2013-11-15T12:58:33-06:00 2012-12-31 131655065 LUTZ AND CARR CPAS LLP 300 EAST 42ND STREET NEW YORK NY 10017 990 2012-01-01 133782233 IEARN IEAR 2128702693 475 RIVERSIDE DRIVE NO 450 NEW YORK NY 10115 DANIEL ROSENBLUM 2128702693 2013-11-15 1 MICHAEL WALLACE P00881958 2126972299 2012 2016-02-25 16:41:14Z DANIEL ROSENBLUM 475 RIVERSIDE DRIVE NO 450 NEW YORK NY 10115 6821053 0 X WWW.IEARN.ORG X 1994 NY IEARN (INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION AND RESOURCE NETWORK) IS THE U.S. ORGANIZATION OF THE WORLDWIDE IEARN INTERNATIONAL NETWORK. THE PRIMARY PURPOSE OF IEARN IS TO ASSIST YOUTH (WITH A FOCUS ON ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION AS WELL AS YOUTH SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS) TO USE TELECOMMUNICATIONS TO WORK ON PROJECTS DESIGNED TO MAKE A MEANINGFUL CONTRIBUTION TO THE HEALTH AND WELFARE OF PEOPLE AND THE PLANET. 4 4 17 4 0 0 6330342 6733826 103985 73491 243 3683 29415 10053 6463985 6821053 0 0 0 0 1128319 870826 0 0 11792 4800553 4380687 5928872 5251513 535113 1569540 6723309 8333231 196281 236482 6527028 8096749 X IEARN IS A GLOBAL EDUCATIONAL NETWORK MADE UP OF NATIONAL IEARN ORGANIZATIONS THAT FACILITATE EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS INVOLVING TECHNOLOGY-BASED INTERACTION BETWEEN STUDENTS AMONG MEMBER COUNTRIES AS PART OF THE SCHOOL EXPERIENCE. EACH NATIONAL IEARN ORGANIZATION IS RESPONSIBLE FOR ITS OWN FINANCIAL ADMINISTRATION, INCLUDING INCOME AND EXPENSES. ONLY IN THE REGION OF COUNTRIES WITH SIGNIFICANT MUSLIM POPULATIONS, IEARN USA WORKS COLLABORATIVELY WITH OTHER NATIONAL IEARN ORGANIZATIONS ON A NUMBER OF GRANT FUNDED PROJECTS. THESE COUNTRIES CAN BE DIVIDED INTO AFRICA, MIDDLE EAST, AND SOUTH ASIA REGIONS. PROGRAM ACTIVITIES IN THE FORGOING REGIONS ARE SUPPORTED BY PASS THROUGH GRANTS THAT ARE AWARDED TO IEARN USA. 0 0 4950937 73491 CHRIS STEVENS YOUTH NETWORKIN 2012, IEARN-USA WAS SELECTED BY THE US DEPARTMENT OF STATE, BUREAU OF EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS TO LAUNCH THE CHRIS STEVENS YOUTH NETWORK, A NEW VIRTUAL EXCHANGE PROGRAM DEDICATED TO THE LATE AMBASSADOR CHRISTOPHER STEVENS. BY LEVERAGING INTERACTIVE TECHNOLOGIES AND NEW MEDIA, THE PROGRAM IS ABLE TO PROVIDE MEANINGFUL INTERNATIONAL EXCHANGE EXPERIENCES TO CLASSROOMS THROUGHOUT THE MIDDLE EAST, NORTH AFRICA, AND THE UNITED STATES. THROUGH SPECIALIZED TRAININGS IN DIGITAL DIALOGUE AND ONLINE MEDIA SHARING, DISCUSSIONS ON GLOBAL ISSUES, AND COMMUNITY BUILDING, THE PROGRAM PROMOTES PEACE AND CONFLICT RESOLUTION THROUGH A COMBINATION OF A PERSON-TO-PERSON EXCHANGES AND A VIRTUAL EXCHANGE. WITH ONLINE COLLABORATION