Melinda French Gates Gets Eisenhower Fellowships Medal
Eisenhower Fellowships memperingati 70 tahun organisasinya di San Fransisco, AS. (IDN Times/Uni Lubis)
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Philadelphia, IDN Times - Eisenhower Fellowships bring hundreds of thought leaders from around the world to San Francisco and award its highest honor, the Dwight D. Eisenhower Medal for Leadership and Service, to Melinda French Gates for her extraordinary work as a philanthropist, businesswoman, and global advocate for women and girls.
The world's premier international leadership exchange organization, Eisenhower Fellowships (EF) celebrate its 70th Anniversary World Forum at the Fairmont Hotel from October 12 to 14, 2023. The gathering features more than 400 Eisenhower Fellows and other global leaders from 57 countries, including more than 65 speakers on a variety of pressing issues at the top of every nation's agenda.
1. EF World Forum theme: Leaders Confronting Global Challenges: What Works?
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The forum will feature the rich multidisciplinary expertise of EF's influential global network of leaders from business, government, civil society, technology, education, science, medicine, the arts and journalism. Panel discussions will explore vexing transnational issues ranging from climate change and regional peace and stability to income inequality and the promise and peril of AI and other technologies, with a focus on emerging solutions in various parts of the world that can be applied in other countries and regions.
The highlight of the two-day gathering will be the presentation of the Eisenhower Medal to Ms. French Gates by EF Chairman, Dr. Robert M. Gates, former U.S. secretary of defense on Friday, October 13, 2023 at the Herbst Theatre in the War Memorial Building, site of the signing of the United Nations charter in 1945.
2. Eisenhower Medal for Leadership and Services is awarded annually
Eisenhower Fellowships memperingati 70 tahun organisasinya di San Fransisco, AS. (dok.EF)"I'm honored to receive this recognition from an organization that promotes such an important vision of leadership, impact and community," said Ms French Gates. "From empowering businesswomen in Rwanda to supporting caregivers and children affected by crisis and conflict, the Eisenhower Fellows have set the highest standards of service."
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The Dwight D Eisenhower Medal for Leadership and Service is awarded annually to a distinguished states person, business leader or other public figure who has achieved, through direct personal dialogue across borders, widely recognized advances toward President Eisenhower's vision of a world more peaceful, prosperous and just.
Previous Eisenhower Medal winners include late U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright; General Colin L. Powell; U.S. Senators George Mitchell, Sam Nunn and John McCain; former Secretaries of State James A. Baker III and Henry Kissinger; Doctors Without Borders; former New Jersey Gov. Christine Todd Whitman; Presidents George H. W. Bush and Gerald Ford; Washington Post Publisher Katherine Graham; Susan and David Eisenhower; and former Chilean President Michelle Bachelet; among others.
At the Awards Ceremony on October 13, Dr. Gates also will present the James and Carol Hovey EF Impact Award to Eisenhower Fellow Braimah Sulemana of Ghana for his groundbreaking investigative journalism of accountability in Ghana.
Sulemana was selected for EF's new annual Impact Award to recognize an Eisenhower Fellow or group of Fellows for outstanding project achievement in generating positive impact. His winning project was the establishment of a regional independent nonprofit journalism organization, The Fourth Estate, that has exposed bad governance, official corruption and misappropriation of funds in the country.
3. Eisenhower Fellowships identifies, empowers and connects innovative leaders
Eisenhower Fellowships memperingati 70 tahun organisasinya di San Fransisco, AS. (dok.EF)Founded as a birthday present to President Eisenhower his first year in the White House, Eisenhower Fellowships brings together diverse, innovative leaders from all fields from around the globe who tackle some of the most pressing challenges of our time to better the world around them. Since its founding in 1953, more than 2,500 mid-career leaders from 119 countries have benefited from the unique, customized experience of an Eisenhower Fellowship.
You can read more about EF and its 70th Anniversary World Forum on their website www.efworld.org.
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