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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MERG
MERG
moreThe Middle East Research Group (MERG) is a collaborative research group studying the Middle East and North Africa.
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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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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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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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Uncovering Decades of Power Right in the Kitchen of Gene Sharp by Liz Shelbred (A22)
Learn MoreOne day in early July, I had the chance to visit the home of the late Dr. Gene Sharp, founder of the Albert Einstein Institution (AEI) and life-long scholar of nonviolent action.
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Nonviolent Resistance in Action by Frankie Michielli (A22)
Learn MoreThe highlight of my work at the Centre for Applied Nonviolent Action and Strategies (CANVAS), so far this summer, has been attending its training workshops for activists. CANVAS, a human rights organization based in Belgrade, Serbia, researches and teaches about nonviolent civil resistance and how to form peaceful political movements.
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Building a Future of Financial Inclusion in Africa: My Preliminary Experience with FinTech Pezesha in Leading the Way in Embedded Financing by Elisabeth Di Domenico (A24)
Learn MoreThis summer, I am working remotely as a Communications and Business Development Consultant for Pezesha Africa, a fintech startup based in Nairobi, Kenya. Pezesha was founded by its CEO, Hilda Moraa (pictured bottom left on the poster), an award-winning entrepreneur and author.
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Pride, Protest and Power: Balancing International Journalism with Local Compassion in Brazil by Laura Harvey (A’24)
Learn MoreThis summer, I am lucky to be interning with the International Indigenous Rights NGO, Cultural Survival. I have mainly been working on communications and on a project called Indigenous Rights Radio, which sources and creates radio programs to be distributed to Indigenous community radio stations.
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Light on the hill: the global impact of Tufts International community by Derick Athiri (A’23)
Learn MoreI wish I could say I am a stranger to Kenya. I wish I could describe the country with the awed language of a tourist. But mine is an even better perspective: one of a local boy and seasoned teenager who is a returning sojourner. Maua in Eastern Kenya’s Meru County is a small developing town hidden in Nyambene ridges of Mt Kenya’s slopes.
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Eddie Glaude, Jr on the Complex Dynamics of the American Experience
Learn MoreIn this panel, public Intellectual and frequent Media Commentator Eddie S. Glaude Jr. spoke to the complex dynamics of the American experience. Glaude joined us as part of the IGL-Fletcher School Conversation Series on Race, Justice and Equity.
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Empowering students from the inside out: designing the achieving flow course by Andrea Mejia (F21)
Learn MoreLast summer, I worked as a Research Assistant to Edward DeMore, a board member for the Institute for Global Leadership, on an incredible project aiming to create a course about how neuroscience and meditation can help to achieve flow in life. The team consisted of four members, including Dr. Lynne Bentley-Kemp, an undergraduate student, and me, a Fletcher student.
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Women and space industry with IGL alumnae Katherine Monson and Lauren Milord
Learn MoreRecently, the IGL had the opportunity to speak with two IGL alum, Katherine Monson and Lauren Milord, about their careers in the space industry. Monson is the CEO of KSAT Inc. for Kongsberg Satellite Services (KSAT), a service that provides ground station services for satellites, rocket launchers, and experimental spacecraft.
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Podcast Series: “African Voices, African Arguments”
Learn MoreSponsored by the Institute for Global Leadership and The World Peace Foundation, one of the Fletcher School’s most active research centers, the new podcast series “African Voices, African Arguments” explores issues of peace, justice, and democracy.
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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.
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