The following guest post is written by Dr. Valerie Karr, one of the experts who helped lead the Youth Ability Summit that took place in August 2010 in Damascus, Syria. Returning to Damascus this February for the launch of the Silver Scorpion comic book, I felt like I was coming home to close friends. Having […]
Author: Open Hands Team
The below guest blog post is authored by Brian Unger, an American musician and music producer who led the 2010 Music Exchange Program in Damascus, Syria. This is the first of a series of posts by Mr. Unger that explores his experience in Syria. As the 757 touched down on the runway in Syria, the […]
December 3 is International Day of Persons with Disabilities, a day of observance established by the United Nations in 1992. Volunteers from around the globe celebrate the day in order to promote inclusion and awareness about disability issues. This year’s theme is “Keeping the promise: Mainstreaming disability in the Millennium Development Goals towards 2015 and […]
Last week, representatives from 39 states and 42 countries attended the U.S. Summit for Global Citizen Diplomacy. The event marked the first time in 50 years that public and private leaders gathered to discuss “citizen diplomacy”– the efforts of everyday citizens to engage with the world through people-to-people exchanges. More than 500 people attended the […]
عيد مبارك من مبادرة الأيدي المفتوحة عيد مبارك من مبادرة الأيدي المفتوحة! ونتمنى لأصدقائنا من مختلف أنحاء العالم احتفال سعيد بعيد الأضحى المبارك! November 16 marks Eid Al-Adha (literally “Festival of Sacrifice”), an important Muslim holiday that falls after the end of Hajj, the annual pilgrimage to Mecca. Open Hands wishes our friends from around the […]