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CONCILIO DE FRESNO KEY CONTACT Lily Torres, Co-Director Rosemary Moreno, Director PRINCIPAL OFFICERS/SENIOR STAFF BRIEF DESCRIPTION The Concilio de Fresno helps immigrants establish themselves in the United States. The Concilio advises immigrants about social security problems, welfare and education. The goal of the organization is to teach immigrants about their rights in America and encourage them to become citizens. BRIEF HISTORY The Concilio de Fresno started in 1983 with the concrete mission of processing immigration documents to get immigrants legally in the United States. Since then, the goals of the Concilio have grown up to a wide range of social issues, such as educational programs, welfare advice and citizenship assistance. As the goals have widened the number of clients served has also increased. The Concilio Project is well-known in the immigration community. GEOGRAPHIC/PROBLEM AREAS The Concilio addresses all sorts of immigration-related questions, coming either from legal or illegal immigrants. Ninety percent ot the Concilio's work is adressed to the Mexican and Central American community, and the remaining ten percent to other communities. PROGRAMMING The Concilio works both with immediate immigrant problems and with long term projects. The Concilio keeps track of its clients, since they are looking for legal assistance in their path to citizenship. CURRENT PRIORITIES The Concilio is currently promoting educational programs in basic immigration rights in the schools and comminity colleges. In addition, the Concilio is encouraging immigrants to become citizens. MEMBERSHIP/TARGET AUDIENCE The Concilio welcomes assistance from all kinds of institutions, either public or private, and individuals. It offers services to all types of immigrants. PERSPECTIVE ON WORLD POLITICS The Councilio believes in the integration of immigrants into American society. LEGAL STATUS: California (501(c)(3)) ANNUAL BUDGET: $ 35,000 and long-term development assistance work on FUNDING SOURCES The sources of the Concilios funds are donations from clients and other sources. The Concilio does not recieve any grants.

COUNCIL ON INTERNATIONAL EDUCATIONAL EXCHANGE KEY CONTACT Alexander G. Thomas, National Director PRINCIPAL OFFICERS/SENIOR STAFF Christopher Arrott, Western Region Director Paige Schaffer, District Manager BRIEF DESCRIPTION The Council on International Educational Exchange (CIEE) is a private, nonprofit membership organization whose purpose is to facilitate and encourage all aspects of educational travel and exchange for members of the academic community. With corporate headquarters in New York, CIEE maintains offices in Paris, Tokyo and San Francisco, and operates in more than 300 student travel offices on 270 American college and university campuses. There are 42 regional offices nationwide, providing travel and transportation services. There are 5 offices in the Bay Area: Palo Alto, San Francisco (in the Sunset), San Francisco (downtown), Berkeley and UC Davis. BRIEF HISTORY The Council was founded in 1947 by a group of international education and student travel organizations for the purpose of reestablishing student exchange after World War II. With a substantial increase in academic membership, the Council’s activities have become more diverse, spreading beyond Europe to Africa, Asia and Latin America. The Council now assumes major educational responsibilities in developing new exchange programs and in setting standards for their evaluation and improvement. The Western Division was established in 1973. GEOGRAPHIC/PROBLEM AREAS Interested in all aspects of educational travel and exchange, CIEE and its members sponsor a wide range of programs throughout the world. PROGRAMMING CIEE assists its members, groups, and individuals with transportation and provides travel advisory services by means of its student travel offices throughout the world. Council-sponsored programs vary in length, structure and purpose. They include international conferences and workshops for educators and exchange professionals, educational tours, informal and formal study programs from high school to the university level, homestays, and work exchange programs. CURRENT PRIORITIES Study programs are being developed in developing countries. MEMBERSHIP/TARGET AUDIENCE CIEE members include more than 300 colleges, universities, secondary schools and youth service agencies. Membership is open to nonprofit organizations and institutions based in North America that sponsor educational exchange programs or provide services to organizations conducting such programs. CIEE services are not limited to its members but are offered to other exchange organizations and to individual students, teachers and other international travelers from the academic community. PERSPECTIVE ON WORLD POLITICS The Council attempts to aid in the achievement of peaceful interchange among peoples and nations by stimulating and furthering the activities of organizations engaged in international student travel. To assist in making arrangements and developing new programs, the Council has established cooperative relationships with educational travel and exchange organizations throughout the world. The Council holds that international exchange contributes to global peace and harmony. LEGAL STATUS: New York 501(c)(3). ANNUAL BUDGET: $14 million. FUNDING SOURCES Program and service fees (80%); membership fees (15%); foundation and government grants (5%). PUBLICATIONS The Council publishes or co-publishes more than 30 books, guides, and other travel reference works. The San Francisco office is responsible for input into the Student Travels Magazine, Whole World Handbook, and Where to Stay USA. A complete list of CIEE publications is available upon request.


