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Date: Fri, 11 Sep 2009 11:59:56 -0700
Subject: [Jgfamembers] Sasha Pippenger Gardner Fellow 2008-09 in the NEWS!!
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Hi everyone,

Check out this wonderful story on Sasha Pippenger and the Gardner 
Fellowship Program featured in the Berkeleyan newspaper and on the front 
page of the UC Berkeley website.

http://www.berkeley.edu/news/berkeleyan/2009/09/10_gardener.shtml

Best, Terri


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Date: Sun, 20 Sep 2009 11:41:49 -0400
Subject: [Jgfamembers] JGFA Newsletter Fall 2009
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New fellows, new board members, events, and updates from alumni... all in
the Fall 2009 newsletter.  If your email accepts HTML formatting, you can
view it  below.  If not, attached is a Word Doc (select Web Layout from
View).

It is also archived on the wiki
http://jgfa.wetpaint.com/page/%233+%7C+Aug+31+%2709 .  The wiki also has
longer bios for the fellows at
http://jgfa.wetpaint.com/page/2009-2010+Fellows, and a new section on
fellows in the news: http://jgfa.wetpaint.com/page/Fellows+in+the+News.  If
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   *August 2009 Newsletter*
In this issue

   - Message from JGFA Co-Presidents
   - Upcoming Events
   - New Fellows Selected
   - 2008-2009 Fellows Reflect
   - Call for Class Captains
   - Alumni Updates
   - Alumni Feature: Grant Harris Joins Obama Administration
   - Fellows and Alums in the News

  *Call for Class Captains**
Linda Yeung*: Yes, it?s true, it?s been 25 years since the
John Gardner Fellowship was established. As a Fellow from the 1988-89 class,
I still look back on my Fellowship year with fond memories and an immense
sense of gratitude for the opportunity. Please take some time this year to
give back to the Fellowship by serving as a Class Captain for the 25th
Anniversary Fundraising Drive. If you have an interest in doing this, please
contact me (linda.s.yeung at gmail.com), Terri Bimes (bimes at berkeley.edu) or
Megan Swezey Fogarty (megan.fogarty at stanford.edu). As we have
discussed at the past two retreats, the monies raised will help ensure that
the goals of JGFA are met, including the preservation of *three* Fellows at
Berkeley.

Alumni Updates
  *Anu Menon*My husband and I welcomed our son, Jayan Menon Garg, on August
2, 2009 at 6:47pm. Jayan is keeping us busy! We can't wait for him to meet
the Gardner family.*Casey Coonerty*We are excited to announce the birth of
our second child, Devin, on July 7th.*Annie Bird*Thanks to the Marshall
scholarship, I graduated with a LL.M in International Human Rights Law from
the University of Essex and have completed the first year of a PhD in
International Relations at the London School of Economics. Let me know if
you're in London!*Tianna Terry*I am a Staff Attorney/Arthur Liman Public
Interest Fellow in the Family Law Unit at the Legal Aid Society of DC. My
fellowship project focuses on reform of the DC child support system.I enjoy
my work and love living in DC.*Leila Makarechi*I've completed the Columbia
part of a dual-degree MPA program and will be heading to Paris to do my last
year at Sciences Po. I spent the summer working first in Doha, Qatar and now
in Beirut, Lebanon. I'm looking forward to finishing up grad school and
getting back to work! If any JGFs are in Paris, please email: it'd be great
to meet up!*Stephen Chan*After graduating from HBS and the Kennedy School
this past June, I've treated myself to a summer off -- visiting friends and
family across the country and a summer trip with my partner Tim to Spain and
Portugal (beautiful!). All the time off has primed me to start work with
relish as an Advisor to the Mayor for the City of Boston next week. I am
looking forward to it as the Mayor has surrounded himself with remarkable
staff. Sending my love to the Gardner family, and hope the Boston Fellows
are able to get-together soon!*Elizabeth G. Pianca*After three plus years
with a private law firm I happily changed jobs and started work as a Deputy
County Counsel for Santa Clara County in January 2009. My practice covers
all aspects of general government law. I am thrilled to be closer to
Stanford and my family who live in Palo Alto.*Sandy Tesch*I'm still working
at the UC Berkeley Library and enjoying it very much. This summer I had the
amazing opportunity to represent the American Red Cross at the Red Cross Red
Crescent World Youth Meeting in Solferino, Italy. There were 600 youth
leaders from over 150 Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies! Our American Red
Cross group taught a session on youth leadership. When I returned, I made a
presentation to our president, Gail McGovern. Last week, I was elected Chair
of the National Youth Council Alumni Board, a group of former national youth
leaders who want to continue volunteering with the American Red Cross on a
national level. *Antonia Powell*I continue to work with Catholic Relief
Services (CRS), and am now the Head of the Health and HIV Unit for
CRS/Malawi Country Program. My work is focused on services for orphans and
vulnerable children as well as home-based care for people living with HIV.
Based in Lilongwe, my husband, Brian, and I are pleased to announce the
birth of our first child, John Allen Powell (aka Jack), born on April 6,
2009. The growing Powell family are really enjoying life in this peaceful,
lovely part of southern Africa and welcome visitors.
*Cammie Lee*I've been in Boston working with the Boston Consulting Group
since my fellowship ended last summer. I've been stretched in ways I have
never been before at BCG and I'm enjoying learning a myriad of
problem-solving skills in a fast-paced environment. I've coordinated a few
service activities for BCG, but I'm looking forward to being back in school
next fall and having more time to invest in service opportunities.
Alumni Feature: Grant Harris
The most important and exciting news is that Jasmine and I had a baby boy.
Lincoln Thomas Harris was born in January and is keeping us very busy. I
left my law firm job at Cleary Gottlieb in January to take a position in the
Obama Administration as a Policy Advisor to Susan Rice, the U.S. Ambassador
to the United Nations and a member of President Obama's cabinet. This
followed my work on the Obama-Biden Transition Team as a member of the
agency review team for the U.S. Mission to the United Nations. The position
is based in the State Department in Washington, D.C. I am also happy to
report that my latest law review article, ?Human Rights, Israel, and the
Political Realities of Occupation,? was published in the peer-reviewed
Israel Law Review and was awarded the Francis Lieber Prize by the American
Society of International Law. I look forward to reconnecting with all of
those JGFA members in the Washington area and hope to see you all soon.
*Fellows and Alums in the News*
New wiki section compiles links to fellows in the news.
http://jgfa.wetpaint.com/page/Fellows+in+the+News

