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Corruption - smash it.

Question:

Hey Josh,

I am a sophomore Government major and I attended your "Connect: Your
Future to Social Change" talk yesterday. I am really interested with
working with organizations that are fighting corruption. During the
talk you mentioned transparency international and open society
institute , are there any others? And you mentioned that you had
contacts in transparency international, I would be really interested
in getting in contact with anyone in that
organization.

Answer:

Take a look at below:
http://joshtetrick.posterous.com/tag/governance

And just click away to find your contacts for TI:

http://www.transparency.org/regional_pages/africa_middle_east/sub_saharan_africa/national_chapters#uganda

Always here if you need anything! Thanks for working on stamping this
shit out. - J

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Corruption - kill it.

Question:
Thanks for coming and speaking at GW tonight, I really found your mix
of a general perspective to take combined with practical follow up
details very inspiring but also useful. You pointed me towards a few
organizations made up of people that are similarly outraged...one was
Transparency International as well as a few more related to corruption
and helping countries transition out of former dictatorial periods.
I'd really appreciate it if you could forward me those links. Thanks
again, good luck with whatever direction you decide to invent your
life in...

Answer:
First, you'd love this book:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Its-Our-Turn-Michela-Wrong/dp/0007241968
Second, check out below for lots of organizations that align with you.
I'd contact the leaders of all of them with a crisp email stating why
you are good for them. It's a little annoying, but so is tolerating
corruption :).

Organizations/people that work to stop the nonsense:


International Committee for Peace in Africa
Human Rights Watch
Amnesty International
UN Global Compact
Interaction
Kimberly Process
World Bank (http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/TOPICS/EXTPUBLICSECTORANDGOVERNANCE/EXTANTICORRUPTION/0,,contentMDK:20221872~menuPK:384461~pagePK:148956~piPK:216618~theSitePK:384455,00.html
Africa Commission (http://www.achpr.org/)
Africa Human Security Initiative
ABA Africa Division
Commission on the Legal Empowerment of the Poor
Open Society Institute (check out the Africa offices)
Human Rights First
Transparency International

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Posted October 31, 2009
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