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Living Wage Campaign - Arizona State University

AIDemocracy — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 11:58:01 -0700

About the Spring 2008 campaign for workplace justice at Arizona State University. By the ASU Living Wage Coalition and Social Justice Coalition.

El Puente Project - Dream Act Campaign

AIDemocracy — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 11:48:51 -0700

DreamAct

Darfur: Divestment Campaign - University of NH

AIDemocracy — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 11:41:17 -0700

University of New Hampshire's Road to Divesting funds complicit with the genocide in Darfur.

Sweatfree Campaign - Bridgewater State College

AIDemocracy — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 11:27:55 -0700

Bridgewater State College Sweatfree Campaign

Genocide Education Project (WESTAND)

AIDemocracy — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 11:17:35 -0700

In the Spring of 2008 a group of Wesleyan students concerned about the genocide occurring in Darfur, Sudan decided to conduct an outreach education project to a local high school. Supported by an Americans for an Informed Democracy grant, this is a short documentary on the process.

Access to Essential Medicines Campaign - University of Florida

AIDemocracy — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 10:56:45 -0700

A brief documentary of our access to medicines campaign at the University of Florida, spring 2008.

Mockupation at Western Washington University

AIDemocracy — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 08:12:17 -0700

Between April 21 and 23, thirty student and community actors participated in a simulation of what a military occupation would look like at Western Washington University. The three-day event showed the escalation of an occupation, and the guerrilla theater performance was synthesized with a panel discussion the following night to discuss how Bellingham, WA can be come a sanctuary city: a safe space for soldiers who object to the Iraq war and have gone AWOL.

Americans for Informed Democracy

AIDemocracy — Wed, 18 Jul 2007 11:10:42 -0700

Who We Are: The Big Picture

Americans for Informed Democracy is a non-partisan, non-profit organization that empowers young global leaders to “bring the world home” to their peers and the broader public. We seek to inspire young people to take up today’s global challenges -- such as climate change, poverty, AIDS, terrorism and violent conflict -- as the special mission of their generation.

Our network includes more than 20,000 young leaders on over 1,000 university campuses, as well as several thousand young professionals in hundreds of cities. We offer leadership training and financial support that equip these young people with the skills and resources they need to engage their communities in international discussions and campaigns.

Our Mission

Americans for Informed Democracy is dedicated to building a principled and collaborative vision for U.S. global engagement and to shaping effective international institutions that are appropriate for our increasingly interconnected world. We see young leaders as the changemakers who can realize our vision. Young people have the optimism and global perspective to imagine a world where countries work together to end poverty, stop climate change, and eliminate terror. We seek to harness the unique energy and insight of young people to bring the world home to Americans and to showcase the opportunities for the U.S. to work with the international community to address global challenges that no nation alone can solve alone.

Our Strategy

Americans for Informed Democracy offers an innovative approach to engaging the next generation of leaders in global education and advocacy. We host weekend summits that educate young leaders about the interconnectedness of our world, connect these leaders with global experts and campaigns, and provide them with a comprehensive package of leadership and messaging guides that train them to be effective organizers and advocates in their communities. We then support these empowered leaders as they coordinate local campaigns and host town hall forums and videoconferences that connect their communities to global issues.

Our Program Areas

We work in seven program areas to inspire young global leaders to take positive action and to build a new consensus for the future of the U.S. role in the world:

* Global Environment
* Global Development
* Global Health
* U.S.-Muslim World Relations
* Human Rights and International Law
* Global Education
* Social Entrepreneurship

In each of our program areas, we have both an educational and an advocacy component. We work closely with literally hundreds of partners and campaigns to connect our student leaders with the latest ideas and movements in the NGO community. Partners provide speakers and educational briefs for our events and they offer professional development opportunities for our young leaders. They also shape the vision and content for our programming and link our activities at the grassroots level to policy advocacy. In addition to working with individual partners, we are a part of more than a dozen collaborative campaigns that allow our young leaders to take positive action as part of broader movement. In the program descriptions that follow, we feature a handful of these partners and campaigns.