Join us in looking back and moving forward.....

Founded in 1960, the East-West Center turns fifty in 2010 and we hope you will join us in celebrating this significant milestone in as many ways as you can!

Looking back, it took nearly a week for Shuichi Fujibayashi to travel from Yokohama to Honolulu on the S.S. President Cleveland in 1967!  On board he was excited to meet other EWC grantees -- from Malaysia, the Philippines, Thailand, India, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Hong Kong, Macao, Singapore, Burma, Australia, New Zealand, Fiji, Samoa and Guam. 

Hula dancers met the ship at Aloha Tower and, draped with flower leis, the eager new arrivals headed for the campus where they joined still more Asians and Americans, both  teachers and students, all committed to learning in a true cross-cultural community.

Moving forward, some 500 students and hundreds more participants arrive by jet each year now.  Through research, education, exchanges, and training programs they continue to prepare themselves for leadership in a region that has changed more rapidly than any in history. 

Wherever they come from and wherever they go, each year new students need your help to join you in a network of more than 55,000 alumni around the world dedicated to creating a more peaceful, prosperous and just Asia Pacific region.

HOW YOU CAN HELP
With your help, the East-West Center will continue to strengthen its partnerships and augment its programs to meet the increasing demands of the next 50 years. Your gift to the EWC makes meaningful programs and transformational experiences possible.

Because a U.S. Congressional appropriation covers most of the Center’s basic operating costs, your contribution goes directly to fund scholarships and other important programs that would not exist without private support.  All gifts, large or small, are important, but your participation in this, our 50^th year, is most important of all! 

Thanks to the generosity of alumni donors, the EWC Association Alumni Scholarship Fund has been able to distribute more than $150,000 so that 47 students from 16 countries could participate in EWC education programs. 

WHAT ARE THE BENEFITS OF MAKING A GIFT TO THE EAST-WEST CENTER?
•    Your gift of any size plays an important role in helping the East-West Center accomplish its vital mission.  Every
      gift is tax deductible as permitted by U.S. law.
•    Private contributions from the Center’s alumni, staff and friends are a powerful measure of our programs’ value
      to the people and communities we serve.
•    The following gifts are available for your donation (while supplies last - click to see photo):    

          $50            Transportation Security Administration (TSA) carry-on bag and 
                            EWC luggage tag
          $100          50th Anniversary bag (photo not available yet)
          $250          50th Anniversary pen (photo not available yet)
          $500          50th Anniversary Silver Pin and business card holder (photo
                            not available yet)
          $1,000+     50th Anniversary Gold Pin and flash drive (4 G) (photo not
                            available yet)