Ms. Marianne Crotty This is Me

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1. 1. Whats New! - Press Releases

   www.ivccinti.org/whatsnew/pres - [Cached]

   Published on: 3/17/2006   Last Visited: 10/5/2007

   Marianne Crotty, director of international programs for the International Visitors Council (IVC) of Greater Cincinnati, said the women represent grass-roots organizations, professional groups, legislators and minority culture in their respective countries. IVC organized the workshops.
   
   "This is a program the U.S. State Department started after the 9-11 tragedy to promote a better understanding of Muslim women," said Ms. Crotty.
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   Ms. Crotty said the training will seek to identify major issues that affect the advancement of women of all minority groups.
   
   "They will deal with such things as personal awareness and relationships in the workplace, how women can communicate in a work environment and problem solving," Ms. Crotty said.
   
   She said there will be a roundtable discussion on social issues involving Dr. Ahmed along with Dr. Danya Karram, Dr. Zahida Kaukab and Shakeila Ahmed.
   
   The women will be taken on the Underground Railroad tour Saturday and treated to a picnic Sunday.
   
   Ms. Crotty said the women represent young, emerging leaders from Chad, Gambia, Ghana, Mozambique, Nigeria, South Africa, Tanzania and Uganda.
   
   IVC is a nonprofit agency that establishes links between Greater Cincinnati and the global community by creating custom-designed professional training and educational opportunities for emerging world leaders in business, government, education and the arts, Ms. Crotty said.

2. 2. Drake Center will host its seventh annual Heritage Day celebration in conjunction with 2002 National Rehabilitation Week.

   www.drakecenter.com/news/News_ - [Cached]

   Published on: 2/10/2004   Last Visited: 7/27/2005

   "Drake Center is a valuable resource in the Cincinnati area," said Marianne Crotty, director of international programs for the International Visitors Council of Cincinnati.

3. 3. Croatian mayors receive a lesson in local government

   www.ysnews.com/stories/2002/de - [Cached]

   Published on: 12/5/2002   Last Visited: 12/14/2002

   "The program's purpose is to increase global peace by having one-on-one meetings between individuals," said Marianne Crotty, director of international programs for the International Visitors Council of Greater Cincinnati, the nonprofit organization that sponsored the group's visit. This year the Council, with partial funding by the U.S. Department of State, has sponsored visits to the United States by 40 different groups of local officials from Eastern Europe, Africa and the Mideast.
   
   "It's a wonderful program," Crotty said. "When different groups come in from around the world, they see what Americans are really about. It helps with distorted perceptions."
   
   During their visit here, the Croatian mayors said, they have been surprised by how safe they feel in this country and by how warmly they've been welcomed.
   
   "Everything we know about the States we learn from TV.
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   The trip's organizers hope that the mayors will return home with some new ideas to help rejuvenate the country's economy, said Crotty. In the United States for three weeks, the group has already visited Washington, D.C., Columbia, S.C., and Bluefield, W.Va. The mayors will next visit Santa Fe, N.M.
   
   The group visited Dayton, said Crotty, because the Croatians "wanted to come to the city in which the Dayton Accord was signed." Because the Croatians are all mayors of small towns, organizers wanted them to visit a similar size town and chose Yellow Springs to provide them an opportunity to be in a "unique, multicultural town," she said.
   
   The Croatians' visit did appear, in a small way, to have increased understanding between two countries that, not that long ago, saw each other as enemies.
   
   "You can rest assured that we will tell our citizens about the warmth of your people," said Bilonjic.