Heather Podesta in the Washington
Post<http://www.washingtonpost.com/WPC-edit-dyn/content/article/2009/08/23/AR2009082302381.html>
Liz Steyer in the New York
Times<http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/10/technology/10morning.html?_r=1&hp>
Luz Herrera in the LA
Times<http://articles.latimes.com/2009/jun/02/local/me-tobar2>
Corri Tate Ravare in the LA
Wave<http://www.wavenewspapers.com/news/local/41474067.html>
Abdi Soltani in the Contra Costa
Times<http://www.contracostatimes.com/california/ci_13367926>
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  From Ellen Dektar and Liz Steye, Co-Presidents
The evolution of the Gardner Fellowship continues! Last week we elected our
second Board of Directors and Officers, building on the enormous work of our
first Board: Francesca Gardner, Mike Heyman, Don Kennedy, Jeanne Halleck,
and Kathleen Abernathy. They collaborated with officers Waseem Noor, Sean
Fox, Jerry Cacciotti, Carol Vargas, Janet Lambert Lynch, Jon Welner, Linda
Yeung and many others including Grant Harris, Jenny Lah, Joanna Levitt and
as always our Cal and Stanford administrators to establish a website, a five
year plan, an initial fundraising drive, and our first retreat which was
held almost a year ago in Asilomar.

The new Board will add David Moguel and Linda Yeung as former fellow
representatives and Jack Citrin from IGS at UC Berkeley. Sandy Tesch is our
new treasurer and Jon Welner continues to hold things together as Secretary
while Jenny Lah does heavy lifting in communications. Don Kennedy, Francesca
Gardner, Mike Heyman and Waseem will move to emeritus status and we look
forward to their continued involvement. We will continue to augment the
board through outreach throughout the year, and will focus on celebrating
our 25th anniversary in 2010.

Recently, Leila Makarechi organized a breakfast in New York and Joanna
Levitt is cooking up plans for a fellow (Gardners in the Garden) day in
October in the Bay Area. David Moguel is organizing a gathering in Los
Angeles, we have fantastic new fellows and amazing experiences from the
outgoing fellows?it?s going to be a great year! We hope you?ll get involved,
there are plenty of opportunities!

