Global Kids

Global Kids has a mission "to prepare urban youth to become global citizens and community leaders.

"Global Kids, Inc. works to ensure that young people of diverse backgrounds have the knowledge, skills, and experiences they need to succeed in the workplace and participate in the shaping of public policy and international relations."

Interesting Project

"Global Kids and the Council on Foreign Relations, the nation's premier foreign policy "think tank," have partnered to hold monthly roundtables at Council headquarters in Manhattan. These roundtables bring GK Leaders from New York City public schools to meet with Council international affairs experts and examine a specific foreign policy issue."

Global Kids Funders - 2003/2004

• Adelphi University
• Alcoa Foundation
• Andreas Foundation
• Banc of America Securities
• Black Entertainment Television
• Robert Bowne Foundation
• Clark & Weinstock
• Colgate-Palmolive
• Common Cents New York
• Corporation for Public Broadcasting
• Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP
• Credit Suisse First Boston Foundation
• Deutsche Bank Americas Foundation
• Devito Perlman Family Foundation
• Arthur Dubow Foundation
• Freedom Forum
• Home Box Office
• The Interpublic Group of Companies
• J.P. Morgan Chase Foundation
• Japan Foundation Center For Global Partnership
• K.E.D.S. Foundation
• Stephen & May Cavin Leeman Foundation
• Lifebridge Foundation
• Lion & Hare Fund
• New York City Council member [[Eva Moskowitz
• MTV Networks
• New Century High Schools Consortium/New Visions for Public Schools
• New York City Department of Education
• New York City Department of Youth and Community Development
• New York Community Trust
• O'Connor Davies Munns & Dobbins, LLP
• Patrina Foundation
• Rauch Foundation
• Samuel Rubin Foundation
• Helena Rubinstein Foundation
• Dorothy Schiff Foundation
• Showtime Networks
• Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
• Sony Music Entertainment
• Jean L. & Robert A. Stern Foundation
• Surdna Foundation
• Taproot Foundation
• Time Warner Foundation
• United Way of New York City
• Valentine Perry Snyder Foundation
• Viacom International
• Rose & Sherle Wagner Foundation
• Washington Square Fund
• William T. Grant Foundation
• Susan R. Witter
• Yo La Tengo

Board of Directors

• Chair - Jacqueline Farmer - Journalist
• Vice Chair - Jake Siewert - Alcoa
• Secretary and Treasurer - Lawrence Joseph
• Suzanne Arkin
• Carole Artigiani - Executive Director, Global Kids Inc
• Erika Irish Brown - Lehman Brothers, Inc.
• Robert Corman - National Partnership for Social Enterprise
• Daniel Cruise - Stonebridge International, LLC
• Christopher DeMarco - Bear, Stearns & Co., Inc.
• Aneka Hewitt - Global Kids Youth Leader, High School for Global Citizenship
• Alexander S. Jutkowitz - Hemispheric Partners
• Howard Kaplan - Arkin Kaplan, LLP
• Eugene Matthews - Nintai, Inc.
• Michelle A. Meertens
• Ken Miller - Lehman Brothers, Inc
• Jeffrey Nagel - Gibbons, Del Deo, Dolan, Griffinger and Vecchione, P.C.
• Richard Roberts - The Whelan Group
• Damelvy Rodriguez - Global Kids Youth Leader, Renaissance Charter High School
• Robert A. Scott - Adelphi University
• Joshua Q. Satten - Global Kids Alumnus, Bear Stearns & Co., Inc.

Advisory Council

• Betsy Biemann - Maine Technology Institute
• Alexander Boraine - International Center For Transitional Justice, NYU Law School
• Margaret Dulany - The Synergos Institute
• Lauren Flanigan - Opera Singer
• Leslie H. Gelb - Council on Foreign Relations
• Charlayne Hunter-Gault - CNN
• Kati Marton - Author and Human Rights Activist
• Julia Moffett - BBC World Service Trust
• Lee Naiman - Art Dealer
• Pierre Schori - United Nations
• George Stephanopoulos - ABC Television
• Catharine R. Stimpson - Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, New York University
• Susan R. Witter

Contact

Web: http://www.globalkids.org

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