Executive Director, Central Asia Institute @peacethroughed. All views are my own.
Bozeman, MT
Joined November 2011
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Alice Thomas retweeted
America, I’m honored that you have chosen me to lead our great country.
The work ahead of us will be hard, but I promise you this: I will be a President for all Americans — whether you voted for me or not.
I will keep the faith that you have placed in me.
SINCERE THANKS to our generous donors who opened their hearts on #GivingTuesday2019 to provide education & hope to girls & women born into poverty & conflict in #CentralAsia. And if you didn't donate but want to, it's not too late! Go to centralasiainstitute.org
"Of all the divisive tools that are used to push people to the margins, unequal education is the most damaging and enduring."@MelindaGates. On #GivingTuesday help make the dream of education come true by making a gift to bit.ly/37ZbJY1
“there are growing fears that Afghan women will lose the gains they have made over nearly two decades.” nytimes.com/2019/08/16/world… via @nytimes
From all the staff @Peacethroughed we are deeply saddened by today's attack on @Counterpartint. We stand with civil society organizations who are working to improve the lives and future of the Afghan people. #Afghanistan bit.ly/2H6YDw8?utm_source=tw…
“Equity not the same as equality” @CPichonBattle discusses need to ensure efforts to address #climatechange, build #resilience recognize current/historic disenfranchisement of most vulnerable @YaleNDEL – at New Haven, CT
Julio Prieto explains the lawsuit he filed yesterday in #Ecuador to enjoin irreparable harm to environment by mining co @YaleNDEL #EnvironmentalJustice – at New Haven, CT
Great set of panelists discuss court-recognized rights of nature in #Colombia, #Bangladesh, #India @YaleNDEL #climatejustice
It's time for all members of Congress to push back hard on the president's illegal and politically-motivated tactics. See @RefugeesIntl Statement regarding Trump's national emergency declaration. Deeply Alarmed Over U.S. National Emergency Declaration refugeesinternational.org/ad…
The White House’s latest plan to divert #disaster relief funds intended for #PuertoRico and #California, but not #Texas, to build a wall is deeply troubling. politi.co/2SHe9Wh – at Alexandria, VA
One of the biggest challenges #Ethiopia faces is internal #displacement from both inter-communal violence and #climatechange-related effects such as drought. PM Abiy must w/ with UN agencies, NGOs, donors to find durable solutions that avoid protracted or recurrent displacement.
Optimism has been palpable since Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed came to power in April 2018. However, after a recent trip to #Ethiopia, @MarkYarnell writes that “enormous challenges remain” including an “explosion of intercommunal violence." refugeesinternational.org/re…
ICYMI: US @DeptofDefense latest report outlining vulnerability of its installations (67%) and operations to #climatechange including increased conflicts & #disasters bit.ly/2GeMd6q
NEW REPORT: The media failed to connect 2018 record-breaking wildfires, floods, heat and hurricanes to #climatechange. In 2019, the media must do better. #coverclimate pubc.it/2DOrkwj
Urgent need for Congress to revise #disaster laws to ensure that people #displaced by disasters are not left homeless. @BennieGThompson @HomelandDems @HouseHomeland
Camp Fire victims have been through ‘hell.’ As last shelter closes, where will they go? sacbee.com/news/local/homele…
More positive policy shifts from #Thailand which is making good on its commitments under the #GlobalMigrationCompact UNHCR welcomes Royal Thai Government’s commitment to release of detained children in Thailand | UNHCR: The UN Refugee Agency (Thailand) unhcr.or.th/en/news/general/…
Alice Thomas retweeted
Aaaand, touchdown! We're live from Kathmandu, Nepal. For the next six weeks, we'll be documenting stories about #climatechange and human #migration as @InsideNatGeo explorers.