THROUGHOUT 2012-2014, THE PROGRAM WILL ENGAGE APPROXIMATELY 10,000 STUDENTS AND 400 EDUCATORS IN 20 COUNTRIES. AS PART OF THE PROJECT, IEARN IS COLLABORATING WITH THE BUCK INSTITUTE FOR EDUCATION (BIE) TO DEVELOP CUTTING-EDGE TOOLS AND RESOURCES IN ARABIC AND ENGLISH TO FACILITATE TEACHERS' USE OF PROJECT BASED LEARNING AROUND GLOBAL THEMES.PHOTOJOURNALISM 2.0IN 2012, IEARN-USA TEAMED UP WITH IEARN-BANGLADESH, IEARN-PAKISTAN, AND IEARN-TAJIKISTAN TO WORK WITH THE OFFICE OF PRESS AND PUBLIC DIPLOMACY, BUREAU OF SOUTH AND CENTRAL ASIAN AFFAIRS OF THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE ON A GLOBAL HIGH SCHOOL PHOTOJOURNALISM EDUCATION PROGRAM CALLED PHOTOJOURNALISM 2.0. PARTICIPANTS TOOK PART IN ONLINE PHOTOJOURNALISM COURSES AND FACE-TO-FACE WORKSHOPS AND COMMUNITY ACTION PROJECTS, AND PREPARED THEIR YOUTH-PRODUCED PHOTO STORIES FOR EXHIBITION AT A REGIONAL EVENT IN 2013 IN KARACHI AND A HARD COPY 'IMAGES OF SOCIAL CHANGE' BOOK.OUR FAMILY, OUR NEIGHBORHOOD, OUR WORLD (O3) PROGRAM IN 2012, IEARN-USA, IEARN-INDIA AND IEARN-PAKISTAN TEAMED UP WITH THE AMERICAN INDIA FOUNDATION (AIF) TO SUPPORT THEIR OUR FAMILY, OUR NEIGHBORHOOD, OUR WORLD (O3) PROGRAM, AN INNOVATIVE EDUCATION PROJECT THAT PREPARES EMERGING YOUNG EDUCATORS AND THEIR STUDENTS IN INDIA AND PAKISTAN PUNJAB WITH THE LEADERSHIP AND TECHNICAL SKILLS TO ENGAGE IN GLOBAL NETWORKING AND CIVIC ENGAGEMENT. O3 IS MADE POSSIBLE IN PART BY A GRANT FROM THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE'S BUREAU OF SOUTH AND CENTRAL ASIAN AFFAIRS.ADOBE YOUTH VOICESIN 2012, IEARN-USA ENTERED ITS SEVENTH YEAR OF PARTNERSHIP IN THE ADOBE YOUTH VOICES PROGRAM, ADOBE FOUNDATION'S GLOBAL PHILANTHROPIC INITIATIVE THAT EMPOWERS YOUTH WORLDWIDE TO COMMENT ON THEIR WORLD USING MULTIMEDIA AND DIGITAL TOOLS TO COMMUNICATE AND SHARE THEIR IDEAS, DEMONSTRATE THEIR POTENTIAL, AND TAKE ACTION IN THEIR COMMUNITIES. BY THE END OF 2012, IEARN HAD TRAINED OVER 1000 EDUCATORS IN THE PROGRAM, AND MANAGED YOUTH MEDIA WORKSHOPS, PRODUCTION, AND EXHIBITIONS IN ARGENTINA, BELARUS, BRAZIL, CHINA, EGYPT, JAPAN, MEXICO, OMAN, PAKISTAN, ROMANIA, RUSSIA, SOUTH AFRICA, UGANDA, AND THE USA. IN ADDITION TO HOSTING NATIONAL ADOBE YOUTH VOICES EXHIBITION EVENTS IN CITIES AROUND THE WORLD, FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER, IEARN HOSTED ITS GLOBAL IEARN ADOBE YOUTH VOICES MEDIA FESTIVAL VIRTUALLY, SCREENING YOUTH-PRODUCED MEDIA FROM AROUND THE WORLD TO A GLOBAL AUDIENCE OVER AN EXTENDED 3 DAY FESTIVAL.HIGH SCHOOL JOURNALISM EDUCATION PROGRAMDURING 2012, STUDENTS FROM THE KUWAIT HIGH SCHOOL JOURNALISM PROGRAM CONTINUED THEIR REPORTING, AND