[ACYPL] State Rep. Touchstone explores China with political group | HubCitySPOKES. State Rep. Brad Touchstone said he would like to return to China on his own after he came back from a two-week trip last weekend. Touchstone, whose District 101 represents Lamar County, was part of a seven-person troupe of young professionals that toured China sponsored by the American Council of Young Political Leaders. He said his thoughts about going China followed along with most American’s feelings about the country and its people. “I think my initial impressions have been formed by what we have been taught about the Chinese people,” he said.
“I think my anticipation was that the image we have of the Chinese government is a reflection of its people – closed off form the world and views the United States as an adversary. Obviously, I had this notion of what Communism looked like; I had never seen the way a Communist country works. Touchstone said the picture he imagines was both changed and affirmed. “So there is a lot of distrust in the people that rule China,” he said. [Mandela Washington] UMN Mandela Fellows Featured in Radio Interview. Crossposted from Humphrey Herald Two Mandela Washington Fellows, Abdulrasek Ejiwumi of Nigeria and Rebecca Kasika of Tanzania, were guests on Jearlyn Steele's WCCO radio program Sunday evening. DownloadsPlay 07-23-17 - Steele Talkin - 8pm40:30Open Phones on what is going on Minneapolis and beyond. Some of the brightest youngsters in Africa, have been hanging out in Minnesota the past few weeks, part of the The Mandela Washington Fellowship, hosted by the Center for Integrative Leadership at the University of Minnesota’s Humphrey School of Public Affairs, and the Public Management Institute.
The Fellowship emphasizes fundamentals such as strategic planning, leadership, and financial management. Jearlyn meets two of these leaders, Abdulrasek Ejiwumi, Nigeria and Rebecca Kasika, Tanzania, to find out about their odyssey, and their attitudes towards Americans and our way of life. [Mandela Washington] One Health idea gives Young African fellows new ways to promote health - International Division.
The idea of One Health – that the health of humans, animals and ecosystems are interconnected—presented new ways to address health challenges for the Mandela Washington Fellows visiting the University of Wisconsin-Madison this summer. For Webby Phiri, a physician from Zambia, connecting environmental and human health gives him a new way to look at trachoma, a disease that can be spread by flies and lead to blindness. “By the time patients get to the medical side, it can be a bit too late,” says Phiri, one of 25 Mandela Washington Fellows representing 20 African countries who are spending 6 weeks at UW-Madison.
Establishing strong relationships with environmental health and medicine could be important connections to battle the world’s top cause of preventable blindness. Omari Mahiza, another Mandela fellow and physician from Tanzania, was delighted to find that One Health connects his two loves: medicine and farming. Read the full story. [Mandela Washington] Mandela Washington Fellowship at K-State - John W. Carlin and Civic Leadership. [Mandela Washington] 25 Young African Leaders Wrap Up Their Stay in Maine. ORONO, Maine (WABI) "An interesting fact is that 60% of the continent of Africa is younger than 30 years of age. So, they're very young.
It's also a wrench in natural resources so one of the main goals of Mandela Washington Fellowship to develop these partnerships. " For the second year, 25 young African leaders have spent most of their summer in Maine. It's all part of the 2017 Mandela Washington fellowship. A flagship program empowering young people through leadership training, mentoring, and rigorous coursework.
For this years fellows, this was their first trip to Maine and it wouldn't have been complete without a visit from Governor LePage who gave the group a lot to think about it. "The best thing that you know that he shared with us is that you go to your countries and make them great. These young leaders are already experts in their fields. Many are directors in their organizations, institutions, and communities.
There they'll meet U.S. leaders from the public and private sectors. [Mandela Washington] Suicide bomb survivor works to save Islam from radicals | African Independent. The 2010 football World Cup, held in South Africa, left an indelible mark on the continent and will go down as a momentous event in sporting history. However, in Uganda, the tournament will always be synonymous with "bloodbath" and a grim reminder terrorism is among the biggest menaces of today. As Spain and the Netherlands were searching for a goal to break the deadlock on a chilly Johannesburg night, more than 4000km north in the Ugandan capital Kampala, extremists were executing an evil plan.
