September 2024 Newsletter
An end to a chapter and the beginning of a new one!
Greetings!
If you are in the Philippines, Christmas season has officially started! Read through this newsletter to find out how the community has spent it.
We hope October goes well for you!
📣 September 2024 Highlights
SPOTLIGHT: Introductory Fellowship Closing Event
We held our hybrid closing event last September 21. We celebrated the graduation of the program fellows and listened in on the top 3 capstone projects by Castle Reynera, Dane Magaway, and Milo Alon! 👏🎉
Congratulations to all the fellows for taking
this step in understanding what you can do to use evidence and reason to do the most good through your career and actions. It was enlightening to meet all these amazing individuals, hear about their advocacies, and watch their ideas develop through the program.
Here's to a growing community! We are excited to see what the future holds for our group of do-gooders! 🤩
If you are interested in joining an EA Introductory Fellowship, check out the “Upcoming Programs, Workshops, and Reading Groups” section below!
September Komunidad: Alternative Proteins & Animal Welfare
On September 14, EA Philippines held another one of its Organization Series, a collection of talks happening during our monthly Komunidads that aimed at having the community get to know the local EA-aligned organizations.
In this Organization Series, we welcomed speakers from Animal Empathy Philippines and Paro Institute. Participants were able to listen in on these two amazing organizations working in farm animal welfare and alternative proteins, respectively. 🐷🫘
Community Assessment Survey Winners!
To better grasp the needs of the community and guide our decision-making on what programs and events would be most beneficial, EA Philippines released a community survey. 3 survey respondents would be randomly selected to receive a Fully Booked Discount card and the results are in!
We would like to congratulate Keoni Bello, Ronnel Bermas, and Sunta Cadiz for being our 3 lucky winners!
EA Philippines Funding Status
EA Philippines' current funding as of October 8, 2024:
Meta Charity Funders: ~Php1,262,500
Individual Donations: ~Php204,500
CEA Group Support Funding: ~ Php 395,000
Total amount raised: ~Php3,124,500
Total minimum funding goal: ~Php 1,606,700
Total preferred funding goal: ~Php 2,566,000
This means we’ve currently covered ~123.9% of our preferred funding goal.
We will also be releasing an update on our Manifund post soon!
If you’d still like to help fund EA Philippines, you can do so by clicking the button below:
🇵🇭 Philippine EA: Local News
Healthy Futures Global just treated their 9th pregnant women for syphilis and potentially saved 3 babies’ lives. They are also working on scaling up health worker training on preventing HIV and syphilis in pregnancy.
Animal Empathy Philippines is looking for volunteers! If you’d like to volunteer as a web designer or content writer, you can express your interest here.
Phlourish Mental Health Initiative Inc. held an in-person orientation with Calamba City Health Office last September 21. The orientation centered around Phlourish’s self-guided workbook.
The in-person orientation held by Phlourish last September 21, 2024 in Calamba, Laguna
⭐️ Opportunities
Upcoming Conferences
EAGxSingapore 2024 - link
14 – 15 December 2024
Application deadline: 30th November 2024
EA Global Boston - link
November 1 – 3, 2024
Application deadline: 20th October 2024 (11:59 pm EDT)
EAGxAustralasia 2024 - link
November 22 – 24, 2024
Applications are ongoing!
EAGxVirtual 2024 - link
15 – 17 November 2024
Application deadline: 14th November 2024
Upcoming Programs, Workshops, and Reading Groups
Introductory EA Program - Effective Altruism Virtual Programs - link
START HERE IF YOU’RE NEW TO EA!
04 November - 29 December 2024
Application deadline: 13th October 2024 (11:59 pm EDT)
In-Depth EA Program - Effective Altruism Virtual Programs - link
04 November - 29 December 2024
Application deadline: 13th October 2024 (11:59 pm EDT)
The Precipice Reading Group - Effective Altruism Virtual Programs - link
2 December - 26 January 2025
Application deadline: 10th November, 2024 (11:59 pm EDT)
The Cosmos Fellowship - link
The Fellowship is a multi-month, full-time experience in which Fellows may integrate into the HAI Lab at the University of Oxford or other partner institutions (subject to host agreements), collaborate with Cosmos mentors, or pursue independent projects within an interdisciplinary network of leaders.
Application deadline: December 1, 2024
Jobs, internships, and volunteering
Global Challenges Project
December Workshop (Oxford) - link
An intensive three-day workshop for students to explore AI safety and biosecurity.
Application deadline: 27th October 2024
List of Challenges and Prizes Related to Top Problems - link
List of Internship and Residency Programs, Machine Learning / Software Engineering - link
List of Alternative Proteins Opportunities - link
Funding Opportunities - link
📖 Further Reading
Global EA-related news
Our World in Data releases “Many of us can save a child’s life, if we rely on the best data” by Max Roser. - link
“There are many ways to improve the world, but their cost-effectiveness varies immensely. You can achieve a lot more if you rely on the best data on where to donate.”
“CEA will continue to take a "principles-first" approach to EA” by Zach Robinson - link (posted in August)
“This approach doubles down on the claim that EA is bigger than any one cause area. EA is not AI safety; EA is not longtermism; EA is not effective giving; and so on. Rather than recommending a single, fixed answer to the question of how we can best help others, I think the value of EA lies in asking that question in the first place and the tools and principles EA provides to help people approach that question.”
Some interesting reads & watches
“Anonymous answers: What are the best ways to fight the next pandemic?” by Anemone Franz and Tessa Alexanian - link
“On Fables and Nuanced Charts” by Asimov Press - link
“While data visualizations appear to present information objectively, they are laden with assumptions. Some of those assumptions are held by the chart maker, and others are held by you.”