*Upcoming Events
Gardners in the Garden
**Sunday, October 4th, 2009**
*12 noon - 3pm, Alemany Farm, San Francisco
Kids, spouses, friends, partners are all welcome to join!
*Please RSVP* to joanna at accountabilityproject.org
*Check out the farm's website <http://www.alemanyfarm.org/get-involved/> for
info on what to bring, directions and more...
*
*25th Anniversary of the Fellowship*
*Saturday, April 24, 2010 *
Save the date for a dinner celebrating the anniversary of the John Gardner
Fellowship Program. Honor UC Berkeley Chancellor Mike Heyman and Stanford
President Don Kennedy for their vision in creating the program. Drinks at
6:30 p.m. and dinner at 7:00 p.m. at UC Berkeley. We hope all alumni can
join us for this historic celebration!.
New Fellows Selected for 2009-2010

[image: 2009-2010 Fellows]
*
**The 2009 Fellows are heading to their placements. Please contact Megan
Fogarty (megan.fogarty at stanford.edu) or Peter Hanson (phanson at berkeley.edu)
if you would like to take one or more to lunch. Five are in DC, and one is
in Oakland.*

*For full bios, see the wiki<http://jgfa.wetpaint.com/page/2009-2010+Fellows>
.*
*Maggie Chen ?09 Stanford**Fellowship Placement: *White House Council on
Women and Girls *
Fellowship Mentor: *Kavita Patel, Director of Policy, White House Office of
Public Liaison*
Major*: Comparative Studies in Race and Ethnicity and Human Biology
*Service Interest*: Women's and reproductive health*Jenny Cooper ?08
Berkeley* *Fellowship Placement*: Office of Global Change, Department of
State
*Fellowship Mentor*: Jonathan Pershing, Deputy Special Envoy for Climate
Change
*Major*: Geography, minor in Peace and Conflict Studies
*Service Interest*: Climate justice*Mondaire Jones ?09 Stanford* *Fellowship
Placement*: Office of Legal Policy, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington
DC
*Fellowship Mentor*: Spencer Overton, Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney
General
*Major*: Political Science; Minor in African and African-American Studies
*Service I**nterest*: Social inequality*Eyal Matalon ?09 Berkeley* *Fellowship
Placement*: The Pacific Institute
*Fellowship Mentor*: Swati Prakash, Program Director and Dr. Peter Gleick,
President
*Major*: Environmental Sciences
*Service Interest*: Environmental justice*Basant Singh Sanghera ?09 Berkeley
* *Fellowship Placement*: South and Central Asian Affairs Bureau, Department
of State
*Fellowship Mentor*: Patricia Mahoney, Director of India, Nepal, Sri Lanka,
Bangladesh, Bhutan, and Maldives Affairs
*Major*: History and Political Science
*Service Interest*: National security, foreign relations, and Sikh affairs*Seth
Silverman BA ?08, MS '09 Stanford* *Fellowship Placement*: White House
Council on Environmental Quality
*Fellowship Mentor*: Jason E. Bordoff, Associate Director for Energy and
Climate Change
*Major*: BA in Global Politics of Health, Human Rights, and the Environment;
MS in Civil and Environmental Engineering
*Service Interest*: International environmental issues, human rights, and
rural and sustainable development.
2008 Fellows Reflect on their Experiences
Olga Medina
Among the many exciting moments of my Gardner Fellowship experience, two
events remain prominent in my mind. The first was the Reform Immigration for
America Campaign Summit, which took place in June. The event brought
together more than 400 advocates from across the country, all united around
the goal of advancing comprehensive immigration reform. For me, this event
was special, because it gave me the opportunity to meet with many of the
spirited and dedicated advocates who are championing this cause at the local
level and allowed me to see myself as a member of this broad community of
advocates. The second major event was the national DREAM Act graduation in
Washington, DC. The graduation ceremony also took place in June, and I
helped coordinate the event as a member of the planning committee. I was
charged with the task of coordinating legislative visits on Capitol Hill for
individuals and groups attending the graduation. The scene of more than 500
students and their allies standing in front of the Capitol building was
bittersweet. The youth in attendance were there to support the DREAM Act, a
law that would establish a path to legal status and citizenship for
undocumented immigrant students. The event reminded me of the challenges
confronted by immigrant students who are living with the realities of our
broken immigration system every day and helped me understand the role of
advocacy and public service in broader social justice efforts.