Al-Shabaab carried out suicide bombings in crowds watching the final at two locations in Kampala, killing 74 people and injuring 70. The Islamist militia based in Somalia claimed responsibility for the blasts as retaliation for Ugandan support for the AU mission in Somalia. Ugandan survivor Hassan Ndugwa, 30, recounts the ill-fated day seven years later. “I was joining my friends on July11, 2010, at the Kyadondo Rugby Club in Kampala. [Mandela Washington] Mandela Washington fellows learn about social value during Indianapolis visit -- Indianapolis Hub. Sharon Barang’a is one of the fellows visiting Indianapolis.
She is a TV journalist in Kenya, specializing in education and children affairs. “Social commerce is the key to development in many countries,” she said, explaining what she’d learned over the past couple days. “It’s one of the most important things – If well implemented, each and every country has the hope of developing into what they dream about: Proper infrastructure, better education, more affordable and better quality healthcare, as well.” “The whole premise of the workshop is to show these young leaders that to do social good, businesses must be financially sustainable,” explained Roberson. “It’s exciting to work with the Mandela Fellows during their time in Indianapolis,” said Phil Powell, Kelley Indianapolis associate dean of academic programs. The fellowship is part of former President Barack Obama’s Young African Leaders Initiative (YALI).
[Mandela Washington] A conversation with young African leaders at UD for Mandela Washington Fellowship - Delaware First Media. [Mandela Washington] Hustle until all the dots connect... | African Independent. Aged four, Thabo Mabuza witnessed the murder of his mother by his stepfather, who also took his own life. A pursuit of his biological father ended in another tragedy when the parent’s life was shortened by the scourge of HIV/Aids, so prevalent in South Africa. Out of the myriad of tragedies, Mabuza, now 29, has emerged as one of the most inspirational youth advocates of his generation.
“You are on earth to fulfil a mission. The world needs you too,” said Mabuza, who refused to be bogged down by his misfortunes. His story is one of persistence, willpower and a purpose-driven mission to emancipate the youth. Founder of the Ulwazi Resource Consulting (in 2014), which supplies aircraft maintenance parts for South African Airways Technical (Saat), Mabuza considers himself a social entrepreneur who is passionate about creating spaces for young people to collaborate and co-create. From a young age, Mabuza was conscious of the legacy he wanted to create for himself and his family. [Mandela Washington] The Local Take Features CAU 2017 Young African Leaders | WCLK.
For the fourth year The Local Take speaks with a few of the Young African Leaders matriculating at Clark Atlanta University this summer as part of the Mandela Washington Fellowship for Young African Leaders. Begun in 2014 it's the flagship program of the Young African Leaders Initiative (YALI) that empowers young people from the continent of Africa through academic coursework, leadership training, and networking. In 2017, the Fellowship provided 1,000 outstanding young leaders from Sub-Saharan Africa with the opportunity to hone their skills at a U.S. college or university with support for professional development after they return home.
Over 125,000 applicants applied for the 2017 program. The Fellows, who are between the ages of 25 and 35, have established records of accomplishment in promoting innovation and positive impact in their organizations, institutions, communities, and countries. These YALI leaders share their hopes and dreams with our listeners. [Mandela Washington] Mandela Fellow works to promote change in Zambia [video] Zambian Brighton Kaoma started dreaming at an early age. At 14, he received an opportunity to be trained by the Children’s Radio Foundation. Still a teen, Kaoma took the skills he learned and ran with it — lobbying for free airtime at a radio station so he could host a show to educate the community about pollution. “For me it’s because someone cared, and it’s because my community in which I was born faced quite a number of challenges, including pollution from the mines, environmental degradation and being exposed to circumstances where each time it rained sometimes the bridge that connected my house to the nearest school washed away, made me realize I needed to do something,” he said.
