Going Green: A Call to Action

Going Green, our fourth annual symposium, was held at the World Bank on November 7. Over 200 students and teachers representing over 50 schools from the DC area heard Mike Tidwell and Majora Carter issue a Call to Action in response to climate change and the implications for our planet and for environmental justice.

Additionally, over twenty organizations offered their resources to assist schools as they created plans to raise awareness and to move their schools to action. Also, the environment section of our resource library was unveiled, a collection of outstanding resources on-line that you can use today.

Action Plans were posted to the Connector, CIE's private on-line network. Photos of the event are on-line, and videos will be uploaded in the next few weeks!

Call to Action Symposium—a big success!

Ambassador Tony Hall and the IFE Fellows

48 schools from the Washington/Virginia/Maryland area attended the symposium at the World Bank. Ambassador Tony Hall, the keynote speaker, inspired teams to take action and to do the thing in front of you, as stated by Mother Teresa, the teams heard from other speakers, visited with world-changing organizations, and designed their own action plans based on a model for sustainability, as introduced by our Fellows and partner organization, Youth Venture.

• The World Bank has posted a spotlight article about the Symposium
• Photos of the event have been posted, or you can browse just the Symposium Highlights.
• Teams posted each of their Action Plans to the CIE website.
• CIE released its online resource library, a collection of outstanding educational-related resources for international awareness.

McKinley Tech works on their action plan

Symposium 2007: Awareness to Action!

"Do the thing that is in front of you"          -Mother Teresa

CIE's Call to Action Symposium
February 23, 2007
at the World Bank

What's exciting about this year?

• Key speaker: Tony Hall, author of Changing the Face of Hunger, former US Congressman from Ohio, and US Ambassador to the UN Agencies for Food and Agriculture
• 13 Organizations focusing on systemic and sustainable approaches to eradicating poverty
• Youth Venture and IFE Fellows identifying and creating solutions for change

Please contact us if you would like to receive advance information about this program. This symposium is possible due to the generous support of the Longview Foundation.