On the Frontlines of Climate Violence: Journalist Peter Schwartzstein in conversation with Yale World Fellows Leon McCarron and Roba El Husseini

Peter Schwartzstein is an award-winning British-American journalist and researcher, who has reported on water, food security, and particularly the conflict-climate nexus across more than thirty countries in the Middle East, Africa, and occasionally further afield. He mostly writes for National Geographic, but his work also regularly appears in the New York Times, BBC, Foreign Affairs, and many other outlets. He is a Global Fellow with the Wilson Center’s Environmental Change and Security Program, a TED fellow, and a fellow at the Center for Climate and Security. Based in Athens, Greece, he consults for a range of UN agencies and iNGOs. The Heat and the Fury is his first book, which…

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Pauli Murray College Tea with World Fellow Anna Biriukova

2024 Yale World Fellow Anna Biriukova will be speaking at a Pauli Murray College Tea. Anna is the Head of Public Opinion Research at the Anti-Corruption Foundation (ACF), Russia’s most significant opposition organization, founded by Alexey Navalny.

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Tech for Impact in Africa

Morse College Tea with 2024 World Fellow, Tarek Mouganie. Mr. Mouganie is a Ghanian entrepreneur and founder and group CEO of Affinity Africa. He is the previous director at Man Group, where he managed a $160 billion global investment fund. Tarek is also a lecturer on entrepreneurship at Oxford University and holds a PhD in Physics.

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The Russo-Ukrainian War Through the Eyes of a Historian

Serhii Plokhy, a leading historian of Ukraine and director of the Harvard Ukrainian Research Institute, will discuss the ongoing conflict in Ukraine in a broader historical and geopolitical context. This conversation will be moderated by Arne Westad, Elihu Professor of History and Global Affairs at the Jackson School of Global Affairs. Open to the Yale community, please register to attend: https://tinyurl.com/4955ht34

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Film + Q&A: Canoeros: Living Memory, A National Geographic Documentary

You are invited to join 2019 World Fellow Alex Muñoz for a special film screening followed by a Q & A. Canoeros: Living Memory shares an epic journey of the Kawésqar communities and National Geographic Pristine Seas across the Chilean Patagonian ocean to defend an indigenous territory from the salmon industry. Open to the Yale community. Refreshments will be provided. Please register in advance: https://cglink.me/2dA/r2269472

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Efforts by African Countries to Combat Violence Against Women and Girls

Voice of America live stream. Straight Talk Africa, the United Nations – 16 days of activism against gender-based violence.

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Minorities on the Table: In Peace & Unrest

A Conversation with Tamim Saad, 2023 Maurice R. Greenberg World Fellow. Tamim is a multifaceted executive with a strong focus on corporate and public finance expertise, capital market regulation, Business Strategy, and financial optimization. Starting his journey in the Israeli public sphere, he joined the Special Forces as a Naval Commander while graduating from the Israeli Naval Academy as one of the first Druze pioneers. He held senior positions, including Senior Deputy CFO at the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs and CFO of the Capital Market and Savings Authority. Tamim’s personal journey, born into a Druze family in Israel’s socio-economic periphery, serves as a testament to his commitment to…

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A Conversation with Brahima Sangafowa Coulibaly on the State of the Global Economy

Brahima Sangafowa Coulibaly, Vice-President of Global Economy and Development, The Brookings Institution

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Maurice R. Greenberg 2023 World Fellows Closing Ceremony

A celebration of the 2023 World Fellows. No RSVP necessary.

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Humanitarian Careers: Meet and Mingle

Join us for an informal mixer with professionals working in the international humanitarian space. 2023 Maurice R. Greenberg World Fellows Federica Du Pasquier, Janah Ncube, Natalia Arboleda, Raphaela Schweiger, along with UN Resident Coordinator, Jessica Faieta, and Peace Corps Volunteers Paulina Prasad and Marcus Senninger.

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