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.

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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 leadership in multilateral human rights instruments and institutions and to ensure U.S. capacity to address mass atrocities.

Security

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

Climate change is affecting our planet and the lives of people around the world – particularly the world’s poorest and most disenfranchised.

Development

We focus on reform of the international financial and trade architecture for sustainable development.  We also support increasing the civilian capacity of the U.S. government for diplomacy and development.

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

Libya's Missing Weapons: Understanding Global Efforts to Control Conventional Arms
Feb 02, 2012, 02:00 pm EST

The Stimson Center invites you to a panel discussion on Libya and uncontrolled weapons proliferation. This panel will use the events that occurred in Libya in the Summer/Fall 2011 as the basis for a larger discussion on addressing unsecured caches...

Go, Run: Women's Political Leadership Training
Feb 17, 2012, 12:00 am EST

Go Run is a weekend long training dedicated to equipping you, the future candidate, with the skills to run and win. The training aims to demystify the political process and inspire a richly diverse group of women...

Blogs

Defense Science Board Report on Climate Change and Security: List of Recommendations
January 25, 2012 at 3:40pm by

In yesterday's State of the Union address, President Obama highlighted the role of the military in developing clean energy.  This was a welcome mention. Building off of that, the military may also play a role in mitigating the risks of climate change.

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New Climate and Security Resources Page
January 25, 2012 at 3:31pm by

With infinite gratitude to all those heroic excavators and compilers of information that came before us (as well as the authors who produced that information), we at the Center for Climate and Security are launching a new climate and security resources page, which we will endeavor to keep regularly updated with all

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After the State of the Union, White House Holds Office Hours
January 24, 2012 at 3:32pm by

Tonight at 9:00 p.m. ET, President Obama will give a State of the Union address to Congress. He'll talk about where we find ourselves as a nation and lay out his agenda for the year ahead.

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Kill the Pipeline: A Path to Real Energy Security
December 9, 2011 at 11:52am by

By Nancy Soderberg

President Obama’s decision to delay approval of the Keystone XL pipeline is a clear demonstration of U.S. leadership on both the domestic and international stage. It demonstrates that the U.S. is moving away from an insecure energy pathway. Resisting the pipeline, and future projects like it, will be critical for ensuring that the security of the United States is not compromised by reliance on oil and that the U.S. plays a global leadership role in building a renewable energy economy.

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Resources

Program Intern, The Connect U.S. Fund

The Connect U.S. Fund is seeking a Program Intern to support our operational activities building a community of organizations working for more responsible U.S. global engagement.

Please submit your application, including a cover letter, resume and writing sample (no longer than 1,200 words), and the names and numbers of two references, to Leah Yudin at jobs@connectusfund.org. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis until the position...

Senior Policy and Advocacy Advisor

DEPARTMENT SUMMARY:

The Mercy Corps Policy and Advocacy Team supports Mercy Corps’ global mission by fostering a policy environment that enables the success of Mercy Corps’ field programs.

 

POSITION SUMMARY:

The Senior Policy and Advocacy Advisor  will be responsible for advancing Mercy Corps’ policy objectives on a range of key issues related to...

War and Governance: International Security in a Changing World Order

Dr. Richard Weitz of the Hudson Institute, a Connect U.S. Fund grantee, provides an insightful and expert assessment examining how best to end and avert wars in his newest book, War and Governance: International Security in a Changing World Order.

It is one of the most pressing questions facing humankind: Can war be avoided or limited? To answer that question requires assessing the roles played by various types of actors on the international stage. More than that, it demands t...

Program Intern, The Connect U.S. Fund

The Connect U.S. Fund is seeking a Program Intern to support our operational activities building a community of organizations working for more responsible U.S. global engagement. 

Please submit your application, including a cover letter, resume and writing sample (no longer than 1,200 words), and the names and numbers of two references, to Leah Yudin at jobs@connectusfund.org. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling b...

Program Coordinator, Open Society Fellowship, Open Society Institute-New York

Application Deadline: October 28, 2011

The Open Society Foundations work to build vibrant and tolerant democracies whose governments are accountable to their citizens. To achieve this mission, the Foundations seek to shape public policies that assure greater fairness in political, legal, and economic systems and safeguard fundamental rights. On a local level, the Open Society Foundations implement a range of initiatives to advance justice, education, public health, and ind...