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May 02
BUILD Latin America

BUILD members participate in workshop with Allister Chang, executive director of Libraries Without Borders

by tuftsigl

BUILD Latin America has been partnering with Libraries Without Borders (LWB) for over a year on a project that seeks to implement e-libraries in rural and earthquake-affected areas in Ecuador. In June 2017, five students will travel to Ecuador to implement two trial programs with a local NGO.

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Apr 24
EWB
BUILD Latin America

Engineers Without Borders and BUILD LA Present on Current Projects and Share Ideas by Amira Al-Subaey

by tuftsigl

Once a year, members of IGL affiliated groups BUILD Latin America and Engineers Without Borders (EWB) come together to present the history and mission of their organizations, share the process of their program’s work, and elaborate on their current projects and the challenges and successes within them.

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Apr 24
ALLIES

FieldEx 2017 by Emily Spak

by tuftsigl

On April 7th-8th, Tufts students participated in a live-action simulation called FieldEx, hosted by civilian-military relations organization ALLIES. FieldEx combines political, diplomatic, and military components in a peacekeeping and stability scenario that plays out on a paintball field.

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Apr 21
ALLIES

UN Peace-Keeping with Nick Birnback by Noah Kulak

by mdillard

On Wednesday 4/19, Tufts ALLIES met with Nicholas Birnback A '92, the current Head of Public Affairs for United Nations Peacekeeping. Starting in 1996, Birnback has been part of U.N. peace missions in Liberia, Sierra Leone, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Eritrea, East Timor and Somalia.

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Apr 20
EPIIC

The World in Disarray Lecture Review with Richard Hass and James Stavridis

by tuftsigl

EPIIC students, IGL affiliates, students, and members of the Tufts Community were invited to join the lecture on the current state of the world with two honorable guest speakers who provided a timely analysis of a world increasingly defined by disorder.

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Apr 12
Inquiry

Inquiry Conference 2017 by Amira Al-Subaey

by mdillard

Inquiry is the Institute’s global issues program for high school students, creating a forum for students to engage deeply with compelling issues through intensive study, role-play, and mentorship by Tufts EPIIC students studying the topic in-depth.

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