Christina Hisel
For five months, I worked on the Social Innovations team at Mercy Corps
under the supervision of David Lehr and mentorship of Karen Doyle Grossman
as an Assistant Program Manager. I conducted an internal and external scan
of high-impact, financially sustainable programs to alleviate poverty across
a wide number of geographies. I have supplemented these activities with
other projects such as: grant writing for a youth entrepreneur program,
concept paper development for a post-disaster fund, marketing support for
Mercy Corps, social innovation strategic planning, business plan support for
rural pharmacies in Guatemala, and authored an introductory paper on the
role of technology in international development. I also had the privilege of
working from the headquarters in Portland, OR and the advocacy office in
Washington DC. Due to the fellowship, I was allowed to sit in on senior
leadership meetings hosted by the President and CEO of Mercy Corps and aided
their work on development theory and fragile states indexes. From the DC
office, I attended presentations by Indonesia field staff at UNAIDS,
participated in meetings with corporate partners, and met with the Syria
field staff and Committee of Foreign Affairs staff to discuss the status of
Iraqi refugees.
In the Central African Republic, I worked under the supervision of Allison
Huggins, a Mercy Corps CAR program manager and alongside a team of local
staff in order to help promote awareness of women?s rights through the
development of a multi-media campaign and radio drama. I hosted and
conducted focus groups in villages and cities to determine men and women?s
attitudes and experiences toward violence against women. With the research
findings and baseline survey results, I developed the behavior-change
messaging for the women?s rights campaign and a 20-episode educational radio
drama and listening guides for community organizations for each episode. I
also had the honor of attending a speech by the President of CAR and hearing
President Obama speak from Ghana at the US Embassy alongside hundreds of
Central Africans.

Sasha Pippenger
She spent her placement at the International Rescue Committee?s (IRC)
Washington, DC headquarters where she worked on legislative and policy
advocacy pertaining to the Asia regional portfolio. During her fellowship
tenure, she was deployed to Pakistan for three months to support IRC?s
response to the deepening humanitarian crisis. She worked in coordination
with UN agencies and other partners to advance services for the three
million Pakistanis who were displaced from their homes as a result of
on-going conflict with the Taliban. While in Asia, Sasha also traveled with
her Gardner mentor, IRC Vice President Anne Richard, and other dignitaries
on a delegation to Japan, China, Thailand, Indonesia, and Afghanistan. She
has stayed on with IRC, and is now serving as the Advocacy Officer in
Islamabad, Pakistan.

   JGFA.net
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   *August 2009 Newsletter*
In this issue

   - Message from JGFA Co-Presidents
   - Upcoming Events
   - New Fellows Selected
   - 2008-2009 Fellows Reflect
   - Call for Class Captains
   - Alumni Updates
   - Alumni Feature: Grant Harris Joins Obama Administration
   - Fellows and Alums in the News

  *Call for Class Captains**
Linda Yeung*: Yes, it?s true, it?s been 25 years since the
John Gardner Fellowship was established. As a Fellow from the 1988-89 class,
I still look back on my Fellowship year with fond memories and an immense
sense of gratitude for the opportunity. Please take some time this year to
give back to the Fellowship by serving as a Class Captain for the 25th
Anniversary Fundraising Drive. If you have an interest in doing this, please
contact me (linda.s.yeung at gmail.com), Terri Bimes (bimes at berkeley.edu) or
Megan Swezey Fogarty (megan.fogarty at stanford.edu). As we have
discussed at the past two retreats, the monies raised will help ensure that
the goals of JGFA are met, including the preservation of *three* Fellows at
Berkeley.