“But again, someone cared. Kaoma’s environmental activism and community leadership never stopped. He co-established Agents of Change Zambia, a non-profit supported by the Children’s Radio Foundation to educate youth and encourage them to have dialogues on issues in their communities and work to solve them. [Mandela Washington] USAID Acting Administrator Wade Warren Provides Welcome Remarks at 2017 Mandela Washington Leadership Summit – MilTech.
U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Acting Administrator Wade Warren will join the Department of State in welcoming the 2017 Mandela Washington Fellowship Summit, the flagship program of the Young African Leaders Initiative (YALI), which represents the United States’ investment in the next generation of African leaders. The Summit brings together 1,000 talented young leaders from Sub-Saharan Africa who play important roles in enhancing peace and security, spurring economic growth, and strengthening democratic institutions in the United States and Africa. The Mandela Washington Fellowship for Young African Leaders is a program of the U.S. Government. For more information about the 2017 Summit, please visit: To request media credentials for this open-press event, please use this online form at Credentialed media representatives may attend this event upon presentation of one of the following: (1) A U.S.
[YALI] Africa: Trump Dissing Africa. Photo: allafrica.com From left, Presidents Jacob Zuma, Muhammadu Buhari and Donald Trump. opinionBy Japhet M. Zwana Trump's myopic motto, 'America First', is complemented by an unspoken one, 'Africa Never.' His refusal to take notice of Africa will be deleterious to US-Africa relations. As of March 2017, Africa had barely registered in President Donald Trump's book. The current xenophobic approach to the continent is unmistakable. The Trump Administration's disdain for Africa is a pernicious admixture of ignorance and exploitation. Thus, it was hardly surprising that, on Saturday, 8 July 2017, the 45th President of the United States dumped the high-level G20 pow-wow in Germany in favor of a bilateral meeting. This whole episode was a demonstration of Trump's insensitivity to the needs of more than 1 billion people. *After his election as President, a tremendous sense of apprehension gripped Africa.
*As of April 2017, the African Affairs office is led by a career foreign service officer. [YALI] Young African Leaders Initiative (YALI) - 2017 Fellows. [Mandela Washington] Mandela Fellows visit Indianapolis | Education. Recently, a group of 25 young leaders from sub-Saharan Africa visited Indiana for a six-week civic leadership institute. The group, which consists of academics, civic leaders and professionals from many different disciplines, were chosen to be Mandela Washington Fellows. The Mandela Washington Fellowship for Young African Leaders, founded in 2014, is the flagship program of the Young African Leaders Initiative (YALI). This year, out of 64,000 applicants, 1,000 were picked to participate. During their stay in the Hoosier state, two weeks were spent at IUPUI. “I love that these young leaders are so engaged in our discussions and conversations about business. “We were discussing social value in business and ended up having a 45-minute discussion because the scholars had so many ideas about how social and commercial value work together.
White noted that the visit is aligned with Lilly’s mission to increase their global impact and focus on civic engagement. [Mandela Washington] UMaine Mandela Fellows travel to Washington D.C. for Fellowship Summit - UMaine News. On July 29, the 25 University of Maine Mandela Washington Fellows will complete their program at the UMaine Public Management Institute and travel to the Mandela Washington Fellowship Summit in Washington D.C., where they will join the other 975 fellows from host institutes across the nation. The three-day event marks the culmination of the 2017 Mandela Washington Fellowship program. During the summit, the fellows will participate in networking events; panel discussions with leaders from the private, public and nonprofit centers; as well as a fellowship talent show.