EARTH ISLAND INSTITUTE KEY CONTACT John Knox & Dave Phillips, Executive Directors PRINCIPAL OFFICERS/SENIOR STAFF David R. Brower, Chairman and Founder Carl Anthony, President BRIEF DESCRIPTION Earth Island Institute (EII) is an organization that develops innovative projects for the conservation, protection, and restoration of the global environment. Emphasis is placed on creating and sustaining support for creative individuals' work on ecologically linked issues. Earth Island encourages programs that bridge the gap between environmental perspectives and other important concerns such as human rights and Third World economic development. BRIEF HISTORY Earth Island Institute was founded in 1982 as a nonprofit tax-deductible organization. In its earliest years, Earth Island concentrated on projects such as the first Conferences on the Fate of the Earth, the production of films about the plight of native peoples, and a pioneering environmental trip to the former Soviet Union. Since 1986 EII has expanded projects to protect endangered species and further environmental justice in impoverished inner city communities. GEOGRAPHIC/PROBLEMS AREAS: Worldwide, with projects focusing on different environmental problems unique to different ecosystems, cultures, regions, and countries. PROGRAMMING Most of the programming is done on a project level and is widely varied. Includes newsletters, consumer boycott campaigns, monitoring of international agreements (e.g. dolphin-safe tuna), grassroots support to activist movements worldwide, promotion of ecotourism and sustainable development, use of a journal to highlight worldwide environmental news, publishing of books in conjunction with campaigns, organizing large conferences, NGO training for activists, public education, networking, etc. CURRENT PRIORITIES Current priorities include, but are not limited to: marine mammal protection; tree-free paper alternatives; urban environmental issues, including racism and poverty; protection of ecosystems in Siberia; restoration of human and natural communities through the work of David Brower; development issues in the Third World; preservation of indigenous communities; promotion of sustainable agriculture; preservation and protection of endangered species; and forestry issues. MEMBERSHIP/TARGET AUDIENCE Targeted membership includes individuals with not only concern with the worldwide environmental crisis, but also a concern for larger social, economic, and peace issues. EII tends to take grassroots activist approach to these issues. LEGAL STATUS: California 501(c)(3). ANNUAL BUDGET: $2.8 million. FUNDING SOURCES Membership dues, grants, publication sales. PUBLICATIONS Earth Island Institute Journal, Race Poverty and the Environment, No Sweat News, Northern Forest Forum, Ocean Alert, The Case Against Free Trade, Clearcut.


