Gender Equality United States Project #32732

Atlas Corps Asia and Europe

by Atlas Corps

Project Report | Jun 21, 2019
Meet Tanya....and get ready for #July18

By Abby Robinson | Alum | Chief Development & Engagement Officer

Tanya is pictured on the far left.

Hello!

Thank you for your ongoing support of Atlas Corps! Thanks to YOUR involvment, we have grown our community to more than 700 social change professionals from 94 countries - wow!

Our community includes Tanya (Russia, Host: Apex for Youth) who serves in New York. She recently shared her Fellow experiences during at panel at the U.S. Department of State on June 12. You can watch the video here and read some highlights below:

I currently serve with Apex for Youth, an Asian-American nonprofit organization in New York City, and run a high school mentoring program in Mandarin for recent immigrant youth in Queens. I am not only able to develop my leadership skills but also to increase the organization’s language capacity which allows for more inclusion and diversity in its operations. This program is particularly fulfilling for me because I can extend my own life experiences and global vision to the youth who are going through immense changes and challenges during the most transitional years of their lives. I aspire to make a difference by providing the youths with mentors who can help them develop unique talents and interests, and are able to support and relate to the students’ experiences.

The Atlas Corps annual theme this year is #DiversityandInclusion. It is extremely relevant to the work Fellows do in their respective organizations (like mine) and also to the way we interact with each other. The Fellow community is incredibly diverse and it never stops to amaze me how many truly global opportunities are out there just in our network. Most people think of the U.S. exchange programs as a way to explore the United States. To me, these programs provide a global vision on many issues and help discover the world far beyond the U.S borders. Today, I am trying to give back to the community and educate the next generation of global citizens, one mentee at a time.

Thank you for supporting Tanya and our diverse network of Fellows.

Mark Your Calendars! You can multiply your impact on Thursday, July 18! Donations of $100 or more will be matched as part of GlobalGiving Bonus Day. Join us!

Cheers-

Abby

P.S. Will you spread the word on social media? Share this note: Celebrate #DiversityandInclusion with Atlas Corps. #Give100 on July 18! Donations matched for GlobalGiving Bonus Day at donate.atlascorps.org.

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Mar 27, 2019
Meet Shrushti...

By Scott Beale | Founder & CEO

Shrushti (India, Class 34, Host: Ashoka)

Hello!

Thank you for your ongoing support. Your involvement in Atlas Corps helped us to welcome Shurshti to the United States in January!

Shrushti is a trained psychologist who comes with an unconventional mix of private and public sector experience. In her most recent role, she worked with Ashoka, amplifying and connecting a global community that is leading the everyone a changemaker movement. Shrushti has organized one of the biggest global events in collaboration with the C&A Foundation, the Fabric of Change Globalizer, to support innovators for a sustainable apparel industry. Shrushti recognized the unarguable economic market opportunity and environmental benefits of recycling waste and co-founded Reash, a company that is working on waste management and building circular systems across South Asia. Reash is a digital waste management platform incentivizing recycling in countries that lack safe or reliable waste disposal systems by offering redeemable points. She started her first initiative at the age of 13, with the idea of creating a community-led tree plantation movement to save her neighborhood from droughts. She has been teaching yoga to underprivileged children since the age of 18, with the intention of helping children/young adults develop a problem-solving attitude through the art form.

As an Atlas Corps Fellow serving at Ashoka, Shrushti will work closely with Ashoka’s DC-based Global Venture and Fellowship Team to support the Fellow selection process and drive partnership development and various fundraising initiatives.

Thank you for support Shrushti and our growing community of 700+ social change leaders from 93 countries!

Here's looking forward to an exciting 2019-

Scott

P.S. Save the date! Atlas Corps Celebrate Diversity & Inclusion Gala on November 16, 2019, in Washington, DC. We hope to see you there!

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Dec 28, 2018
Thank you for 2018 and looking forward to 2019...

By Abby Robinson | Project Leader

Hello-

Happy Holidays! How are you celebrating the end of the year? As we reflect on 2018, we send a big thank you! Your support is inspiring impact. We are welcoming new Fellows in January as part of Atlas Corps Class 34. You helped to grow our community to more than 700 social change leaders from 89 countries.

Now, it is with great enthusiasm that we announce Atlas Corps Class 34. Please join me in welcoming:

Abolaji Oluwatobi Omitogun, Nigeria, Making Cents International
Chris Chukwunyere Njoku, Nigeria, Susan G Komen
Kiden Gladys Robert Isaiah, South Sudan, Street Sense Media
Mohamed Abdimalik Abdiwahid, Somalia, Atlas Corps
Papa Mamadou Camara, Senegal, Meridian International Center
Sungani Kufeyani, Malawi, Philanthropy University
Alisa Nesterenko, Russia, Eurasia Foundation
Bella Goldshtein, Russia, National Coalition Supporting Eurasian Jewry
Bisma Syed, Pakistan, Save the Children
Ejaz Hussain, Pakistan, Worldreader
Iya Tikhomirova, Russia, UniversalGiving
Mavra Zehra, Pakistan,Transparency and Accountability Initiative
Muhammad Ahsan Syed, Pakistan, United Nations Foundation
Shrushti Runwal, India, Ashoka

As we think about welcoming Class 34, we also reflect on the past year. Overall, 2018 was an inspiring, yet challenging year. We engaged 82 new Fellows—including 52 women as part of our empower women globally theme in 2018 (60% of our Fellows are female!) and we partnered with 44 new Host. Our 700+ community of Fellows and Alumni are impacting thousands of people around the world. Yet, we’ve also been hit hard by cuts in government funding and unexpected expenses.

Will you give a special additional gift before the end of the year in honor of Class 34?

If you believe in global engagement and if you want to support diverse social change leaders, then please invest in Atlas Corps today.

Thank you and Happy New Year!

-Abby

P.S. If you are in DC on January 31, join us at our Winter Celebration! Details at events.atlascorps.org.

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