Alumni Updates
  *Anu Menon*My husband and I welcomed our son, Jayan Menon Garg, on August
2, 2009 at 6:47pm. Jayan is keeping us busy! We can't wait for him to meet
the Gardner family.*Casey Coonerty*We are excited to announce the birth of
our second child, Devin, on July 7th.*Annie Bird*Thanks to the Marshall
scholarship, I graduated with a LL.M in International Human Rights Law from
the University of Essex and have completed the first year of a PhD in
International Relations at the London School of Economics. Let me know if
you're in London!*Tianna Terry*I am a Staff Attorney/Arthur Liman Public
Interest Fellow in the Family Law Unit at the Legal Aid Society of DC. My
fellowship project focuses on reform of the DC child support system.I enjoy
my work and love living in DC.*Leila Makarechi*I've completed the Columbia
part of a dual-degree MPA program and will be heading to Paris to do my last
year at Sciences Po. I spent the summer working first in Doha, Qatar and now
in Beirut, Lebanon. I'm looking forward to finishing up grad school and
getting back to work! If any JGFs are in Paris, please email: it'd be great
to meet up!*Stephen Chan*After graduating from HBS and the Kennedy School
this past June, I've treated myself to a summer off -- visiting friends and
family across the country and a summer trip with my partner Tim to Spain and
Portugal (beautiful!). All the time off has primed me to start work with
relish as an Advisor to the Mayor for the City of Boston next week. I am
looking forward to it as the Mayor has surrounded himself with remarkable
staff. Sending my love to the Gardner family, and hope the Boston Fellows
are able to get-together soon!*Elizabeth G. Pianca*After three plus years
with a private law firm I happily changed jobs and started work as a Deputy
County Counsel for Santa Clara County in January 2009. My practice covers
all aspects of general government law. I am thrilled to be closer to
Stanford and my family who live in Palo Alto.*Sandy Tesch*I'm still working
at the UC Berkeley Library and enjoying it very much. This summer I had the
amazing opportunity to represent the American Red Cross at the Red Cross Red
Crescent World Youth Meeting in Solferino, Italy. There were 600 youth
leaders from over 150 Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies! Our American Red
Cross group taught a session on youth leadership. When I returned, I made a
presentation to our president, Gail McGovern. Last week, I was elected Chair
of the National Youth Council Alumni Board, a group of former national youth
leaders who want to continue volunteering with the American Red Cross on a
national level. *Antonia Powell*I continue to work with Catholic Relief
Services (CRS), and am now the Head of the Health and HIV Unit for
CRS/Malawi Country Program. My work is focused on services for orphans and
vulnerable children as well as home-based care for people living with HIV.
Based in Lilongwe, my husband, Brian, and I are pleased to announce the
birth of our first child, John Allen Powell (aka Jack), born on April 6,
2009. The growing Powell family are really enjoying life in this peaceful,
lovely part of southern Africa and welcome visitors.
*Cammie Lee*I've been in Boston working with the Boston Consulting Group
since my fellowship ended last summer. I've been stretched in ways I have
never been before at BCG and I'm enjoying learning a myriad of
problem-solving skills in a fast-paced environment. I've coordinated a few
service activities for BCG, but I'm looking forward to being back in school
next fall and having more time to invest in service opportunities.
Alumni Feature: Grant Harris
The most important and exciting news is that Jasmine and I had a baby boy.
Lincoln Thomas Harris was born in January and is keeping us very busy. I
left my law firm job at Cleary Gottlieb in January to take a position in the
Obama Administration as a Policy Advisor to Susan Rice, the U.S. Ambassador
to the United Nations and a member of President Obama's cabinet. This
followed my work on the Obama-Biden Transition Team as a member of the
agency review team for the U.S. Mission to the United Nations. The position
is based in the State Department in Washington, D.C. I am also happy to
report that my latest law review article, ?Human Rights, Israel, and the
Political Realities of Occupation,? was published in the peer-reviewed
Israel Law Review and was awarded the Francis Lieber Prize by the American
Society of International Law. I look forward to reconnecting with all of
those JGFA members in the Washington area and hope to see you all soon.
*Fellows and Alums in the News*
New wiki section compiles links to fellows in the news.
http://jgfa.wetpaint.com/page/Fellows+in+the+News

Heather Podesta in the Washington
Post<http://www.washingtonpost.com/WPC-edit-dyn/content/article/2009/08/23/AR2009082302381.html>
Liz Steyer in the New York
Times<http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/10/technology/10morning.html?_r=1&hp>
Luz Herrera in the LA
Times<http://articles.latimes.com/2009/jun/02/local/me-tobar2>
Corri Tate Ravare in the LA
Wave<http://www.wavenewspapers.com/news/local/41474067.html>
Abdi Soltani in the Contra Costa
Times<http://www.contracostatimes.com/california/ci_13367926>
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>From Ellen Dektar and Liz Steye, Co-Presidents
The evolution of the Gardner Fellowship continues! Last week we elected our
second Board of Directors and Officers, building on the enormous work of our
first Board: Francesca Gardner, Mike Heyman, Don Kennedy, Jeanne Halleck,
and Kathleen Abernathy. They collaborated with officers Waseem Noor, Sean
Fox, Jerry Cacciotti, Carol Vargas, Janet Lambert Lynch, Jon Welner, Linda
Yeung and many others including Grant Harris, Jenny Lah, Joanna Levitt and
as always our Cal and Stanford administrators to establish a website, a five
year plan, an initial fundraising drive, and our first retreat which was
held almost a year ago in Asilomar.

