Tuesday, July 21
2:00pm-3:00pm EDT
Watch the event recording:
Featuring:
Ambassador Thomas R. Pickering
Career Ambassador, served as U.S. Ambassador to the Russian Federation, India, the United Nations, Israel, El Salvador, Nigeria, and Jordan
Ms. Uzra Zeya
President and CEO, Alliance for Peacebuilding and
Former Chargé d’Affaires and Deputy Chief of Mission at U.S. Embassy Paris
Ms. Naima Green-Riley
PhD Candidate, Department of Government, Harvard University and
Former Foreign Service Officer and Pickering Fellow
Ambassador Bonnie Jenkins
Founder and Executive Director, Women of Color Advancing Peace, Security and Conflict Transformation (WCAPS)
Ambassador Melanne Verveer
Executive Director, Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace and Security
Current and former leading diplomats joined in a conversation on how to ensure a diverse diplomatic corps in the U.S. State Department. They discussed growing shortcomings in the U.S. State Department in achieving equity and inclusion throughout its ranks, shared strategies for improving recruitment, retainment and advancement of diverse personnel, and provided recommendations for realizing a State Department that better represents the United States.
Co-hosted by the Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace and Security, Women of Color Advancing Peace, Security and Conflict Transformation (WCAPS), and The Pickering & Rangel Fellows Association