#Global Leadership Summit

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So, a couple weeks back there were a Profoundly Confounding Trio of days where I was sent to a work training held in a... church. Pretty sure my boss sent me there to "go find Jesus" as a joke. All of my other options for leadership training were denied though, so how can I tell if it is a joke or not? :/

The Global Leadership Summit.

I am not religious.

I believe we live with & within pieces of a Creator's corpse and our existence is a piece of that being reassembling itself into the state of Entropy that exists. Kind of like that Broken Egg spilling into the solar system picture post from a while back.

To that end, the Creator is NOT Abrahim's God.

There can be god-like beings and spirits possible within such a universe, but just because they exist due to the uneven nature of distributions of matter in an explosion, doesn't mean they need to be worshiped or even valued.

I don't "worship" the Creator, either. I just acknowledge we're here, with the abilities we're given and try to make the best of it. You can wish and pray to a star or a different being, but aside from aspiring to the skies, there's nothing /out there/ that is going to make it happen.

Just you.

Action is the best form of "prayer", and even if you try your best, you might still fail, and that's okay. It happens. Assess what went wrong. Try again. Or don't. It's all up to you and your support group.

Which makes those people lecturing on how God influences us to become leaders at the very least people who praise a Liar to me.

Begging for donations to themselves despite having significant wealthy backing, demanding tithes to each person's own church, saying they're saving people, never explaining how, barring one video from the Ukraine about how to help setup a free grocery store for refugees. A shop held within a church. Open on Sundays. :/

There were great words on leadership, loneliness and trust. But... stuff I've heard before. They repeated a lot of stuff in and amongst themselves, too. I felt bad for one of the speakers, as the pastor who kicked off the event clearly took from this speaker's main topic/focus wholesale after having read this speaker's book. And wrote it simpler and with more impact, woof. Speaker even said so during said speech. Repeatedly. Woof.

New phrases to think of old problems? Maybe. I did buy some books from some of the speakers there. Beginner's Pluck looks & seems promising after the introductory chapters.

My key intended takeaways from the event:

Push yourself to your maximum capacity & capability, when and where possible to improve your ability to lead.

Truth without grace, and grace without truth are both Cruelties.

Lift people up, lead them through service.

Value everyone on your team, including the positions you otherwise feel are "lowly".

You are what you do consistently, not occasionally.

Is your Leadership interesting, or interested in those your leading?

Again, all of these thoughts are things I already know, & try to practice as best as I can - did I need to go there for those messages, again with no active practice during the event? No.

There was also a weird moment, where I went from being stared at to being complimented by staff three times in a row that was both pleasant at the time and in reflection, unsettling (It was within a singular walk back to my seat and in less than 5 minutes). I had 6 compliments overall on my choice of hair color and dress at this event for the two days it took place in. Again, half of them occurred within 5 minutes of each other. It felt spooky when I thought about it on the drive back home.

It was not the only "brainwashing" feeling I got there. There were lots of emotional statements, coordinated video & audio calls to convince you to donate money to their organization. Like an empty microphone being focused on for more than 2 minutes to sell home they have No Opportunities Available (read: Headquarters) in Laos, Niger, Malaysia, Kazikstan, Japan - I stopped reading the list of countries here to think - Why wouldn't they be in Japan? Oh, yeah, Cult, gotcha. I hear Scientology also has a really hard time getting a grip in that area.

I also understand everyone wants to get into AI, but Why would you bring that into this leadership event to demonstrate how it works to everyone there if not to get them to use it? Why wouldn't you include it on the program if you're going to be dedicating 2 whole speech sections to selling this concept so hard? Why would you want them to use it? Who Are You People?!

I tried to vibe and stand out, and while that may have happened, I felt awkward the entire time there - not welcome. It was not helped that my coworker came with me. She's a deeply caring and apparently Christian person, but is not pleasant - she believes in tough love, and while not completely conservative, has strong ties to conservative values, mainly avoiding introspection.

She yelled at me in the car with no lead-in to get a toll ticketer put onto her dashboard as she was driving, and I dropped my water bottle, instead of magically remaining calm. She then called me a spaz. It was the worst part of the trip.

The best part of the trip (aside from the food) was meeting the DMC. The DeLorean Motor Club. We happened to have a hotel room in their chosen convention center. I'm not sure how that coincidence occurred, but I definitely lucked out.

Literally, we would hear these advocating Business Christians talk for 8 hours and then leave the event to go back to our hotel room and see people Actively Trying to Make a Difference and taking the Lead; putting into practice what lessons were preached at us for the day.

