Americans for Informed Democracy
Americans for Informed Democracy (AID) is "a non-partisan 501(c)(3) organization that brings the world home through programming on more than 500 U.S. university campuses and in more than 10 countries," its website states. [1]
"AID fulfills its mission by coordinating town hall meetings on America's role in the world, hosting leadership retreats, and publishing opinion pieces and reports on issues of global importance. Through these efforts, AID seeks to build a new generation of globally conscious leaders who can shape an American foreign policy appropriate for our increasingly interdependent world," its website states. [2]
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Funding
According to its website [3], AID is supported by:
- CarEth Foundation
- Connect US Fund
- DarMac Foundation
- Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation
- Ford Foundation
- Hewlett Foundation
- MacArthur Foundation
- Open Society Institute
- Planethood Foundation
- Ploughshares Fund
- Rockefeller Brothers Fund
- Stanley Foundation
- United Nations Foundation
- "and its many participating universities"
Leadership Team
Bio links are available here:
Board of Directors
Bio links are available here:
- Sarah Bush
- Veronica Canton
- Stephanie Cochinos
- Elleni Ghebremicael
- Anne Richard
- Tim Ruckh
- Jacob Scherr
- Jon Seeber
- Zeeshan Suhail
Advisers
The AID website lists the following advisers; bio links are available here:
- Akbar Ahmed
- Richard Betts
- Amy Chua
- David Devlin-Foltz
- Michael Diamond
- Mary Fetchet
- Timothy Garton Ash
- Susan Graseck
- Jonathan Greenblatt
- Heather B. Hamilton
- Kimberly Hamilton
- Husain Haqqani
- Nancy Hunt
- Juliette N. Kayyem
- Tom Malinowski
- John T. McCarthy
- Thomas O. Melia
- Andrew Nagorski
- Adil Najam
- Salameh Nematt
- Andrew Razeghi
- Richard Reeves
- Nikki Stern
- Mark Stoler
- Mustapha Tlili
- Jason Wasfy
- Carol Welch
- Timothy Wirth
- James J. Zogby
Contact Information
Americans for Informed Democracy
45 Court Street
New Haven, CT 06511
Phone: 203 773-1202
E-mail: info AT aidemocracy.org
Website: http://www.aidemocracy.org
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External links
- Charlotte Martin, "Conference unites students, leaders," Yale Daily News (Americans for Informed Democracy), February 21, 2006.
