Dear PPIA Community,
As I approach the three-year mark with the Public Policy and International Affairs Fellowship Program, I remain humbled and extremely grateful to serve an organization that has served as an incubator for diverse leaders for close to four decades. In 2020 we will be celebrating 40 years of PPIA and invite you to join us in the planning of that celebration! I am also grateful for a dedicated Board of Directors who have supported the organization and are committed to ensuring that PPIA maintains its transformative power.
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To further our mission in 2018, PPIA:
I am also consistently amazed, inspired and excited about the career trajectories that our alumni have decided to take on that will shape our society into becoming equitable, inclusive, and promoting social justice within our global world. Through PPIA, we have the unique opportunity to influence the lives of young people from diverse backgrounds focused on racial equity and access to advanced education.
Sincerely,
Simone Gbolo
PPIA Executive Director
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Registration Now Open for the 17th Annual PPIA Public Service
Expo in Washington, DC!
Friday, July 12th, 2019
Connect with representatives of some of the nation's top graduate programs in public policy and international affairs and employers seeking highly qualified individuals who are committed to public service. Undergraduates, graduate students, and alumni who are interested in advancing their degrees, gaining information about internships and jobs, and networking will benefit from this event.
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Three PPIA Alumni Selected as Schwarzman Scholars
Only 147 recipients were selected from 2,887 applications. With full funding for coursework, research, internships, living expenses and intensive travel,
Schwarzman Scholars
earn a master’s at Tsinghua University, one of China’s elite academic institutions. Learn more about the benefits of this prestigious fellowship
here
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Recent Books by PPIA Alumni
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PPIA alum
Trista Harris
'
(Princeton JSI 1999) book
FutureGood
explores how to use futurism to solve society's greatest challenges.
What if the social sector could predict the future and prepare for the trends and coming realities that will impact their work? They can, using the tools found in FutureGood. Drawing on the insights of visionary future thinkers like Majora Carter, Sir Richard Branson, Peter Diamandis, and the founders of Black Lives Matter, this book is an inspirational and radical how-to guide for the next generation of changemakers.
Trista Harris takes her expertise as a cutting-edge philanthropic futurist to make the often confusing and complicated tools of futurism accessible to people who are committed to building a better future. This book will become a must-read for savvy social sector executives, thought leaders, journalists, and philanthropists.
Get your copy of Trista's book
here
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This gripping and personal account of Steeve’s arduous journey from the pits of hell to the glorious heights of success begins in Miami, where he and his twin brother are expelled from their father’s house and returned to Haiti penniless. While struggling to make ends meet and finish high school, his hometown is devastated by one of the most catastrophic earthquakes in human history, killing 250,000 Haitians.
Steeve’s fortuitous introduction to the “7 Mindsets” then changes his life forever, setting him on a journey of enlightenment that ultimately enables him to become the first-ever Haitian or Haitian American in history to obtain a Master of Public Policy from the prestigious University of Oxford’s Blavatnik School of Government.
Purchase Steeve's book
here
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PPIA Alum Selected for Aspen Institute Latino Scholars Program
Baltazar Hernandez
(Princeton JSI 2016) is one of 15 recipients selected for the Aspen Institute's
Ricardo Salinas Scholarship Program
.
The program offers Latino American and Mexican emerging and established leaders a unique opportunity to participate in and contribute to a wide range of Aspen Institute policy discussions, public programs and leadership initiatives. It also ensures that the voices of Latinos are represented throughout the Aspen Institute and helps to build the leadership and social capital of the participants.
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PPIA alum
Aerica Shimizu Banks
(Princeton JSI 2009) is a leader in tech as a
Patent Policy Analyst and
Diversity Core Partner Liaison at Google
and cofounder of BEACON: The D.C. Women Founders Initiative. She recently wrote an article on
2019 as the year for women of color in tech.
Read Aerica's recap of 2018 and 2019 prediction's
here
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Aerica will be giving a TEDx Talk at the TEDxBethesda 2019: VISIONARY event on April 27, 2019 in North Bethesda, MD. Tickets can be purchased
here
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PPIA alum and board member
Sekou Kaalund
(UMD College Park JSI 1996) is the Head of Advancing Black Pathways for JP Morgan Chase. In honor of Black History Month, Sekou wrote a letter to inspire the next generation of Black leaders!
