Hello, All:

Apologies that this is reaching you late as my last meeting of the day just concluded. Thank you to everyone who attended the Creative Career Focus Meeting last Saturday and the A.I. Art Therapy Group today!

• The final Creative Career Focus Meeting for Quarter 1 will be March 21, 2026, which will discuss Q2 Volunteer Assignment Listings & UNV Registration deadlines. Register here.

• AI Art Therapy with 34 Gallery Art Advisor Mind Soul Meditations is scheduled each Friday. Register here.

— M.

Administrative Updates

Important Note: Gmail continues to malfunction. Our communications will shift to submissions@34Gallery.org for the rest of the quarter until this is resolved. If we have not responded to an email you sent us within the last 8 days, resend to the new address.

• All submissions for the March Social Media Calendar are due by Monday. This content will be scheduled through March 5th.

• The Hope and Inner Child Open Calls are currently closed for curation.

• Whenever possible, like and comment on the social media posts. We have three artists at the moment at high risk for self-harm.

Administrative Updates, II

Suggested Content Ideas for the April Social Media Calendar:

700 word min. articles or personal essays on:

• Your experience volunteering with us.

• Culinary arts (cooking): Recipes with meaning to you, cookbook recommendations or reviews, the mental health benefits of a proper diet

• Gardening: Growing household herbs, household gardens & community gardens, the mental health benefits of gardening

• Sewing & Knitting: Tips on getting started, the mental health benefits of both

• Scrapbooking: Definition & Ways to Get Started

• Group therapy: Definition, Types, benefits

• Therapist vs. Psychiatrist: Definitions & how their roles differ in mental health interventions

• Peer Support Groups: Definition, types & benefits

Food for Thought

The United Nations System

• Central Emergency Response Fund

• Global Disaster Alert & Coordination System

• Humanitarian Data Exchange

• Inter-Agency Standing Committee

• ReliefWeb

• International Search and Rescue Advisory

• Global Humanitarian Overview 2026

AI Tools - Basics

Many industries now expect familiarity with at least 3 of these. Simply use Google to find their main websites:

Chatbots & Writing:

• Browse the Internet without being on it: Yutori Scouts

• ChatGPT: Best for general tasks, ideas, and text generation.

• Claude: Excellent for long text analysis and writing.

• Gemini: Strong for web-connected research.

• Grammarly: AI-powered grammar and tone correction.

• Quillbot: Paraphrasing and grammar checking.

• CopyAI: Marketing copy generation.

  Image & Design:

  • Canva Magic Design: AI design tools for images and presentations.

  • Stable Diffusion: Open-source image generation.

  • Cloud Vision AI: Image detection and labeling (first 1,000 units free).

  Productivity & Research:

  • Perplexity AI: Conversational search engine for research.

  • Notion AI: Task management and text generation.

  • ChatPDF: Interact with PDF documents.

  • Otter.ai: Meeting transcription and summaries.

  • Fireflies.ai: Meeting recorder and assistant.

  Audio & Video:

  • ElevenLabs: High-quality voice generation.

  • Google Vids: AI-powered video editing.

  Development & Technical:

  • Google AI Studio: Free API access for code generation, text-to-speech, and image generation.

  • Stability Matrix: Multi-Platform Package Manager and Inference UI for AI Image Generation.

Opportunities

Career Tip: Try a personality test, such as 16personalities.com for further insight on aligning your career choices with your strongest characteristics.

I. Staff-led Opportunity: Otjiwa Immersive Volunteering Program — For additional information on this opportunity, contact 34 Gallery Artist & Staff Member Vincenzo Cohen.

II. Partnership Announcement: The 34 Gallery is now partnering with ArtConnect to also run our Open Calls, which is a board with additional art & creative career opportunities.

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• UN Careers - the primary UN career hub

• UNJOBNET - daily UN & UN Affiliate job listing updates

• UNJOBNET: Remote Positions

• World Heritage Young Professionals Forum 2026

• Idealist.org: Remote Positions

• The Writer’s Center: Fellowships

• Robert H. Smith School of Business: Online Certificate in Artificial Intelligence and Career Empowerment

•  PICTO Fashion Photography Award

• 2026 Penn IUR Global Photo Contest

• Aspire Climatetech

• ARMENIA International Biennale 2026 

• Global Fellows in Courage

• Région Sud – Land of AI

• JCDecaux: Nurture programme

•  Estée Lauder Emerging Leaders Fund (ELELF)

• The Eliza Moore Fellowship for Artistic Excellence

• The Hasselblad Foundation’s International Photo Book Grants

•  2026 Banff Mountain Book Competition

• ARUA Early-Career Research Fellowship 2026–2027 

• Peace Boat US Youth for the SDGs Program 2026 

• She Code Africa Laptop Scholarship 2026

• Manaaki New Zealand Scholarships

• Trent University Graduate Scholarships

• Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program 2027–2028

• John Allwright Fellowship 2026

•  Intergenerational Peace Education Fellowship

• Atlantic Fellows for Health Equity (Fully Funded)

• UNEP Young Champions of the Earth (Up to $100K)

• WACSI Research Fellowship (West Africa)

• ITLOS–Nippon Foundation Fellowship (Fully Funded)

• OHCHR Humanitarian Funds Fellowship (UN Geneva)

• UNFPA Youth Fellow (Egypt, $2,012/month)

• Global Leadership Fellows Program

• Copenhagen Fellowship

• Cassagnol Conservation Fellowship

• Apple Finance Internship 2026

• NATO SHAPE Paid Internship 2027

• UNEP Traditional Knowledge Internship

• Bipartisan Policy Center Internship (Up to $6,000)

• Rasmussen Global Junior Advisor Internship

• Transatlantic Future Leaders Internship

• Hermès Paid Internships (Paris)

• Nelson Mandela Foundation Consultant

•  GLF Africa Hub Officer 

• Global Africa Translation Fellowship

• AIG Public Leaders Programme (Oxford)

• AI Skills 4 Women (Founderz × Microsoft)

• SIT Study Abroad (Spring 2027)

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Final Thoughts

This week has been difficult in many ways for quite a few of you. We are all bracing for continued global shakeups regarding policy, peace & natural disasters. But the key is showing up for your life, your loved ones, your career, and your advocacy.

Make your moments on this Earth count in the unique way only you can. So take time this week to do just that! 🥳

May hope, peace & unity be with you.