May 2007
Vol. 25, No. 5
InterAction

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All photos courtesy of Karl Grobl,
unless noted otherwise. Visit www.
karlgrobl.com. Cover photo: courtesy
of Peter Biro, International Rescue
Committee, 2007 Annual Photography
Contest, Grand Prize Winner.

InterAction members have varied missions, they \ue001oster economic and social development; provide relie\ue001 to those a\ue001\ue001ected by disaster and war; assist re\ue001ugees and internally displaced persons; advance human rights; support gender equality; protect the environment; address population concerns; and press \ue001or more equitable, just, and e\ue001\ue001ective public policy.

Our common thread is rooted in the \ue000eld and in our knowledge that we can and do make a di\ue001- \ue001erence. Our con\ue001erence theme this year, Setting a

leveraging our combined value and strengthen- ing our voice to become e\ue001\ue001ective ambassadors \ue001or disadvantaged men, women and children worldwide.

Each year the InterAction Forum brings together InterAction members, southern partners, U.S. and international government representatives, multilateral organizations and many others. We welcomed nearly 700 national and international NGO, government and \ue001oundation leaders. In addition to our numerous workshops and panel discussions, we \ue001acilitated an interactive session between our con\ue001erence attendees and speakers such as U.S. Secretary o\ue001 State Condoleezza Rice and global \ue000nancier and philanthropist, George Soros. This year, we held meetings among NGOs sharing common program interests such as \ue001undraising, disability, CEOs and women NGO leaders. These a\ue001\ue000nity groups are designed to assist our community to meet, exchange ideas and identi\ue001y common solutions in an e\ue001\ue001ort to be- come a true community o\ue001 practice.

This year was a resounding success. Thank you to all o\ue001 our attendees, speakers and members. We look \ue001orward to seeing you again next year!

Special thanks to all InterAction
sta\ue001 \ue002or their hard work on
documenting this year\u2019s annual

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\u201cOur con\ue000erence
theme this year
\ue000ocused on
leveraging our
combined value
and strengthening
our voice to
become e\ue000\ue000ective
ambassadors \ue000or
disadvantaged men,
women and children
worldwide.\u201d