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Monday, June 18, 2012
- Exchanged emails with Todd (Attorney at Fulbright & Jaworski LLP) about the Foundation’s IP
- Attended the Human Rights Watch New York Film Festival screening of “Habibi” and “The Invisible War”
- Received feedback for the Women PeaceMakers Residency at the Joan B. Kroc Institute for Peace & Justice in San Diego
Tuesday, June 19, 2012
- Had progress meeting with Dillon (Science Research Writer-Editor Intern)
- Sent Fulbright fees for Foundation’s IP application and emailed Todd (Attorney at Fulbright & Jaworski LLP) to let him know I’ve wired the fees
- Exchanged emails with Dillon about the linguistic topic list he sent as well as his email to Naren (Science Research Writer Volunteer) and myself
- Began writing May’s Month in Review
- Began reading The Secret Life of Pronouns: What Our Words Say About Us by James W. Pennebaker
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Posted in Board, cross-cultural collaboration, Dewilka, Diary, equality, FGC+P, Foundation for Global Collaboration and Peace, Foundation team, Fulbright & Jaworski LLP, Global Collaboration, global peace building, Heidi Kim, HR, Intellectual Property, inter-community communication, Interns, Lillian, New York Lawyers for the Public Interest, Participatory Peace, Peace, Peace NGOs, peaceful conflict resolution, Penn State University, Press, Press Releases, Pro-bono project, Reference Center, Schools, Steve, the Joan B. Kroc Institute for Peace & Justice, Todd Hambidge, Trademark, Underlying Principles, universal human commonalities, US, Website, website maintenance, Week in Review, Women PeaceMakers Residency, tagged Board, copyright, Foundation for Global Collaboration and Peace (FGC+P), Foundation Team, Fulbright & Jaworski LLP, Heidi Kim, Internships, IP, Lillian, New York Lawyers for the Public Interest, Peace NGOs, Penn State University, press release, Pro-bono project, Steve, the Joan B. Kroc Institute for Peace & Justice, Todd Hambidge, website maintenance, Week in Review, Women PeaceMakers Residency on July 11, 2012|
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Thursday, May 31, 2012
- Emailed Susan (Penn State University’s student Career Services) and Kirwin (Dewilka’s professor and coordinator of her internship for academic credit program) to verify Dewilka’s (former Peace NGO Research Intern) claims regarding academic tuition in her latest email
- Emailed Lillian and Steve (Board) about Dewilka
- Exchanged emails with Kirwin about Dewilka
- Exchanged emails with Todd (Attorney at Fulbright & Jaworski LLP) about his update on our IP protection
- Received notification from Jennifer (2012 Women PeaceMakers Program at the Joan B. Kroc Institute for Peace & Justice in San Diego) about the timeline for the selection process
- Emailed Heidi (NYLPI) about help with copyright application
- Skype with Steve and web host about Drupal user interface problems
- Found a work-around to the Drupal user-interface problem
- Updated our Team page
- Began writing “Week in Review: May 21-27, 2012”
Friday, June 1, 2012
- Finished writing and published “Week in Review: May 21-27, 2012”
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Posted in Board, cross-cultural collaboration, Dewilka, Diary, equality, FGC+P, Foundation for Global Collaboration and Peace, Foundation team, Fulbright & Jaworski LLP, Global Collaboration, global peace building, HR, inter-community communication, Interns, Jackie Feffer, Lillian, Mara Rogers, Naren, Participatory Peace, Peace, peaceful conflict resolution, Press, Press Releases, Pro-bono project, Steve, the Joan B. Kroc Institute for Peace & Justice, Underlying Principles, universal human commonalities, Volunteers, Week in Review, Women PeaceMakers Residency, tagged Board, budget, Dewilka, Financial reporting, Foundation for Global Collaboration and Peace (FGC+P), Fulbright & Jaworski LLP, Internships, Jackie Feffer, legal matters, Lillian, Mara Rogers, Naren, Peace NGOs, press release, Pro-bono project, Steve, the Joan B. Kroc Institute for Peace & Justice, Volunteers, Week in Review, Women PeaceMakers Residency on June 27, 2012|
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Tuesday, May 15, 2012
- Exchanged emails with Dewilka (Peace NGO Research Intern) about the condition of her laptop
- Exchanged emails with Simon (friend in London) about his recommendation letter and personal information
- Skyped with Steve (Board) about his recommendation letter and personal information
