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April 27, 2012
“It is high time to broaden the opportunities for international service and diversify the teams of volunteers representing our country to the world” – Harris Wofford, former U.S. Senator and advocate for national service and volunteerism This entry is the first of a three-part series introducing three Harris Wofford Global Service Fellows with disabilities, [...]
December 21, 2011
Over the past 30 years, we have created spaces that bridge communities and encourage new conversations. In some cases, these turn into on-going collaborations with real results – ideas spark, new organizations begin, projects start, and friendships are formed. There’s not a lot of glory in the behind-the-scenes work to plan these gatherings – it [...]
August 29, 2011
For the past 15 years, MIUSA has received the generous support of the DeWitt Wallace/Youth Travel Enrichment Fund, established by the founder of The Reader’s Digest Association, to provide an educational travel opportunity to U.S. young adults with disabilities from diverse communities.
July 1, 2011
Photo credit, above: Darcy Kiefel Photography Over the past three months Ms. Manique Gunaratne, a MIUSA alumna from Sri Lanka who is blind, has represented women with disabilities in the international development arena throughout South Asia. In March, Manique participated with other renowned disability rights activists, development aid donors and recipients in a three-day seminar [...]
May 25, 2011
“A barrier is of ideas, not of things” –Mark Caine I can confidently say that the largest barrier that inhibits people with disabilities from traveling abroad is attitude. In preparation for going abroad, many travelers with disabilities worry and are often overwhelmed by the perceived physical barriers associated with disability, whether it be lack of [...]
March 2, 2011
Volunteering abroad and ‘working holidays’ have become increasingly popular ways to travel and explore foreign cultures and lands. Whether it’s working within the coffee fields of Costa Rica or teaching English to children in Nepal, volunteers with disabilities have made their presence known as contributory global citizens. It could be said that volunteers with disabilities [...]
January 20, 2011
When Tara Wickey first arrived in Costa Rica for a two-week leadership exchange through MIUSA, she was unsure how her experience might play out. She reflects on the differences and similarities between herself and each of the 15 other program delegates: “Each of us came to Costa Rica at a different place in our lives. [...]
January 11, 2011
Having completed the training phase of their USAID-funded MIUSA small grants project, FundaMental Colombia recently spent some time reflecting on their activities and achievements during 2010. The Disabled People’s Organization (DPO), led by and for people with psycho-social disabilities, has been engaging the International Organization for Migration (IOM) to expand disability inclusion in IOM development [...]
December 17, 2010
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton recently visited the Kingdom of Bahrain where she met with MIUSA alumni who are young leaders with disabilities. During an open dialogue meeting at the National Museum, Clinton addressed the need for societies to balance diversity and increase participation of all citizens in the growth of democracy, especially [...]
November 19, 2010
“My goal for the upcoming school year is to prepare myself for studying overseas in Portugal during my senior year [in high school]” says Sarah, an American teenager who is blind. Sarah, along with other peers who are blind, is featured in the upcoming documentary Do You Dream in Color?, about teenagers pursuing their [...]
