Care For The World, Issue #1

It is my pleasure to introduce the first issue of CARE FOR THE WORLD -- the Ford Global Scholars Program Newsletter!

We hail from the United States, Nigeria, Turkey, Germany and Vietnam. From Russia to Brazil, and South Africa to India, we come from afar with one common thread: one love, one passion for humanity.

Solving to make the world a better place, the students of the Ford Global Scholars Program come together in the U.S. capital to learn and advocate for the United Nations Millennium Development Goals.

We bring our diverse backgrounds, unique cultures, and different ideologies - but most importantly, we bring our passion to help. Leaving family and home for a time, our group of 24 students works to promote policy for reducing hunger; enhancing primary education; bettering our environment; ensuring equality of the sexes; and encouraging capable nations to aid the developing world with technical support and sustainability efforts.

Our group looks to enhance the quality or life for people worldwide by interning with nongovernmental organizations, advocacy firms and the government, and practicing in civic engagement activism. In the three upcoming newsletter issues our students voice their concerns, suggestions and opinions on various global and domestic policies. Readers are invited to take part in our experiences through each edition of the monthly newsletter.

Join us in our journey as we reflect, feature our experiences, and educate our readers on monumental findings as we promote MDGs one step at a time. These are our thoughts. These are our concerns.

God bless,
Rachael Bade Editor

Newsletter Articles:

OPINION: Worldwide Women's Empowerment Loses Support in the "Land of Free"

Tue, 10/14/2008 - 1:17pm — Rachael Bade

By Rachael Bade, Ford Fellow, University of Dayton

Oppressed women around the world may not receive an American helping hand. Women who wish for equal social, economic and political rights may not gain the sympathy of many in the United States. The fault for the lack in support should be attributed to some women advocacy groups. Some advocators have undermined their own goals by misinterpreting ambiguous texts and making terms too liberal for unanimous support.

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Environmental Sustainability Begins in Our Room

Tue, 10/14/2008 - 1:16pm — Jennifer Cecil

By Jennifer Cecil, Ford Fellow, Texas Christian University

Here I am: a girl from a conservative Texas school writing about recycling from the capitol of our nation. I was born with “green” in my blood. When I say “green,” I mean a love for nation, a passion for environmental sustainability. I came to the capital to work at the Environmental Protection Agency. A new town; a new place; and some new roommates … none of whom share my “green blood.”

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Public Policy and Universal Values

Tue, 10/14/2008 - 1:16pm — Khoi Nguyen

By Khoi Nguyen, Ford Fellow, Vietnam National University, Hanoi

Since the very first state was established, public policy has become more and more powerful in terms of its effects on humanity’s well-being. Good public policy can improve living standards for millions or even billions of people. Meanwhile, bad policy can lead to unimaginable destruction. One such example occurred more than six decades ago, but its horrors remain in haunting memory today … one such policy in Auschwitz, Poland.