FOUNDATION FOR GLOBAL COMMUNITY KEY CONTACT Janis Lawrence, Information Director PRINCIPAL OFFICERS/SENIOR STAFF Alice Fenton, Joseph Kresse, Eileen Rinde: Executive Directors Neil Lancefield: Chief Financial Officer BRIEF DESCRIPTION Foundation for Global Community is a nonprofit educational foundation whose mission is to discover, live and communicate what is needed to build a world that functions for the benefit of all life. It stresses the importance of systems thinking; a holistic view of the globe and its inhabitants; and the value of individual initiative. Activities include courses in conflict resolution; seminars at the Foundation's retreat center in Ben Lomond, California, featuring leading thinkers in a variety of religious and secular areas; and, as part of a public peace process, international seminars with representatives from countries engaged in protracted conflict. This is often done in collaboration with individuals, other groups, and institutions. The Foundation operates a center in Palo Alto which produces and distributes audiovisual and other educational resources. It also manages Sequoia teams throughout the U.S. and in Europe by the primarily volunteer organization. BRIEF HISTORY Foundation for Global Community has its roots in Beyond War, a movement that grew from the increasing threat of nuclear war. The mission of Beyond War was to educate on two principles - 1) that we are one with all of life of the planet, and 2) that war is obsolete as a means of resolving conflicts. When the Cold War ended, the focus of the group was expanded, and Foundation for Global Community was formed in 1991 GEOGRAPHIC/PROBLEM AREAS In the fall of 1993, a group of Armenians and Azerbiajanis attended a week-long meeting to explore ways to end their war over Nagorno-Karabakh. Two years earlier, prominent Israelis and Palestinians held a week-long seminar which produced a working document for peace in the Middle East. Relationships continue with individuals from the former Soviet Union. PROGRAMMING Programs are based on the principle that all life is one interconnected whole. They are implemented through individual communication and initiative. Offerings include presentations, seminars, discussion groups, speakers, conferences, the production of audio tapes and videotapes, courses on Conflict Resolution, Systems Thinking and the Enneagram. CURRENT PRIORITIES A current focus is on initiating a national dialogue to "Recreate the American Dream" as a step toward bringing about global community. The Foundation realizes that the vision held by the U.S. and the values its people cherish have an enormous impact on the world. MEMBERSHIP/TARGET AUDIENCE All segments of the public are welcome and needed. PERSPECTIVE ON WORLD POLITICS Foundation for Global Community encourages thought and action that recognize the interconnectedness and interdependence of the peoples of the world and our living universe. LEGAL STATUS: California 501(c)(3). ANNUAL BUDGET: $1,000,000 FUNDING SOURCES Events (9%), sale of materials (7%), contributions (75%), other (5%). PUBLICATIONS Timeline, a 24-page editorial publication, 6 times yearly. Sucesos, a quarterly publication in Spanish of selected Timeline articles. Building Global Community, a booklet describing the process of change.



GLOBAL EDUCATION MARIN KEY CONTACT Alice Bartholomew, Coordinator PRINCIPAL OFFICERS/SENIOR STAFF Carol Eber, Co-Director of NBISP Dr. Robert Karlsrud, Principal Investigator BRIEF DESCRIPTION Global Education Marin (GEM) began as a consortium of five Marin County educational institutions organized to help students understand and participate effectively in the increasingly interdependent and rapidly changing world. GEM is currently a partner with Sonoma State University in the North Bay International Studies Project (NBISP). BRIEF HISTORY GEM was developed in 1983 as an outgrowth of the Bay Area Global Education Project (BAGEP), which was founded in 1976. In 1986, GEM became part of the North Bay International Studies Project, one of the international studies resource centers established throughout California under the auspices of the California International Studies Project (see profile). GEM and Sonoma State University serve selected school districts in their respective counties and north to the state border. GEOGRAPHIC/PROBLEM AREAS GEM develops leadership and resources in Marin County schools and in NBISP's service area, emphasizing: understanding of U.S. history in relation to the rest of the world; awareness of students' own unique cultural perspective; communication across cultures; critical thinking and analysis of world problems; recognition of interdependence