With election tensions running high, Public Policy 85 students attended what is most likely one of the most important Supreme Court cases in Liberian history.
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The 2017 PBPL 85: Global Policy Leadership class is conducting two weeks of field research in Liberia during the off-campus portion of the course. Students visited the US Embassy in Monrovia as well as met Nick Jahr, an Election Observer for the Carter Center, and Leymah Gbowee, a Liberian activist and Nobel Peace Prize winner.
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"Reflecting on her experience during an off-campus visit to the Hanover Coop, Sarishka Desai ’20, remarked, 'Leadership is not always (and should not always) be top-down. Sometimes leading by example can produce the best results.'"
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Class of 1930 Fellow Ambassador Jane Hartley discusses her experience as U.S. Ambassador to the French Republic and the Principality of Monaco between 2014 and 2017. Specifically, she elaborates on her belief in public diplomacy and her understanding of America’s role when unthinkable acts of terrorism strike abroad.
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"Dump your idols and ditch your assumptions, he told us, because we tend to prefer the familiar and trust the new. Be on the lookout for biases and don’t fall in love with your first idea, he added."
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