Facts about (MS. EMIRA WOODS) guest speaker at the Dreams Fulfillment Foundation second annual fundraising banquet. An expert in U.S. – Africa relations, Emira Woods is the co-director of Foreign Policy In Focus at the Institute for Policy Studies in Washington, D.C. Foreign Policy In Focus, an international network of more than 650 policy analysts and advocates, seeks to make the U.S. a more responsible global leader and global partner. Foreign Policy In Focus is committed to advancing a citizen-based foreign policy agenda--one that is fundamentally rooted in citizen initiatives and movements. Prior to joining the IPS staff, she served as Program Manager for the Committee on Development Policy and Practice at InterAction, serving as a principal staff contact for advocacy at the UN, the international financial institutions, USAID and the Treasury Department. She also previously served as Program Officer of Oxfam Americas Africa program, which involved outreach to the heads of major international institutions and grassroots groups in the most remote communities. Ms. Woods has recently been interviewed on BBC, CNN, CBC, NewsHour with Jim Lehrer, and The Diane Rehm Show, on Liberia, Darfur, foreign aid and U.S.-Africa Relations. She has hosted a WashingtonPost online chat and has published pieces in The Nation, The Baltimore Sun and The Christian Science Monitor. Ms. Woods holds a BA in International Relations from Columbia University, a certificate in Public Policy from the Woodrow Wilson School at Princeton University, a Masters in Government from Harvard University, and is ABD in Political Economy and Government at Harvard University.
Posted on: Sun, 16 Mar 2014 01:47:33 +0000
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