My name is Abebe Amare and I am an undergraduate student at Duke University studying Computer Science and Electrical and Computer Engineering. I have always appreciated how chains of opportunities brought me here and how the opportunity I have at Duke takes me to the next stage of my life. Opportunities are the fragments of […]
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Currently, there are 6 American Corners/Spaces in Ethiopia: Bahir Dar, Jimma, Dire Dawa, Mekelle, and two spaces located in Addis Ababa. What is the mission of these spaces? They are venues to host public diplomacy programs, promote cultural exchange, and serve as platforms for engagement between the people of Ethiopia and the United States. These
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My visit to DC in 2018 combined two passions: 1) empowering people who want to increase diversity and inclusion, and 2) empowering kids in Ethiopia, my daughter’s birth-country. I spoke at a Women in Influence, Power and Law conference on the former which took me back to my suit-wearing, court-appearing days. My message to the
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I learned how to read in Maji, Ethiopia, diving into the pages of books as if they were a matter of life and death. Perhaps for our family, they were. Daddy learned from the pages of books how to use the power of a Maji waterfall to run a small mill that would grind grain
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For immediate release Contact: Ellenore Angelidis ellenore@openheartsbigdreams.org; 425 295 8841 Ready Set Go Books, a publisher of books spotlighting Ethiopian stories and languages, set to release 100th book “Letter From a Plow Nation” explores oxen-plow farming and agricultural technology in modern-day Ethiopia. Seattle, WA October 6, 2020— Ready Set Go Books, a publishing initiative from
From Ethiopia to Yale University and Back Again – Congratulations to Board Member Teferi Abate Adem on his Fulbright Scholarship Award. Open Heart Big Dreams (OHBD) is pleased to announce that our Board member, Dr. Teferi Abate Adem has received a Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program award in the field of anthropology for the 2020-2021 academic
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The idea of Ready Set Go Books was born in brain sparks by two sisters who are readers and writers – Jane Kurtz, a children’s book author with almost 40 books published, and Caroline Kurtz whose memoir about her childhood in Ethiopia was released in 2019. Between them, Caroline and Jane Kurtz have done most
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My name is Worku Mulat and I currently live in Bellevue, Washington. I was born in Ethiopia and attending school there was viewed as a luxury, so education was my powerful tool in engineering my future. While I was pondering how to give back to my community, serendipity made it possible to meet Ellenore Angelidis
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Leyla is the inspiration behind OHBD. Since she was three and discovered that some kids don’t get the chance to go to school or to learn read, she has been involved in changing that reality. In her words, “That’s not fair and we need to fix it.” When she was seven, she started writing her
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In 2018, I had the chance to speak at a number of diverse events. These included the Society of Women Engineers Annual Conference in Minneapolis; Thompson Reuters Conference in Seattle; the Women in Tech Regatta in Amsterdam; the Women in Clean Tech and Sustainability Talks in Sunnyvale; and to MBA students at NYU’s Stern School
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