Archive for September, 2011

WCI at Sea: The Institute for Shipboard Education Invites WCI to Speak at Forum on Sino-U.S. Relations

WCI President Majorie Margolies recently boarded the MV Explorer in order to participate in the Institute for Shipboard Education’s “Forum on Global Engagement.”  The four day voyage embarked from Boston, Massachusetts with a final destination in Montreal, Canada.
The MV Explorer serves as the campus for the Semester at Sea program throughout the year.  Commencing in 1963, this program has organized [...]

By WCI | 2011.09.15 | Posted in Top Stories | Tagged , , , , , , , , ,

September 12th GALS Friendraiser at WCI President’s Home

This past Monday, WCI President Marjorie Margolies hosted an event at her home to gather support for WCI’s Global Advocacy and Leadership Series (GALS) program.  The event served to introduce GALS to new friends of WCI and update longtime supporters on the continued success of the program.
GALS works to promote the value of leadership and [...]

By WCI | 2011.09.15 | Posted in Top Stories | Tagged , , , , , ,

Global Advocacy and Leadership Series Friendraiser

[ September 12, 2011; ] Join Marjorie Margolies, president of Women’s Campaign International (WCI), at her home for an evening dedicated to learning about WCI’s program for adolescent girls in Philadelphia, GALS (Global Advocacy and Leadership Series).

When: Monday, September 12, 2011 from 5:30 to 7pm

Where: Marjorie’s home

To encourage civic participation at an early age, WCI facilitates Saturday workshops for high [...]

By WCI | 2011.09.08 | Posted in Events | Tagged , , , , , , ,

WCI President Promotes Women’s Representation in Sciences through Presidential Commission Visit to Vietnam

As a board member of the Vietnam Education Foundation (VEF), WCI President, Marjorie Margolies, recently had the opportunity to travel to Vietnam to review the candidate selection process of the organization’s education exchange program. The VEF is a government agency dedicated to helping Vietnam build their science and technology industry through an education exchange program [...]

By WCI | 2011.09.07 | Posted in Top Stories | Tagged , , ,