GFDD Meets with Colegio Dominicano de Periodistas

The Global Foundation for Democracy and Development (GFDD) met with leaders and members from the Colegio Dominicano de Periodistas en Estados Unidos (CDP-US –  Dominican Journalism Association in the United States) to discuss possibilities for future alliances between the institutions.

Present on behalf of the CDP-US during the encounter were Secretary General Ana Pereyra, Manager of Education Fresa Torres, and former Secretary General Luis Alfredo
Collado. On behalf of GFDD, Yamile Eusebio, Acting Co-Executive Director and Kenia Hernández, Administrator, were present.

The reunion came about thanks to the support of Josefina Álvarez, a US-based collaborator for GFDD. The meeting took place in GFDD’s New York office, located in the neighborhood of Washington Heights.

About the Colegio Dominicano de Periodistas:
The Colegio Dominicano de Periodistas (CDP –
Dominican Journalism Association) was formed on May 7, 1991 by Law No. 10-91. Created through a lengthy and difficult process by the Sindicato Nacional de Periodistas Profesionales (SNPP – Union of Professional Journalists) and supported by diverse professional, political, and associations, it is the leading institution for the journalism sector in the Dominican Republic. It maintains a branch office in New York which has the goal of bringing together CDP members residing in the New York
Tri-State area.

About Global Foundation for Democracy and Development (GFDD):
The Global Foundation for Democracy and Development (GFDD), sister organization of FUNGLODE in the United States is a non-partisan and non-profit organization dedicated to promote the collaboration among organizations in the United States and the Dominican Republic in order to conduct research, enhance public debate, design public policy, propose strategies and
provide training to facilitate change in crucial areas of the social, economic and democratic development of the Dominican Republic, the Caribbean and Latin America.