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Announcing Our Global Ambassador Outreach Program

We’re proud to announce the development of a new ongoing Initiative. We have developed and maintain an online, asynchronous Fellowship and Certificate Program in Humanitarian Intervention, a longstanding kindergarten in Tanzania for orphaned children, and the Consortium for Humanitarian Intervention that brings together faculty and students from medical schools, graduate programs, NGOs, and various nonprofits across the globe, we are proud to announce the development of the Global Ambassador Program.

I served as a Delegation Leader in South Africa, Czech Republic and Poland for the Citizen Ambassador Program. That Program was initiated in 1956 by the US State Department under the Eisenhower Administration as he envisioned private citizen exchanges, where citizens of diverse cultures would gain an international understanding of their peers and professions, through the in-country exchange of ideas and experiences. My two tours as a Delegation Leader were amazing and rewarding experiences, and I look forward to this opportunity to grow this approach even further with our Program.

Similar to the State Department’s Program, the APA has an International Learning Partner Program that I have also been a part of–participating in projects to Kosovo and Cuba. The idea with all of our Programs is to develop relationships with non-US based sites, centers, organizations and universities (that may also become part of our Consortium), in order to support and further the principles brought forth the in APA's Global Impact The Power of Partnerships, as well as global health aspects and sustainable development. In addition to meetings with leaders in the field, our Delegates would exchange knowledge, ideas and resources, with the goal of long-term international relationships and collaborations. While we may focus on mental health, the Program is not exclusive to psychologists, psychiatrists, counselors, or social workers; we seek to have diverse Delegations of professionals (and their partners/family members are welcome as well) from all fields and walks of life. The uniting thread will be delegates’ desire to be of service, continuing learning, and global travel experiences.

The ethos is that of shared collaboration and learning, no West-knows-best hubris or Colonialistic egoism. Like the APA, the idea is to provide and support “the unique opportunity to gain insights into psychology and mental health care across the world, learn from international colleagues…” through professional meetings and also to provide time to enjoy and experience the culture, environment, and people in the areas visited.

The initial planning for our Program includes visits to university, hospital, clinical, community and governmental settings that work with issues of addiction and rehabilitation, trauma, education, aging, policy, immigration, refugees, medicine, global and public health, program development, research and areas of potential collaboration and mutual interest. And where applicable, we also hope to be able to provide Continuing Education credits (CEUs, CMEs, CECs) for clinically licensed Delegates.

As we are in the nascent development stage, I’d value any ideas, contacts, and suggestions of any sort as we build this Program out.

Many thanks for all you do and your help,

Chris

This past year has been a busy one:
We continue to curate and build out a one-of-a-kind free resource in our continuing efforts to Open-Source Humanitarian Intervention.

Our Facebook Group continues to grow and feature current events and free training and resources.

I published the following LinkedIn Top Voices articles:
• The Sting of Moral Clarity
• A New Tool for the Humanitarian Emergency Medical Kit
• Effective Altruism: Charlie Bresler on How to Amplify Your Impact
• Virtuewashing versus True Altruism: The Rise of Grassroots Philanthropy (Pulitzer Nominated for Editorial Writing)

Our LinkedIn Newsletter, Tools for Change, has grown to more than 150,000 subscribers, please sign-up!

Our Fellowship and Certificate Programs in Humanitarian Intervention continue.

We are in the midst of signing a Memorandum of Understanding with the Psychology Department of Azerbaijan State University of Economics or Azərbaycan Dövlət İqtisad Universiteti Cənubi Qafqaz in collaboration with the Consortium for Humanitarian Intervention.

We are also proud to announce that we are expanding our research and resource work in psychology and global health advocacy, practice, and education to now include aspects of climate change. This will be in support of both the American Psychological Association’s work and the World Health Organization’s work in this important area, globally.

We interviewed some amazing humanitarians and had some great guests on our podcast, Living a Life in Full, be sure to tune-in!

Please help us spread the word by taking a minute and rate us at https://greatnonprofits.org/reviews/write/center-for-global-initiatives-inc it makes a big difference for us to be always-free-in-helping-others-all-the-time, and now you can help us as well.

Thanks for your support!

Chris

As a reminder:
We curate a one-of-a-kind free resource for humanitarian via this group—https://www.facebook.com/groups/CenterForGlobalInitiatives

We publish a free monthly LinkedIn Newsletter, Tools for Change, with more than 125,000 subscribers – https://www.linkedin.com/newsletters/tools-for-change-6694600737873309696

We offer a Fellowship and Certificate Programs in Humanitarian Intervention —
http://www.centerforglobalinitiatives.org/fellowship-programs.html

All the resources, tools, articles, and lectures on our revamped website are always free, all the time
in our continuing efforts to Open-Source Humanitarian Intervention— http://www.centerforglobalinitiatives.org/

We have interviewed some amazing humanitarians and had some great guests on our Podcast –
https://pod.link/1281672367

Please help us spread the word by taking a minute and rate us at https://greatnonprofits.org/reviews/write/center-for-global-initiatives-inc it makes a big difference for us to be always-free-in-helping-others-all-the-time, and now you can help us as well.

Thanks for your support!

Chris

This past year, has been a busy one:
We curated and provided daily, vetted information on Covid-19 and the pandemic-worldwide—https://www.facebook.com/groups/CenterForGlobalInitiatives

We stared a LinkedIn Weekly Newsletter, Tools for Change, with more than 125,000 subscribers – https://www.linkedin.com/newsletters/tools-for-change-6694600737873309696

We started a Fellowship and Certificate Programs in Humanitarian Intervention —
http://www.centerforglobalinitiatives.org/fellowship-programs.html

We did a major overhaul of our website, adding a number of new free tools, books,
and resources in our continuing efforts to Open-Source Humanitarian Intervention— http://www.centerforglobalinitiatives.org/ and

We interviewed some amazing humanitarians and had some great guests on our Podcast –
https://pod.link/1281672367

Please help us spread the word by taking 2 minutes and rate us at https://greatnonprofits.org/reviews/write/center-for-global-initiatives-inc it makes a big difference.

Thanks for your support!

It is an honor to be a part of the Center because of being able to work with amazing people around the world, doing amazing things.

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