with people worldwide; and the ethical consequences of decisions about complex domestic and international issues. PROGRAMMING GEM has four main service areas: -- A Resource Center which houses a growing collection of slides, reference books, simulations, lesson plans and units which are available for loan to teachers and certified student teachers; -- Three levels of training for staff development: workshops for introductory awareness, intermediate skill-building, and team development; -- Assistance to certificate students in the Dominican's Department of Education; -- Collaboration with other community educational organizations, i.e. World Affairs Council, Marin Environmental Forum. CURRENT PRIORITIES -- Global team development at school sites where there is district support -- Extended use of the Resource Center -- Long-term funding sources -- Ecology curriculum -- Literature from world cultures MEMBERSHIP/TARGET AUDIENCE Includes teachers (K-12), prospective teachers enrolled in the certificate program at Dominican College, and local community persons. PERSPECTIVE ON WORLD POLITICS As a part of the North Bay International Studies Project, GEM is working to reverse the decline in elementary and secondary school students' knowledge of world cultures, geography, international issues and foreign languages. Activities include summer institutes and school-year workshops for teachers, promotion of elementary school foreign language teaching programs, and increased use in classrooms of students and other community members who have international experience. LEGAL STATUS: The California International Studies Project is now one of the California Subject Matter Projects which were established under SB 1882. FUNDING SOURCES Funds are provided by the California State government, under AB 1243, and are administered by the offices of the President of the University of California. Additional grant monies and annual budget are administered by the Sonoma State Academic Foundation. PUBLICATIONS Brochure, newsletter, catalogue of materials.


GLOBAL EXCHANGE KEY CONTACT Kirsten Moller, Co-Director PRINCIPAL OFFICERS/SENIOR STAFF Medea Benjamin, Co-Director Walter Turner, President BRIEF DESCRIPTION Global Exchange is an education, research and action organization dedicated to linking North Americans with grassroots groups struggling for democratic change around the world. The organization looks at facts and issues surrounding international development in U.S. foreign policy, and tries to answer the question "What can I do?" through information, action campaigns, reality tours, partnerships and fair trade. BRIEF HISTORY Founded in 1988 with the publication of the book, Bridging the Global Gap; A Handbook to Linking Citizens of the First and Third Worlds, Global Exchange has continued to forge people-to-people ties around the world. The organization has toured speakers from Honduras, South Africa, Cambodia, Hawaii and Mexico, linking community groups in the U.S. to grassroots projects in those countries. PROGRAMMING -- Reality tours: sponsored all over the world, they provide visitors with a better understanding of a county's internal dynamics. Visitors meet with farmers, union representatives, church workers, human rights and peace activists, indigenous groups, environmentalists, government officials, and opposition leaders. -- Public education: (includes: newsletter, action alerts, radio programs, speaker's bureau and publishing arm) -- Fair Trade: (includes: three Third World craft stores, plus wholesale of products from co-ops and small producers from around the world) -- Campaigns (includes: "The Campaign to End the Cold War Against Cuba," "The Campaign for Democracy and Social Justice in Mexico," and "The 50 Years is Enough Campaign"). CURRENT PRIORITIES The organization is working to educate North Americans about the role of the World Bank and the IMF structural adjustment programs. MEMBERSHIP/TARGET AUDIENCE General public. PERSPECTIVE ON WORLD POLITICS The Global Exchange is a progressive, social justice organization accessible to the general public. Non-rhetorical, the organization is open to exploring many different viewpoints. The organization's values include equality and democracy. LEGAL STATUS: California 501(c)(3). ANNUAL BUDGET: $750,000 FUNDING SOURCES Donations from individuals, foundation grants, events, sales and program revenue. PUBLICATIONS Cuba: Talking About Revolution by Juan Antonio Blanco & Medea Benjamin. Peace Corps and More: Ways to Work, Study and Travel in the Third World by Medea Benjamin. Fifty Years is Enough: The Case Against the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund, ed. by Kevin Danaher.