To read the letter, click
here
first and then on the second picture at the bottom of the page.
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In the latest issue of
INSIGHT Into Diversity
, PPIA alum
James Chan
(Princeton JSI 2011) is one of three public policy school graduates featured for their work in underrepresented communities. James is also a member of the PPIA Alumni Advisory Council.
Read more about James' work to bring together underrepresented communities
here
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Graduate School Consortium Member Spotlight:
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Pepperdine University School of Public Policy
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For over 20 years, the
Pepperdine School of Public Policy
has prepared cross-sector public leaders through the most unique policy graduate studies curriculum in the country. By melding quantitative analysis with qualitative research and exploration, our students and graduates not only understand the empirical skills necessary to become a great policy analyst, but can put that analysis in historical, societal, and philosophical context. Bringing these two elements together allows our students and graduates to have successful leadership careers not just in government service, but also the private and non-profit sectors.
Showcasing this unique approach to cross-sector policy education, over the weekend of June 15, 2018, the Pepperdine School of Public Policy hosted its inaugural Public Service Weekend. Titled “Civic Engagement, the Public Trust, and Public Policy,” the School of Public Policy, in partnership with the
Davenport Institute for Public Engagement and Civic Leadership
, welcomed almost 40 undergraduate students and young professionals from across the country for an intensive weekend at our Malibu, California campus exploring the importance of civic engagement.
The weekend began with a thought-provoking lecture by Associate Professor of Public Policy and Edward L. Gaylord Chair, Ted McAllister, on the historical development of American public engagement and how it shaped the foundations of our democratic-republic. A conversation on modern-day challenges to public engagement between Dean Pete Peterson and City of Thousand Oaks City Manager, Andrew Powers, followed Dr. McAllister’s lecture. The second day continued with panels by local government representatives and GovTech leaders, public engagement training sessions conducted by Dean Peterson and Ashley Trim, Executive Director of the Davenport Institute, and guest lectures by PPIA alumni, including Josh Diosomito from the U.S. Government Accountability Office.
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The students then put all they learned to practice on the final day with team presentations highlighting civic engagement plans and strategies to address major policy challenges, including prison recidivism, housing affordability, food deserts, and police-community relations. The weekend concluded with a passionate keynote from City of Inglewood City Manager, Artie Fields, on how effective civic engagement is strengthening the sense of community and promoting economic development for this diverse Los Angeles County city.
“At the heart of public policy is the public. It is all too easy to get bogged down in policy analysis and forget that policy impacts real individuals,” said Pepperdine School of Public Policy Assistant Dean and Adjunct Faculty Carson Bruno, “This is why we chose to focus on engagement for our inaugural Public Service Weekend. To remind future policy leaders of the importance of putting the public back into public policy.”
In an effort to reward those who are committed to becoming next generation public leaders, PPIA is a
Pepperdine Policy Partners Program (P4)
organization. All PPIA Public Service Weekend attendees and Junior Summer Institute fellows are eligible for the P4 admission and program perks if they apply to the Pepperdine School of Public Policy’s
Master of Public Policy
program. These
benefits
, based on the applicant’s undergraduate GPA, include upwards of a 70 percent guaranteed tuition scholarship, standardized test and other admissions requirements waivers, and guaranteed admission to the School of Public Policy’s summer
Washington, D.C. Policy Scholars
program. Contact our
Office of Admissions
to learn how to apply, visit us in Malibu, or learn more about our programs.
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Pepperdine's Washington, DC Policy Scholars Program
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At Pepperdine's Washington, DC Policy Scholars Program—an exclusive full-tuition scholarship, 3-unit class—accepted students learn from top policy academics and practitioners about the role faith has played and continues to in American domestic and foreign policy. This program is a four-week seminar to accommodate 20 qualified students, and is hosted at Pepperdine's Washington, DC Campus located just a few blocks from the White House and Foggy Bottom Metro Station. Upon completion of the program, scholars receive a participation certificate, and may use the credits at their home undergraduate institution (if enrolled) or towards future enrollment at Pepperdine's School of Public Policy.
Deadline: March 31, 2019
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Public Service Opportunities
Deadline: March 29, 2019
Deadline: March 31, 2019
Deadline: April 5, 2019
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