The new Board will add David Moguel and Linda Yeung as former fellow
representatives and Jack Citrin from IGS at UC Berkeley. Sandy Tesch is our
new treasurer and Jon Welner continues to hold things together as Secretary
while Jenny Lah does heavy lifting in communications. Don Kennedy, Francesca
Gardner, Mike Heyman and Waseem will move to emeritus status and we look
forward to their continued involvement. We will continue to augment the
board through outreach throughout the year, and will focus on celebrating
our 25th anniversary in 2010.

Recently, Leila Makarechi organized a breakfast in New York and Joanna
Levitt is cooking up plans for a fellow (Gardners in the Garden) day in
October in the Bay Area. David Moguel is organizing a gathering in Los
Angeles, we have fantastic new fellows and amazing experiences from the
outgoing fellows?it?s going to be a great year! We hope you?ll get involved,
there are plenty of opportunities!

*Upcoming Events
Gardners in the Garden
**Sunday, October 4th, 2009**
*12 noon - 3pm, Alemany Farm, San Francisco
Kids, spouses, friends, partners are all welcome to join!
*Please RSVP* to joanna at accountabilityproject.org
*Check out the farm's website <http://www.alemanyfarm.org/get-involved/> for
info on what to bring, directions and more...
*
*25th Anniversary of the Fellowship*
*Saturday, April 24, 2010 *
Save the date for a dinner celebrating the anniversary of the John Gardner
Fellowship Program. Honor UC Berkeley Chancellor Mike Heyman and Stanford
President Don Kennedy for their vision in creating the program. Drinks at
6:30 p.m. and dinner at 7:00 p.m. at UC Berkeley. We hope all alumni can
join us for this historic celebration!.
New Fellows Selected for 2009-2010

[image: 2009-2010 Fellows]
*
**The 2009 Fellows are heading to their placements. Please contact Megan
Fogarty (megan.fogarty at stanford.edu) or Peter Hanson (phanson at berkeley.edu)
if you would like to take one or more to lunch. Five are in DC, and one is
in Oakland.*

*For full bios, see the wiki<http://jgfa.wetpaint.com/page/2009-2010+Fellows>
.*
*Maggie Chen ?09 Stanford**Fellowship Placement: *White House Council on
Women and Girls *
Fellowship Mentor: *Kavita Patel, Director of Policy, White House Office of
Public Liaison*
Major*: Comparative Studies in Race and Ethnicity and Human Biology
*Service Interest*: Women's and reproductive health*Jenny Cooper ?08
Berkeley* *Fellowship Placement*: Office of Global Change, Department of
State
*Fellowship Mentor*: Jonathan Pershing, Deputy Special Envoy for Climate
Change
*Major*: Geography, minor in Peace and Conflict Studies
*Service Interest*: Climate justice*Mondaire Jones ?09 Stanford* *Fellowship
Placement*: Office of Legal Policy, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington
DC
*Fellowship Mentor*: Spencer Overton, Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney
General
*Major*: Political Science; Minor in African and African-American Studies
*Service I**nterest*: Social inequality*Eyal Matalon ?09 Berkeley* *Fellowship
Placement*: The Pacific Institute
*Fellowship Mentor*: Swati Prakash, Program Director and Dr. Peter Gleick,
President
*Major*: Environmental Sciences
*Service Interest*: Environmental justice*Basant Singh Sanghera ?09 Berkeley
* *Fellowship Placement*: South and Central Asian Affairs Bureau, Department
of State
*Fellowship Mentor*: Patricia Mahoney, Director of India, Nepal, Sri Lanka,
Bangladesh, Bhutan, and Maldives Affairs
*Major*: History and Political Science
*Service Interest*: National security, foreign relations, and Sikh affairs*Seth
Silverman BA ?08, MS '09 Stanford* *Fellowship Placement*: White House
Council on Environmental Quality
*Fellowship Mentor*: Jason E. Bordoff, Associate Director for Energy and
Climate Change
*Major*: BA in Global Politics of Health, Human Rights, and the Environment;
MS in Civil and Environmental Engineering
*Service Interest*: International environmental issues, human rights, and
rural and sustainable development.
2008 Fellows Reflect on their Experiences
Olga Medina
Among the many exciting moments of my Gardner Fellowship experience, two
events remain prominent in my mind. The first was the Reform Immigration for
America Campaign Summit, which took place in June. The event brought
together more than 400 advocates from across the country, all united around
the goal of advancing comprehensive immigration reform. For me, this event
was special, because it gave me the opportunity to meet with many of the
spirited and dedicated advocates who are championing this cause at the local
level and allowed me to see myself as a member of this broad community of
advocates. The second major event was the national DREAM Act graduation in
Washington, DC. The graduation ceremony also took place in June, and I
helped coordinate the event as a member of the planning committee. I was
charged with the task of coordinating legislative visits on Capitol Hill for
individuals and groups attending the graduation. The scene of more than 500
students and their allies standing in front of the Capitol building was
bittersweet. The youth in attendance were there to support the DREAM Act, a
law that would establish a path to legal status and citizenship for
undocumented immigrant students. The event reminded me of the challenges
confronted by immigrant students who are living with the realities of our
broken immigration system every day and helped me understand the role of
advocacy and public service in broader social justice efforts.