- Emailed IRS case assignment notification to Jackie and Mara (Attorneys at Fulbright & Jaworski LLP)
- Met with Lillian and Steve (Board) for our board meeting
- Finished and sent out the application for the Women PeaceMakers Residency at the Joan B. Kroc Institute for Peace & Justice in San Diego
- Exchanged emails with Dewilka about her laptop
- Updated financials
Wednesday, May 16, 2012
- Lillian (Board) sent her notes from our Board meeting
- Exchanged emails with Juliet (friend in London) about legal paper requirements
- Exchanged emails with Naren (Volunteer applicant from Coventry) about the Confidentiality Agreement
- Exchanged emails with Dewilka (Peace NGO Research Intern) about the condition of her laptop
- Began writing “Week in Review: May 7-13, 2012”
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Posted in Advisory Committee, Board, Communications, Confidentiality Agreement, cross-cultural collaboration, Dewilka, Diary, Dillon, equality, FGC+P, Foundation for Global Collaboration and Peace, Foundation team, Fulbright & Jaworski LLP, Genocide Watch, Global Collaboration, global peace building, Google Docs, Gregory H. Stanton, Intellectual Property, inter-community communication, Interns, Lillian, Mara Rogers, Naren, Participatory Peace, Peace, Peace NGOs, peaceful conflict resolution, Press, Press Releases, Pro-bono project, Rockefeller Foundation Centennial website, Rutgers University, Schools, Seyi, Skype, Steve, the Joan B. Kroc Institute for Peace & Justice, Underlying Principles, universal human commonalities, US, Volunteers, web design, Website, Women PeaceMakers Residency, tagged Advisory Committee, Board, confidentiality agreement, Dewilka, Dillon, Foundation for Global Collaboration and Peace (FGC+P), Fulbright & Jaworski LLP, Genocide Watch, Google Docs, Gregory H. Stanton, Internships, Lillian, Mara Rogers, Naren, New York Times, Nicholas Kristof, Peace NGOs, press release, Pro-bono project, Rockefeller Foundation Centennial website, Rutgers University, Seyi, Skype, Steve, Susan Rice, the Joan B. Kroc Institute for Peace & Justice, U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, Volunteers, website, Women PeaceMakers Residency on June 20, 2012|
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Wednesday, May 09, 2012
- Met with Dewilka (Peace NGO Research Intern) to sign the Confidentiality Agreement
- Ran into Sabine (friend in NY) who told me about two acquaintances who might be interested in volunteering for FGCNP
- Emailed Sabine volunteer information for FGCNP
- Sent in questions to join NY Times Nicholas Kristof’s interview with Susan Rice, the U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations
- Emailed Naren (Volunteer applicant from Coventry) the signed FGCNP Confidentiality Agreement for him to countersign
- Emailed Dillon (internship applicant from Rutgers University) to confirm our 2nd interview
- Skyped Seyi (Advisory Committee) about our chat
- Skyped with Steve (Board) about the similarities between the Rockefeller Foundation Centennial website and the FGCNP website
- Spoke with Mara (Attorney at Fulbright & Jaworski LLP) about the similarities between the Rockefeller Foundation Centennial website and the FGCNP website
- Dewilka sent her bio
Thursday, May 10, 2012
- Began filling out the application for the Women PeaceMakers Residency at the Joan B. Kroc Institute for Peace & Justice in San Diego
- Wrote to Lillian and Steve (Board) to request recommendations from them for my application for the Women PeaceMakers Residency
- Created work email for Dewilka (Peace NGO Research Intern)
- Edited our Peace NGO page
- Created Peace NGO and work log files and shared them with Dewilka
- Emailed her email and work instructions
- Exchanged emails with and called Dewilka to go over her work email access
- Managed FGCNP news update subscriptions
- Exchanged emails with Lillian about my request for recommendation
- Skyped with Dewilka to work out kinks with access to Google Docs
- Exchanged emails with Gregory (GenocideWatch/Advisory Committee) about recommendation letter for the Women PeaceMakers Residency
- Had 2nd interview with Dillon
- Sent Dillon (internship applicant from Rutgers University) the signed FGCNP Confidentiality Agreement for him to countersign and the description to two of the UHC intern positions
- Skyped Seyi (Advisory Committee) about our chat
- Dewilka uploaded Peace NGO entries
- I reviewed her entries
- Steve replied about my request for recommendation and we exchanged emails about our next Board Meeting
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