Casina Pio IV, Vatican City- February 2-3, 2017: The second meeting of Ethics in Action (EIA) was dedicated to peace. Today, peace is being suffocated by “piecemeal” violence, threatened by wars in different countries and continents, the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, the rise of terrorism by non-state and...
Casina Pio IV, Vatican City- October 31-November 1, 2016: Ethics in Action (EIA) convened for the first time, establishing its goal of advancing “sustainable and integral human development through an effective collaboration among world religions for the purpose of articulating universal values and ethical imperatives and indicating how such values...
Los Angeles, California – August 2016: The UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network’s Leadership Council brings together global experts on sustainable development from academia, business, civil society and the public sector. Its members include H.S.H. Prince Albert II of Monaco; American business mogul Ted Turner; Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations,...
Casino Pio IV, Vatican City- April 15-16, 2016: Organized by The Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences and the Institute for Advanced Catholic Studies, “Centesimus annus 25 Years Later” was not merely a commemoration of Pope John Paul II’s 1991 social encyclical, which itself marked the 100th anniversary of Pope Leo...
Casino Pio, Vatican City – July 22, 2015: Organized by the Pontifical Academy of Sciences and the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network, “Prosperity, People and Planet in the Cities” was held at the Vatican with the goal of translating the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals to work at the city level. The “Prosperity, People and...
Synod Hall, Vatican City- July 21, 2015: On one momentous day, “50 Mayors of the most important cities of the world” came together with Pope Francis at the Vatican’s Pontifical Academies of Sciences and Social Sciences “to address two interconnected dramatic emergencies: human-induced climate change and social exclusion in the...
Mayange, Rwanda- July 16-20, 2015: In the first leg of the Documentary that Blue Chip and VII Photo are creating together was in Mayange with VII Photo Founder, Photographer Gary Knight. We happened to be there for the Millennium Promise end-of- year retreat, which helped the photographers get a larger...
Africa – January 31, 2014: The African Union Assembly of Heads of State and Government declared 2014 the Year of Agriculture and Food Security with focus on “Transforming Africa’s Agriculture for Shared Prosperity and Improved Livelihoods, through Harnessing Opportunities for Inclusive Growth and Sustainable Development.” The selection of this theme...
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia – January 23-30, 2012: During Jennifer Gross’s first trip to Africa in 2012, while in Mali with Jeff Sachs, Special Advisor to the Secretary General of the United Nations on the Millennium Development Goals, he presented her with a rare opportunity to join him at the African...
Nairobi, Kenya – January 13, 2012: The opening of the Columbia Global Centers | Africa in Nairobi and represented the culmination of the University’s impactful engagement with Africa spanning several years. Signing a Host Country Agreement with the Government of Kenya established the Center as an international organization, providing a...