Most of the DMC members have some means, sure, but they dedicate time, money, and effort to craft something of joy for a great number of people and often use that creation or effort to raise money for the Michael J. Fox foundation. They advocate preserving history, the engineering and continue innovation to maintain these vehicles of increasing rarity.

They opened their car doors, event, and their hearts to share with people who want to learn about the car, the history, to geek out with their peers in the engineering field or to humble brag how they've modified a part that they're now exclusively able to make from materials close to the original. I got to help during an obstacle course, made some delightful new friends, and learned about the foundation, and the car, and the extraordinary efforts each of these people make in their regular lives to help complete the impossible.

It just strikes me as an odd combination: to see the religious leaning business leaders preach, and science led engineers, mechanics and other geeks practice what it means to lead.

I know who I'd prefer to visit next year.

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World: A Growing BRICS Bloc Shows U.S. Is Losing the Battle for the Global South

— BY Tom O'Connor | August 22, 2023

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa Delivers a Speech at the 15th BRICS Summit in Johannesburg, South Africa. © Sputnik/Grigory Sysoev/Go to the Mediabank

While Russian President Vladimir Putin's in-person absence due to international legal troubles looms over the BRICS conference attended by the leaders of fellow member states Brazil, India, China and South Africa, the growing interest in expanding the group to include additional countries from across the globe is likely to cement the bloc's future as a force in global geopolitics.

And with no seat at the table for the United States, the three-day summit that began Tuesday in Johannesburg demonstrates how Washington has struggled to project influence throughout the vast, developing Global South.

"The U.S. is trailing countries such as Russia, India and China in the Global South," Akhil Ramesh, a senior fellow at the Hawaii-based Pacific Forum, told Newsweek. "The Global South does not have this special solidarity it has with nations such as China and India. As victims of Western imperialism/colonialism and having faced similar challenges in reconstruction and development, they have a unique solidarity."

"The U.S. approach continues to be one where they use nations of the Global South as pawns in their future, larger cold/hot conflict with China or Russia," Ramesh added. "This understandably has not helped them win friends."

Such solidarity continues to extend to Putin, who has accelerated his country's outreach to developing nations, especially in Africa, in recent years.

Moscow's overtures have been met with ongoing interest, as evidenced by the recent Russia-Africa Summit in Saint Petersburg. The summit was attended by 16 African heads of state and representatives of 25 additional African countries, even as the West has accused Putin of war crimes, resulting in an International Criminal Court warrant, and of weaponizing food by bombing grain infrastructure and allowing a deal that safeguarded the continued export of Ukrainian grains via the Black Sea to collapse.

U.S. warnings about forging closer economic ties with China have been met with even stiffer resistance, as President Xi Jinping presses on with his ambitious Belt and Road Initiative extending across continents despite a slowing economy at home.

Ramesh argued that nations of the Global South simply "do not view Beijing and Moscow the same way the West does," and instead see new opportunities where traditional mechanisms have failed.

"So, when there was a group presenting an alternative to the Western-led world order/vision of the world," he added, "nations were quick to jump on the bandwagon."

Newsweek has reached out to the U.S. State Department for comment.

Still, obstacles to progress exist within a bloc whose core members already have little alignment in their broader geopolitical goals, while some, especially China and India, have active disputes between them. Such feuds have the potential to only grow as the coalition considers taking on new members, such as Iran and Saudi Arabia.

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Brazil, Lula, arrives, BRICS, summit, South, Africa! Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva arrives in Johannesburg, South Africa ahead of the 15th BRICS summit. The leaders of 67 countries have been invited to join the forum led by Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa. Ricardo Stuckert/Presidency of The Federative Republic of Brazil

"Those who are there for the day-to-day negotiations, at least from the Brazilian government side, say it is already very hard to come to consensus when you have China, India and Russia at the table," Ana Elisa Saggioro Garcia, a professor at the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro's Institute of International Relations and general coordinator of the BRICS Policy Center, told Newsweek.

But "there's another side of the story," she said. That's the growing view, including from Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, that "a strong BRICS" is necessary, and a "strong BRICS is also a big BRICS."

South Africa, the current chair, is the only nation to have been added to what began as an informal BRIC bloc, born out of a term coined by then-Goldman Sachs chief economist Jim O'Neill in 2001 to describe emerging economic powers. Russia led the initiative to bring Brazil, China and India together for the first summit in 2009, and South Africa was admitted the following year.

