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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YLAI Program
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
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Partnerships to End Human Trafficking
World Food Day - Minnesota and Organized Kindness: "When Minnesota Fed the Children of Europe"
The UN Celebrates 75 – What Does the Future Hold?
Partnerships for Food Security, Food Safety, and Food Justice
World Food Day - Countdown to 2030 - A Call to Action
World Food Day - Voices from the Frontline
World Food Day - Regenerative Agriculture
World Food Day - Closing remarks by Mark Ritchie
World Food Day - Food Safety and Security in the Midst of Covid-19 and the Climate Crisis
Minnesota: Leading the Way to the Future of Food with the MBOLD Coalition
SDGs Working Together to Achieve Zero Hunger
Working Together for a World Without Hunger
Exhibit Opening of “When Minnesota Fed the Children of Europe”
Global Minnesota- What’s New in the New NAFTA
SDG Roundtable: Fall 2020
Global Conversations DIGITAL: Food Security and Foreign Affairs
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