TwitterWASHINGTON, Tuesday, November 27, 2007 — The American Red Cross announced today that its Board of Governors asked for and received the resignation of President and CEO Mark W. Everson, effective immediately. Concurrently, the Board appointed Mary S. Elcano, General Counsel, as interim President and CEO. The Board acted quickly after learning that Mr. Everson [...]
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Young faces made a welcome appearance on the platform of the 16th General Assembly, as five National Societies received the Federation’s Youth Award. The award went to the Costa Rican Red Cross, for its psychosocial support programme; the Uganda Red Cross, for its innovative HIV work; the Norwegian Red Cross for developing a role play [...]
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Hey Red Crossers! We are in Geneva, Switzerland right now to attend the General Assembly and receive a Youth Award on Wednesday on behalf of the amazing youth program we have at the American Red Cross. Today we had a full day of meetings with youth from all over the world: Africa, Europe, Asia, the [...]
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This week the Red Cross released a new video entitled “People in Need”. This awesome video provides an overview of the work of American Red Cross International Services. To make it easier to share with all of your friends on Facebook or on your blogs, I uploaded it to YouTube. Along the lines of what [...]
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Sitting on the airplane right now after just finishing a three day meeting of the American Red Cross National Youth Council in Washington DC, I cannot express how excited I am to get back to California. It’s not that I dislike the incredibly cold weather back east which inhibits my sandal wearing ability, or the [...]
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Last month I was asked by our executive director to take a lead in a student led fundraiser on my campus. We had the assistance of our American Humanics Student Association (nonprofit management/leadership student organization) at the university. I was excited for the idea of a dance that would serve as a joint fundraiser for [...]
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In the Mexican state of Tabasco, floodwaters have begun to subside after torrential rains overflowed rivers last week. More than a million people are affected, and rural areas in the neighboring state of Chiapas faced flooding and mudslides as well. Because flooded roadways cut off nearly 300,000 people from assistance, emergency relief workers and volunteers [...]
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Last night I had my first two disaster response calls as a member of the San Francisco Disaster Action Team. Surprisingly, I had two calls in one night after two months on the team with no calls at all. At 6:30 p.m. I helped finish up the paper work for a “cold fire” that happened [...]
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Who was Navin Narayan? Navin Narayan was an incredibly dedicated, compassionate and innovative volunteer and leader, a sought-after national and international speaker on human rights, and a tireless advocate for Red Cross causes. Tragically, Navin passed away at the age of 23. Shortly after his death, the American Red Cross National Youth Council created a [...]
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