MISSION-DRIVEN

Learn about the George Washington University's Global Women’s Institute, a research center dedicated to ending violence against women and girls. From their origins, GWI’s methodology has been shaped by their unique participatory approach to gathering research and evidence through members of the effected communities, and along the way, learned how it has helped create better data. Over their decade of work, the Institute harnesses the power of research and education to inform policy and create gender equality around the world.

Revised Version - June 8, 2021

About The Film

The American Diplomat is a 1-hr historical documentary that will air on PBS’s American Experience on February 15th 2022. The film examines the experience of African American diplomats serving during the Cold War. At the height of the civil rights movement in the US, these men represented the best of American ideals abroad while facing discrimination at home. Colloquially referred to as “male, pale, and Yale,” the State Department fiercely maintained and cultivated the Foreign Service's elite character and was one of the last Federal agencies to truly desegregate.

And, yet, three African American diplomats would push past these historical and institutional racial barriers to reach high-ranking appointments in the Truman, Eisenhower and Kennedy administrations; creating a lasting impact on the content and character of the US Foreign Service and literally changing the face of American diplomacy forever.

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Bring workers together, build power, change the company.

Since its very beginning two centuries ago, the George Washington University has attracted generations of students to Washington, D.C., because of their desire to change the world. Through struggle and success, GW activists on campus and beyond continue to embody the never-ending commitment to creating a greater world.

Despite the catastrophic effects from Hurricane Maria in 2017—the worst storm Puerto Rico had experienced in nearly a century—the official death toll on the island stood at 64. In the hurricane’s aftermath, the Puerto Rican government commissioned the George Washington University's Milken Institute School of Public Health (GWSPH) to conduct an independent assessment of mortality there and uncover an accurate count. In essence, to find out what really happened.

What's at stake is the very health of democracy

In the malicious sea of online misinformation, disinformation, and harm, where are the lifeguards? Founded in 2019, GW’s Institute for Data, Democracy & Politics (IDDP) was established to develop a new science of combating online harms. By gathering experts across many disciplines to analyze the ever-complex digital media ecosystem, IDDP aims to distinguish fact from fiction and give the truth—and our democracy—a fighting chance.