In honor of Women History month, The Gibraltar- American Chamber of Commerce together with GFSB-Women in Enterprise are delighted to announce a competition for kids between the ages of 8-12 and 13-18 years old and are invited to write a letter (100 words max) or do a drawing to congratulate Vice President Kamala Harris for being elected as the first woman Vice President of the United States of America. The letter or drawing should describe what inspires them.
All entries should be scanned and sent to info@amcham.gi and the deadline is the 15th of April. There will be a first prize for both age categories. The prize will be an Ipad and several shop vouchers. With special thanks to The Kishin Alwani Foundation and The Kusuma Trust for their kind sponsorship.
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AmChams in Europe, the umbrella organization for 45 AmChams from 43 countries across Europe and Eurasia, fully support governments’ efforts to tackle the pandemic and mitigate its effects. The mobilization of resources has been unprecedented, and we need continued leadership to address the impact of the crisis on society.
AmCham Gibraltar is hosting its second annual Thanksgiving Charity Gala on Thursday 22nd of November at the Aurora Ballroom, Sunborn 5* Gibraltar and we are delighted to announce that our keynote speaker at the Gala will be Juan Verde.
Juan Verde is an internationally renowned strategist for both the private and public sectors. Mr. Verde designs innovative strategies to attract foreign investment, accelerate economic development and establish strategic alliances. Mr. Verde has worked with some of today's most relevant political figures such as former Presidents Barack Obama and Bill Clinton. For his full biography please click here.
Our annual Thanksgiving Charity Gala dinner on Thursday the 21st of November was a wonderful evening attended by both AmCham members and non-members from all business sectors in Gibraltar.
AmCham Gibraltar's 4th of July party was a great success with members and non members alike. Held at the Rotunda, Alameda Gardens; our guests were treated to an array of BBQ treats and Jazz. The annual event was kindly sponsored by Image Graphics. Official Distributor of Xerox.
On this Thanksgiving Day, when we are prompted to reflect on all for which we have to be thankful, I am reminded of this speech that I gave at our last Thanksgiving Gala. (attached).
In that speech, I spoke about how humanity, although far from perfect, has never been in such a good situation and therefore we should give thanks for that.
American representatives of Sister Cities International visited Gibraltar on Thursday the 19th of April for the first time in the association's 62 years history this week, in a bid to foster relationship between the countries.
The event hosted yesterday by the Gibraltar American Chamber of Commerce saw the representative's on a fact finding mission. Forging links between the University of Gibraltar and it's American counterparts were of particular interest and Jane Cahaly from Sister Cities noted, "I'm very excited at trying to get the University of Gibraltar to form links between universities in the US. I work in a consortium of 44 universities in the US and we do International programming so getting to know the folks here in Gibraltar is extremely valuable". Ms Cahaly is currently the Senior consultant for International Programmes with the consortium for Global Education that sees thousands of students participate in overseas study.
