Home » Archives by category » Blogs

We’re Looking for Graphic Designers

We’re Looking for Graphic Designers

Elections are an important part of democracy. Ayo Vote aims to get Indonesian youths to register and vote in the upcoming legislative and presidential elections. As a member of ayovote.com team, you will work to develop and maintain Web-based material. We are looking for graphic designers with a taste of color and are detail-oriented. Job more »

Multicultural Muslim Market Takes Melbourne By Storm

Multicultural Muslim Market Takes Melbourne By Storm

A group of young Indonesian Muslims in Melbourne, Australia, organized a successful multicultural Muslim market last week. Held at the Coburg Town Hall on May 18, the Melbourne Souq 2013 managed to gather around 500 people to attend the market as well as to enjoy the entertainment provided. Comprised of two main stages, the main more »

Mentorship Program Gives Help to Indonesian Students to Study Abroad

Mentorship Program Gives Help to Indonesian Students to Study Abroad

“At one of Indonesia Mengglobal events, I met other Indonesians who had been accepted or graduated from top MBA programs. They helped me in re-wiriting and editing my essays for my MBA applications, making it sharper, bolder and more concise.” – Ayu Kartika Dewi, alumni of Airlangga University and an attendee of Indonesia Mengglobal Coffee more »

Make Yourself Heard Through Poetry

Make Yourself Heard Through Poetry

Confident strides. A big friendly smile. Gleaming eyes. Indisputable eloquence. That was our first impression when I first crossed paths with Khairani Barokka, a writer, performer, artist and arts and disability advocate and researcher. Clad in a lovely green dress, Okka, as she prefers to be addressed, was preparing herself for the presentation she was more »

Marginalized Children Learning the Art of Batik

Marginalized Children Learning the Art of Batik

The street children of Jakarta often revert to begging on median strips to earn a few rupiah a day. Continuing this reliance on handouts of passersby does not set the children up with skills for a different future. There is every possibility that they will remain in this cycle. Learning new skills can be the more »

We’re Looking for Web Developer/Programmer

We’re Looking for Web Developer/Programmer

Elections are an important part of democracy. Ayo Vote aims to get Indonesian youths to register and vote in the upcoming legislative and presidential elections. As a member of ayovote.com team, you will work to develop and maintain Web-based material. We are looking for a Web developer and program with proficiency in WordPress. Job description/responsibility: more »

Hope of Tolerance Toward LGBT in Indonesia

Hope of Tolerance Toward LGBT in Indonesia

“Our journey is not complete until our gay brothers and sisters are treated like anyone else under the law,” proclaimed the US President Barack Obama in his second inaugural address in January this year. Alas, it is quite futile to expect an Indonesian president to declare a similar stance in public in the near future. more »

Did White House Counsel Know About IRS Abuses Weeks Ago — and Didn’t Tell the President?

Did White House Counsel Know About IRS Abuses Weeks Ago — and Didn’t Tell the President?

I have been told recently by several reporters that President Obama’s White House Counsel Kathryn Ruemmler knew for several days — perhaps weeks — about the IRS story, i.e.,  that some IRS officials engaged in political targeting of conservative groups; and that she did not tell the president as soon as she knew — even more »

Yale-NUS: Liberal Arts College at Indonesia’s Doorstep

Yale-NUS: Liberal Arts College at Indonesia’s Doorstep

What do most people say when you tell them you’re going to Yale-NUS College in the fall of 2013? “Wow, you got into Yale University?” “No, no. It’s Yale-NUS. Not Yale University.” “You mean, National University of Singapore?” With all the media attention Yale-NUS received last April (and the months thereafter), it is still quite more »

Page 1 of 14123Next ›Last »