Brandon Blache-Cohen Executive Director, Amizade Global Service-Learning Ignite Pittsburgh • October 23, 2013 • Brillobox
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Since 1992, the world has gotten faster, smaller, and significantly more connected. We’ve seen increases in global literacy, access to water, and life expectancy. We’ve experienced a communication revolution, a technology revolution, and more recently, a series of very powerful people-powered revolutions. The world is by many indicators actually a smarter, safer, and more loving place than it was when back then. It’s hardly the same planet as it was in 1992 – perhaps almost unrecognizable to those who’ve been hibernating in their Doug Drabek jerseys – and we’re better off for it.
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Brandon Blache-CohenExecutive Director, Amizade Global Service-Learning
Ignite Pittsburgh • October 23, 2013 • Brillobox
THE GLOBAL SWITCHBOARDPITTSBURGH’S HOME FOR GLOBAL ENGAGEMENT.BRANDON BLACHE-COHEN | AMIZADE.ORG
INTRODUCING
CHINA HAS LIFTED OVER HALF A BILLION PEOPLE OUT OF POVERTY IN THE LAST 20 YEARS.
AFRICA NOW HAS 313 MILLION PEOPLE CONSIDERED AS “MIDDLE CLASS.”
7 OUT OF THE WORLD’S 10 FASTEST GROWING ECONOMIES ARE IN AFRICA.
MOSCOW NOW HAS THE WORLD’S MOST BILLIONAIRES.
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WASHINGTON DC HAS A HIGHER AIDS RATE THAN 20 SUB-SAHARAN COUNTRIES.
LIFE EXPECTANCY FOR WOMEN IN THE US IS ACTUALLY DROPPING. THE US IS NOW RANKED AT 41st IN THE WORLD.
OVER 2 BILLION MORE PEOPLE HAVE ACCESS TO CLEAN WATER.
WE THOUGHT EINSTEIN’S THEORY OF RELATIVITY WAS WRONG, AND THEN WE REALIZED WE WERE WRONG IN CLAIMING THAT HE WAS WRONG…
IT’S VERY HARD TO GENERATE RELEVANT AND RESPONSIBLE IDEAS WHEN WE’RE LEARNING ABOUT AN OUTDATED GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE FROM THE SAME PEOPLE, WITH THE SAME WORLDVIEW.
PROVIDING NONPARTISAN, INTERNATIONALLY-FOCUSED EDUCATION TO SCHOOLS & COMMUNITIES THROUGHOUT WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA.
EMPOWERING INDIVIDUALS & COMMUNITIES THROUGH WORLDWIDE SERVICE AND LEARNING.
PROVIDING LEADERSHIP, LIFE SKILLS, AND HEALTH EDUCATION TO YOUTH ON THE SOCCER FIELD.
IMPROVING THE LIVES OF UNDERPRIVILAGED GIRLS IN NEPAL.
THE ISSUE
OUR CITY AND PLANET ARE AWESOME, BUT...THEY ARE CHANGING RAPIDLY AND WE NEED PLACES TO BETTER ENGAGE THESE GLOBAL CHANGES. THE STANDARD CLASSROOM IS BECOMING LESS RELEVANT AND OUTDATED.
THE RESPONSE
BUILD THE GLOBAL SWITCHBOARD. (CREATE A SHARED-SPACE, COMMUNITY-ORIENTED, WORK CENTER FOR PITTSBURGH’S GLOBALLY ENGAGED SOCIAL PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS, WITH INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMMING)
THE GOALS1. INCREASE GLOBAL ENGAGEMENT IN THE PGH AREA2. CULTIVATE YOUNG GLOBAL ORGANIZATIONS3. ATTRACT NEW RESOURCES TO PITTSBURGH FOR
INTERNATIONALLY COLLABORATIVE PROJECTS
IT’S HARDLY THE SAME PLANET AS IT WAS IN 1992 – PERHAPS UNRECOGNIZABLE TO THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN HIBERNATING IN THEIR DOUG DRABEK JERSEYS
IT’S TIME THAT WE BETTER ENGAGE THE NEW AND EXCITING CHANGES IN THE WORLD.
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