Global Perspectives on Race, Justice and Equity
The Institute for Global Leadership and The Fletcher School announce the launch of the Conversation Series “Global Perspectives on Race, Justice and Equity.”
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Global Perspectives on Race, Justice and Equity
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ALLIES
ALLIES
moreThe Alliance Linking Leaders in Education and the Services (ALLIES) is an undergraduate organization dedicated to improving civilian-military relations.
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MERG
MERG
moreThe Middle East Research Group (MERG) is a collaborative research group studying the Middle East and North Africa.
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Tufts International Development
Tufts International Development
moreTufts International Development (formerly BUILD Latin America) is a student-led organization that immerses students in the theory and practice of sustainable development in Latin America.
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Inquiry
Inquiry
moreInquiry is a global issues simulation program for high school students developed by EPIIC.
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Empower
Empower
moreThe Empower Program for Social Entrepreneurship educates, mentors, and motivates aspiring social entrepreneurs at Tufts.
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Tufts International Development: India
Tufts International Development: India
moreBuilding Understanding through International Learning & Development (BUILD) is an interdisciplinary student-led program that focuses on the theory and practice of sustainable development.
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EWB
EWB
moreTufts Engineers Without Borders (EWB) is a student group at Tufts University that designs and implements sustainable engineering projects in developing communities.
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Oslo Scholars
Oslo Scholars
moreThe Oslo Scholars Program (OSP) offers undergraduates with demonstrated interest in human rights an opportunity to attend the Oslo Freedom Forum in Norway and work with some of the world’s leading human rights defenders and activists.
The mission of the IGL is to prepare new generations of critical thinkers for effective and ethical leadership, ready to act as global citizens in addressing international and national issues across cultures.
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Recent Highlights
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The Role of Women in Modern Conflicts by Avani Kabra (A’23)
Learn MoreThis summer, I have had the pleasure of working with four other Tufts’ students on a project called A Woman’s War with Elizabeth (Biz) Herman, an IGL alumna and a PhD candidate at the University of California Berkeley.
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Can Grassroots Initiatives Foster Innovation in Guinea-Bissau? by Marcia Almeida Mendes (F’20)
Learn MoreCan grassroots initiatives foster innovation in Guinea Bissau? This is a question I came up with last summer while spending time in Guinea-Bissau, a small nation in West Africa, for my capstone research and a consultancy project. This summer, I have been working with a grassroots organization based in the country to try and answer it.
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19 Stolen Years: Holding the Eritrean Regime Accountable by Leah Yohannes (A’21)
Learn MoreThis summer I am interning with One Day Seyoum (ODS), a youth-led organization dedicated to publicizing human rights violations in Eritrea and to speaking out against the current regime. The group was originally started as a student club by Vanessa Tsehaye in honor of her uncle, Seyoum Tsehaye, an Eritrean photojournalist who was imprisoned during the government shutdown of the free press.
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Langos and legacies: Dismantling Dictatorships with Jamila Raqib by Haruka Noishiki (A’21 )
Learn MoreOver the past few years, it would not be an exaggeration to say that I have pined over the Oslo Scholars Program. It was the commitment to human rights, the possibility of attending and if not, supporting an activist that is a part of the Human Rights Forum, and the array of human rights issues that the organizations tackled and the impact they had that drew me to this program.
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Haiti’s Northern Region: A Bastion of Unexplored Potential by Tania Smith (F’20)
Learn More“The poorest country in the Western Hemisphere” is a moniker that has followed Haiti for decades. If you Google Haiti, you will come across images of extreme poverty: streets covered in heaps of trash and the gaunt faces of people ravaged by hunger. Haiti has also been known for its adverse risk to natural disasters.
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Graduate School I: Making the Decision of When and Where by Haitong Du (A’22)
Learn MoreAlmost one in every five Tufts students attends a graduate school as a part of their post-graduation plans. On June 6th, the Tufts Institute for Global Leadership held a webinar on “Making the Decision of When and Where” featuring four alumnae sharing what they see as the value of going, or not going, to grad schools.
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IGL Resources on Racism, Racial Justice and Equity
Learn MoreThe IGL has compiled some resources to help understand Racism, Racial Justice and Equity.
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COVID-19 and the IGL
Learn MoreThe campus is quiet. The IGL has not had its doors open in over a month, since March 16. In its 34-year history, this is unique for the Institute. On February 28, the IGL hosted an event for more than 200 people with Boston Celtics Center Enes Kanter and on March 13, we were saying goodbye to our students as the campus closed and prepared to move online.
Youth Engagement for Sustainable Development by Vladimir Proano (A’20)
Geneva, Switzerland
See Full Profile World of Co-Operation: “Better Policies for Better Lives” by Sadik Tarik Sadi Cetin (A’22)
Paris, France
See Full Profile Establishing an Educational Center in Pambamarquito by Santiago Martinez-Moure (A’22)
Pambamarquito, Ecuador
Tufts International Development
See Full Profile Trouble in Paradise: The Nightmare Continues for Refugees in Greece by Lomax Turner (A’21)
Samos, Greece
See Full Profile Oslo Scholars: Abebe Gellaw
Washington, D.C. and Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Oslo Scholars
See Full Profile EMPOWER Research: Darmaji Village and Karawang, Indonesia
Darmaji, Indonesia
Empower
See Full Profile The IGL network spans the globe. Student, Alumni and Experts can be found participating in research, programs and events world wide. SEE ALL