Casina Pio IV, Vatican City- October 31-November 1, 2016: Ethics in Action (EIA) convened for the first time, establishing its goal of advancing “sustainable and integral human development through an effective collaboration among world religions for the purpose of articulating universal values and ethical imperatives and indicating how such values...
Los Angeles, California – August 2016: The UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network’s Leadership Council brings together global experts on sustainable development from academia, business, civil society and the public sector. Its members include H.S.H. Prince Albert II of Monaco; American business mogul Ted Turner; Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations,...
Casino Pio, Vatican City – July 22, 2015: Organized by the Pontifical Academy of Sciences and the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network, “Prosperity, People and Planet in the Cities” was held at the Vatican with the goal of translating the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals to work at the city level. The “Prosperity, People and...
Mayange, Rwanda- July 16-20, 2015: In the first leg of the Documentary that Blue Chip and VII Photo are creating together was in Mayange with VII Photo Founder, Photographer Gary Knight. We happened to be there for the Millennium Promise end-of- year retreat, which helped the photographers get a larger...
Cura Orphanage, Cura, Kenya – February 2015: On February 2, 2015, Jennifer Gross traveled to Cura, 30 minutes north of Nairobi, to reaffirm her commitment to the orphanage Blue Chip Foundation had pledged to support a few years earlier. She had been working across Africa on a series of solar...
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia – January 31, 2012: UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon opened a library at Keykokeb primary school, which was established under an innovative United Nations scheme. His presence highlighted the importance of books for young people. The ceremony commemorated the hand over of a “Thank You Small Library (TYSL),”...
Nairobi, Kenya – January 13, 2012: The opening of the Columbia Global Centers | Africa in Nairobi and represented the culmination of the University’s impactful engagement with Africa spanning several years. Signing a Host Country Agreement with the Government of Kenya established the Center as an international organization, providing a...