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June 10, 2020

The Pacific Council has launched a new platform for our member-written commentary and analysis. We are unveiling the Pacific Council Magazine, where you can find pieces written by our members on local-to-global topics, plus member spotlights and recaps and recordings from our events. Bookmark the new Pacific Council Magazine at pacificcouncil.online.

All previously published Newsroom articles are available below in the Newsroom Archive.

Please note that all upcoming events will still appear at our main website, pacificcouncil.org, or by visiting the Activities menu above.

May 20, 2021

CONTINUING OUR COLLABORATION ON FOREIGN REPORTING WITH USC

September 17, 2020

A GUIDE TO CALIFORNIA'S LOCAL-TO-GLOBAL BALLOT MEASURES

August 5, 2020

LEARN ABOUT OUR RESPONSE TO COVID-19

In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Pacific Council has leveraged its member network to coordinate rapid relief projects in support of domestic and international community needs.

June 25, 2020

OUR RESPONSE TO THE PANDEMIC: OUR WORK CONTINUES ONLINE

In an era of uncertainty and economic and personal strain, we want you to know that the Pacific Council on International Policy is here for our members and the broader community.

June 4, 2020

MANUFACTURING, LA, AND COVID-19

Experts discussed how LA and its manufacturers quickly adapted during the COVID-19 pandemic on a recent webcast.

June 3, 2020

RESPONDING TO THE PANDEMIC: DOUBLE DOWN ON NONPROFIT SUPPORT

Now is the time for funders to consider the immediate needs of the nonprofit organizations they support by increasing funding, write David La Piana and Madison McAleese.

June 2, 2020

RESCUING SMES CAN SAVE AFRICA'S ECONOMY FROM COVID-19

African governments’ best response to the negative economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic consists of focusing on the rescue of Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs), writes Aurelie Ngo Mambongo.

May 26, 2020

LESSONS FROM THE EBOLA RESPONSE FOR DEALING WITH COVID-19

To turn the tide in the struggle against the current pandemic, we need to re-learn a critical lesson from the Ebola experience: Public health can only be effective in confronting this kind of challenge with informed leadership that listens to the scientists, writes Seth Freeman.

May 13, 2020

THE WORLD IS HELPING AMERICANS WHO DON'T ALWAYS SEE IT

Cities and states are using international support to cope. They need to plan for global partnership to recover, writes Heather Hurlburt.

May 12, 2020

IMMIGRATION COURTS AND COVID-19

The USC Immigrants and Global Migration Initiative (IGMI) recently hosted a virtual discussion exploring the status of U.S. immigration courts during the COVID-19 pandemic, featuring Pacific Council members Camille Alick, Ashley Tabaddor, and Eliane Fersan. Read takeaways and watch the full conversation.

May 11, 2020

FROM JAPANESE INCARCERATION TO COVID: THE FIGHT FOR JUSTICE

The Pacific Council and the Japanese American National Museum (JANM) recently hosted a discussion with John Tateishi, author of Redress: The Inside Story of the Successful Campaign for Japanese American Reparations, in conversation with Karen Ishizuka, chief curator at JANM.

May 7, 2020

COVID-19 AND THE MIDDLE EAST'S 'COLD WAR'

The pandemic has altered our temporal imagination and accelerated political tensions in the Middle East, writes Ibrahim Al-Marashi.

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