Stevens Initative Women's Leadership Program
Women’s Leadership through Virtual Exchange: Youth Sharing Digital Stories
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What does the project entail?
This project engages 100 undergraduate and graduate students from Hassan II University Casablanca with 100 undergraduate students from Kennesaw State University in a unique cross-cultural virtual exchange experience focused on better understanding women’s leadership through research, analysis, and digital storytelling. The virtual classroom-based project collects biographical stories of successful women leaders in both countries and publishes selected stories online. The project provides participating students with a better understanding of the challenges and obstacles that exist towards increasing women’s rights and leadership roles in society. Students not only gain a learning experience around the topic of women’s leadership, but they also advance their abilities to work in international and intercultural contexts as they develop the intercultural competency needed in today’s global society.
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Who supports this project?
The WLVE project is supported by the Stevens Initiative, which is sponsored by the U.S. Department of State, with funding provided by the U.S. Government, and is administered by the Aspen Institute. The Stevens Initiative is also supported by the Bezos Family Foundation and the governments of Morocco and the United Arab Emirates.
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What is the Stevens Initiative?
The Stevens Initiative is an international effort to build global competence and career readiness skills for young people in the United States and the Middle East and North Africa by growing and enhancing the field of virtual exchange.
The Stevens Initiative honors Ambassador Chris Stevens, an American diplomat who was killed in an attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya, in 2012. Ambassador Stevens dedicated his career to building bridges of dialogue and understanding between cultures. Our Women’s Leadership Virtual Exchange program is a special opportunity to carry on Ambassador Stevens’s legacy.
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How can I find out more information?For more information on the project, visit the Stevens Initative page or e-mail Dan Paracka at dparacka@kennesaw.edu.
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Impact StoryRead more here.
Project Semesters and Participating Classes
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Fall 2020: Politics of the Middle East and North Africa (POLS4454)
POLS 4454 taught by Dr. Maia Hallward, Professor of Middle East Politics
Student essays:
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StudentWomen's LeaderStory Link
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Timothy CallawayAlicia Chambers
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Caitlin FarrPrincess Moon
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Matt HossnerJennifer Perri
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Sofia Pinedo FernandezPaulina Guzman
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Isabelle SamboCarla McMillian Wong
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Grace StaffordRose Diggs
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Michael StrolloTaylor Scott
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Sarah SwetlikTami Smith
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Rachel WestmorelandMary Francis Bowley
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Fall 2020: Hassan II University Casablanca Class
Hassan II University Casablanca student stories
Photo stories
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StudentWomen's LeaderStory Link
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Fatimazahraa BelkehalAsmaa Boujibar
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Imane BoumehdiSouad Brahma
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Ikram ElaakalLeila Ghandi
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Zineb HalifiFatna El Bouih
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Nahla KaoutarSiham Garoid
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Chaimae RafikiKhadija Tichout
Video stories
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StudentWomen's LeaderStory Link
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Youssef MetekhkhemLeila Meziane
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Kawtar SnahLatifa Labsir
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Omar ZerwalAawatif Hayar
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Spring 2021: Hassan II University Casablanca Class
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Spring 2021: Transnational Feminisms (GWST 3090)
GWST 3090 taught by Dr. Nathalia Jaramillo, Professor of Interdisciplinary Studies
Student Essays
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StudentWomen's LeaderStory Link
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Della SanfordElinor Sanford
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Ciana BruceJacquelyn Ponder
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Maddie HughesJennifer Laughridge
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Stephanie BreedloveMissionary Gussie Breedlove
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Jessica StricklandDebbie Booher
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Fall 2021: Gender and the US South (GWST 3100)
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Spring 2022: Women’s Leadership in Technology (IS 4490)
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Fall 2022: Gender in the U.S. South (GWST 3100)
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KSU Student AuthorWomen LeaderStory Link
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Erin MillerAmani Johnson
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