Nepali diaspora in Australia - Oped - The Kathmandu Post

https://www.diasporaengager.com/miniRegister I have come to Australia five times and lived with my children in Darwin, Cairns, Brisbane and Sydney for a total of 34 months, spread over a period of 18 years.
http://kathmandupost.ekantipur.com/news/2017-01-29/nepali-diaspora-in-australia.html

Why a wall won’t keep America’s newest immigrants out - The Washington Post

America’s immigrants are changing — and a wall won’t keep them out
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2017/01/20/why-a-wall-wont-keep-americas-newest-immigrants-out/?utm_term=.0cdcd3739be9

Institute of the Black World » Our Work in the Age of Trump

The first step toward recovery is acknowledging you have a problem. So, in the aftermath of the presidential election can we admit that the same America that existed on Election Day, existed two decades ago, and exists today? To act like a different America emerged on November 9 is to simply be in denial. This is the America that always was, and for the foreseeable future will be. So, the “day after” was finally here. It seemed like it would never arrive after months of a cancerous presidential campaign that redefined how low we can go as a nation. We actually discovered a sub-basement in our house where the worse of our human tendencies troll. If we had another month, we would have likely taken another step down into the abyss. It’s been that miserable of an election and now we have to somehow pick up the shards of our broken nation and put it back together. It won’t be easy and it won’t happen in the span of the next presidential administration, but it’s work that must be done bec
http://ibw21.org/commentary/our-work-in-the-age-of-trump/

As Obama departs, we owe him our thanks

Unemployment under 5 percent. Eighty-one months of jobs growth and counting. Average wages rising at 2.4 percent over the last year. Growth at 3.5 percent over the last full quarter. Inflation at 2 percent. 20 million more Americans with health insurance. America one of the global leaders in the green industrial revolution. A president respected at home and abroad, known for his thoughtfulness and his great eloquence. Let us hope that Trump can build on that legacy, and not lead us into a far deeper hole.
https://www.diasporaengager.com/pr/file/as-obama-departs-we-owe-him-our-thanks-28630314.php

President Obama's economic legacy has just been cemented

75 consecutive months of job gains Wage growth acceleration Full-time job boom Outpacing the rest of the developed world President Obama Barack - White House
https://www.diasporaengager.com/pr/file/president-obama-s-economic-legacy-has-just-been-cemented-65708777.php

A Big Year for the U.S.-Africa Partnership

2016 U.S.-Africa Business Forum.  POWER AFRICA INITIATIVE AGOA - African Growth and Opportunity Act WOMEN - State Department’s WECREATE initiative Africa Contingency Operations Training and Assistance (ACOTA) The Security Governance Initiative (SGI Defeat Boko Haram Linda Thomas-Greenfield - Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs.
https://www.diasporaengager.com/pr/file/a-big-year-for-the-u-s-africa-partnership-81787782.php

Improving Health for All Americans - President Barack Obama\'s legacy

CMS: CHIP has provided meaningful health coverage to over eight million children. Improving Access to Home- and Community-Based Services Strengthening Health Care in Indian Country CMS: Early Retiree Reinsurance Program President Obama's achievements Kaiser Family Health Foundation: Explaining the temporary high-risk pool HHS: Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting Updated National HIV/AIDS Strategy: HHS Awards More Than $240 Million to Expand the Primary Care Workforce Made Health Care and Coverage More Affordable CMS Fact Sheet: Medicare Competitive Bidding Program Finds $42 Billion in Savings Improved Accountability, Efficiency, and Quality of Care CMS: CMS expands quality data on Physician Compare and Hospital Compare to help consumers choose health care providers Patients Safer as Hospital-Acquired Conditions Decline CMS Fraud Prevention Initiative IRS: New Requirements for 501(c)(3) Charitable Hospitals Under the Affordable Care Act HHS finalizes stre
https://www.diasporaengager.com/pr/file/improving-health-for-all-americans-president-barack-obama-s-legacy-74029967.php

Obama\'s exit memo to America

Businesses that were bleeding jobs unleashed the longest streak of job creation on record. The auto industry has roared its way back, saving one million jobs across the country and fueling a manufacturing sector that, after a decade of decline, has added new jobs for the first time since the 1990s. And wages have grown faster over the past few years than at any time in the past forty.
https://www.diasporaengager.com/pr/file/obama-s-exit-memo-to-america-15532451.php

