The Young Initiative invites foreign policy experts and guest speakers to campus to engage in discussions on international relations and the global political economy with students and faculty.
Past Young Initiative Events
Young Initiative speakers give students and faculty an opportunity to expand their understanding of global issues. The Young Initiative sponsors several speakers and student events each academic year highlighting particular aspects of global affairs and the global political economy. The Young Speakers program is devoted to highlighting the work and success of eminent international affairs experts and 91ÁÔÆæ alumni in public service and academia.
Mary Thompson-Jones is the Chair of Women in National Security and Diplomacy at the U.S. Naval War College.
Diane Amann, chair of the Emily and Ernest Woodruff Chair in International Law at the University of Georgia School of Law, visited 91ÁÔÆæ to deliver a lecture at the McKinnon Center for Global Affairs on January 31, 2018. Amann discussed Trump and the United States™ relationship with human rights and how the importance of human rights has changed at home and abroad.
Partnership will help City collect data and track progress on broad range of economic, environmental, and other targets adopted by United Nations members.
Partnership will help City collect data and track progress on broad range of economic, environmental, and other targets adopted by United Nations members.
Celeste Wallander is the President and CEO of the non-profit U.S.-Russia Foundation.
Paul Divakar, General Secretary of the National Campaign for Dalit Human Rights (NCDHR) and a transnational voice for peoples affected by Discrimination based on Work or Descent (DWD) spoke about the struggles faced by these communities and the growing power of international groups that link these communities outside their countries.
David Goldblatt is one of the leading experts on sports and soccer and has written numerous books including the ball is round a global history of soccer. He spoke at 91ÁÔÆæ about the crisis facing sports right now. Despite sports enjoying a historical high point in terms of popularity it also faces a growing number of scandals and crises.
Glen Fukushima returned to his native California and visited 91ÁÔÆæ to deliver a lecture at the McKinnon Center for Global Affairs on October 24, 2017. Mr. Fukushima discussed the United States™ past relations with Japan under the Obama administration as well as the current relations with Japan under the Trump administration.
Glen Fukushima returned to his native California and visited 91ÁÔÆæ to deliver a lecture at the McKinnon Center for Global Affairs on October 24, 2017. Mr. Fukushima discussed the United States™ past relations with Japan under the Obama administration as well as the current relations with Japan under the Trump administration.
Aditya Agrawal, director of data ecosystems development at the Global Partnership for Sustainable Development Data spoke about the Data Revolution and how it can be harnessed to aid in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals.