Global Mentorship Initiative (GMI) is a non-profit organization that provides mentorship to college students to help them get their first job after college. This is accomplished through short-term, online mentorship with a business professional.
History
GMI was founded in 2019 by Jon Browning, a former Microsoft employee who was a Rockefeller Foundation partner for their Global Impact Sourcing Initiative. Sustainable jobs created in high unemployment geographies sometimes do not reach underserved populations who have the educational credentials that qualify them for those positions. This often includes the underserved, first generation college students, or those living at or below the poverty threshold.
GMI Programs
A GMI mentorship consists of 14 one-hour sessions with a mentor by video conference. The program teaches students how to build a professional network of over 500 business connections through LinkedIn.
Students learn how to use keywords for applicant tracking systems and their resumes/CVs to be found by job recruiters. They learn job interviewing techniques like the STAR Method to distinguish themselves from other candidates.
While students are seeking jobs and applying, their mentors coach them in how to be successful in their job search.
GMI Student and Refugee Programs
Since launching in March 2020, 1,100 students have enrolled in the mentorship program. GMI targets underserved students recognizing that underserved means something different in every country. For example, in the United States, it is defined as first generation college students, or those who require financial aid to attend school. In October 2020, GMI began a partnership with Southern New Hampshire University to provide mentorship for students living in eight refugee camps in Africa and Lebanon.
GMI Student Demographics
• 75% residing outside of the United States / 25% US-based
• 60% female
• 63% of US students are
• 13% of non-US students are refugees or displaced persons
Volunteer Mentors
GMI relies on a volunteer community of business professionals to mentor students around the world. Mentors are required to be 25+ and have at least a four-year degree in their chosen field.
Corporate partners like Microsoft and Clarivate make the GMI volunteer program available to their employees through their internal giving and volunteer programs.
University and Youth Association Partners
GMI has partnerships with several universities and youth associations who provide students in 35 countries.. The University of the West Indies in Kingston, Jamaica is the largest GMI youth partner.
History
GMI was founded in 2019 by Jon Browning, a former Microsoft employee who was a Rockefeller Foundation partner for their Global Impact Sourcing Initiative. Sustainable jobs created in high unemployment geographies sometimes do not reach underserved populations who have the educational credentials that qualify them for those positions. This often includes the underserved, first generation college students, or those living at or below the poverty threshold.
GMI Programs
A GMI mentorship consists of 14 one-hour sessions with a mentor by video conference. The program teaches students how to build a professional network of over 500 business connections through LinkedIn.
Students learn how to use keywords for applicant tracking systems and their resumes/CVs to be found by job recruiters. They learn job interviewing techniques like the STAR Method to distinguish themselves from other candidates.
While students are seeking jobs and applying, their mentors coach them in how to be successful in their job search.
GMI Student and Refugee Programs
Since launching in March 2020, 1,100 students have enrolled in the mentorship program. GMI targets underserved students recognizing that underserved means something different in every country. For example, in the United States, it is defined as first generation college students, or those who require financial aid to attend school. In October 2020, GMI began a partnership with Southern New Hampshire University to provide mentorship for students living in eight refugee camps in Africa and Lebanon.
GMI Student Demographics
• 75% residing outside of the United States / 25% US-based
• 60% female
• 63% of US students are
• 13% of non-US students are refugees or displaced persons
Volunteer Mentors
GMI relies on a volunteer community of business professionals to mentor students around the world. Mentors are required to be 25+ and have at least a four-year degree in their chosen field.
Corporate partners like Microsoft and Clarivate make the GMI volunteer program available to their employees through their internal giving and volunteer programs.
University and Youth Association Partners
GMI has partnerships with several universities and youth associations who provide students in 35 countries.. The University of the West Indies in Kingston, Jamaica is the largest GMI youth partner.
Ryan Omadat Persaud (born 8 September 1994) is an American cricketer. He plays as a leg break bowler for Jamaica Tallawahs.
Career
In 2008, he made his first appearances in the Millennium Cricket League for Rising Stars Cricket Club in the Forty 40 and Twenty 20 competitions. In 2014, he played for Global Cricket Club, and for the USACA (United States Cricket Academy) the following year, before a return to Rising Stars in 2016, Global in 2017 and finally Challengers in 2021.
Persaud's most successful season with the ball came in 2015 when he took 28 wickets from 13 games in the Forty 40. His economy rate was 3.78 with his bowling average at 10.39. With the bat, he has never hit a half-century in the Millenium Cricket League. His top scores are 41 from 2009 and 2010 in the Forty 40. In the Twenty 20 competition, he hit 45 in 2013.