GLOBAL FUND FOR WOMEN KEY CONTACT Mila Vissert Hooft, Outreach Manager PRINCIPAL OFFICERS/SENIOR STAFF Anne Firth Murray, President Lucie Pavia Ticzon, Chair of the Board BRIEF DESCRIPTION The Global Fund for Women (GFW) is an international grantmaking organization which provides funds to seed, strengthen, and link groups that are committed to women's well-being and empowerment in their societies. BRIEF HISTORY The Global Fund for Women was formed to fill a gap which existed in American philanthropic giving, that of giving to international women's groups. At the time of the Fund's inception in 1987, there were no United States foundations which exclusively supported overseas, women-led initiatives in female human rights and development. For its first two years, GFW was staffed mainly by volunteers. From these small beginnings, the Fund grew to its present size of nine full-time and part-time staff, and dozens of occasional volunteers. The organization's network includes an advisory council of 100 women and men worldwide. In the 1993-94 fiscal year, the Fund made 175 grants for a total of just over $1 million. PROGRAMMING The three foci of the Global Fund's work are fundraising, grantmaking, and philanthropic education. The grantmaking program is at the heart of the organization's activities and has expanded every year to include groups in more and more countries, and groups who are speaking out on particularly sensitive female human rights issues, from sex trafficking to domestic abuse to female circumcision. The Global Fund has made a total of 503 grants, to 410 groups in 92 countries. The organization aims to give flexible and timely assistance, achieving high leverage through small grants and relying on its advisory council network to aid in contact with and selection of grantees. Through its philanthropic education program, the Fund seeks to put interested Americans in touch with visiting speakers involved with female human rights in developing countries. CURRENT PRIORITIES The Global Fund's priority is to increase its funding base so that it can make more grants to women's groups internationally. The Global Fund also encourages information exchange between women's groups and the growth of partner women's funds in other countries. MEMBERSHIP/TARGET AUDIENCE The Global Fund gives grants to developing country groups working on female human rights issues, which are led primarily by women. The Global Fund does not fund groups in the United States. However, Americans are warmly invited to attend the Global Fund's outreach activities, to find out more about the work of its grantee groups, and to become donors. PERSPECTIVE ON WORLD POLITICS The Global Fund's Style of giving is responsive, and it is a style which seeks to promote partnership, learning, and equality between the organization's core legislative and executive bodies in the United States (the board and the staff), and grantee groups overseas. The Global Fund describes its funding emphasis as 'female human rights, and allows women overseas to define what their primary human rights concerns are -- be they legal literacy, freedom from violence, access to economic opportunity, access to education, or otherwise. LEGAL STATUS: California 501(c)(3). ANNUAL BUDGET: $1,700,000 FUNDING SOURCES GFW is a non-endowed foundation; every year it raises the money it gives away as grants from foundations, businesses, and individual donors. PUBLICATIONS Violence Against Women, February 1992. The Global Fund for Women Network News, a tri-annual newsletter linking staff and grantee groups.

