In 2022, Global Minnesota was delighted to host Fellows from the Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative (YLAI) to Minnesota as part of our Professional Exchanges Program. The YLAI program gathers emerging leaders from all across Latin America, the Caribbean, and Canada to advance their entrepreneurial ideas and effectively contribute to social and economic development in their communities.
One such visitor was Luis Villaherrera, who is fighting for democracy and human rights in El Salvador. In 2017, he co-founded TRACODA, which stands for transparency, social control, and open data, to create innovative projects that focus on technological tools to combat corruption and foster democracy. After the government banned his platform, he founded The Center for Democratic Strengthening. As part of this incredible work, he recently won a prestigious Obama Foundation Scholars award and hopes to use the program help build grassroots movements, deliver messages to a broader audience, and push for accountability in government throughout Central America and beyond. He joined the podcast to talk about his Minnesota experience with the YLAI program, his recent Obama Scholars award, and the important work he is doing to advance government accountability in Central America.
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Obama Scholars Program
Global Minnesota Professional Exchanges
Upcoming Event: Global Social with YLAI Fellows
TRACODA
The Daily: El Salvador
The Little Prince
Global Minnesota Gala
Staff Spotlight with Program Director Erin Hart
Navigating a World in Turmoil with Fiona Hill
Event Recording: Strategic Alliances Belarus and Europe
State Department Careers with Susan Falatko
SDG Roundtable: Resilience in a Water-Challenged World Recording
2024 Foreign Policy Update Q&A with Tom Hanson
2024 U.S. Foreign Policy Update
Citizen Diplomacy Day & IVLP with Global Ties U.S.
Rebuilding Ukraine Event Recording
2023 Global Business Outlook Event Recording
SDG Roundtable: Tools to Envision a Restorative Future
Bringing the World to Minnesota Classrooms
Life as an Ambassador with Ronald Neumann
Life as an Ambassador with Kathleen Doherty
Empowering New Voices through Comic Books
Event Recording: Modernizing Diplomacy with Ambassador Neumann
Event Recording: Cyprus in Context with Ambassador Doherty
Global Business Outlook Preview
Crisis Negotiation & Improving Diplomacy
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