Open World Grantee Organizations
The Open World Leadership Center awards grants to a wide range of U.S.-based nonprofit and governmental organizations to host Open World delegations. The Center selects its host organizations annually through a competitive grants process conducted according to federal guidelines. All successful candidates have expertise in implementing professionally oriented foreign exchange programs. Some grantees carry out Open World visits themselves or through their local affiliates; others develop and oversee a network of local organizations to provide this hosting. These local organizations include civic associations, academic institutions and centers, and nonprofit international training providers.
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U.S. Bankruptcy Court Chief Judge Emeritus A. Jay Cristol | U.S. Bankruptcy Court Chief Judge Emeritus A. Jay Cristol
MIAMI – The Honorable A. Jay Cristol: U.S. federal bankruptcy judge, naval aviator, attorney, author, and Open World host. A Renaissance man of the old school, Miami-based Judge Cristol has, according to Annette Alvarez, executive director of the Miami Council for International Visitors (MCIV) read more
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Assisting Human-Trafficking Victims—Russian Activists Share Their Stories
WASHINGTON, DC—Five Russian NGO professionals visiting Washington, DC, on Open World will share their stories of aiding human-trafficking victims at a panel discussion at the Library of Congress on Wednesday, September 10. The panelists work in major Russian transit and destination cities for trafficking victims. Invited guests for this event include representatives of the legislative, policymaking, NGO, academic and law enforcement communities. Members of the public are also welcome. The presentation is cosponsored by Open World and its host organization for this exchange, George Mason University’s Terrorism, Transnational Crime and Corruption Center. For more details, click here to see the flyer. read more
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