GLOBAL SERVICE CORPS KEY CONTACT Rick Lathrop, Executive Director PRINCIPAL OFFICERS/SENIOR STAFF Carrie A. Re, Programs Coordinator BRIEF DESCRIPTION Global Service Corps (GSC) provides firsthand experiences for American adults to learn about, and to become further involved in addressing some of our glaring global problems. GSC does this by providing mini-Peace Corps' experiences in developing countries for participants to do volunteer work on sustainable development projects. Generally 2-4 weeks in length, these projects address issues relating to the conservation of natural resources, hunger, poverty and community health. The countries GSC is currently operating in are Costa Rica, Kenya, and Thailand. BRIEF HISTORY Global Service Corps was originally founded in 1993 with the faculty support and small grant donation of the Fielding Institute of Santa Barbara, California as an opportunity for adult graduate students to gain practical field experience in international service work. The first group of volunteers went to Costa Rica in December of 1993. GEOGRAPHIC/PROBLEM AREAS Global Service Corps currently consists of three service and development education projects in Thailand, Costa Rica and Kenya, with future program plans in other geographic areas. These short term service projects actively contribute to sustainable international development and provide participants with a broader global perspective. PROGRAMMING Global Service Corps is a new, innovative program which catalyzes American adults to become more actively involved in addressing pressing global issues. These issues relate to world hunger, education, health care, and the environment. Global Service Corps provides short term (2 - 4 week) opportunities for adults to volunteer their services in developing countries to encourage their further participation as committed, educated global citizens. Beyond offering direct people to people assistance, this experiential education opportunity encourages public awareness among volunteer citizens of the Western world of the impact of their lifestyle on the global eco-social-system. CURRENT PRIORITIES Specific immediate objectives are to: -- Make available the experience and talents of committed adult volunteers to collaborate with local people in addressing needs in developing countries; -- Sensitize volunteers to the global dynamics inherent in these needs so that they might bring this awareness back to their home community and educate others; -- Establish ongoing relationships among volunteers, Global Service Corps, and a variety of U.S. private voluntary and nongovernmental organizations in developing countries. PERSPECTIVE ON WORLD POLITICS Global Service Corps is committed to furthering volunteers' interest in participating as global social change agents by arranging long term placements for interested volunteers, offering opportunities to assist with Global Service Corps project development, and encouraging volunteers to take a more active role in their own communities by sharing their experiences with others through talks and demonstrations. This philosophy has furthered the goal of establishing ongoing, long term, productive programs of assistance in the countries it serves. MEMBERSHIP/TARGET AUDIENCE Global Service Corps markets its services to adult volunteers interested in actively addressing global issues. It seeks to fill the niche between ecotours and the Peace Corps experience. LEGAL STATUS: California 501(c)(3). ANNUAL BUDGET: $70,000 FUNDING SOURCES GSC relies on income generated from trips and the volunteer efforts of two full time staff members.

GOETHE-INSTITUT SAN FRANCISCO KEY CONTACT Dr. Dieta Sixt, Director PRINCIPAL OFFICERS/SENIOR STAFF rmtraut Hubatsch, Deputy Director BRIEF DESCRIPTION The Goethe-Institut San Francisco is a nonprofit educational organization providing information and programs on cultural life in the Federal Republic of Germany, as well as German language instruction. Supported by the Federal German Government, its formal title is "The Goethe-Institut for Promoting German Language Study Abroad and International Cultural Cooperation." The headquarters are located in Munich, with 170 branches in 70 countries all over the world. The San Francisco Cultural Center is one of twelve in the U.S. In addition to providing language and cultural programs, it maintains a library with approximately 6000 books (mainly in German), periodicals, newspapers and an audiovisual collection consisting of 500 radio cassettes, 600 video tapes and 110 slide sets (with texts in English and German). BRIEF HISTORY S/SENIOR STAFF The headquarters in Munich were founded in 1951 as "The Goethe-Institut for the Advanced Training of Foreign Teachers of German". Its function expanded when it entered into agreement with the German Foreign Ministry to represent the German cultural spectrum abroad. In 1963 the phrase "For Promoting German Language and Culture" was added to its title. In 1976 the title formally became "The Goethe-Institut for Promoting German Language Study Abroad and International Cultural Cooperation" to reflect an expanded role. The San Francisco German Cultural Center was established in 1967 and since then has been actively promoting German language and culture in the Bay Area and several western states. GEOGRAPHIC/PROBLEM AREAS The Goethe-Institut encourages the understanding of German language and culture throughout the world. PROGRAMMING The Goethe-Institut conducts formal German language instruction at all levels. It is a center for examinations recognized world wide. For teachers of German a comprehensive range of services is offered. CURRENT PRIORITIES The main focus of the San Francisco office is the planning of programs on current issues such as multiculturalism, modern migration, ethnic and social minorities, women's issues and European and environmental topics. Another priority of the Goethe-Institut San Francisco is to inform the public in the Bay Area about recent developments in German film, new music and performing art as well as in new media and advanced technology. European collaboration between the Goethe-Institut, the Alliance Francaise and the Instituto Italiano di Cultura is of special importance since the above mentioned issues are of equal significance for the member states of the European Community and for the United States. MEMBERSHIP/TARGET AUDIENCE The Goethe-Institut directs its activities to students and teachers of German, American academic and cultural institutions, and any others interested in German language and culture. It welcomes the public to its library and regularly scheduled programs. All programs are free of charge. PERSPECTIVE ON WORLD POLITICS The Institute believes that a better understanding of German language and culture will enhance the Federal Republic of Germany's relations with foreign countries. It promotes this understanding by attuning its programs to the local interests of its host country and by providing information covering every aspect of contemporary German culture and social life. LEGAL STATUS: Not-for-profit German educational organization by German law. ANNUAL BUDGET: $600,000 FUNDING SOURCES Federal German Government. PUBLICATIONS Europa- European cultural magazine on current trends and Euro-American issues in collaboration with the Alliance Française and the Instituto Italiano di Cultura.

