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Join Storytelling Delegation to Nicaragua in July
Storytelling Delegation to Leόn, Nicaragua - July 26 – Aug 2 2015
The New Haven/Leόn Sister City Project invites you to join a family oriented delegation (families with kids middle school age or older are welcome to join the group) to Leόn, Nicaragua this summer 2015. The trip is to experience the cultural and economic realities of the current Nicaraguan community through sharing stories and experiences between the generations and with members of the rural Nicaraguan community of Goyena.
Delegates will:
- Participate in a community project and share in the learning process.
- Use storytelling activities to deepen understanding and create our own stories to take home.
- Get to know life in Nicaragua through homestays and daily participation in the rural Goyena community.
- Tour Leon historical and cultural highlights while learning about current economic, cultural, and political realities in Nicaragua
- Explore natural beauty of Nicaragua via excursions to nearby cultural, historic and environmental locations.
- Stay with host families in Leon.
The cost of trips is $1200 per person or $2000 for a parent and child together. (Price includes housing, food, transportation, translation, all workshops and site visits). Partial scholarships are available.
Apply ASAP to: Susan Bramhall at sbramhall@newhavenleon.org
or : Chris Schweitzer at nh@newhavenleon.org
For more information about New Haven Leon SCP and other delegations go to www.newhavenleon.org or write to Chris at nh@newhavenleon.org or call 203.562.1607http://www.newhavenleon.org/homehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yL50E5z8VVk
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Open Street Project
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We hope you are getting ready and feel excited about the Open Streets Summit in Gretna/New Orleans! Taking place from September 15-16, 2018, the Summit will feature tours, presentations and networking opportunities with open streets champions and organizers from across the continent. Attendees will learn about the nuts and bolts of starting or scaling up open streets programs, including: Route design and planning Partnerships with business and officials Social inclusion Safety and logistics Marketing and promotion Program evaluation through measurable goals and metrics If you haven’t done it yet, click here to register for the Open Streets Summit only or...
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Supporting Pathways to a Strong Financial Future: Q+A with Allianz Life’s Kenna Poppler
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LISC announced today that the Entrepreneurs of Color Fund (EOCF) has surpassed its $500 million goal for small business lending across the country—more than two years ahead of schedule. LISC is now expanding the program to double its impact, aiming to support $1 billion in financing for underserved businesses and communities. “We are working to level the playing field—to connect promising but overlooked businesses to affordable financing so that whole communities can benefit from economic development and growth,” said Steve Hall, LISC vice president of Small Business Lending.John Moon Named President of LISC Green LLC to Lead Deployment of GGRF Funds
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