One fellow from each university will present an Ignite talk — a short presentation meant to inspire — to the entire group of 2017 fellows. Ousmane Souare of Guinea will represent the UMaine cohort and speak about restoring faith in the Guinean public health system following the nation’s Ebola crisis. Following the summit, many of the UMaine fellows will leave the United States and return to their respective home countries. [Mandela Washington] International education programs secure our place in the world. Like most of you, I have watched with fascination and horror the health-care debate and the investigation into Russian interference in our elections. Little attention is being paid, though, to the damage the president’s proposed budget would do to our ability to manage future foreign policy crises and compete in the international marketplace. The proposal would eliminate long-standing and effective programs that create a cadre of American citizens who can speak languages other than English and function in different cultures.
All my adult life, more than 50 years, I worked in foreign affairs, including 30 years working in or on the Middle East. We have made some horrendous mistakes, from sending Marines into a Lebanese civil war we didn’t understand in the early 1980s to invading Iraq unprepared for the aftermath in 2003. As a participant in this unsatisfactory history of intervention, I concluded that we just don’t know enough about the peoples and cultures outside of North America. [Mandela Washington] Tibor Nagy: Lubbock hosts “Mandela Fellows” — What Africa could be.
This summer the U.S. Department of State selected Texas Tech to join 38 of America’s leading universities to each host groups of 25 “Mandela Fellows” for a six-week leadership development program. Formally named the Mandela Washington Fellowship for Young African Leaders, it’s one of the U.S. government’s premiere exchange programs, with the goal of bringing to America some of Africa’s most promising future entrepreneurs, professionals, educators and political leaders. As I wrote in my column after finishing a stint last August as interim chief of mission in Nigeria (“In Nigeria, the Glass is half ..?” Sept. 11, 2016), I had an opportunity to meet there with Nigeria’s returning 2016 “Fellows;” never in my life have I been so impressed with a group of young men and women. Recognizing the value of the program, several of our academic departments made a major effort to have Tech included this year, and we were delighted to be selected. [Mandela Washington] Finding A Bigger Voice: How Radio Brought A Young HIV Advocate From Botswana To Pittsburgh.
[Mandela Washington] Timberland Hosts Young African Leaders Initiative Fellows at Headquarters | 3BL Media. [Mandela Washington] Young African leaders learn about successes, challenges of solving problems in America | ASU Now. [Mandela Washington] Mandela Fellows Honored by City Council, Conclude Texas Tech Institute | Texas Tech Today | TTU. [Mandela Washington] Interview with Marcella Katjijova from Namibia. - Whats Up Kansas City. [Mandela Washington] The Mandela Washington Fellowship at Texas Tech to be Honored -- KYFO.fm. [Mandela Washington] Mandel School students gain new cultural perspectives this summer The Daily. [Mandela Washington] Dorset speaker: Education can end slavery | The Bennington Banner. [Mandela Washington] Fellowship program helping young African leaders build connections in Lincoln | Education.
[Mandela Washington] Mayor Reed’s Objectives on His $90,000 Mission to South Africa - Global Atlanta. [Mandela Washington] From Kenya to Dorset: Woman to speak on importance of mentors | The Manchester Journal. [Mandela Washington] Meet Jayne Waithera, the Extraordinary Kenyan Woman Giving a Voice to Albinism -- The Root.
[Mandela Washington] Fellows Visit Food Finders | Food Finders Food Bank. [Mandela Washington] Fellows look at local governance | UDaily. [Mandela Washington] Young African ConneXions Summit: Changing Perceptions and Strengthening Links | Afro. [Mandela Washington] Tibor Nagy: Lubbock hosts “Mandela Fellows” — What Africa could be. [Mandela Washington] Nigerian Mandela Fellow enjoying time with OSU | News. [Mandela Washington] Fellowship to visit Meals on Wheels, make del. [Mandela Washington] At Drexel, 25 Mandela fellows learn to be leaders.
