Posts by: Janessa Goldbeck
Savannah, Georgia is a lot of things at once – leafy yet urban, classical but edgy, sleepy in the squares and bumpin’ in the bars. So I guess I shouldn’t have been surprised when my meeting with a staffer who works for Representative Jack Kingston (R-GA) – a congressman who voted FOR the Ryan [...]
Continue Reading →It’s official: I’ve biked across the continental United States and I’ve finally made it to the Altantic Ocean. Check out my video below.
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Last night, I had an incredible event with over 60 Tallahassee natives: students, veterans, community members, and elected officials. The room was packed and I stood proudly alongside Mayor John Marks and Representative Alan Williams as we made our case that international development is vital to our nation’s security.
This was by far the [...]
Continue Reading →Last week, I had the privilege of speaking with a group of students at Tulane University in New Orleans about the connection between funding international development programs and our national security here at home. The audience included several students and faculty from Tulane’s Payson Center for International Development as well as student veterans and [...]
Continue Reading →It’s true what they say – everything is bigger in Texas. From face-sized platters of enchiladas to heaping servings of hospitality served up in every town I stopped in, the Lone Star State lived up to its most famous cliche.
In the small desert towns of West Texas, where I met cowboys, cactus salesmen, cops [...]
Continue Reading →Last night, I had an incredible event with veterans from the Air Force, Army, and the Marine Corps at Houston’s American Legion Post #416. I was humbled to be joined by these veterans and speak with them candidly about the importance of international development to our national security. I walked away from the [...]
Continue Reading →If you’ve been anywhere near the internet lately, you’ve likely been barraged by links to the video by advocacy organization Invisible Children about the ongoing atrocities in Northern Uganda. The video has sparked debate about whether it oversimplifies or misrepresents the situation, but one thing is certain: the destruction the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) wreaked since the 1980s [...]
Continue Reading →Last week I had the opportunity to meet with the office of Senator Tom Udall (D-New Mexico) to discuss how international development keeps America safe and strong. Senator Udall is a member of the Foreign Relations Committee and the International Development Subcommittee. I was hopeful that his staff would be receptive to our [...]
Continue Reading →I’ve been thinking a lot about food while on the road – half because I’m always hungry, and half because it’s something to do to pass the time. It’s amazing how all-consuming the thought of “food” can be. Every day, questions like, “When will I eat? Where will I eat? What will I eat?” form [...]
Continue Reading →Between the campfires and sunscorched miles, Arizona has offered up some incredible opportunities to strike at the heart of the mission. In Phoenix, I met with the a staffer from the office of Senator Jon Kyl, the second-highest ranking Republican in the US Senate, to discuss why international development makes the world a safer place [...]
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