PRACTICED THEIR NEWLY ACQUIRED JOURNALISM SKILLS BY INTERVIEWING KEY STAKEHOLDERS IN KUWAIT. ON MAY 16, A GROUP OF PARTICIPANTS INTERVIEWED THE KUWAIT MINISTER OF INFORMATION, AND FORMER KUWAIT MINISTER OF COMMERCE AND MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT. REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE US EMBASSY, MIDDLE EAST PARTNERSHIP INITIATIVE (MEPI) AND IEARN ATTENDED THE MEETING, AS WELL AS MEMBERS OF THE PRESS. ON OCTOBER 8, IEARN HOSTED AN EXHIBITION TO CELEBRATE PROGRAM ACHIEVEMENTS. THE EVENT WAS ATTENDED BY THE U.S. AMBASSADOR TO KUWAIT AND REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE KUWAIT MINISTRY OF EDUCATION, AND 45 STUDENTS, 20 EDUCATORS, AND 4 JOURNALIST-MENTORS SHARED THEIR EXPERIENCE WITH THE YEAR-LONG PROGRAM THROUGH POWERPOINT AND POSTER PRESENTATIONS. THE KUWAIT HIGH SCHOOL JOURNALISM PROGRAM, FUNDED BY THE BUREAU FOR NEAR EASTERN AFFAIRS, OFFICE OF MIDDLE EAST PARTNERSHIP INITIATIVES (MEPI), U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE AND THE U.S. EMBASSY IN KUWAIT, FOCUSES ON DEVELOPING JOURNALISM AND MEDIA SKILLS AMONG STUDENTS AND EDUCATORS IN KUWAIT.GLOBAL CONNECTIONS AND EXCHANGE JOURNALISM 2.0 THIS TWO-YEAR PROGRAM, FUNDED BY THE BUREAU OF EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS OF THE US DEPARTMENT OF STATE, FOCUSED ON BUILDING JOURNALISM AND MEDIA SKILLS FOR STUDENTS IN ECUADOR, PAKISTAN, TAJIKISTAN THAILAND, AND THE USA THROUGH RESEARCH AND COMPARISON OF THE NATIONAL ELECTIONS OCCURRING IN THESE COUNTRIES IN 2012-2013. AS PART OF THE PROGRAM, STUDENTS WERE ELIGIBLE TO TAKE A WORLD YOUTH NEWS CERTIFICATION COURSE DEVELOPED BY IEARN IN COLLABORATION WITH THE NEW YORK TIMES AND THE COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF JOURNALISM, AND PUBLISH TO THE NEWLY REDESIGNED WORLD YOUTH NEWS WEBSITE. IN ADDITION TO IEARN ORGANIZATIONS IN EACH OF THE COUNTRIES, GLOBAL KIDS, UNICEF AND THE UNIVERSIDAD CASA GRANDE IN ECUADOR ASSISTED IN THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE PROGRAM.NATIONAL SECURITY LANGUAGE INITIATIVE FOR YOUTH (NSLI-Y)IEARN-USA CONTINUED ITS PARTNERSHIP WITH THE AMERICAN COUNCILS FOR INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION CONSORTIUM TO MANAGE PROGRAMMING FOR THE NATIONAL SECURITY LANGUAGE INITIATIVE YOUTH PROGRAM (NSLI-Y), AN INITIATIVE FUNDED BY THE US DEPARTMENT OF STATE, BUREAU OF EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS. NSLI-Y OFFERS MORE THAN 600 FULL SCHOLARSHIPS TO U.S. HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS TO STUDY ABROAD AND LEARN CRITICAL LANGUAGES (ARABIC, CHINESE, FARSI, HINDI, KOREAN, RUSSIAN AND