Foreign Language Instruction

2007-2008: Solidaris provides foreign-language instruction in English and Dutch to select professionals:

a) under a 2007 subcontract with LLE Language Services (which contracts with the US Department of State) and

b) a 2007-2008 primary contract with Dr. Almut, Head of the Friedrich Ebert Foundation (1023 15th Street, NW).

Translators of Non-dominant Languages

2005-2006: Solidaris recruited linguists for the translation of security-sensitive material in minority languages (speakers from developing, Islamic, or otherwise non-traditional countries) for a commercial client MVM Security (Vienna, Virginia) contracted by the US Department of Justice.

Ethnolinguistic Diversity

2005: Dr. Meyjes lectured on ethnolinguistic diversity at a summer seminar in Bulgarian Language and Culture seminar at the University of Plovdiv in Bulgaria.

Robert Hayden poet-laureate: A Retrospective

2004: Solidaris represented a number of organizations in the Washington DC area to celebrate and rediscover the art and spirit of two-time US Poet Laureate Robert Hayden (1913-1980), whose artistry and "passionate Universalism" uniquely transcends racial and cultural divides, rendering his soul-stirring poetry of abiding relevance to intercultural politics today. Solidaris coordinated an address by Dr. Meyjes about Hayden's life, a Reception, various poetry readings and a school essay contest in the City of Falls Church, Virginia, where Hayden resided while in the area.