Atlas Corps Asia and Europe

Greetings!

How are you doing? I have some exciting news to share with you—Atlas Corps is now an official Open Gov Hub (OGH) Member! This opportunity will allow us to continue to build upon our partnership with Open Gov Hub, who has also been an amazing Host Organization over the years and further connect with their Global Affiliate Hubs, including the three that are run by Atlas Corps Alumni: Albania, Liberia, and Tunisia. Also, if you have not already done so, we encourage you to update your records with our new address:

We cannot thank you enough for motivating our Leaders from Asia and Europe and helping us continue to #BuildBridges with them. Because of you, we were able to connect Fellow Daliya (Class 41, India) to our Host Organization, SAP. Daliya extends her gratitude and reflects on how the Fellowship expanded her global network through collaboration:

As a special thank you for your support in helping us make 2022 an unforgettable year, I invite you to join us on October 18 at 12pm ET for our Fall Celebration of Service! We will be featuring all of our Fellows, Scholars, and Alumni that have begun and/or completed their service in the last few months. 

Here are a few recent highlights that are worth celebrating…

We welcome new leaders into our Global Community and Atlas Corps Team, and congratulate those that completed their service:

• Congratulations 2022 Cohort of Hilton Prize Scholars: Last we spoke in June, we welcomed 50 Hilton Prize Scholars, which included leaders from Greece, Portugal, India, Bangladesh, and many other countries. Now, thanks to your support, we will be celebrating their graduation! Meet them here.
• Welcome Cohort 10 Scholars: These dynamic leaders from Russia and the United States will be participating in our Virtual Leadership Institute, “Leadership in Times of Change.” Meet some of them here.

Thanks to your support, we can continue to expand our Global Community through these special recruitment initiatives: 

• Virtual Leadership Institute Recruitment: Atlas Corps recently launched the recruitment campaigns for professionals in Nicaragua and climate change leaders in Spain. You are welcome to share amongst your professional networks using our social media toolkits (Nicaragua and Spain).
• Please feel free to share amongst your professional networks!

Cheers-

Abby

P.S. I encourage you to visit and follow the Atlas Corps LinkedIn page, where we will continue to update on all of these exciting events!

Hello!

How are you? When we announced our #AtlasCorps2025 strategy, you responded with so much encouragement and support. As we make our exciting transition into the future, I want to take a moment to thank you for supporting our growing Community, especially throughout Asia and Europe. 

Since we last spoke….

Your support helped us grow our Global Community to 1,400+ social change leaders from 115 countries!

• In May, we welcomed our second year of 50 Hilton Prize Scholars from 31 countries, which includes the three new countries of Lesotho, New Zealand, and Portugal. We are thrilled to continue our collaboration with the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation. Learn more at 2022 Hilton Humanitarian Prize Laureate Leadership Institute. 
• In April, we welcomed Class 45, which includes 7 Fellows from India, Nigeria, El Salvador, Indonesia, and Rwanda.

 And our Community continues to grow with these new and exciting opportunities!

• Atlas Corps is hiring! - We seek Development Manager, Individuals & Events - Partnerships Senior Manager -Talent Acquisition Manager. Learn more at (and SHARE!) at https://atlascorps.org/join-the-team/
• Fellow Recruitment - Our deadline is June 22, 2022, to apply for the Atlas Corps Fellowship. Please find the posting materials here.

Your support helped inspire our global leaders from Asia and Europe.

• Alumna Raiza (Class 27, Philippines) is the Program Excellence Manager at the Pilipinas Shell Foundation. She thanks YOU for providing her with the skills and resources to continue her development work in vulnerable sectors and communities: “I am truly grateful to the volunteers, donors, and Board of Directors for supporting Atlas Corps and development workers like me. Your time, energy, expertise and resources provide us with this great space for learning exchange and self-discovery. Thank you, you don’t only help us develop our full potential but you also extend that help to our communities.”
• I encourage you to stay updated on our Superheroes by visiting our blog, where you can also read more about Raiza’s inspiring work.

Together, WE are Atlas Corps! Thank you for the support, enthusiasm, and energy. Let’s keep moving forward together!

Cheers-

Abby

P.S. Save the Date! July 20 is Bonus Day and Celebration of Service! Donations to Atlas Corps will be matched AND we will host a special virtual celebration at 12:00 PM ET. Details here!

Greetings!

How is your start to 2022? While it has been unexpected in many ways, we are proud to announce that we welcomed Atlas Corps Class 44 in January AND we are preparing to launch Atlas Corps Virtual Leadership Institute Cohort 8 this month!

Thank you for the ongoing support! You continue to inspire Atlas Corps and our global community of 1,200 leaders from 112 countries! Yes, we continue to expand and welcome two new countries in 2022: Ivory Coast and Singapore!

In addition, 2022 is an extra exciting year for Atlas Corps. We are launching #AtlasCorps2025 - a strategy process to create our path forward. Below, I shared an update from our CEO Bidjan.

