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Young African Leaders Initiative Washington Fellows gathered at GSPP with Berkeley and Stanford scholars from the MasterCard Foundation Scholars Program, a global initiative aimed at helping youth – particularly young African students – access valuable educational institutions, networks, and opportunities around the world. YALI Fellows can serve as mentors to these MasterCard Fellows, who are in the first few weeks of their transition to the U.S. Together with friends of GSPP, YALI Fellows met and welcomed the incoming MCF…

This summer, GSPP student Corey Matthews is posted at the Los Angeles County Economic Development Corporation, which works to create jobs and attract new businesses to Los Angeles' 88 counties. He has been working closely with the Director of Public Policy to align stakeholders around the growth of the aerospace and defense industry. "A week after I started, LA County was designated one of twelve manufacturing destination areas from the Federal Government," says Corey. "Since then, we have been moving…

Photo Credit: Cyrus Kawalya "Food can be affordable, but it must never be cheap," said Alice Waters in her meeting with the Young African Leaders Washington Fellows. "When food is too cheap, it is the farmer who pays the price." Alice Waters is the proprietor of Chez Panisse restaurant, a champion of local, sustainable food and the founder of the Edible School Yard. She is also the Vice President of Slow Food International, a nonprofit organization…

Four of the 26 Washington Fellows of the Young African Leaders Program studying at the Goldman School this summer were interviewed on KQED's Forum with Michael Krasny.  From left: Chief Sbonelo Mkhize, Chair of the uThukela House of Traditional Leaders in South Africa, Zana Ouattara, co-director of the Bouake Caravan of Non-Violence in Cote D'Ivoire; Chundung Ashley Dauda, peace builder with the Women Without Walls Initiative in Northern Nigeria; and Elaine Muntongwizo Vere, attorney with the…