Economic Rescue, Recovery, and Rebuilding on a New Foundation - Legacy of President Barack Obama

risis since the Great Depression. His North Star was to make the economy work for the middle class and for those fighting to join it. He took steps to create jobs, rescue the auto industry, and rebuild the economy on a new foundation for growth and prosperity.
https://www.diasporaengager.com/pr/file/economic-rescue-recovery-and-rebuilding-on-a-new-foundation-legacy-of-president-barack-obama-59426543.php

American Leadership in the World - President Barack Obama's legacy

President Obama Delivers a Statement on the Paris Agreement on October 5, 2016 International efforts to end the Ebola epidemic in West Africa Establishment of the Global Health Security Agenda President Obama Speaks at a Town Hall With Young Leaders of the Americas in Jamaica National Security and American Values President Obama on the U.S. Strategy to Defeat ISIL The Asia Rebalance and 21st Century Opportunity Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) President Obama Visits Hiroshima Advancing the Rebalance to Asia and the Pacific National and Economic Security in Cyberspace Development Based on Real Outcomes and Real Lives GLOBAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP SUMMIT 2016 White House Summit on Global Development Partnering with Africa on Food Security and Climate Change Adaptation Power Africa Initiative to double access to electricity in Sub-Saharan Africa Let Girls Learn Initiative Strength and Resilience at Home National Preparedness System
https://www.diasporaengager.com/pr/file/american-leadership-in-the-world-president-barack-obama-s-legacy-14159466.php

Rainbow PUSH Coalition

The Rainbow PUSH Coalition (RPC) is a multi-racial, multi-issue, progressive, international membership organization fighting for social change. RPC was formed in December 1996 by Reverend Jesse L. Jackson, Sr. through the merging of two organizations he founded earlier, People United to Serve Humanity (PUSH, 1971) and the Rainbow Coalition (1984). With headquarters in Chicago and offices in Washington, D.C., Atlanta, Detroit, Houston, Los Angeles, New York, and Oakland, we work to make the American Dream a reality for all our citizens and advocate for peace and justice around the world. We are dedicated to improving the lives of all people by serving as a voice for the voiceless. Our mission is to protect, defend, and gain civil rights by leveling the economic and educational playing fields, and to promote peace and justice around the world.
http://www.rainbowpush.org/

Empowering Africa’s Youth

When President Obama addressed the African Union in Ethiopia last year, he said, “The most urgent task facing Africa today and for decades ahead is to create opportunity for the next generation.” Seventy percent of Africans are under the age of 25 and Africa’s population is projected to double to two billion people by 2050. These demographic realities are part of the reason we must ensure that Africa’s youth are engaged in their communities and are vested in the future of their countries -- this is a central goal of YALI.
https://www.diasporaengager.com/pr/file/empowering-africa-s-youth-46916779.php

Economic Rescue, Recovery, and Rebuilding on a New Foundation - Legacy of President Barack Obama

risis since the Great Depression. His North Star was to make the economy work for the middle class and for those fighting to join it. He took steps to create jobs, rescue the auto industry, and rebuild the economy on a new foundation for growth and prosperity.
https://www.diasporaengager.com/pr/file/economic-rescue-recovery-and-rebuilding-on-a-new-foundation-legacy-of-president-barack-obama-59426543.php

The Legacy of President Barack Obama

International Diaspora Blog! A lot has been said and will be said about the legacy of President Barack Obama, the 44th President of the United States of  America. As he was preparing to leave office on January 20th, 2017, I would like to Continue Reading The post The Legacy of President Barack Obama appeared first on International Diaspora Engagement Blog.
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Can Trump (King Cyrus?) Save Africa and the African Diaspora After the Mixed Legacy of Obama?