We look forward to getting YOU involved! We invite you to stay tuned for the latest updates on the Atlas Corps Blog. You can also follow #AtlasCorps2025.

Cheers-

Abby

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Here are highlights from the blog post and video shared by our CEO Bidjan: 

Three Reasons I Am Excited to Launch our #AtlasCorps2025 Strategy
Click here to read the full post

Based on my first few months getting to know Atlas Corps, I want to share with you the three reasons why I’m excited and energized to kick off the #AtlasCorps2025 strategy process in February:

1. There is a huge sense of urgency for us to do more for young people
2. We have a unique window to create opportunities regardless of location and background
3. We are bringing a great team of people and organizations together for this journey

Now is an opportunity for more equity in making skills and leadership potential, rather than location, the decisive factor in hiring young talent. And we are only scratching the surface of the iceberg of talent if the Atlas Corps Alumni and the thousands of annual applicants are any indicator.

Our great team will bring their experience from the first 15 years into this process. We will work with Jesse as a coach....We are also grateful to receive the pro-bono Board Fellow advice from the Boston Consulting Group‘s Steffyn and Rifaiyat....Our Atlas Corps Board members....And Adi, a MBA students at the Georgetown University McDonough School of Business...More partners are joining soon and we will challenge ourselves every single day to be curious and think about scaling opportunities for talented young people across the globe to lead.

Links:

• Watch Bidjan Discuss #AtlasCorps2025

Hello!

We are Atlas Corps! You are appreciated.

Atlas Corps continues to grow even amidst these uncertain times. Today, we are a thriving global community of 1,100 professionals from 110 countries! In the past 12 months, we have engaged more Fellows, brought Fellows to the United States, and launched our Virtual Leadership Institute! We are especially inspired by our collaboration with the U.S. Embassy in Jakarta to engage Indonesian professionals in our virtual activities. 

Elisabeth (Cohort 7, Indonesia, Virtual Scholar) shared this reflection, "Through Atlas Corps, I cultivated my leadership skills....Also, the networking activities, such as the Peer Coaching Group Calls and Coffee Chats, open the new possibility for future collaborations with like-minded Scholars with passions similar to mine. Moreover, for my personal accomplishments, I recently secured a scholarship because my interviewer was impressed with my experiences."

Now, we invite you to celebrate with our global community of Atlas Corps Leaders. We have two great upcoming events:

Atlas Corps Fall Celebration - Friday, October 15, 11:45 AM ET

We will recognize our Fellows and virtual Scholars, including the Indonesian Scholars, who are completing their leadership programs and will transition to our Alumni Community.

Atlas Corps 15th Anniversary Virtual Celebration - Thursday, November 18, 12:00 PM ET (virtual event to be posted)

Join us as our 15th Anniversary celebration continues! This event will feature special remarks by UN Secretary-General’s Envoy on Youth, Jayathma Wickramanayake.

Thank you for believing in our community of global professionals! Thank you for inspiring social change, one global leader at a time.

Cheers-

Abby 

PS Also, I invite you to get to know our new CEO Bidjan Nashat in his first newsletter. We are thrilled to add his leadership talents to our community!

Hello- 

How are you? July is upon us already. Atlas Corps is busy reflecting on the first half of 2021 and we want to say THANK YOU! You have helped us achieve some significant milestones in just the last six months. Most remarkably, we have grown our community to 1,100 Leaders from 110 countries. We also welcomed our first Fellows to the United States in April 2021. Day by day, we are supporting social change leaders who are inspiring impact at home and abroad.

An excellent example is this highlight from our Alum Ikenna (Nigeria, Class 36, Host: Making Cents International) who launched an initiative that focuses on positive youth development,, "Earlier this year, I started working on a project with the knowledge I gained while on my Atlas Corps Fellowship … I created PROJECT B.O.L.D, a Violence and Bullying Prevention Program." Ikenna, like many of our Atlas Corps Leaders, are multiplying impact by applying the knowledge and networks gained during the Fellowship at home. Thank YOU for supporting Ikenna and our global community. Thank you for helping us to achieve this 15th Anniversary milestone. As a donor, you play an integral role in our success.

SPECIAL INVITE - Join us on July 14 (12:00 PM ET) for our Bonus Day Celebration to celebrate our Community and announce our 2021 Alumni Changemaker honoree. We will be hosting our annual Bonus Day Celebration at facebook.com/atlascorps and youtube.com/atlascorps. You can sign up on our event to get the latest updates! An added bonus is that donations of $100+ made on July 14 through GlobalGiving will be matched at donate.atlascorps.org!

Thank you again for all your support. Thank you for your role in reaching our 15-Year Anniversary milestone. There are so many stories of Atlas Corps Leaders accomplishing incredible work in the world. Our stories always include you- you inspire our community to achieve, and we thank you for believing in and empowering our Community!

Be well, 

Abby 

P.S. Will you share with your network why you support Atlas Corps for July 14 Bonus Day? Check out our social media toolkit. Thanks for amplifying our message! 

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Abby Robinson

Acting CEO, Alumna (Class 2)

Atlas Corps