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Most people know Dara A. B. Johnson ’10 as one of the founders of La Vie, the newest female final club on campus and an organization that has made huge strides in just one year. In a social scene dominated for years by an exclusive group of a few clubs, La Vie has already started to rival the likes of the Bee and the Isis...
Harvard’s Allston Initiative, the group that administers grants to projects such as Allston Brighton Arts Bridge, initially prepared the town for the several new buildings that were slated for construction in Allston as Harvard continues its expansion. Due to the economic downturn and numerous cuts in the University’s operating budgets, however, most of these projects have been delayed...
...Private groups have been helping this process. In partnership with the Overseas Private Investment Corporation and the Palestine Investment Fund, the Aspen Institute created the Middle East Investment Initiative, which uses loan guarantees to provide financing for medium-size Palestinian businesses. In two years it has facilitated 210 loans totaling $45 million, generating 3,514 new jobs. In addition, the group has created an affordable mortgage facility, which will help more than 10,000 families purchase homes. Aspen's U.S.-Palestinian Partnership is also helping create a venture-capital fund run by Israeli and Palestinian investors to finance technology start...
...Africa, even by gay men. The "gay doctor," who has worked in AIDS wards, said he was stunned when he was told in 2000 that a gay friend may have contracted AIDS. "Most people think they can't get HIV through anal sex," says Grace, who leads a campus group for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender youth at Makerere University and did not want to give her full name...
...UNAIDS' coordinator in Uganda, Ruben del Prado, was prematurely transferred to India after he quietly held meetings with LGBT groups about the possibility of prevention work among the community. The Ugandan government accused him of holding secret meetings with groups "that promote homosexuality." Since then, Western aid officials have been decidedly silent on the topic of homosexuality and HIV. Officials at UNAIDS, for example, say their organization has adopted a formal policy not to comment on the proposed law. A UNAIDS official in Uganda, who declined to be identified, says the group believes "quiet diplomacy" is the best approach...