International Diaspora Blog! It is hard to address the perspectives on Africa at the beginning of 2017 without mentioning the Chinese influence in Africa and the impact of the election of President Donald Trump on the legacy of President Barack Obama, the first Continue Reading The post Can Trump (King Cyrus?) Save Africa and the African Diaspora After the Mixed Legacy of Obama? appeared first on International Diaspora Engagement Blog.
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A Historic Commitment to Protecting the Environment and Addressing the Impacts of Climate Change - President Barack Obama's legacy

Fuel Efficiency Standards of Medium and Heavy-Duty Vehicles The American Business Act on Climate Pledge Historic Action to Reduce Methane Emissions for the Oil and Gas Sector Actions to Cut Methane Emissions from Municipal Solid Waste Landfills Commitments and Robust Progress to Address Potent Greenhouse Gases Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions in the Federal Government and Across the Supply Chain Improving Measurement, Mitigation and Resilience of our Natural Resources S. Mid-Century Strategy for Deep Decarbonization Expanded the Clean Energy Economy Mobilizing $4 Billion in Private-Sector Support for Homegrown Clean-Energy Innovation President Obama Announces New Actions to Bring Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency to Households across the Country Obama Administration Announces Clean Energy Savings for All Americans Initiative New Actions to Bring Clean Energy Savings to All Americans S. Department of Energy: Property-Assessed Clean Energy Programs etc.
https://www.diasporaengager.com/pr/file/a-historic-commitment-to-protecting-the-environment-and-addressing-the-impacts-of-climate-change-president-barack-obama-s-legacy-27796916.php

Black Immigrants Brace for Dual Hardships Under Trump

Two days before the presidential election, Donald Trump traveled to the deeply segregated city of Minneapolis to make a final pitch to voters. He didn't spend any time discussing Minnesota's racial wealth gap—according to one study, the state's financial disparity between races is the highest in the country—or the fatal police shooting of Philando Castile during a traffic stop in the state four months earlier. Instead, he talked about Minnesota's Somali population, larger than in any other state. "Here in Minnesota, you've seen first-hand the problems caused with faulty refugee vetting, with very large numbers of Somali refugees coming into your state without your knowledge, without your support or approval," Trump said in the November 6 speech. "Some of them [are] joining ISIS and spreading their extremist views all over our country and all over the world," he added.
https://www.diasporaengager.com/pr/file/black-immigrants-brace-for-dual-hardships-under-trump-31702590.php

African-Americans Didn't Do Well Under President Obama

What happened during the Obama years is not a change I can believe in, it was just more of the same. It is indisputable Barack Obama was the first non-white man to become President of the United States of America. But the question that still lingers for myself and many others, is whether we should be classifying him as the first African-American president? https://www.diasporaengager.com/Africa From its inception, the term African-American was created as a cultural safe haven for the progeny of American slaves. The classification is the marker of a connection that black Americans lost with Africa when their forefathers were brought to America in chains. It is my belief that when Jesse Jackson coined the term “African-American” in 1988, it was specifically tied to the multi-generational cultural cost of American chattel slavery.
http://www.newsmax.com/AntonioMoore/obama-african-american-wealth/2016/12/21/id/765065/

Can Trump Save Africa and the African Diaspora After the Mixed Legacy of Obama?

Despite the controversial realities, there is hope for Africa and the African Diaspora if they can understand that their “salvation” will not come from any government in the East or West, but from themselves with the help of God Almighty, who did not predestinate Africa to be the headquarter of poverty despite its rich lands and smart intellectuals. The post Can Trump Save Africa and the African Diaspora After the Mixed Legacy of Obama? appeared first on The Most Influential Contemporary African Diaspora Leaders.
http://africandiasporaleaders.com/can-trump-save-africa-african-diaspora-mixed-legacy-obama/

Can Trump Save Africa and the African Diaspora After the Mixed Legacy of Obama?

International Diaspora Blog! It is hard to address the perspectives on Africa at the beginning of 2017 without mentioning the Chinese influence in Africa and the impact of the election of President Donald Trump on the legacy of President Barack Obama, the first Continue Reading The post Can Trump Save Africa and the African Diaspora After the Mixed Legacy of Obama? appeared first on International Diaspora Engagement Blog.
http://diasporasnews.com/can-trump-save-africa-and-the-african-diaspora-after-the-mixed-legacy-of-obama/

Working With Africans To Focus, Partner, Achieve an AIDS Free Generation

AIDS epidemic U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR)Ambassador Deborah L. BirxWorld AIDS Day Linda Thomas-Greenfield State for African Affairs.
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AGOA 2015: Moving to Sustainable U.S.-Africa Trade and Investment Partnership

