The date is Tuesday, September 11th, 2012. I had just gotten back from seeing my family for the Christmas holiday. I’m sitting in the living room of my apartment, and I’m on my computer getting ready to write a critique of US foreign policy 11 years after 9/11. But just when I’m about to begin, [...]

AIDemocracy’s University of Pittsburgh has organized the first Be2021 Campus Event of the year and it’s going on tonight!

They’ve put together a stellar Art Exhibition and Discussion (ambitious I know!) and I am sure it will a phenomenal success. Stay tuned to The Conversation to find out how it all went, but if you’re [...]

On October 31st, 2011, the same day on which the world’s population reached 7 billion, the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) voted 107-14-52 to admit Palestine as a recognized state. Although it may seem like over 2000 years of conflict have been pushed aside with Palestinian statehood, we must keep in mind [...]

A decade after Islamic extremists launched a series of attacks on the United States, how much has changed in Americans’ perception of Islam and Muslims? What kind of mindset do we utilize when confronted with sensational news headlines regarding the war on terror, and how harmful or innocuous it really is to regard a people [...]

I envision India to be the role model to the global community because 20 years from now, it will become a member of the expanded United Nations Security Council (UNSC). The Prime Minister of India, Manmohan Singh, gave a strong yet eloquent speech at the United Nations General Assembly recently of what he views as the issues [...]

The United States is leading the world today in global diplomacy and the country exemplified it at the United Nations. President Barack Obama reaffirmed his committment to much needed change for the world in his address to the UN General Assembly yesterday. One of the major topics that he touched upon in the speech he gave [...]

Fear is raised when people are paranoid that citizens belonging to certain religions and/or ethnicities are responsible for terrorism. The minority communities are targeted as a result of such fear. Muslims and Sikhs become victims to hate crimes, if not other men who “fit the profile.” The country that accepts people from all walks of [...]

September 11th, 2011

Ten years ago, the United States was faced with the unthinkable. We became a nation stunned by the devastation we saw outside of our own windows, on television sets, and in the faces of those who understood the implications of that fateful day. September 11th was life-altering. Not only for those directly [...]

While most of our attention has been paid to the 10th anniversary coming up in just a little over 24 hours, we wanted to take a moment to let everyone know of a new partnership with a long-time collaborator of AIDemocracy’s, Principle Pictures.

Director Beth Murphy saw one of our emails about organizing [...]

By Rachel Merker, AIDemocracy Development and Environment Program Intern, Summer 2011

Last month, USAID launched a new “Youth Impact” initiative to acknowledge the powerful role that today’s young people can–and do–play in global development. According to the program’s new site, “America’s youth understand and care more about development than ever before, inspired by the [...]