Welcome to The Connect U.S. Fund. Promoting a network in support of responsible U.S. global engagement through grantmaking, policy advocacy and community-building.
Current Priority Issues
U.S. Global Engagement
In today’s interdependent world, the U.S. confronts extraordinary international challenges, requiring cooperative, principled and farsighted leadership and a recognition of the strong connections between global issues.
Human Rights
We support efforts to restore American credibility in human rights by rejecting torture, honoring our own and international laws on detainees, and rejoining the world in support of key human rights treaties and principles.
Non-Proliferation
The United States can and must do more to prevent the spread and use of deadly nuclear weapons, but this requires that we work in partnership with other countries.
Climate Change & Development
Climate change is affecting our planet and the lives of people around the world – particularly the world’s poorest and most disenfranchised.
Effective Foreign Assistance
The U.S. military recently has taken on a greatly expanded role in humanitarian missions, recovery and development, as civilian institutions and agencies have failed to meet new challenges.
Advocacy Best Practices
Connect U.S. works to ensure that the whole of advocacy is greater than the sum of its parts and that advocates have the tools and skills they need to be most effective.
Events
Meeting the Proliferation Challenge
Mar 15, 2010, 02pm EDT
The Fletcher School
Dr. Robert G. Joseph, Senior Scholar at the National Institute for Public Policy, will discuss the topic at this ISSP Luncheon Lecture.
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Talking About Tehran: Can Better Strategic Communications Help the U.S. in Iran?
Mar 16, 2010, 01pm EDT
New America Foundation
Please join New America for a conversation with James K. Glassman about Iran and the United States. Register online.
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U.S. Global Development Policy in the 21st Century: The Implications for Reform
Mar 18, 2010, 10am EDT
Center for American Progress Action Fund
Please join the Center for American Progress Action Fund for a keynote by House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman, Howard Berman, who will discuss the committee's plans for reform of U.S. foreign assistance laws and programs. Register online.
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Climate Change, Nonproliferation, and Nuclear Energy: A USITW Discussion
Mar 18, 2010, 01pm EDT
The Connect U.S. Fund
Join us for a brownbag discussion on communications and messaging around issues of nuclear power and proliferation with the Connect U.S. Fund and Sue Veres Royal of U.S. in the World. Participants who are unable to make it in person can join the d...
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Innovative Rights-based Strategies to Combat Human Trafficking: Lessons from the Field
Mar 24, 2010, 09am EDT
Washington College of Law
This Washington College of Law conference will highlight the results of the Center for Human Rights and Humanitarian Law's Program on Human Trafficking and Forced Labor's global search for two programs that have implemented best practices in the f...
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Upcoming Events
Blogs
Community members meet with Samantha Power, other officials, to discuss international human rights agenda
Heather Hamilton Mar 05, 2010, 02pm EST
Last week, the Connect U.S. Fund convened leaders from human rights NGOs for a discussion with administration officials on advancing the international human rights agenda. The meeting was co-hosted by Elisa Massimino of Human Rights first and Ted Piccone o...
Leaders in the Climate and Development Communities Talk Subsidies and Climate Finance at Treasury
Francesco Femia Mar 05, 2010, 02pm EST
On February 22, the Connect U.S. Fund convened a group of civil society leaders representing both the environmental and development communities to discuss a set of common asks for The Treasury Department’s top climate and energy official, William Pizer. The discussion explored the topic of how to link projected savings from cuts in fossil fuel subsidies envisioned by the Obama Administration, to climate finance fo...
U.S. Global Engagement in the Age of Interconnectedness: An Inquiry into a Systems Approach to Policy-Making.
Heather Hamilton Mar 05, 2010, 02pm EST
On February 16 The Connect U.S. Fund, the Rockefeller Brothers Fund and Global Systems Initiatives convened a one-day conversation on U.S. Global Engagement in the Age of Interconnectedness: An Inquiry into a Systems Approach to Policy-Making.
The day was a series of roundtable discussion...
Member Spotlight
Bill Cronin
South Carolina Department of CommerceResources
Taxpayers for Common Sense on the FY2011 Budget
This ongoing analysis by Taxpayers for Common Sense takes apart the FY2011 budget request agency by agency, summarizing reductions, terminations and increases in issue area...
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Advocating for Human Rights and Civil Liberties in Fearful Times - A Messaging Presentation from U.S. in the World
In a briefing on January 21, 2010, Sue Veres Royal, co-director of U.S. in the World, presented recent findings about effective messaging for advocates working on human rig...
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Secretary Clinton Speech on The Human Rights Agenda for the 21st Century
AS PREPARED
SECRETARY OF STATE HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON
THE HUMAN RIGHTS AGENDA FOR THE 21ST CENTURY
GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY
WASH...
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Talking Treaties: A Messaging Presentation from U.S. in the World
Treaties are a tough sell for many groups promoting responsible U.S. global engagement. With their scattered domestic constituencies and small but vocal opposition, multila...
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Letter to President Obama on Fossil Fuel Subsidies and Climate Finance
A joint letter to President Obama from the Connect U.S. Fund, InterAction, USCAN and 1Sky. The letter calls on the President to build on his initiative at the G20 to end fo...
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