Christina Hisel
For five months, I worked on the Social Innovations team at Mercy Corps
under the supervision of David Lehr and mentorship of Karen Doyle Grossman
as an Assistant Program Manager. I conducted an internal and external scan
of high-impact, financially sustainable programs to alleviate poverty across
a wide number of geographies. I have supplemented these activities with
other projects such as: grant writing for a youth entrepreneur program,
concept paper development for a post-disaster fund, marketing support for
Mercy Corps, social innovation strategic planning, business plan support for
rural pharmacies in Guatemala, and authored an introductory paper on the
role of technology in international development. I also had the privilege of
working from the headquarters in Portland, OR and the advocacy office in
Washington DC. Due to the fellowship, I was allowed to sit in on senior
leadership meetings hosted by the President and CEO of Mercy Corps and aided
their work on development theory and fragile states indexes. From the DC
office, I attended presentations by Indonesia field staff at UNAIDS,
participated in meetings with corporate partners, and met with the Syria
field staff and Committee of Foreign Affairs staff to discuss the status of
Iraqi refugees.
In the Central African Republic, I worked under the supervision of Allison
Huggins, a Mercy Corps CAR program manager and alongside a team of local
staff in order to help promote awareness of women?s rights through the
development of a multi-media campaign and radio drama. I hosted and
conducted focus groups in villages and cities to determine men and women?s
attitudes and experiences toward violence against women. With the research
findings and baseline survey results, I developed the behavior-change
messaging for the women?s rights campaign and a 20-episode educational radio
drama and listening guides for community organizations for each episode. I
also had the honor of attending a speech by the President of CAR and hearing
President Obama speak from Ghana at the US Embassy alongside hundreds of
Central Africans.

Sasha Pippenger
She spent her placement at the International Rescue Committee?s (IRC)
Washington, DC headquarters where she worked on legislative and policy
advocacy pertaining to the Asia regional portfolio. During her fellowship
tenure, she was deployed to Pakistan for three months to support IRC?s
response to the deepening humanitarian crisis. She worked in coordination
with UN agencies and other partners to advance services for the three
million Pakistanis who were displaced from their homes as a result of
on-going conflict with the Taliban. While in Asia, Sasha also traveled with
her Gardner mentor, IRC Vice President Anne Richard, and other dignitaries
on a delegation to Japan, China, Thailand, Indonesia, and Afghanistan. She
has stayed on with IRC, and is now serving as the Advocacy Officer in
Islamabad, Pakistan.

   JGFA.net
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From joanna at accountabilityproject.org  Tue Sep 22 21:24:38 2009
From: joanna at accountabilityproject.org (Joanna Levitt)
Date: Tue, 22 Sep 2009 21:24:38 -0700
Subject: [Jgfamembers] Reminder - Oct 4th! Bay Area Gardner Fellow Volunteer
	Day!
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From mswez at stanford.edu  Thu Sep 24 10:09:01 2009
From: mswez at stanford.edu (Megan Swezey Fogarty)
Date: Thu, 24 Sep 2009 10:09:01 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [Jgfamembers] Intern with MomsRisiing!
Message-ID: <1355331613.6070101253812141377.JavaMail.root@zm05.stanford.edu>


Donna Norton, lawyer and '86 International Relations, is looking for interns for MomsRising. 

MomsRising is where mothers and the people who love them go to change our world. Together we can build a nation where children, parents, and businesses thrive; and end discrimination against mothers. MomsRising listens to members and focuses advocacy where we can most quickly improve family economic security. Our strategies are at the cutting edge of political organizing in the U.S.  We employ innovative tactics.