TURKISH). AS A PROGRAM PARTNER, IN 2012 IEARN ADMINISTERED PROGRAMS IN KOREA, MOROCCO, INDIA, CHINA, AND TAIWAN, SENDING 122 U.S. STUDENTS ABROAD FOR SUMMER, SEMESTER, AND YEAR-LONG LANGUAGE IMMERSION EXPERIENCES. YOUTH EXCHANGE AND STUDY (YES) PROGRAMTHE YOUTH EXCHANGE AND STUDY (YES) PROGRAM, FUNDED BY THE US DEPARTMENT OF STATE, BUREAU OF EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS, IS AN ACADEMIC YEAR EXCHANGE PROGRAM FOR SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS FROM COUNTRIES WITH SIGNIFICANT MUSLIM POPULATIONS. IEARN SERVED AS A FOUNDING PARTNER IN THE PROGRAM IN 2003, AND HAS BEEN ADMINISTERING THE PROGRAM SINCE. IN 2012, IEARN WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR RECRUITMENT, SELECTION AND ORIENTATIONS FOR 223 STUDENTS FROM BANGLADESH, CAMEROON, ISRAEL, LIBERIA, MALI, PAKISTAN, SENEGAL, SIERRA LEONE, AND SURINAME. IN SEPTEMBER 2012, IEARN-USA TEAMED UP WITH IEARN-BANGLADESH AND IEARN-PAKISTAN TO DESIGN AND HOST YES ALUMNI TECHCAMPS, A YOUNG ADULT VERSION OF THE SUCCESSFUL TECHCAMPS, A PROGRAM UNDER THE U.S. STATE DEPARTMENT'S CIVIL SOCIETY (CS) 2.0 INITIATIVE THAT CONNECTS CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONS (CSOS) ACROSS THE GLOBE WITH NEW AND EMERGING TECHNOLOGY RESOURCES TO SOLVE REAL WORLD CHALLENGES AND BUILD DIGITAL CAPACITY. IN ADDITION, IEARN CONTINUED INNOVATING ITS YESMS PILOT WITH SOUKTEL, AN INITIATIVE THAT LEVERAGES MOBILE TECHNOLOGY TO EXPAND RECRUITMENT AND ALUMNI PROGRAMMING FOR THE YES PROGRAM.EXCHANGE 2.0 COALITIONIN 2012, IEARN-USA CONTINUED ITS PARTNERSHIP AS A FOUNDING MEMBER, ALONG WITH GLOBAL NOMADS AND SOLIYA, IN THE EXCHANGE 2.0 COALITION WITH THE GOAL OF HEIGHTENING AWARENESS OF THE POWER OF TECHNOLOGY-ENABLED VIRTUAL EXCHANGES TO BUILD GLOBAL COMPETENCE. ON OCTOBER 15TH, THE COALITION HOSTED A SPECIAL EVENT AT THE UNITED STATES INSTITUTE OF PEACE, "EXCHANGE 2.0: THE SCIENCE OF IMPACT, THE IMPERATIVE OF IMPLEMENTATION" WITH HER MAJESTY QUEEN NOOR AL HUSSEIN AND TARA SONENSHINE, UNDER SECRETARY OF STATE FOR PUBLIC DIPLOMACY. AT THE EVENT, POLICY-MAKERS, FUNDERS, RESEARCHERS AND PROGRAM IMPLEMENTERS SHARED NEW RESEARCH TOOLS AND METHODOLOGIES, INCLUDING THE COALITION'S WORK WITH MIT'S SAXELAB SOCIAL COGNITIVE NEUROSCIENCE LABORATORY TO DEVELOP METHODOLOGIES FOR ASSESSING THE IMPACT OF BOTH VIRTUAL AND PHYSICAL EXCHANGE PROGRAMS. NEW IEARN COLLABORATION CENTREOVER 200 PROJECTS WERE ACTIVE IN IEARN IN 2012, INCLUDING ECO-SMART, PUBLIC ART, KINDRED: FAMILY HISTORY PROJECT, NATIONAL TOYS, OUR RIVERS, OUR WORLD, JOINT GLOBAL NOVEL PROJECT, AND MANY MORE. 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