Garden State Cricket League
In 2018, Persaud played for Shawn SC in one game in the Irshad Ally Trophy.
In 2021, Persaud made 5 appearances for Berbice Royals hitting 18 runs and taking 2 wickets.
International career
On 8 June 2013, Persaud was named in a 14-man USA Under-19s squad for the ICC Americas U19 2013 Division 1 Tournament which was held in Toronto Canada from July 7 to 15. The tournament was a 50-over double round-robin competition between Bermuda, Canada and USA, with the winner automatically qualifying for the U19 World Cup in the UAE in 2014.
On 8 July, the Bermuda vs USA game returned no result and Persaud did not get an opportunity to bowl. He did however make one from two balls. Three days later he recorded the best bowling figures for the USA side with 2-30 from 10 overs as they were beaten by 5 wickets by Canada. He took 1-2 from 2.2 overs as USA bowled Bermuda out for 55 on 12 July. In the final match, USA beat Canada by 7 wickets with Persaud's bowling figures 0-29.
Persaud finished with 3 wickets in the tournament, the joint second highest of any of the USA players.
Franchise career
In 2020, Persaud was signed by Jamaica Tallawahs as their ICC Americas player for the 2020 Caribbean Premier League season. Alongside Persaud in the Jamaica Tallawahs squad were world cricket stars like Andre Russell, Sandeep Lamichhane and Carlos Brathwaite. The Tallawahs finished in 4th place in the group stage, but were eliminated by eventual winners Trinbago Knight Riders in the Semi-Final.
Persaud was retained by Jamaica Tallawahs as their ICC Americas player ahead of the 2021 CPL season. Jamaica Tallawahs finished in 5th place in the group stage and did not qualify for the knockout stage.
Movies
In the 2016 movie Jack Goes Home, Persaud was the co-executive Producer. In the 2017 thriller Altitude, He was the co-executive Producer. In the 2017 film After School Special, He played Ajay Kent.
Career
In 2008, he made his first appearances in the Millennium Cricket League for Rising Stars Cricket Club in the Forty 40 and Twenty 20 competitions. In 2014, he played for Global Cricket Club, and for the USACA (United States Cricket Academy) the following year, before a return to Rising Stars in 2016, Global in 2017 and finally Challengers in 2021.
Persaud's most successful season with the ball came in 2015 when he took 28 wickets from 13 games in the Forty 40. His economy rate was 3.78 with his bowling average at 10.39. With the bat, he has never hit a half-century in the Millenium Cricket League. His top scores are 41 from 2009 and 2010 in the Forty 40. In the Twenty 20 competition, he hit 45 in 2013.
Garden State Cricket League
In 2018, Persaud played for Shawn SC in one game in the Irshad Ally Trophy.
In 2021, Persaud made 5 appearances for Berbice Royals hitting 18 runs and taking 2 wickets.
International career
On 8 June 2013, Persaud was named in a 14-man USA Under-19s squad for the ICC Americas U19 2013 Division 1 Tournament which was held in Toronto Canada from July 7 to 15. The tournament was a 50-over double round-robin competition between Bermuda, Canada and USA, with the winner automatically qualifying for the U19 World Cup in the UAE in 2014.
On 8 July, the Bermuda vs USA game returned no result and Persaud did not get an opportunity to bowl. He did however make one from two balls. Three days later he recorded the best bowling figures for the USA side with 2-30 from 10 overs as they were beaten by 5 wickets by Canada. He took 1-2 from 2.2 overs as USA bowled Bermuda out for 55 on 12 July. In the final match, USA beat Canada by 7 wickets with Persaud's bowling figures 0-29.
Persaud finished with 3 wickets in the tournament, the joint second highest of any of the USA players.
Franchise career
In 2020, Persaud was signed by Jamaica Tallawahs as their ICC Americas player for the 2020 Caribbean Premier League season. Alongside Persaud in the Jamaica Tallawahs squad were world cricket stars like Andre Russell, Sandeep Lamichhane and Carlos Brathwaite. The Tallawahs finished in 4th place in the group stage, but were eliminated by eventual winners Trinbago Knight Riders in the Semi-Final.
Persaud was retained by Jamaica Tallawahs as their ICC Americas player ahead of the 2021 CPL season. Jamaica Tallawahs finished in 5th place in the group stage and did not qualify for the knockout stage.
Movies
In the 2016 movie Jack Goes Home, Persaud was the co-executive Producer. In the 2017 thriller Altitude, He was the co-executive Producer. In the 2017 film After School Special, He played Ajay Kent.
