[open-development] Sign up to the Open Letter to Obama on forming American aid - Deadline Extended Until 7/29

[Karin Christiansen]

 Dear All, with apologies for cross posting.



There are efforts afoot in the US to modernise and reform how America gives
aid.  As one of the largest donors in the world, this of course impacts on
the whole aid and development system as well as many recipient countries of
course.  Consequently, the Modernising Foreign Assistance Network would
welcome sign us from beyond the US to ask President Obama to deliver on his
commitments.  To sign up or with questions, please contact: Jenni
Rothenberg, MFAN’s Outreach Coordinator, at
jrothenberg at modernizingforeignassistance.org or call her at +1 202-464-8191.




The Open Letter text, and the 100+ organizations and people who have signed
up are both below.



Dear Mr. President,



Right now, your leadership is needed to bring U.S. foreign assistance into
the 21st Century, so that we can more effectively use taxpayer dollars to
drive greater results for people in need.

I urge you to follow through on your pledge to “modernize [U.S.] foreign
assistance” with two important actions:



-          Create America’s first-ever Global Development Strategy, to
provide our nation with a clear roadmap for reducing global poverty.

-          Partner with Congress to rewrite the existing, Cold War-era
Foreign Assistance Act and build a stronger foundation for all U.S.
development efforts.



Reform is within reach, and I pledge to support you as you strengthen the
U.S. commitment to development.



Please do consider signing, this is a very good cause.



Best

Karin



-- 
Karin Christiansen
Director, Publish What you Fund
UK tel: +44 20 7022 1909

US tel: + 1 202 470 3447

Skype: publish.what.you.fund



*From:* Jenni Rothenberg [mailto:
jrothenberg at modernizingforeignassistance.org]
*Sent:* 23 July 2010 12:06 AM
*To:* Jenni Rothenberg
*Subject:* 100 + Businesses, NGOs, Think Tanks and Individuals Sign MFAN's
Open Letter - Deadline Extended Until 7/29 - Sign on NOW!



The Modernizing Foreign Assistance Network (MFAN) would like to thank the
following organizations and prominent individuals for signing on to our Open
Letter<http://www.modernizeforeignassistance.org/network/open_letter_to_obama.php>to
the President on the U.S. Commitment to Global Development. Thanks to
your efforts, we are happy to report that the response to the Open Letter
has been tremendous thus far.  In order to make sure we get as many
supporters as possible on board this important and timely effort, we are
going to extend the deadline for organizational endorsements and signatures
from prominent individuals until *THURSDAY, JULY 29th*.



If you have any questions or would like to sign on to MFAN’s letter, please
contact Jenni Rothenberg, MFAN’s Outreach Coordinator, at
jrothenberg at modernizingforeignassistance.org or 202-464-8191.



*Thank you again for all of your support—we couldn’t do this without you!*

          34 Million Friends of the United Nations Population Fund

3D Security Initiative, Eastern Mennonite University

Academy for Educational Development

ActionAid USA

Advocates for Youth

Aeras Global TB Vaccine Foundation

Africa Action

Alliance to End Hunger

America's Impact

American Friends Service Committee

American Jewish World Service

American Refugee Committee

Americans for Informed Democracy

Americas Relief & Development Team

Amnesty International USA

AMREF USA

Aspen Network of Development Entrepreneurs

Barer Institute for Law and Global Human Services, University of Washington
School of Law

Better World Campaign

Bread for the World

Building Tomorrow

CARANA Corporation

CARE

Cargill, Incorporated

Caterpillar

Catholics for Choice

Center for American Progress

Center for Health and Gender Equity

Center for Interfaith Action on Global Poverty

Centre for Development and Population Activities

Christian Reformed World Relief Committee

Church World Service

Congressional Hunger Center

Creative Associates International, Inc.

Cummins Inc.

eBay




Episcopal Relief & Development

Evangelical Lutheran Church in America

Evangelicals for Social Action

FHI

Florida Association for Volunteer Action in the Caribbean and the Americas

Food for the Hungry

Foundation Builders -Nigeria

Freedom House

Global Action For Children

Global Alliance for TB Drug Development

Global Health Council

Global Rights: Partners for Justice

Global Washington

Helen Keller International

iLEAP: The Center for Critical Service

Initiative for Global Development

InterAction

International AIDS Vaccine Initiative

International Center for Research on Women

International Housing Coalition

International Population & Health Services, LLC

International Rescue Committee

International Resources Group

International Women’s Health Coalition

International Youth Foundation

IREX

Just Foreign Policy

Lundy Foundation

Lutheran World Relief

Malaria No More

Management Sciences for Health

Medicines for Malaria Venture

Mennonite Central Committee U.S.

