Global Leadership 2019

 

On the plane coming back to the United States, I was able to reflect on this class and the encounters we had in Europe. I was first overwhelmed with gratitude on how lucky we were to be able to experience global education with the inema students. After listening to their ideas, I was able to

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  I am proud to be part of a multicultural school community that celebrates the fact that 47% of our students are students of color and their families hail from 35 different nations. Our international flag garden, which borders the campus, is representative of our community. It’s the landmark for which our school is best

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Reflecting back on my organization and my time in Germany, I would have to say that multiculturalism, Diversity and Inclusion must be apart of an organizations culture. It was so much diversity amongst me in Germany that I learned to look further than my surroundings. I learned a little bit of intellectual information, but just

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While in Germany, my classmates and I participated in Pride day festivities. It was interesting to see the many people dressed up, dancing, singing and just enjoying the day. Although, it was a Pride event, people were not necessarily apart of the LGBTQ community. This was a perfect example of how all types of people

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My excursion day was at the Association for International Youth Work VIJ. They are a very small, but interesting organization. They provide resources for immigrants to find jobs and activities that they can engage into within the community. Their facility is very intimate with a room that can be divided into two for separate activities

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In March, I became a Team lead. I had to account for twelve other individuals. I became the On the Job Trainer for any new person that joined the team. I had no idea what I had accepted. My work time, became dedicated to helping others and less about maintaining my own work. I was

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I work for the Government and my organization does not deal with immigration or refugee matters. However, it does create activities that aim at giving back to the local community. They orchestrate a back to school drive, can food drive, Angel Tree, Reading Day, Valentine cards to distribute at the Veteran Hospital, etc. The organization

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I’m finding my proposal to be more and more idealistic with each sentence I type. Of course, I would like to step into my organization and demand that things be done a certain way, but that’s just not how it works. Even as the owner of businesses, if I don’t have buy-in from front-line managers

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It’s hard to see a LONG chapter to an even longer book come to close, but that is what’s happening in this moment. After tomorrow I will be finished with all classwork and classes related to this Master’s degree, and will be free to relentlessly chase the next adventure I commit myself to. Each day

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