For this week's #ThoughtfulThursday series, we are highlighting @usaforunhcr's new partnership with @google entitled "Searching for Syria", a new powerful website that provides a compelling insight into the Syrian refugee crisis and what #Syria was like before the war.
The website combines data and stories from UNHCR and Google Search Trends to provide answers to the five most common questions that people around the world have been asking online about the Syrian refugee crisis:
What was Syria like before the war? What is happening in Syria? Who is a refugee? Where are Syrian refugees going? How can I help Syrian refugees?
The "Searching for Syria" platform "aims to dispel myths and misconceptions about Syria and refugees and provide an entirely fresh look at the biggest humanitarian tragedy of today" said UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi.
The “Searching for Syria” website is available in English, French, German and Spanish with an Arabic version soon to follow. The website will be featured on the Google homepage (www.google.com) in selected countries or can be accessed directly at http://www.searchingforsyria.org.
#ThoughtfulThursday #HumanitarianResponse #Syria #UNHCRxGoogle
Happy #FlyFriday! Check out this tool by DNV GL, UN Global Compact and Sustainia that proves that tackling social and global challenges helps businesses.
The Global Opportunity Explorer is a digital platform which offers direct access to the most innovative solutions and emerging market opportunities for achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Rooted in over five years of research involving 17,000 business leaders and 17 expert panels, the Explorer guides you through hundreds of sustainable solutions and dozens of market opportunities which address the SDGs.
The platform launched in late April with approximately 300 solutions on the platform, but it is by no means completed. The founders encourage "continuous co-creation and crowdsourcing" to expand the platform. Submissions can be made on their website:https://sustainia.typeform.com/to/FnNg3b @unglobalcompact @sustainia #DNVGL
Happy #FlyFriday everyone!
Watch these three women beautiful women, Norma Kamali, Michaela Angela Davis and Jo-Ani Johnson share their personal stories in mastering the art of aging (📹 Allure).
#Allure #AgingWithGrace #Inspiring
Minda Detler, polio survivor, triathlete, mother; shares her beautiful and courageous story @ Moms+Social Good @unfoundation #JNJ #GlobalMoms
Happy #FlyFriday everyone! Meet Monica Kang, Founder & CEO of Innovators Box.
InnovatorsBox began when Kang was in her dream career, yet she felt like she was in a creative rut. It wasn't until she started integrating creativity into her daily routine that things in her life started to change, including her productivity, job growth, and even personal perspectives.
InnovatorsBox aims to redefine human capital potential and work culture by empowering professionals with creativity and creative confidence by offering workshops, services and products for all professionals to hone their creativities in their own lives. As a Korean-American female, Kang says she is always vocal about diversity in the workplace and uses her InnovatorsBox platform to brainstorm more ways for business to encourage diversity.
InnovatorsBox has been featured in the White House's Nation of Makers initiative in 2o16, selected to participate in Ashoka's Emerging Innovators Bootcamp and as National Minority Supplier Development Council's Emerging Young Entrepreneurs Program, to name a few.
Check out InnovatorsBox and how they're shedding a light on the importance of creativity: innovatorsbox.com
April is #NationalPoetryMonth, the largest literary celebration in the world. It aims to highlight the extraordinary #legacy and ongoing achievements of poets and encourage support for poets and poetry. Today we remember the great Maya Angelou, where in this segment back in 2011, she said "If a human being dares to dream, dares to love somebody; if a human dares to be Martin King, Mahatma Gandhi, or Mother Teresa; if a human being dares to be bigger than the condition into which she or he was born- it means so can you." #FlyFriday
Today is #ThoughtfulThursday! Meet JustLeadershipUSA founder Glenn E. Martin former inmate and criminal justice reform advocate.
After being released from NY state prison, Martin began supporting and fighting for criminal justice reform, meeting with influential figures like Sandra Day O'Connor and former President Barack Obama.
In 2014, Martin founded Just Leadership USA (JLUSA), an organization dedicated to cutting the prison population in half by 2030 in the United States, by challenging the assumption that formerly incarcerated people lack the skills to weigh in on policy reform. Learn more about how Glenn Martin and his team are changing the conversation about prison reform in the US: https://www.justleadershipusa.org/ http://www.glennemartin.org/