The New Method Wellness is a residential addiction treatment center in San Juan Capistrano, California with on-site drug and alcohol detox facilities, specializing in treating substance abuse addiction and underlying mental health issues.
History
New Method Wellness was founded in 2006 by Ed Blum and Susie Hopson-Blum in San Juan Capistrano, California. Hopson-Blum entered the Betty Ford Clinic and started her recovery since December 2, 1988, that lead her to New Method Wellness alongside her husband Ed. Bing Crosby (grandson of Bing Crosby) and DeAnna Crosby joined the board and became partners/owners in 2011.
NMW regularly appears on Dr. Phil Show, appeared on National Geographic’s “Taboo” series and on A&E’s Emmy Award Winning show, “Intervention."
Lawsuits
The City of Dana Point cited the treatment facility for running an ‘unlicensed sober home.’ and New Method Wellness lost a lawsuit against Dana Point.
New Method Wellness settled a years-long lawsuit against Cigna HealthCARE but is contractually bound to not share the details about the outcome of the lawsuit.<ref name=":1" />
History
New Method Wellness was founded in 2006 by Ed Blum and Susie Hopson-Blum in San Juan Capistrano, California. Hopson-Blum entered the Betty Ford Clinic and started her recovery since December 2, 1988, that lead her to New Method Wellness alongside her husband Ed. Bing Crosby (grandson of Bing Crosby) and DeAnna Crosby joined the board and became partners/owners in 2011.
NMW regularly appears on Dr. Phil Show, appeared on National Geographic’s “Taboo” series and on A&E’s Emmy Award Winning show, “Intervention."
Lawsuits
The City of Dana Point cited the treatment facility for running an ‘unlicensed sober home.’ and New Method Wellness lost a lawsuit against Dana Point.
New Method Wellness settled a years-long lawsuit against Cigna HealthCARE but is contractually bound to not share the details about the outcome of the lawsuit.<ref name=":1" />
Stray Cinema is an open source movie created by Michelle Joy Lloyd. The raw footage from a feature film shot in Melbourne has been made available for the public to download from the Stray Cinema website. This is the second open source movie provided by Stray Cinema. The idea is to provide people with the opportunity to create their own version of the film, following the guidelines set by the Open Source movement found in software development and licensing.
To participate, people must edit a one- to two-minute version of the film they wish to make from the available footage. Participants are then invited to post this manipulated footage back onto the Stray Cinema website, to be judged by their online community. The only stipulation is that the finished product contain at least 80 per cent of the original footage and be 2-6 minutes in duration. Film makers can add their own sound or download music created by participating musicians on websites such as MySpace.
The top five films will be screened alongside the original film cut, at an official Stray Cinema screening in Melbourne six months from the day there are 30 film submissions on the website.
As part of the celebration, the event will also involve VJ's mixing raw video footage from the film to live music. It will engage the online community, by webcasting live footage from the event onto www.straycinema.com, along with live interactive web-chat, vodcasting and blogging.
Stray Cinema will be an ongoing annual event. Each year the screening will be in the country the footage originates from.
In 2011 the top 5 films as voted by the online community were:
# InEvolution by yoni
# Same by timmysj66
# by saraonna
# Magic Stick by tpontes34
# Magic Stick by tpontes34
In 2009 the top 5 films as voted by the online community were:
# We are slaves of the future by bumblebeenyhappy
# subtitle by emma
# a message in a bottle by directorscute
# music and solitude by directorscute
# paramnesia by migraña
To participate, people must edit a one- to two-minute version of the film they wish to make from the available footage. Participants are then invited to post this manipulated footage back onto the Stray Cinema website, to be judged by their online community. The only stipulation is that the finished product contain at least 80 per cent of the original footage and be 2-6 minutes in duration. Film makers can add their own sound or download music created by participating musicians on websites such as MySpace.
The top five films will be screened alongside the original film cut, at an official Stray Cinema screening in Melbourne six months from the day there are 30 film submissions on the website.
As part of the celebration, the event will also involve VJ's mixing raw video footage from the film to live music. It will engage the online community, by webcasting live footage from the event onto www.straycinema.com, along with live interactive web-chat, vodcasting and blogging.
Stray Cinema will be an ongoing annual event. Each year the screening will be in the country the footage originates from.
In 2011 the top 5 films as voted by the online community were:
# InEvolution by yoni
# Same by timmysj66
# by saraonna
# Magic Stick by tpontes34
# Magic Stick by tpontes34
In 2009 the top 5 films as voted by the online community were:
# We are slaves of the future by bumblebeenyhappy
# subtitle by emma
# a message in a bottle by directorscute
# music and solitude by directorscute
# paramnesia by migraña