Women Spearhead Development: Lessons from My Travels in Guatemala Aid workers and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in the developing world report that women tend to be more responsible than men when it comes to making development projects successful. 🧵

🎥 Upcoming free film screening! “Rovina’s Choice” traces the effects of Donald Trump’s executive order banning US foreign aid, signed within hours of being sworn into office in January 2025. 📅 November 1 at 11am ET 📍 Naval Heritage Center, Washington, DC 🔗 dxfest.com/films/rovina...

Visit our website to learn how to prepare and protect yourself in the event of a potential RIF. Guide authored by our friends at Our USAID Community. oneaidcommunity.org/2025/10/13/r...

OneAID is proud to be a sponsor of the following event: “Empowering Future Leaders in International Development and Education". Join us in person at the University of Maryland College Park, Benjamin Building Rm 1107 or on Zoom: umd.zoom.us/j/99650985009 For accommodations, please contact [email protected]

Final reminder about this free virtual resume workshop!   📅 Wednesday, Oct. 8 ⌚ Noon-1:30 p.m. EDT 📍 Zoom for Government 🔗 lnkd.in/e__Rw_jX

Upcoming free online resume workshop for impacted federal workers + contractors on Wednesday, 10/8 at 12pm ET! Register and more information here: fedsupport.org/webinars-eve...

Nearly 10% of humanity (~800M people in 2025) struggles to live on less than $3 a day. It’s important for Americans to appreciate that reality — and the growing gap between the extremely poor & the extremely privileged — because, as USAID demonstrated, our nation has the power to change it. 🧵 1/8

📣 Update! We've added Resources for Navigating the Government Shutdown to the OneAID website. Check it out here: oneaidcommunity.org/2025/10/02/r...

💻 DOGE Says Dispose, USAID Says Donate 🚨 Deadline Extended to OCTOBER 4 📦 FREE Mail In: Get a free prepaid shipping label to mail in your GFE from anywhere in CONUS! worldcomputerexchange.org/usaid-gfe/ 🧵1/2

Upcoming DC happy hours for foreign assistance professionals the week of September 29. See you there! 🍻

If you follow any group make it Friends of USAID on BlueSky or Instagram. This brilliant push for TIME Person of the Year is their idea. From ending smallpox to saving 91M lives their record shows why USAID deserves the cover. What an amazing idea worth amplifying. @altusaid.altgov.info

Thanks to all who showed up for the Global Community Day this past Saturday, 9/13 at Meridian Hill/Malcolm X Park!

Global Community Day tomorrow in DC! We hope to see you there 🧺☀️

🎉 REMINDER: Global Community Day: A Celebration of International Service - with updated speakers! 📅 : Saturday, September 13, 3–8pm (rain date: Sep. 20) 📍: Meridian Hill/Malcolm X Park, Washington, DC 🔗 For more information & to RSVP: www.anc1b.org/announcement... & forms.office.com/g/84Dw7VAcWi

🎉 Global Community Day: A Celebration of International Service 🎉 📅 : Saturday, September 13, 3–8pm (rain date: Sep. 20) 📍: Meridian Hill/Malcolm X Park, Washington, DC 🔗 For more information and to RSVP: www.anc1b.org/announcement... and forms.office.com/g/84Dw7VAcWi

📣 OneAID is proud to support FedsForward in Partnership with United Way to unite for a Federal Day of Service. We hope our community will join in! 📍 five cities — Austin, Atlanta, Chicago, New York City, and Washington, DC ✏️ Sign up to serve here: www.fedsforward.org

💻 DOGE Says Dispose, USAID Says Donate 🚨 Last Call to Donate Your GFE and It's Easier than Ever 📦 FREE Mail In: Get a free prepaid shipping label to mail in your GFE from anywhere in CONUS! worldcomputerexchange.org/usaid-gfe/ (1/2)

The recording from our Town Hall on wellness and career transition is available online here: youtu.be/QHUTD7SkCeU

From a group of volunteers known to OneAID: DOGE Says Dispose, USAID Says Donate Wiped or Not, We Still Want Your GFE! 💥New and Improved schedule with even more dates and locations for your to drop off your GFE for donation to World Computer Exchange: lnkd.in/e4ikKiG3 ❓See FAQs lnkd.in/eMUuk2RD

Register at www.tinyurl.com/oneaidtownhall for Wednesday’s event! Learn about available wellness and career transition resources available for impacted workers from the U.S. foreign assistance sector (including USAID, State Department, MCC, USIP, etc.).

🚨🚨From partners - call now! Other Republican Reps traditionally supportive of foreign assistance who need to hear from you include: Kim (CA), McCaul (TX), Baumgartner (WA), Hill (AR), Joyce (OH), Kean (NJ), Lawler (NY), Miller (OH), Miller-Meeks (IA), Moore (UT), Smith (NJ), and Wagner (MO)

We invite you to a town hall to get to know more about our organization, services, and select OneAID Network partners working on wellness and career transition support tailored to impacted foreign assistance professionals. Invitation to follow after registering at www.tinyurl.com/oneaidtownhall

🗣️ In addition to the list in the graphic, Senators Cassidy (LA), Lankford (OK), Ricketts (NE), Curtis (UT), Young (IN), Tillis (NC), Wicker (MS), McCormick (PA), Sullivan (AK), and Grassley (IA) need to hear from constituents to vote "no"!

🚨🚨🚨 Urgent call to action on the upcoming Rescissions Package Vote, from partners including Aid on the Hill 🚨🚨🚨 Senators could hold a procedural vote as soon as today on a rescissions package that will cut over $8 billion of foreign aid.

