The Foundation for Social and Cultural Advancement

11/08/2013

Happy 5th Annual Benefit Day to all our supporters, host committee members, volunteers, senior and junior board members. With out you this day would not be possible. We look forward to seeing all of you tonight!

11/01/2013

http://foundationsca.org/index.asp?pageid=69

The Annual Benefit is only 7 days away! If you haven't already, register today at http://foundationsca.org/index.asp?pageid=69

The Annual Charity Benefit provides indispensable funds for Foundation SCA’s educational and sociocultural programs around the world. Join us for a special evening at the Washington Golf & Country Club and hear the story of invited speaker Lucy Muturi, a beneficiary of the good work of our Kenyan NG...

10/24/2013

Timeline Photos

11/23/2011

http://www.kstreetkate.net/2011/11/investing-in-women-womens-liberation-is.html

See the article about our Benefit in K Street Kate!!

11/23/2011

See our newest photos from the Nov 16 Gala!! Tag yourself and your friends!

Tag yourself and your friends!!

Taken at our glittering and festive Nov 16 Benefit at the Organization of American States. Thank you to all who came!!

11/23/2011

Foundation SCA Gala 2011

Don't miss our Gala remarks at http://vimeo.com/32460213!!! Thanks again to everyone who helped make the evening an enormous success! We love our supporters!!

The Foundation for Social and Cultural Advancement (Foundation SCA) held their 2011 Gala at the Organization of American States on November 16, 2011. Keynote remarks were given by Edward W. Scott, Jr.

11/23/2011

Tag yourself and your friends!!

Taken at our glittering and festive Nov 16 Benefit at the Organization of American States. Thank you to all who came!!

Tag yourself and your friends!!

Taken at our glittering and festive Nov 16 Benefit at the Organization of American States. Thank you to all who came!!

11/21/2011

Foundation SCA's Third Annual Benefit Gala Draws Influential People Committed To Empowering Third Wo

We also appeared in Guest of a Guest!! http://dc.guestofaguest.com/events/foundation-scas-third-annual-benefit-gala-draws-influential-people-committed-to-empowering-third-world-women-through-education/

Last night, Foundation SCA held their third annual benefit gala. The theme,

11/21/2011

Our event appeared in K Street Kate!! http://www.kstreetkate.net/2011/11/investing-in-women-womens-liberation-is.html?m=1

11/21/2011

Thanks to everyone who came to our event!! It was a wonderful, glittering evening with speakers Brenda Royden (board member), Dr. Sophia Aguirre (founder and president), Christine McGrath (executive director), and Ed W. Scott, Jr. (honored guest).

Pictures to come!!

10/27/2011

T minus 20 days till our Benefit!! Have you registered yet?? (Register here: http://gurl.im/2cb11Z1) Your presence will further the "whole-personal" development of underprivileged women and girls and further the cause for their lives' betterment internationally!! Join in the fun and make real change today!!

10/20/2011

Interested in giving opportunities to underprivileged women internationally? Attend our Annual Benefit to see how you can make a real-life difference in the lives of hundred of women!!!

10/18/2011

Autumn Benefit Gala for Foundation SCA

YOU ARE INVITED!!! See our Paperless Post invitation right here for more details or the Facebook event page for even more info at the post right below this one.

INVESTING IN THE WHOLE WOMANwith Dr. Sophia Aguirre and Edward W. Scott, Jr.andFoundation for Social and Cultural Advancement THE FOUNDATION FOR SOCIAL AND CULTURAL ADVANCEMENT & HOST COMMITTEE MEMBERS CORDIALLY INVITE YOU TO ATTEND INVESTING IN THE WHOLE WOMAN FOUNDATION SCA’S THIRD ANNUAL BENEFIT...

09/30/2011

We are SO excited about our upcoming benefit!!!!! Details to come!!!

08/08/2011

spotlight on washingon, dc

Fieldtrip to their future: NIH women scientists join SCA to open the world of health & science to local high school girls in the PALS Summer program.

