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Panelist discuss what America has and hasn't delivered on equality, access, and opportunity, and whether that internal reckoning is now inseparable from the country's standing and credibility as a world leader.
Panelists:
Jamelle Bouie (Opinion Columnist, New York Times)
Jane Kamensky (President and CEO, Thomas Jefferson's Monticello; Jonathan Trumbull Professor of American History Emerita, Harvard University)
Elizabeth Rule (Assistant Professor of Critical Race, Gender, and Culture Studies, American University; Author, Indigenous DC: Native Peoples and the Nation's Capital)
Presider:
Meena Bose (Executive Dean, Public Policy and Public Service Programs and Director, Peter S. Kalikow Center for the Study of the American Presidency, Kalikow School of Government, Public Policy and International Affairs, Hofstra University; CFR Member)
This long-running conference is a key pillar of CFR’s mission to cultivate the next generation of diverse U.S. foreign policy experts and practitioners. A full agenda can be found here.
The conference brings together college and graduate students and young professionals from diverse backgrounds for plenaries on foreign policy topics, seminars on professional development, and networking receptions.
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Panelist discuss what America has and hasn't delivered on equality, access, and opportunity, and whether that internal reckoning is now inseparable from the country's standing and credibility as a world leader.
Panelists:
Jamelle Bouie (Opinion Columnist, New York Times)
Jane Kamensky (President and CEO, Thomas Jefferson's Monticello; Jonathan Trumbull Professor of American History Emerita, Harvard University)
Elizabeth Rule (Assistant Professor of Critical Race, Gender, and Culture Studies, American University; Author, Indigenous DC: Native Peoples and the Nation's Capital)
Presider:
Meena Bose (Executive Dean, Public Policy and Public Service Programs and Director, Peter S. Kalikow Center for the Study of the American Presidency, Kalikow School of Government, Public Policy and International Affairs, Hofstra University; CFR Member)
This long-running conference is a key pillar of CFR’s mission to cultivate the next generation of diverse U.S. foreign policy experts and practitioners. A full agenda can be found here.
The conference brings together college and graduate students and young professionals from diverse backgrounds for plenaries on foreign policy topics, seminars on professional development, and networking receptions.
Subscribe to our channel: goo.gl/WCYsH7
This work represents the views and opinions solely of the author. The Council on Foreign Relations is an independent, nonpartisan membership organization, think tank, and publisher, and takes no institutional positions on matters of policy.
Visit the CFR website: cfr.org
Follow CFR on X: twitter.com/cfr_org
Follow CFR on Facebook: facebook.com/councilonforeignrelations
