The Andrew Young Center for Global Leadership
The mission of the Andrew Young Center for Global Leadership is to prepare and inspire a community of
critical thinkers and leaders committed to engaging complex global problems of marginalized groups, especially peoples of African descent. The Andrew Young Center is grounded in the social justice and leadership models of Thurman, Mays and King, and will create intellectual engagement and training opportunities for faculty, students, and the broader national and international community.
The Andrew Young Center is comprised of four program areas:
I. Institute for Academic Research Engagement and Policy
The institute will create opportunities to: 1) examine the historical and contemporary economic, geopolitical, sociocultural and other contextual factors relevant to the lives of people of African descent and other historically marginalized groups; and 2) establish and work within culturally inclusive spaces in an effort to support the development and refining of the curricula of the Morehouse general education program and majors, generate policy recommendations and innovative solutions to complex global problems.
Programming:
- Annual Global Social Justice Symposium
- International Film Series
- Annual Global Social Justice Think Tank
- Global Leaders Seminar Series
- Faculty Research Development Program
- Andrew Young Endowed Research Scholars Program
II. Leadership Studies Program
The Morehouse Leadership Studies Program is a newly re-established social justice and service-oriented academic program. The Program will provide support for the integration of Leadership Studies outcomes into the General Education curriculum and provide an interdisciplinary academic minor open to all students and that is required for Social Activism Fellows.
Programming:
- Interdisciplinary Academic Minor
- Endowed Faculty
- Global Social Justice Leaders Seminar Series
- LSP Endowed Scholars Program
III. Institute for Social Justice Inquiry and Praxis
The Institute will serve as a social justice hub that utilizes “freedom” theories - in real time - in ways that teach, develop, and implement solutions to social justice inequalities, particularly as they relate to peoples of Africa and its Diaspora. The Institute will equip student scholars, academics, community advocates, and activists in ways that make lived experiences and living spaces better for those who are too often marginalized.
Programming:
- Social Justice Lecture Series
- Social Justice Activism Training Institute
- Endowed Social Justice Scholars Program
- Community Service Experiences for Students
IV. Institute for Experiential Education and Career Development
The Institute for International and Domestic Experience and Career Development will: 1) provide access to experiences that result in engagement of international/domestic education and service experiences as well as opportunities to learn about and engage national and international issues, and 2) prepare students for Global Leadership Opportunities, including those in The Department of State, USAID, Peace Corps and Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs).
Programming:
- Faculty Led, Semester, Summer, J-Mester Education Abroad Programming
- Student Development for International Service Careers
- Workshops, Coaching and Development for applications to Pickering, Rangel Scholarships
- Endowed Education Abroad Scholarship Program