Reminder about the Recipe for Resilience online event on Monday, 7/14 at 12:30pm ET! Open to all, especially former USAID, State Department, and USIP affiliated staff.

🫶 Solidarity Gathering in Honor of Federal Workers Join us for an event celebrating the civil service and federal workers, contractors, and other impacted people. All are welcome! 📅 Saturday, July 12, 3-5pm ET (in-person) 📍 All Souls Unitarian Church: 1550 Harvard St NW, Washington, DC

Thrilled to collaborate with our partners at wellfed. on this "Recipe for Resilience" session for #USAID-affiliated staff! 📅 July 14, 12:30-1:00pm ET 🖥️ Zoom: lnkd.in/eiEcqQHD

📓 Trauma-Informed Training: Tools for Nervous System Regulation for Humanitarian, Development, and Peacebuilding Workers Experiencing Crisis 📅 Tuesday, July 29 at 9am-10:30am ET 💻 Online, via Zoom 🔗 Register: tinyurl.com/traumainform... (same website as on flyer, but edited for convenience)

Donate your #USAID GFE! 📅 Drop-off schedule for DC, Maryland, and Virginia: tinyurl.com/GFEJulydropo... ❓FAQs: tinyurl.com/GFEfaqs

Important announcement from OneAID, and how you can support us. Thank you! ❤️ 🔗 www.linkedin.com/posts/oneaid...

Welcome our partners, @aidonthehill.bsky.social, to Bluesky!

Join us for a USAID & Friends Happy Hour with Atul Gawande, supporting locally-led HIV organizations! 📅 Monday, July 7, 4-6:30pm ET 📍 Wet Dog Tavern: 2100 Vermont Ave NW, Washington, DC 🫶 50% of proceeds will benefit the Crisis in Care Campaign

Events for the week of July 7 from our partners at wellfed. 🔗 Visit their website for details: wearewellfed.com

Check out the June 30 Situation Report from our partners, Stand Up for Aid, on the latest regarding #USAID: static1.squarespace.com/static/67ab7...

⚖️ Visit our website for the June 27 update from our partners, Our #USAID Community Legal. Read summaries of where relevant litigation stands for the federal worker and foreign assistance communities. 🔗 www.oneaidcommunity.org/post/litigat...

💻 DOGE Says Dispose, #USAID Says Donate - Drop Off Your GFE Now! See schedule below and at this link: tinyurl.com/GFEJulydropo... to drop off your GFE laptops, iPhones, and tablets & chargers this July. More info to come on when else to donate, including across the U.S. ❓FAQs: tinyurl.com/GFEfaqs

As July 1 approaches, we wanted to share two important resources with our greater #USAID Community: 🧵:

📣 Calling all South Carolina and Maine constituents! Senators Graham and Collins need to hear from you! Today, Sen. Graham repeated false information about #USAID. In contrast, Sen. Collins expressed concern over eliminating critical #foreignaid programs. More info & call scripts: bit.ly/4ke1QcO

📝 Our partner, Grounded Idealist, is delighted to invite members of the Civic Match, Wellfed, and OneAID communities to their upcoming live workshop: The End as Beginning: Harnessing Unexpected Transitions 📅 Thursday June 26, 12:00-1:30pm ET Register here: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

💻 Upcoming Webinar: Unemployment Eligibility and Application Processes for the District of Columbia, Maryland, and Virginia (DMV) 📅 Thurs, 6/26 at 9:00am ET 🔗 forms.gle/TRDAvBCZofbd...

"This is the infrastructure and architecture that has given us a doubling of the human lifespan. Taking it down kills people.” My college dorm-mate Atul Gawande was the last head of Global Health for #USAID. Revisiting how the agency was destroyed still hurts. www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...

📣 USGLC is hosting urgent advocacy updates for #Washington state and #Maine constituents to encourage them to thank Senators Collins and Murray for their work to push back on the rescissions package. WA 📅 6/23, 11am PT 🔗 RSVP: lnkd.in/e3X_FRRV ME 📅 6/24, 3pm ET 🔗 RSVP: lnkd.in/ev6nerHH

Donate your #USAID GFE! ❓FAQ and more info: drive.proton.me/urls/V4K9K5G... 🗓️ Complete this form by June 30: form.jotform.com/251248061413...

From our partners at AID on the Hill: ☎️ Call the Capitol Switchboard: (202) 224–3121 📣 Ask your Senator to vote NO on the Rescission Package ⏳ It only takes 2 minutes and could make a real difference. You can call or write once a day about this issue.

Pivot with Purpose, a new SFS-‪@rockefellerfdn.bsky.social initiative is launching a summer seminar series with virtual career workshops & panels led by int'l development experts. Join the kickoff event at 2:30 p.m., EDT, Jun 18. Register & learn more here: bit.ly/43ZvTyL

Reminder about this kickoff event tomorrow!

💼 National Peace Corps Association's Career & Higher Education Fair 📅 July 18, 10am-5pm ET 📍 American University Washington College of Law - 4300 Nebraska Ave NW Washington, DC 20016 🤝 Open to RPCVs, Americorps Alumni, & Opportunity seekers of all backgrounds 🔗 www.peacecorpsconnect.org/pcc2025/

Upcoming event for fired Feds + contractors + friends in DC on Tuesday, 6/17!

Our partner, the Georgetown University School of Foreign Service has launched a career support platform - Pivot with a Purpose - with support from The Rockefeller Foundation: pivotwithpurpose.georgetown.edu 📅 Kickoff event: 6/18 at 2:30 pm ET 🔗 Register: events.georgetown.edu/event/pivot-...