Global Citizenship in Practice is an annual GSP event highlighting interdisciplinary approaches to and practices of global citizenship.
Recording from Global Citizenship in Practice 2024: “Global Citizenship in an Age of Democratic Peril,” featuring keynote speaker Dr. Saladin Ambar.
Keynote Speaker: Dr. Saladin Ambar
Saladin Ambar is Professor of Political Science at Rutgers University’s Eagleton Institute of Politics, an award-winning author, and Co-Director of the Democracy Committee for the New Jersey Institute for Racial Justice’s Reparations Council.
This event was in partnership with Michigan Community Scholars Program and co sponsored by:
- English Language Institute
- Language Resource Center
- Health Sciences Scholars Program
- Michigan Research and Discovery Scholars
- Lloyd Scholars for Writing and the Arts
- Residential College
- Women in Science and Engineering Residence Program
- Political Science Department
Previous Keynotes
- Dr. Saladin Ambar, Professor of Political Science and Senior Scholar at Rutgers University’s Eagleton Institute of Politics & author of Stars and Shadows: The Politics of Interracial Friendship from Jefferson to Obama (2024)
- Runa Ray, fashion environmentalist and author of Fashion for Social and Environmental Justice (2023) Ambassador Maritza Chan, Deputy Permanent Representative for Costa Rica (2022)
- Paul Chappell, Executive Director of the Peace Literacy Institute (2021)
- Virtual panel of GSP alumnx working in global public health and addressing Covid-19 (2021)
- Amelia Parker, Executive Director of Peace Brigades International, USA (2018)
- Oscar Dussan, President of International Samaritan (2017)
- Professor Yazier Henry, Ford School of Public Policy (2016)
We invite you to previous Global Citizenship in Practice events on our YouTube page.