Niagara Commemorates Holocaust Remembrance Day
By Kathy Bolano, Communications Intern From 1933 to 1945, an estimated 11 million people – six million of whom were Jewish men, women...
|By Kathy Bolano, Communications Intern From 1933 to 1945, an estimated 11 million people – six million of whom were Jewish men, women...
| Tagged Holocaust, Holocaust Remembrance Day, Israel, JudaismBy Joshua Heine, Public & Global Affairs Intern On March 25, Niagara Foundation was pleased to welcome Jacqueline Saper, a noted speaker on Iran,...
| Tagged civil unrest, heritage, Iran, Iraq, Jacqueline Saper, Judaism, Revolution, SaperBy Kathy Bolano, Communications Intern The World Health Organization was established on April 7, 1948 and commemorates it’s anniversary with World Health Day....
| Tagged food, food safety, global health, health, public health, World Health Day, World Health OrganizationBy Kathy Bolano, Communications Intern On Thursday, April 2nd, 2015 from 11:30 AM – 1:00 PM, Niagara is excited to host Laila Muhammad of...
| Tagged charity, faith, Interfaith, ZakatNiagara Foundation strongly condemns the violent suicide bombings committed by two Pakistani Taliban suicide bombers today in Lahore, Pakistan. The bombers detonated near...
| Tagged bombing, condemnation, PakistanBy: Representative Kathy Ryg My trip to Turkey with fellow legislators was most definitely a life changing experience. The opportunity to learn more...
| Tagged Aegean Sea, Ankara, Ephesus, Hagia Sophia, Istanbul, travel, turkeyBy: Kathy Bolano, Communications Intern On Wednesday, February 18, Niagara Foundation screened the film Not My Life in partnership with UNICEF US Fund....
| Tagged children, documentary, exploitation, fair trade, human trafficking, modern slavery, Not My Life, sex trafficking, UNICEF, UNICEF US FundBy: Kathy Bolano, Communications Intern Today at Niagara Foundation, we celebrate World Day of Social Justice. The United Nations General Assembly named February 20th...
| Tagged equality, equity, justice, social justice, United Nations, World Day of Social JusticeNiagara Foundation is excited to host Patrick Dati, an anti-bullying advocate and child abuse prevention spokesman, at our upcoming Chicago & Education Forum:...
| Tagged activism, advocacy, anti-bullying, bully, domestic violence, LGBT, LGBTQ, rape, sexual abuseNiagara Foundation vehemently condemns the violent actions and motives of Craig Steven Hicks, arrested this morning for three counts of first-degree murder after...
| Tagged Chapel Hill, shootingBy: Kathleen Ferraro, Communications and Membership Coordinator This Wednesday, February 18, from 5:30-7:30 PM Niagara Foundation will partner with UNICEF US Fund to...
| Tagged documentary, human trafficking, Human Trafficking Awareness Month, modern slavery, Not My Life, UNICEFOn December 3, Niagara was pleased to welcome UNICEF’s Regional Managing Director Casey Marsh to our offices for a roundtable discussion. Marsh spoke...
Disclaimer: The statements below do not necessarily reflect the opinions, positions, and/or affiliations of the Niagara Foundation. As a facilitator and apolitical convener of...
Photo via Flickr (IsakFotografi) This is a blog post by one of our contributing authors. Dr. Martin Forward is a British, Methodist Christian...
On April 17th, President of Northeastern Illinois University, Dr. Sharon Hahs, will be speaking at the Niagara Foundation on the role of higher...
By: Alexis O’Connor, intern at Niagara Foundation and student at Northwestern University Niagara Foundation held a panel on recent developments in Ukraine on...
WEEKLY LINKS: (PAYWALL) Turkey Needs a New Constitution to Save its Democracy by Fethullah Gulen (honorary president of the Niagara Foundation) in the Financial Times....
Intern Alexis O’Connor wrote this blogpost about Ukraine and the Euromaidan Journalist Collective before we had confirmed our Niagara Forum on the unrest...
Every week, especially with the ongoing issues in Turkey, a flurry of links travels through our office, being passed around from person...
| Tagged chicago, Drones, John Kass, Martin Marty, Niebuhr, Sochi, Trump, turkey, Ukraine, Venezuela, Weekly LinksDavid Faris went to Cairo on a lark – as he says, “well, not a lark exactly, I was looking for a research...