Rick Moslen is a Manager in the Center for Global Engagement at Robert Morris University (RMU), where he works alongside over 550 international students from over 30 countries around the world in addition to planning and coordinating short-term study abroad programs for students and faculty. He graduated from RMU with majors in English and Communications, and […]

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   Rick Moslen

   December 10, 2017 8:31 pm Comments Off on Rick Moslen

   Rick Moslen is a Manager in the Center for Global Engagement at Robert Morris University (RMU), where he works alongside over 550 international students from over 30 countries around the world in addition to planning and coordinating short-term study abroad programs for students and faculty. He graduated from RMU with majors in English and Communications, and has experience freelancing both locally in Pittsburgh and across the country writing for online and print publications.

   Rick is an avid traveller, an immigration activist, and is interested in discovering nuances of cultures by researching and studying underground music and subcultures from various countries around the world. He has DJ’d, shared music, and curated nights across the city focusing on such subcultures/countries.

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   Global Minds

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   Global Minds Initiative is a for-youth, by-youth organization created to combat the issues of cultural intolerance and discrimination through an after school tutoring program between English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) and Native English Speaking (NES) students.

   Global Minds serves as an educational support system for ESL students, while educating NES students about other cultures, in order to create more globally minded young leaders.

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   Children of Shangri Lost

   December 5, 2017 1:06 pm Comments Off on Children of Shangri Lost

   The Bhutanese community in Pittsburgh is a growing and vibrant community that is part of the overall Bhutanese refugees resettled in the U.S since 2008.

   Children of Shangri Lost are a group of Bhutanese youth in Pittsburgh who want to show the world that despite being displaced and sometimes forgotten, they have not forgotten who they are and what they have to offer the world. Our story is one of survival and of hope. We may be the Children of Shangri-Lost, but we have found ourselves in our new homes around the world.

   Their mission is to raise awareness and to educate people about the history and challenges faced by the refugee and immigrants population through short films and blog posts.

   
   
   

   
   

    

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   [ ] We Move

   December 4, 2017 12:37 am Comments Off on [ ] We Move

   [ ] We Move is all about inclusive celebration – a series of ten parties planned and hosted by a diverse set of community groups from across the city of Pittsburgh.

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   Pitt University Center for International Studies (UCIS)

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   The University Center for International Studies (UCIS) is a University-wide matrix organization that encompasses centers for area studies and centers on topical specializations in international studies. It coordinates international education curricula and provides support services such as the Study Abroad Office. It is now a large framework for the multidisciplinary work of the institution with a total of 16 component and affiliated units. Its mission is to integrate and reinforce all the strands of international scholarship in the University in research, teaching and public service.

   In order to play such an integrative role, UCIS does not compete with departments or schools. UCIS programs and centers therefore do not give degrees but award certificates of attainment to candidates for academic degrees in the University’s departments and schools. UCIS does not appoint its own faculty, but links faculty from departments and schools to their tasks in international scholarship. Thus, the multidisciplinary work in the UCIS Centers is firmly based on disciplinary competence while supporting bridges of scholarly cooperation for international knowledge.

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   United Somali Bantu

   December 3, 2017 1:24 pm Comments Off on United Somali Bantu

   United Somali Bantu  works to build community amidst the Somali Bantu of Greater Pittsburgh through enabling individuals and families to successfully acclimate and transition to self-sufficient life in American society, particularly from a socio-economic and civic perspective, by both providing direct practical assistance and connecting people to other resources and opportunities.

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   Union of African Communities in Southwestern Pennsylvania (UAC)

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   The Union of African Communities in Southwestern PA (UAC) fosters unity, empowerment, linkages and improve the quality of life of Africans in Pittsburgh and Allegheny County, through acting upon the needs, concerns, challenges, and opportunities.

   UAC is an umbrella Organization for all African Communities in Pittsburgh and Allegheny County. Our activities are exclusively not-for-profit making. The union is constituted by leadership/representatives from all African Countries/communities (Immigrants, Refugees, Students, and Internationals) represented and living in this region.

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   Somali Bantu Community Association

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   The Somali Bantu Community Association fosters the cultures & traditions of the Somali Bantu Community through educational projects, advocating on behalf of its community members, and providing technical assistance services.

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   Latino Community Center

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   The Latino Community Center (LCC) works to engage, educate and empower LatinXs in Allegheny County to thrive, regardless of status.

   The LCC believes that in order to have a vibrant and diverse workforce, a healthy society, and a thriving community, it starts with ensuring our community feels safe, integrated, and welcomed in their neighborhoods. The Latino Community in Allegheny County has been relatively small, but growing. From the year 2000 to 2010 our community grew by 71% according to the US Census. Since 2010-2015 it continued to grow by 28.2%.

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    Islamic Center of Pittsburgh

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    The Islamic Center of Pittsburgh (ICP) serves as a resligious and a social center, regularly hosting Pitt interns, and offering a variety of programs for Muslim youth, refugees and the Muslim community in the greater Pittsburgh metropolitan area. In addition to religious and social services (including a monthly food bank), ICP is involved with interfaith dialogue and advocacy through membership with many Pittsburgh faith-based organizations.

