25th, many people asked if the program would be canceled. Our response was an unequivocal, "No way!" After all, what sign could be clearer evidence that our instincts were right? Young Egyptians were literally screaming for economic opportunity and a chance to create their own futures. The time for LearnServe Egypt was NOW.
LearnServe Egypt Program Director Laura Sicola in the Huffington Post, 9/7/2011

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