GORBACHEV FOUNDATION/USA KEY CONTACT Ray Klinke, Office Manager PRINCIPAL OFFICERS/SENIOR STAFF James Garrison, President Mikhail Gorbachev, Honorary Chair BRIEF HISTORY The Gorbachev Foundation was established in 1992 by Jim Garrison and Mikhail Gorbachev to encourage the continued study of and promote international debate on the critical issues facing the post cold war world. The Gorbachev Foundation/USA was created concurrently with the Moscow-based International Foundation for Socio-Economic and Political Studies (Gorbachev Foundation/Moscow). GEOGRAPHIC/PROBLEM AREAS The Gorbachev Foundation/USA focuses on geopolitical and strategic issues affecting the post Cold War world, and humanitarian assistance to nations undergoing dramatic change unleashed by the ending of the cold war. PROGRAMMING -- Global Security Project - Three-part conference bringing together world's leading experts in the areas of nuclear non- proliferation, the architecture of global security and conflict resolution to both discuss and recommend to the international community means by which our institutions, structures and understandings of security can adapt to the new challenges facing humanity. -- State of the World Forum - Gathering of world leaders whose firsthand experience, wisdom and knowledge can collectively serve to articulate a clear vision for a new generation of leaders entering the 21st Century. Together, these leaders will: reflect on personal perspectives regarding their participation in ending the Cold War; present new definitions of global security; discuss the preeminent issues facing humanity; and explore new opportunities for multilateral organizations. -- Humanitarian Assistance - Focusing on supporting children's health programs as well as providing emergency medical and relief supplies to those adversely affected by regional conflicts. Past efforts have included: the establishment of a childhood leukemia treatment center in Moscow; a joint effort with AmeriCares that provided emergency supplies worth over $2 million to besieged children in Bosnia; shipments of critical vaccines to the fragile Republic of Georgia; and a globally televised fundraising event that provided assistance to five children's health organizations in the U.S. and N.I.S. -- The Presidio Project - Striving to convert military resources to constructive civilian use with both an ecological and economic benefit to society. MEMBERSHIP/TARGET AUDIENCE The Gorbachev Foundation/USA is a nonmember public benefit corporation. It seeks the education of international institutions, academia, and the general public through mass media. PERSPECTIVE ON WORLD POLITICS The historic changes of the late twentieth century have ushered human civilization into a period of profound transformation - one which requires a reformulation of international objectives and understandings; recognition of the interdependence of our social, political and economic systems; and empowerment of the mechanisms available to capably avert crises and implement sustainable policy. LEGAL STATUS: California 501(c)(3). ANNUAL BUDGET: $1,000,000 FUNDING SOURCES Donations and grants. PUBLICATIONS Conference proceedings, Journal Articles, Media Opinions, Annual Report.