EISENHOWER EXCHANGE FELLOWSHIPS INCORPORATED

GLOBAL PROGRAM:TWENTY-FIVE ASCENDANT LEADERS FROM FIVE CONTINENTS PARTICIPATED IN THE PRESTIGIOUS 2023 GLOBAL PROGRAM LAST SPRING, VISITING THE UNITED STATES FOR ENLIGHTENING EXCHANGES WITH CRITICAL THINKERS IN THEIR FIELDS. THE SPRING 2023 GLOBAL FELLOWS CAME FROM THE WORLDS OF VENTURE CAPITALISM, POLITICS, MEDICINE, BANKING, ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION, LAW ENFORCEMENT, PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION AND ACADEMIA. THE FELLOWS CONCLUDED THEIR TRAVELS ENERGIZED AND EMBOLDENED THEM TO MAKE A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT IN THEIR HOME COUNTRIES AND REGIONS THROUGH INITIATIVES THAT INCLUDED DESIGNING REUSABLE FOOD AND BEVERAGE PACKAGING TO REDUCE WASTE, CREATING JUDICIAL ALTERNATIVES TO TRADITIONAL COURTS, ESTABLISHING A NATIONAL DIGITAL SAFETY AND CYBERSECURITY PROGRAM, EXPANDING INNOVATIVE COASTAL ZONE CLEAN-UP PROGRAMS, ENHANCING ENFORCEMENT MECHANISMS FOR RURAL VACCINATION PROGRAMS AND BUILDING MUSEUM SPACES TO HELP PEOPLE STRUGGLING WITH MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES.

GLOBAL FELLOWS NETWORK: THE GLOBAL FELLOWS' NETWORK FOSTERS CONTINUED CONNECTION AND ENGAGEMENT AMONG FELLOWS AROUND THE WORLD. EISENHOWER FELLOWS CURRENTLY HAVE ORGANIZED NEARLY 60 NATIONAL AND REGIONAL FELLOW CHAPTERS. CHAPTER MEMBERS ENGAGE IN ACTIVITIES SUCH AS RECRUITING, HOLDING PRELIMINARY CANDIDATE INTERVIEWS, ORGANIZING REGIONAL CONFERENCES AND HOSTING INCOMING USA AND INTERNATIONAL FELLOWS. FELLOWS PROVIDE VISITING FELLOWS WITH BOTH HOME HOSPITALITY AND MENTORING. EF FELLOWS PARTICIPATE IN THE EF GLOBAL NETWORK COUNCIL (GNC). EF PRODUCES REGULAR NEWLETTERS AND ENCOURAGES FELLOWS TO SHARE THEIR EXPERIENCES ON SOCIAL MEDIA. EF ALSO ASSISTS GLOBAL FELLOWS IN PROMOTING AND FACILITATING REGIONAL CONFERENCES AND EISENHOWER DAY OF FELLOWSHIP EVENTS. IN OCTOBER, EISENHOWER FELLOWSHIPS HOSTED AN EXTRAORDINARY WORLD FORUM IN SAN FRANCISCO TO CELEBRATE THE 70TH ANNIVERSARY OF ITS FOUNDING AND LAY THE GROUNDWORK FOR THE EXCITING NEXT PHASE OF THE ORGANIZATION'S WORK AROUND THE WORLD. THE FORUM-LEADERS CONFRONTING GLOBAL CHALLENGES: WHAT WORKS?-BROUGHT TOGETHER 410 EISENHOWER FELLOWS AND OTHER THOUGHT LEADERS FROM 56 COUNTRIES, WITH 14 PANEL DISCUSSIONS, 66 DISTINGUISHED SPEAKERS AND THREE DAZZLING EVENING EVENTS. THE GATHERING FEATURED THE RICH MULTI-DISCIPLINARY EXPERTISE OF EF'S GLOBAL NETWORK WITH PANEL DISCUSSIONS ON SUBJECTS RANGING FROM PEACE AND STABILITY IN A TURBULENT WORLD TO CLIMATE CHANGE AND THE CHALLENGE OF PUBLIC HEALTH IN A TIME OF PANDEMICS. PARTICIPANTS ATTENDED PANELS ON MIGRATION, INCOME INEQUALITY, CIVIC PARTICIPATION IN A TIME OF POLARIZATION, THE FUTURE OF EDUCATION AND THE PROMISE, POWER AND PERILS OF AI AND OTHER TECHNOLOGIES THAT CUT ACROSS SO MANY DIMENSIONS OF MODERN LIFE. THE FOCUS OF THE THREE-DAY CONFERENCE WAS ON EMERGING SOLUTIONS IN SOME PARTS OF THE WORLD THAT CAN BE APPLIED IN OTHER COUNTRIES AND REGIONS. PARTICIPATING IN THE 70TH ANNIVERSARY WORLD FORUM WERE FELLOWS FROM FOUR PROGRAMS SEVERELY DISRUPTED BY THE COVID PANDEMIC. EF BROUGHT FELLOWS FROM THE 2020 WOMEN'S LEADERSHIP PROGRAM, THE 2021 USA AND GLOBAL PROGRAMS AND THE 2020 ZHI-XING CHINA PROGRAM TO FINALLY MEET EACH OTHER AND IMMERSE THEMSELVES IN THE EF GLOBAL NETWORK.