2019 Young Leader Award Shows: ‘Your Struggles Are Not Invisible’
Dzikamai Bere, 2017 alumnus of the Mandela Washington Fellowship at the Presidential Precinct, received the third annual Young Leader Award at Salute Africa: A Tribute for Mandela Washington Fellows....
View ArticleVarekova’s Leadership in Conservation Earns the Global Changemaker Award
Veronica Varekova, an inspiring global leader with a passion for conservation and environmentalism, received the inaugural Global Changemaker Award at Salute Africa: A Tribute for Mandela Washington...
View ArticleGlobal Founders | Cultural Heritage: From Ethiopia to James Monroe’s Highland
Season 2, Episode 1 Hewan Berhane, 2019 Mandela Fellow, is an Ethiopian urban architect working to protect a complex historical narrative in Addis Ababa. She joins Sara Bon-Harper, archeologist and...
View ArticleGlobal Founders | Civic Engagment: From Sudan to the University of Virginia
Season 2, Episode 2 Reem Ahmed, 2019 Mandela Fellow, works as a national consultant for the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality. She joins Louis Nelson, Vice Provost for Academic Outreach at...
View ArticleRECAP: Salute Africa
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View Article2019 Mandela Washington Fellows Left Their Mark on Precinct Partners
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View ArticleA Legacy of the Global Pathfinder Summit
Throughout the 2019 calendar year, the State of Virginia continues to celebrate 400 years of representative democracy in the United States through the 2019 Commemoration, American Evolution. In late...
View ArticleEmpowering Mining Communities in Southern Africa
Kitso Phiri is a 2018 alumnus of the Mandela Washington Fellowship at the Presidential Precinct. — I am a trained lawyer and a business and human rights consultant in Botswana. My work entails shaping...
View ArticleEducation, Compromise, and the Value of History
Ebrima Sonko is a 2019 alumnus of the Mandela Washington Fellowship at the Presidential Precinct. To give Emperor Julius Caesar what rightfully belongs to him, let me begin by unreservedly commending...
View ArticleGlobal Founders | A Shared Commitment to Climate
Season 2, Episode 5 In this episode, hear from two leaders in the fight against climate change, Dr. Manuel Lerdau and Yasmin Abulkadir. Dr. Lerdau is a Environmental Science Professor at the...
View ArticleGlobal Founders | Champions of Historic Transparency (Part 1 of 2)
Season 2, Episode 3 A conversation between two individuals championing the fight for transparency and reconciliation in the face of egregious historical injustices. Ebrima Sonko, 2019 Mandela...
View ArticleGlobal Founders | Champions of Historic Transparency (Part 2 of 2)
Season 2, Episode 4 A conversation between two individuals championing the fight for transparency and reconciliation in the face of egregious historical injustices. Ebrima Sonko, 2019 Mandela...
View ArticleAlum’s LEES Event Brings Out the Best of St. Kitts
Living in the smallest sovereign country in the Western Hemisphere, young leaders in St. Kitts and Nevis are still equipped to make a global, entrepreneurial impact thanks to LEES – the Leadership...
View ArticleCelebrating the Strengths of Presidential Precinct Alumni
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View ArticleWhen Czech Republic meets U.S.A.
Leadership development as a catalyst for change One year ago I arrived in Charlottesville to participate in the 2018 Global Leadership Forum (GLF 2018). I was selected to participate while serving as...
View ArticleA New Community is Forged at GLF 2019
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View ArticleEquipping a Culture of Entrepreneurship in Haiti
It remains an integral part of the Presidential Precinct’s mission that alumni return home to invest their newfound knowledge, expertise, and networks. Here at the end of 2019, we have the opportunity...
View ArticleIs Entrepreneurship All About Successful Companies?
On a cold December morning, 14 young entrepreneurs from communities across South Asia gathered together at the University of Virginia’s i.Lab to begin their day of site visits with leaders from across...
View ArticleA Network Like Never Seen Before
You’ll find, at the foundation of the Presidential Precinct’s mission, a leadership process that is realized in each of our programs for the benefit of every participant: Find changemakers Support...
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