FIELDTRIP TO THEIR FUTURE: NIH Women Scientists joins Foundation SCA hosts field trip for students in DC leadership program By Michelle Datiles, Foundation SCA Visitors from all over t...

07/28/2011

Guatemala 2011 Site Visit photos

GUATEMALA 2011: photo album of the Program Manager's May 2011 site visit to Las Gravileas

Photos by J. M. Datiles, May 4, 2011 - Some photos taken by Michelle Datiles during the 2011 site visit to Las Gravileas, GUATEMALA.

06/14/2011

2011 Summer Happy Hour

06/10/2011

A huge THANK YOU for everyone who came last night to the Happy Hour!!!

(We missed you if you couldn't make it--hope to see you at the next one & you can always donate online if you wish!)

05/19/2011

Timeline Photos

05/19/2011

Ten Thousand Villages - Bethesda, MD

THIS SATURDAY: Shop for yourself AND Foundation SCA! 15% of purchases made between 5-9pm will be generously donated by Ten Thousand Villages store to Foundation SCA!

Harmony. Made by Hand. A Fair Trade Retailer. A Social Enterprise. A Ten Thousand Villages store in Bethesda, MD.

05/11/2011

Connections - State of the World's Mothers 2011 | PND | Foundation Center

Connections - State of the World's Mothers 2011 | PND | Foundation Center

04/06/2011

An Unlikely Breadwinner Under the Taliban - Council on Foreign Relations

"...an argument for international investment in women."

We are 100% behind that, which is why we are partnering with Las Gravileas, our program in Guatemala, which gives women suffering from the disaster after Tropical Storm Agatha the training and confidence to launch out into their own small business:
http://www.foundationsca.org/index.asp?pageid=42&projectid=28

The story of a young woman's entrepreneurial success during the Taliban reign in Afghanistan is an argument for international investment in women, says CFR's Gayle Tzemach Lemmon.

03/04/2011

keeping it global | mosaic

Newly launched "Global Governance Monitor" keeping an eye on the world

From the timeline to the history in brief, to the interactive map, the GGM will be a seriously useful resource, not only for people in the field but for the average citizen to stay informed and engaged in the ever-growing plethora of urgent world issues.

03/04/2011

mosaic | foundation sca blog

mosaic | foundation sca blog

We have two programs in Sub-Sahara, Wanjohi Farm in Kenya and Sorawell Professional Training Center for Women in Cameroon. Glancing through CFR blogposts on Africa, this one caught my eye as it has to do with that region. Especially in light of the revolutionary energy surging across that contine

03/03/2011

New Program: Las Gravileas in GUATEMALA

03/03/2011

Foundation for Social & Cultural Advancement

New Program: GUATEMALA

02/24/2011

NEW look to our blog: www.foundationsca.wordpress.com

02/22/2011

M O S A I C

Of the total number of primary school age children in the world who are not enrolled in school, over 40% live in countries affected by conflict, according to UNESCO’s 2011 Global Monitoring Report, to be launched on 1 March in New York (United States).

01/09/2011

The Political Power of Social Media

http://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/67038/clay-shirky/the-political-power-of-social-media?page=show

Discussion of the political impact of social media has focused on the power of mass protests to topple governments. In fact, social media's real potential lies in supporting civil society and the public sphere -- which will produce change over years and decades, not weeks or months.

12/14/2010

Timeline Photos

12/14/2010

Foundation for Social & Cultural Advancement

Give a little Christmas cheer! A donation to Foundation SCA goes a long way to changing a life! Donating online is as easy as click, click, send. http://www.foundationsca.org/index.asp?pageid=54

12/14/2010

M O S A I C

GUATEMALA: spotlight on our NEWEST PROGRAM for 2011! (blogpost)

12/13/2010

Thanks everyone! 91 visits this week...and it's only Monday morning!

12/10/2010

Dec 2010 Annual Benefit at the Embassy of Slovenia

12/09/2010

M O S A I C

THANK YOU for making our 2nd Annual Cocktail Reception such a fabulously festive success!!!