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Steve Sander was as much a constant as anything or anyone at the Global Livingston Institute (GLI) over the last 15 years. Not only was Steve our longest-serving board member, but he also went on one of GLI’s first trips to East Africa in 2011.
I sat down with Philip at Entusi on Lake Bunyonyi to learn more about his work with GLI and his views on the health care system in Uganda. As we overlooked the serene lake, Philip told me about his wife Darleen and three children.
There are certain things we cannot change in our turbulent world, but we don’t have to yield to the divisiveness and vitriol that has risen to the top of our social media and our community discourse.
This month, as students from Colorado and Florida gathered for a rooftop barbecue in Kampala, Uganda, with African leaders to build global partnerships, collaborations and relationships, someone very powerful tried to tear them down.
MBA students in the Daniels College of Business at the University of Denver, find that the skills they learn have uses outside the classroom. In fact, they’re equipped with the tools and knowledge they need to make an impact in communities around the world.
Some 8,000 miles away from the University of Denver campus, Ugandans are receiving the training they need to enter the workforce and improve their quality of life. The initiative — known as the Hospitality In-Service Training Program — is a partnership featuring DU, the Global Livingston Institute (GLI) and Staffable.
For the last 7 years, the Global Livingston Institute has opened eyes and started conversations both here in Colorado and 8,500+ miles away in Uganda (East Africa).
“TUDSA is pleased to have attracted the support of GLI and Global in Uganda,” said Michael Okiro-Emadit, TUDSA Country Director. “We would like Uganda to become a center of excellence for bringing services to people living with Down syndrome. This is doable if we all put our hands and minds to it.”
Our fearless chairman Andrew Ward describes the Entusi Music Fest as a “lintbrush for weirdos” and most people who have made their way to this annual event would probably agree! And if you have met Andrew you know that he makes up a lot of that lint!
Ryan Grundy, who is associate director of the Global Livingston Institute, adds Rwandan President Paul Kagame welcomed the two recent graduates of a Denver School of Science and Technology campus, the park’s manager and others to his home and farm on Sunday.