Alice Thomas

Executive Director, Central Asia Institute @peacethroughed. All views
are my own.

[Joe Biden @JoeBiden]

America, I’m honored that you have chosen me to lead our great country.

The work ahead of us will be hard, but I promise you this: I will be a President for all Americans — whether you voted for me or not.

I will keep the faith that you have placed in me.

[Alice Thomas @AliceRThomas]

SINCERE THANKS to our generous donors who opened their hearts on #GivingTuesday2019 to provide education & hope to girls & women born into poverty & conflict in #CentralAsia. And if you didn't donate but want to, it's not too late! Go to https://t.co/oRtw53M00O

[Alice Thomas @AliceRThomas]

"Of all the divisive tools that are used to push people to the margins, unequal education is the most damaging and enduring."@MelindaGates. On #GivingTuesday help make the dream of education come true by making a gift to https://t.co/8AyDyUZevF

[Alice Thomas @AliceRThomas]

“there are growing fears that Afghan women will lose the gains they have made over nearly two decades.” https://t.co/9pkGT9U6bX via ⁦@nytimes⁩

[Alice Thomas @AliceRThomas]

Congrats to the fabulous staff @Peacethroughed #education #Afghanistan #Pakistan #Tajikistan

[Alice Thomas @AliceRThomas]

From all the staff @Peacethroughed we are deeply saddened by today's attack on @Counterpartint. We stand with civil society organizations who are working to improve the lives and future of the Afghan people. #Afghanistan https://t.co/AK2VHXDV59

[Alice Thomas @AliceRThomas]

Happy #InternationalWomensDay2019

[Alice Thomas @AliceRThomas]

“Equity not the same as equality” @CPichonBattle discusses need to ensure efforts to address #climatechange, build #resilience recognize current/historic disenfranchisement of most vulnerable @YaleNDEL

[Alice Thomas @AliceRThomas]

@dicapriofdn @YaleNDEL @rights4nature Great panel!

[Alice Thomas @AliceRThomas]

Hugo Van Echeverria Villagomez of #Ecuador discusses rights of nature ⁦@YaleNDEL⁩

[Alice Thomas @AliceRThomas]

Julio Prieto explains the lawsuit he filed yesterday in #Ecuador to enjoin irreparable harm to environment by mining co @YaleNDEL #EnvironmentalJustice

[Alice Thomas @AliceRThomas]

Great set of panelists discuss court-recognized rights of nature in #Colombia, #Bangladesh, #India @YaleNDEL #climatejustice

[Alice Thomas @AliceRThomas]

@YaleNDEL excited to be joining such a great line-up of Panel and speakers this weekend

[Alice Thomas @AliceRThomas]

It's time for all members of Congress to push back hard on the president's illegal and politically-motivated tactics. See @RefugeesIntl Statement regarding Trump's national emergency declaration. Deeply Alarmed Over U.S. National Emergency Declaration https://t.co/cnzEpoN2ok

[Alice Thomas @AliceRThomas]

The White House’s latest plan to divert #disaster relief funds intended for #PuertoRico and #California, but not #Texas, to build a wall is deeply troubling. https://t.co/GD6jjGLExv

[Alice Thomas @AliceRThomas]

One of the biggest challenges #Ethiopia faces is internal #displacement from both inter-communal violence and #climatechange-related effects such as drought. PM Abiy must w/ with UN agencies, NGOs, donors to find durable solutions that avoid protracted or recurrent displacement.

[Refugees International @RefugeesIntl]

Optimism has been palpable since Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed came to power in April 2018. However, after a recent trip to #Ethiopia, @MarkYarnell writes that “enormous challenges remain” including an “explosion of intercommunal violence." https://t.co/Xaoasf4e9I

[Alice Thomas @AliceRThomas]

It’s Official: 2018 Was the Fourth Warmest Year on Record https://t.co/Pip132m3lh

[Alice Thomas @AliceRThomas]

ICYMI: US @DeptofDefense latest report outlining vulnerability of its installations (67%) and operations to #climatechange including increased conflicts & #disasters https://t.co/ZkMrZlb0Az

[Alice Thomas @AliceRThomas]

NEW REPORT: The media failed to connect 2018 record-breaking wildfires, floods, heat and hurricanes to #climatechange. In 2019, the media must do better. #coverclimate https://t.co/0SPHJ24nay

[Alice Thomas @AliceRThomas]

Urgent need for Congress to revise #disaster laws to ensure that people #displaced by disasters are not left homeless. @BennieGThompson @HomelandDems @HouseHomeland
Camp Fire victims have been through ‘hell.’ As last shelter closes, where will they go? https://t.co/AFmk6BcFTC