Mercy Corps

Nuclear Age Peace Foundation

ONE

Outreach International




Oxfam America

Partners In Health

Partnership to Cut Hunger and Poverty in Africa

PATH

Pathfinder International

Peace Action West

Plan USA

Population Action International

Population Communication

Population Institute

Pre-vent

Project Concern International

Publish What You Fund

Puget Sound Millennium Goals Project

Root Capital

SAFE NEPAL

Save the Children

Sexuality Information and Education Council of the U.S. (SIECUS)

Student Global AIDS Campaign

Trickle Up

Truman National Security Project

U.S. Coalition for Child Survival

U.S. Global Leadership Coalition

United Methodist General Board of Church and Society

USAID Alumni Association

Vermont Council on World Affairs

Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.

Washington Office on Latin America

Water for Humans

Water For People

WaterAid, America

Wellstart International

Women of Reform Judaism

Women Thrive Worldwide

World Learning

World Wildlife Fund


J. Brian Atwood, Dean, Hubert H. Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs,
University of Minnesota; Former USAID Administrator

Richard H. Beahrs, Senior Advisor, Revolution Foods, Inc.; Former Senior
Executive, Time Warner Inc.
Richard C. Blum, Chairman, Blum Capital Partners, L.P.
John J. Castellani, President, Business Roundtable
William H. Clapp, President, Seattle International Foundation
John J. Danilovich, Former CEO, Millennium Challenge Corporation
Maria Eitel, President, Nike Foundation
Cate Goethals, Academic Director, Global Business Forum, Foster School of
Business, University of Washington
David Goldberg, CEO, Survey Monkey
Mark Green, Ambassador and Member of Congress (ret.)
Gerald Grinstein, CEO-Emeritus, Delta Air Lines, Inc
Tony Hall, Former U.S. Ambassador to the UN Agencies in Rome
Lee H. Hamilton, President & Director, Woodrow Wilson International Center
for Scholars
Carla A. Hills, Chairman & CEO, Hills & Company; Former U.S. Trade
Representative; Former Secretary of Housing & Urban Development
Henrietta Holsman Fore, Former Director, U.S. Foreign Assistance;
Administrator, US Agency for International Development

George Ingram, Vice President, Academy for Educational Development
E. Neville Isdell, Former Chairman & CEO, The Coca-Cola Company
Sally Jewell, President & CEO, Recreational Equipment, Inc.; Chair,
Initiative for Global Development
Farooq Kathwari, Chairman & CEO, Ethan Allen Interiors Inc.
Robert Kissane, President, Community Counselling Service LLC
Charles E. Kolb, President, Committee for Economic Development
Jim Kolbe, Senior Transatlantic Fellow, German Marshall Fund of the United
States
H.L. Kotkins, Jr., Chairman & CEO, Skyway Luggage Company
Katrin Kuhlmann, Transatlantic Fellow, German Marshall Fund of the United
States
Jim Kunder Senior Resident Fellow, German Marshall Fund of the United States
Carol Lancaster, Dean, Georgetown University School of Foreign Service
William C. Lane, Washington Director, Caterpillar
Peter McPherson, President, Association of Public and Land-grant
Universities
Robert Mosbacher, Jr., Former President & CEO, The Overseas Private
Investment Corporation
Larry Nowels, Independent Consultant
Michael J. Phillips, Former Chairman & CEO, Russell Investments
William K. Reilly, Senior Advisor, TPG Capital, LP; Former EPA Administrator

William D. Ruckelshaus, Former EPA Administrator
George F. Russell, Jr., Chairman Emeritus, Russell Investments
Sheryl Sandberg, COO, The Facebook Inc
Dean Scarborough, Chairman, President & CEO, Avery Dennison Corporation
John M. Shalikashvili, Former Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff
Faryar Shirzad
Charles Slaughter, Founder, TravelSmith; President, Living Goods
Tim M. Solso, Chairman & CEO Cummins Inc.
Sarah Jane Staats, Director of Policy Outreach, Center for Global
Development
Richard S. Swanson, President & CEO, Federal Home Loan Bank of Des Moines
Noam Unger, Fellow, Global Economy and Development, Brookings Institution
Ann Van Dusen, Adjunct Professor, Georgetown University School of Foreign
Service
John C. Whitehead, Former Co-chairman, Goldman, Sachs & Co.; Former Deputy
Secretary of State




*MFAN Toolkit*



Thank you for signing on to MFAN’s Open Letter. You can take a few steps to
join help us spread the word and get more organizations to join this
important call to action:

o   Circulate the Open
Letter<http://www.modernizingforeignassistance.org/network/open_letter_to_obama.php>

o   Download a badge<http://www.modernizingforeignassistance.org/network/badges.html>
for
your Facebook, MySpace, or other profile to show you support more effective
foreign aid and get your network to sign the letter

o   Read about how reform will make even more U.S. aid success
stories<http://www.modernizingforeignassistance.org/blog/2010/07/12/aid-reform-that-works-how-ownership-partnership-coordination-and-innovation-should-be-the-core-of-america%E2%80%99s-new-approach-to-development/>
possible

o   Tweet: “I signed a letter urging Pres Obama to increase U.S. foreign
aid's impact.  YOUR TURN! http://bit.ly/12FBms #ReformWithinReach”
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