Americans for Informed Democracy
- Americans for Informed Democracy
Americans for Informed Democracy (AID) is a non-partisan 501(c)(3) organization that is based in Baltimore, Maryland.
Overview
Americans for Informed Democracy (AID) is a non-partisan 501(c)(3) organization working to raise global awareness on more than 500 U.S. university campuses and in more than 10 countries. AID fulfills its mission by coordinating town hall meetings on America's role in the world, hosting leadership retreats and video-conferences, 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.
History
AID was established in September 2002 by Marshall and Rhodes scholars at Oxford University who sought a new vehicle to bring the world home to Americans, and it has quickly trained more than 10,000 student leaders on over 500 U.S. campuses to lead its mission on campuses. Over the last year alone, the organization has brought together more than 30,000 students across the United States for videoconference dialogues with peers in over fifty foreign countries and for town hall meetings with top leaders, including William H. Gates, Sr., CEO of the Gates Foundation; Gareth Evans, President of the International Crisis Group; Carol Bellamy, President and CEO of World Learning; and Timothy Wirth, President of the U.N. Foundation. The organization has worked hard to engage diverse constituencies in its mission and programming, including students from the Citadel to UC-Berkeley and celebrities from Seinfeld actor Jason Alexander to Pakistani rock star Salman Ahmad. AID's work has been mentioned in more than 500 media outlets from sources that cover politics and global affairs such as the New York Times, C-SPAN, CNN, and The Washington Post to more unexpected sources such as Marie Claire and the Montel Williams Show.
upporters
AID is supported by the Rockefeller Brothers Fund, Open Society Institute, DarMac Foundation, Hewlett Foundation, Connect US and its many participating universities.
External links
* [http://www.aidemocracy.org Americans for Informed Democracy]
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