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Watch a recap of the very first Nelson Mandela Global Academy for Social Change! Over five months, our inaugural cohort came together to explore the foundations of social change, empower themselves...

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Watch a recap of the very first Nelson Mandela Global Academy for Social Change! Over five months, our inaugural cohort came together to explore the foundations of social change, empower themselves...

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Debbie Cheng - Director of Fellowship Programs and Office of Student Success at the Colin Powell School for Civic and Global Leadership, City College of New York (CCNY) - talks about how students a...

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Simona Costanzo Sow, Chief of Academic Partnerships at UNSSC, discusses the diverse global perspectives that seven partner universities bring to the Nelson Mandela Project for Social Change. The N...

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Richard Stengel - Lead of the supporting Activity of the Nelson Mandela Project for Social Change, "Nelson Mandela: Leadership, Legacy, and the Struggle for Justice," at the City College of New Yor...

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Jafar Javan - former Director of UNSSC and Chair, Advisory Board of the Nelson Mandela Project for Social Change - talks about the change he hopes to see as a result of the project. The Nelson Man...

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Watch Angel Alonso, former Vice Dean of the School of Politics, Economics and Global Affairs at IE University (Madrid), talk about the meaning of social change. Along with UNSSC, IE University is a...

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Debbie Cheng, Director of Fellowship Programs and Office of Student Success at the Colin Powell School for Civic and Global Leadership at The City College of New York, introduces the concept "story...

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Watch Simona Costanzo Sow, Chief of Academic Partnerships at the United Nations System Staff College (UNSSC), talk about the long-term impact of the Nelson Mandela Project for Social Change. The N...

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Debashis Bandyopadhyay, Vice Chancellor at the Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology (KIIT) University, recommends two books everyone should read. Along with the United Nations System Staff Co...

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Watch Sofia del Carril, Executive Director of the Master in International Relations at Austral University in Argentina, talk about the partnership with UNSSC for the Nelson Mandela Project for Soci...

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Andrew Rich, Dean at the Colin Powell School for Civic and Global Leadership at the City College of New York, talks about how the City College pursues the mission of creating social change. The N...

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The Junior Professional Officer (JPO) Career Booster Programme is designed to equip JPOs at the mid-point or end of their assignment with the knowledge, skills and attitudes that are essential for ...

Listen to Lina Abou Habib, Director of the Asfari Institute for Civil Society & Citizenship at the American University of Beirut, talking about her institution's role as a feminist hub within the

Francesco Mancini, Vice Dean (Executive Education) and Associate Professor in Practice at the National University of Singapore's Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, talks about the meaning and im...

The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development is the global promise for an equitable and just society. With a rise in extreme economic inequality, a climate emergency and over half the world’s poores...