[YSEALI] Future relationship remains uncertain two years after resumption of U.S-Cuba diplomatic ties. [YSEALI] Workshop tackles environmental issues, moulds youth leaders – Borneo Bulletin Online. [Mandela Washington] From Kenya to Dorset: Woman to speak on importance of mentors | The Manchester Journal. [Mandela Washington] Young African Leaders Initiative fellows visit Iowa City, tour the state | Iowa Now. [Mandela Washington] Fellows help University of Iowa tap into global market. [Mandela Washington] Mandela’s work lives on. International Exchange Programs Receive Unprecedented Support | HuffPost. Retired generals cite past comments from Mattis while opposing Trump’s proposed foreign aid cuts. [IYLEP] Iraqi Center for Dialogue hosts Iraqi youth in Exchange Program ECC - East County Californian. [Mandela Washington] Mandela Day celebrated in Otjomuise - The Namibian. [Mandela Washington] Cochise County hosts young African leaders | Arizona Business Daily.
[Mandela Washington] Mandela Fellow from Kenya to Speak in Dorset | Vermont News Guide. [Mandela Washington] The Mandela Washington Fellowship observes Mandela Day at Books for Africa | Mshale. [Mandela Washington] IUPUI to host young African leaders seeking to make positive changes at home: Indiana University. [Mandela Washington] Mandela Washington Fellows Visit Rutgers University - Camden, NJ. [Mandela Washington] Mandela Fellows come from Africa to learn in Bloomington. [Mandela Washington] Dare 2 CREATE Arts Exhibition To showcase unique African art | News Ghana. [Mandela Washington] Visiting African students receive innovative gift from John Pappajohn - Business Record. [Mandela Washington] US Embassy inclusive youth leadership programs - Bulawayo24 News. International exchanges advance US interests for the long term.
[Mandela Washington] Displaced Cameroonians mean business in escaping Boko Haram | News Home. [YALI] 50 Women benefit from a day’s skills training workshop - BusinessGhana News. [Mandela Washington] Six journalists from Africa talk shop during visit with Herald-Times staff | Opinion. [Mandela Washington] Ohio State University Mandela Fellows Visit Supreme Court. [Mandela Washington] Mandela Fellow Relebohile Monethi looks to make poultry history | News.
[Mandela Washington] Mandela Fellows visit Columbus | Regional news. [Mandela Washington] USD Hosts Dynamic Mandela Washington Fellowship African Leaders. [Mandela Washington] NWS welcomes Africa's Mandela Washington Fellows to New World Center | New World Symphony. [Mandela Washington] Young African leaders share vision at BGSU - The Blade. [Mandela Washington] W&M hosts Africa’s emerging civic leaders for two-week program. [Mandela Washington] City of Trees has 30 new ones, thanks to some young Africans. [Mandela Washington] Meet the 2017 Mandela Washington Fellows. [Mandela Washington] Young African entrepreneurs learning business skills in Iowa. [Mandela Washington] Fellow from Kenya to speak July 23 - VTDigger. [Mandela Washington] Fellows at BGSU vie for slot in D.C. - Sentinel-Tribune: Front Page. [Mandela Washington] Fellow from Kenya to speak July 23 - VTDigger. [Mandela Washington] Fellows Make Their Mark at Texas Tech University | Texas Tech Today | TTU.
[Mandela Washington] From the Cape Flats to legal success: Andrew Gasnolar's inspiring story - BizNews.com. [Mandela Washington] Zimbabwean students conquer Texas - Bulawayo24 News. [Mandela Washington] African leaders learn leadership, networking, community service at Texas Tech. [YSEALI] Student leaders draft environmental initiatives. [YSEALI] Vietnam Detains Young Activist Over Critical Facebook Comments. [Mandela Washington] We need to thank Bathabile Dlamini | City Press. [Mandela Washington] The Presidential Precinct. [Mandela Washington] Deep dive into entrepreneurship in ABQ | Albuquerque Journal. [YSEALI] Kennesaw State Helps Kickstart Southeast Asian Leaders' Civic Plans - Global Atlanta. [Mandela Washington] BGSU's Mandela Washington fellows eager to find solutions - Sentinel-Tribune: Front Page. [Mandela Washington] Mandella scholar making an impact in home country of Rwanda | News.