The American consumer has long been accustomed to reading labels marked “Made in China.” However, across the United States, more shoppers are seeing “Made in Ghana,” “Made in Tanzania,” and other labels. African products ranging from luxury bags to specialty hot sauces are reaching largely American audiences thanks to the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA). Created in 2000, AGOA permits duty-free entry for nearly 98 percent of all imports from eligible African countries and has become the cornerstone of U.S. trade relations with the region.
https://www.diasporaengager.com/pr/file/agoa-2015-moving-to-sustainable-u-s-africa-trade-and-investment-partnership-34990296.php

‘I Want To Bring Entrepreneurs Together To Develop Africa’ |

https://DiasporaEngager.com/extPage/DiasporaRepresentative Africa is currently facing several challenges, from conflicts to governance and economic issues. In this chat with journalists in Abuja, aspirant for the African Union Chair, a promoter of pan africanism and a seasoned academic with several years of experience contributing to AU, and ECOWAS, Professor Abdoulaye Bathily, sheds more light on these problems and the solutions to them. BUKOLA OGUNSINA was there for LEADERSHIP.
https://leadership.ng/features/565207/i-want-to-bring-entrepreneurs-together-to-develop-africa

LA Legal Defense Fund Created To Aid Immigrants Facing Deportation : The Two-Way : NPR

https://DiasporaEngager.com/extPage/ImmigrantIntegration Officials in Los Angeles on Monday unveiled a $10 million fund to provide legal services. They say they want the fund set up before Donald Trump becomes president. https://DiasporaEngager.com/extPage/ImmigrantIntegration Los Angeles and other cities are bracing for a crackdown on illegal immigration once Trump takes office next month. Los Angeles City Attorney Mike Feuer told the Los Angeles Times: "The fund will ensure that there is 'more fairness and more effectiveness in the immigration system.' He cited statistics showing that immigrants who have representation have a better chance at succeeding in court." The plan calls for half the money to come from public funds and about half from private foundations. Details weren't released on how the funds would be allocated.
http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/12/20/506256417/la-legal-defense-fund-created-to-aid-immigrants-facing-deportation

A Big Year for the U.S.-Africa Partnership

2016 U.S.-Africa Business Forum.  POWER AFRICA INITIATIVE AGOA - African Growth and Opportunity Act WOMEN - State Department’s WECREATE initiative Africa Contingency Operations Training and Assistance (ACOTA) The Security Governance Initiative (SGI Defeat Boko Haram Linda Thomas-Greenfield - Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs.
https://www.diasporaengager.com/pr/file/a-big-year-for-the-u-s-africa-partnership-81787782.php

The Most Influential Contemporary African Diaspora Leaders - By Dr Roland Holou

A prestigious book that honours the African Diaspora leaders across the globe who have accomplished outstanding tasks and who have demonstrated excellent pro...
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Was Barack Obama The First African American President? Critique of Ta-Nehisi Coates (Video) | EURweb

http://africandiasporaleaders.com/jessejackson/ After African American voters turned out in record numbers, did President Obama Deliver on the exchange? From its inception, the term African-American was created as a cultural safe haven for the progeny of American slaves. The classification is the marker of a connection that black Americans lost with Africa when their forefathers were brought to America in chains. The above video discussion looks both to President Obama’s origins from East Africa- Kenya, to his ancestral lineage from his mother’s side of the family tree. Carnell and Moore delve into the data on the Obama years, from looking at Obama in context of the transatlantic slave trade, to reviewing the contextual meaning of Barack Obama inheriting $480,908 worth of Bank of Hawaii stock from his white maternal grandmother, Madelyn Dunham, who was a vice president of the bank. This type of wealth transfer in stock is one that rarely occurs in black American homes due to a lega
http://www.eurweb.com/2016/12/barack-obama-first-african-american-president-critique-ta-nehisi-coates-video/#

Obama: Reparations Aren't Politically Infeasible

https://DiasporaEngager.com/extPage/HumanRightsPlatform President Barack Obama suggested in an interview Wednesday that reparations payments for black Americans could be a good idea, but aren't politically feasible.
http://dailycaller.com/2016/12/22/obama-i-cant-pursue-reparations-because-its-politically-infeasible/