An internship at MomsRising is an opportunity to see, first hand, the development of a new era of political engagement.  Not all the work is sexy -- there are a lot of spreadsheets, databases to update, reports to proofread, and more -- but all the work our  interns do is important 

As an intern at MomsRising, you will work with your directly Campaign Director and team to move forward the campaign's goals. This work includes web pages and email blasts, setting up online tools for volunteers, working with volunteers, doing research on issues, helping maintain our member database, and more!  These  internships are perfect for anybody who is interested in going into the fields of communications, political work, or any field where internet tools are a key element.

We're looking for smart, tech-savvy, well-organized folks who care about the issue work MomsRising does and are interested in developing their skills in communications, politics, media, or technology. We are especially looking for people who have experience organizing in communities of color and other under-represented groups.  Interns can work from home and traditionally have worked approximately 20 hours a week for a stipend of $500/month.  We need interns through the fall and possibly into the spring.

Current internships are in the following areas:
 -Healthcare - working with our Healthcare team, these interns will work to advance the fight for healthcare for all nationally and in  
California

To apply, please submit your resume and cover letter to julia at momsrising.org.  In your cover letter, please answer two questions:

>> 1) Describe a way in which using technology has impacted you as a  
>> community member.  How do you participate in your community  
>> online?  What tools do you use to access your online community  
>> (blogs, facebook, twitter?).  Can you think of an example when you  
>> used an online tool to be politically active?
>>
>> 2) Describe your experience working in communities of color and  
>> other under-represented groups.
>>
>> In your resume, be sure to highlight your technical ability as well  
>> as your leadership experience and other things that show your  
>> unique abilities (including working with under-represented  
>> groups).  Don't worry, we don't need tech experts, we are looking  
>> for folks who are comfortable with tech tools and learning new  
>> things.
>

From jolevitt at gmail.com  Tue Sep 29 14:30:39 2009
From: jolevitt at gmail.com (Joanna Levitt)
Date: Tue, 29 Sep 2009 14:30:39 -0700
Subject: [Jgfamembers] This Sunday! Bay Area Gardner Fellows at Alemany Farm
Message-ID: <98789fa20909291430g7d390d7ch9809c02d2db69df9@mail.gmail.com>

 Hi all,

We're looking forward to seeing everyone this Sunday, the 4th!  See the
email below for more info.  If you have not yet RSVP'd, please do.

Remember that friends and family are welcome to join!

To RSVP, just email me back at joanna at accountabilityproject.org

Thanks, and hope to see you on the farm!
Best,
Joanna

At 09:48 AM 9/9/2009, you wrote:

Dear Bay Area Fellows,

After much back-and-forth on the dates, we have finally confirmed our
volunteer day!  Join us at Alemany Farm on Sunday October 4th to reconnect
with other Bay Area Gardner folk, renew our sense of community, catch up on
the diverse forms of service happening in our lives, and get our hands dirty
in the autumn soil!

*Sunday, October 4th, 2009
12 noon - 3pm, Alemany Farm, San Francisco
Check out the farm's website <http://www.alemanyfarm.org/get-involved/> for
info on what to bring, directions and more...*

I will send additional info and reminders before the date.  We also may
organize a tacos-and-beer gathering afterward in the neighborhood, for those
who are interested.  Stand by for more details on that...

Kids, spouses, friends, partners are all welcome to join!

*Please RSVP* to joanna at accountabilityproject.org

Thanks all.
I look forward to (re)connecting soon.

Best,
Joanna Levitt ('03-04)



-- 
*Joanna Levitt*
Co-Director, International Accountability Project
221 Pine Street, 5th floor
San Francisco, CA 94104
Phone: +1 (415) 659-0555
Email: joanna at accountabilityproject.org
Web: AccountabilityProject.org <http://www.accountabilityproject.org/>
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Co-Director, International Accountability Project
221 Pine Street, 5th floor
San Francisco, CA 94104
Phone: +1 (415) 659-0555
Email: joanna at accountabilityproject.org
Web: AccountabilityProject.org <http://www.accountabilityproject.org/>


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From mswez at stanford.edu  Wed Sep 30 09:40:26 2009
From: mswez at stanford.edu (Megan Swezey Fogarty)
Date: Wed, 30 Sep 2009 09:40:26 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [Jgfamembers] Position Open at Haas Center
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JGFA Members:

The Haas Center is looking for a new Administrative and Financial Services Manger.  Attached is the job description.  Please pass to folks you know who are interested in administration and working at Stanford.

Thanks!

Megan Swezey Fogarty
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