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    Coesa: Brazilian Association in Pittsburgh

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    Coesa is a non-profit organization helping Brazilians in Western Pennsylvania and promoting the Brazilian culture. Coesa has four main committees:

    • Social Committee: The objective of the Social committee is to promote events connected to the Brazilian culture, creating opportunities for Brazilians and any other person interested in the Brazilian culture to meet, thus creating links within the Brazilian community.
    • Health Committee: The objective of The Health committee is to provide guidance and orientation on aspects related to Health and Mental Health for the Brazilian Community to seek and to be connected to the services available for them as well as to offer assistance on Health and Mental Health Treatment when possible.
    • Communications Committee: The objective of this committee is to communicate information, services and events to the Brazilian community, their relatives and friends that are interested in the Brazilian culture and their relations. It is also responsible for making connections, developing partnerships and representing the Brazilian Association with other International and Brazilian organizations, companies and media channels.
    • Education Committee: The objective of the Educational Committee is to promote the dissemination and preservation of the Brazilian culture and language through educational activities. The development and formation of partnerships for the exchange of ideas and projects that will enrich its main educational objective.
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    Ujamaa Collective

    November 22, 2017 11:57 pm Comments Off on Ujamaa Collective

    Through placemaking, cooperative strategies, community and economic development, Ujamaa’s vision is to create sustainable neighborhoods and communities that are healthy and economically vibrant for people of African descent.

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    Thomas Merton Center

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    The Thomas Merton Center (TMC) engages people of diverse philosophies and faiths who find common ground in the nonviolent struggle to bring about a more peaceful and just world.

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    Squirrel Hill Urban Coalition

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    Established over 40 years ago to foster civic and social programs to improve the quality of life for all residents in the 14th Ward of the City of Pittsburgh. The organization strives to find creative and sustainable ways to preserve, improve, and enhance our beloved neighborhood. Be involved! We hope to see you at one of our upcoming meetings or events.

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    South Hills Interfaith Movement (SHIM)

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    Right now in the South Hills, hidden in plain sight among our community’s beauty, are people struggling with poverty, hunger, and building a better life for their families. Which is why the South Hills Interfaith Movement invites you to join us and help our neighbors in need. Currently, SHIM serving more than 4,000 of our neighbors. But there’s much more work to do.

    SHIM has been providing food, clothing and services to people in need in Pittsburgh’s southern suburban neighborhoods for more than fifty years. Faced with unprecedented new levels of suburban poverty, SHIM is expanding its work to include more neighbors helping more neighbors in need.

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    Kelly Strayhorn Theatre

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    KST encourages diverse, inclusive, and high-quality, artistic, cultural and educational activities through the Alloy School, artSEEDS student matinees, and artist residency programs. By nurturing these pursuits, we contribute to cultural understanding, quality of life, as well as economic development in our community, county, city, and region.

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    Japan-America Society of Pennsylvania (JASP)

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    The Japan-America Society of Pennsylvania (JASP) is a 501 (c)3 association of individuals, corporations, and organizations in the state of Pennsylvania and its surrounding regions that was established in 1986. Its purpose is to promote understanding and enlightened relations between the United States and Japan.

    The Society provides informative and innovative programming in order to encourage a better understanding of the business, cultural, social, educational, and political practices and customs of Japan and the United States.

    JASP members gain access to business, educational, cultural, and social programs focusing on U.S.- Japan relations, which also provide opportunities for developing personal relationships with members of both the Japanese and American communities. Membership is extended to individuals, non-profit organizations, and corporations.

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    Inclusant

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    Inclusant provides cross-sector diversity & inclusion education and designs customized equity interventions. Key areas of support and guidance for organizations are strategic planning, capacity building, professional development, and increased visibility. Inclusant’s curricula and evidence-based recommendations derive from original research by its principal consultant, anupama jain, whose expertise areas include race and gender, community building, and diasporas. This leads to Inclusant’s commitment to recognizing that the local and the global are in constant interplay in the 21st century, shaping cultural beliefs about belonging that impact official policy and daily practice. Inclusant has consulted with Chatham University, Allegheny Conference on Community Development, The Midwife Center, Sprout Fund, Greater Pittsburgh Arts Council, and Rivers Casino, to name a few.

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    Duolingo

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    Duolingo is the world’s most popular way to learn a language. It’s 100% free, fun and science-based.

    Everyone learns in different ways. For the first time in history, we can analyze how millions of people learn at once to create the most effective educational system possible and tailor it to each student. Duolingo’s ultimate goal is to give everyone access to a private tutor experience through technology.

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    City of Asylum

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    We provide sanctuary to endangered literary writers, so that they can continue to write and their voices are not silenced. We offer a broad range of literary programs in a variety of community settings to encourage cross-cultural exchange. We anchor neighborhood economic development by transforming blighted properties into homes for these programs and energizing public spaces through public art with text-based components.