Initially, BRICS was focused on effecting reform within existing, primarily Western-led economic institutions, such as the International Monetary Fund (IMF), in the wake of the 2008 global financial crisis.

"The first common agenda that they had, despite their differences, was the reform of the international financial architecture," Garcia said. "So, international financial institutions, those grounded in the Bretton Woods Conference, in the post-war period, they do not represent the world anymore. Those huge economies don't have enough voice in those institutions, they need to be reformed. They need to reflect the new configuration of the world economic power."

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Gradually, the group became more focused on creating alternative mechanisms, most notably in the establishment in 2014 of the Shanghai-based New Development Bank, which today also counts Bangladesh, Egypt and the United Arab Emirates as members. With this transformation, Garcia explained, "the geopolitical character of BRICS started to be more important and more relevant than only the economic one."

China, in particular, she argued, "has been very clever and very strategic to use this opportunity to advance and to expand another coalition where China is predominant, where China doesn't have to deal with negotiations with Western powers."

But as evidenced by Brazil's enthusiasm for a more active role for BRICS and the growing list of prospective members, it's not all about Beijing.

"BRICS has become this pole of attraction of all countries now who've seen that they can have more power if they ally with a coalition such as BRICS to face measures that the West has been doing for years now," Garcia said, "and also to face these sorts of constraints and repression in terms of worldview and values."

Ryan Berg, director of the Center for Strategic and International Studies' (CSIS) Americas Program in Washington, D.C., also discussed how countries like Brazil were becoming more interested in the geopolitical nature of BRICS as an exercise in "active nonalignment."

"It can heighten the relevance of a country like Brazil, which is sometimes overlooked and feels overlooked and neglected," Berg said in response to Newsweek's question during a CSIS call held in the leadup to the BRICS summit.

"By pursuing this strategy," he explained, "you can basically make it a competition for the affection or for the attention of major world powers or leading world powers that would otherwise overlook Brazil's position on a particular issue."

BRICS, Summit, South, Africa, 2018! (Left to right) Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Chinese President Xi Jinping, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, Russian President Vladimir Putin and then-Brazilian President Michel Temer pose for a group picture during the 10th BRICS summit on July 26, 2018 at the Sandton Convention Centre in Johannesburg, South Africa. South Africa's most populous city against hosts the BRICS summit in 2023, after each of the other four members hosted gatherings, three of which were virtual due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Mike Hutchings/POOL/AFP/Getty Images

Speaking on the same call, CSIS Africa Program director Mvemba Phezo Dizolele highlighted the importance of the host nation itself, saying BRICS membership "strengthened the position of South Africa among non-aligned countries" at a polarizing time in global geopolitics.

"Non-aligned countries have absolutely been at odds at least with Western countries, particularly ideologically because they do not want to align either with the Russians or with the United States and allies," Dizolele said.

A key goal for the summit's participants "will be discussing their disillusionment with U.S. leadership or at least the U.S.-led coalition around the world and how that world order is affecting adversely the countries of the Global South," he said, noting that "this will be a time when they will be seeking an alternative to that power."

The phenomenon of a competition among major powers to court the Global South was also observed by Mrityunjay Tripathi, a research fellow at the New Delhi-based Public Policy Research Center who previously served as part of India's delegation to the 2018 BRICS Youth Summit in South Africa.

"U.S. attempts to engage the Global South will only benefit the region, as the U.S. will act as a balancing power in the region dominated by China," Tripathi told Newsweek. "This competition will only benefit the developing economies and the multipolarity of the BRICS will ensure that region remains free and open to all."

Here, he said that "the presence of India adds credibility to BRICS and assures the West that India will act as a balancing power in the alliance that consists of Russia and China."

While New Delhi and Washington have strengthened ties in recent years, this does not mean total alignment in their positions. Tripathi argued that the trends apparent in the summit and context surrounding it show that Washington was on the backfoot in this competition over developing nations.

BRICS, Business, Forum, meets, in, South, Africa! (From left to right) Shaogang Zhang, vice chair of China's Council for the Promotion of International Trade, Onkar Singh Kanwar, chair of the BRICS Business Council's India chapter, Sergei Katyrin, chair of the BRICS Business Council's Russia chapter, José Serrador, chair of the BRICS Business Council's Brazil chapter, Busi Mabuza, chair of the BRICS Business Council's South Africa chapter, and Nozipho Tshabalala, CEO of the Conversation Strategist, attend a panel discussion during the 2023 BRICS Business Forum in Sandton, north of Johannesburg, South Africa, on August 22. Gianluigi Guercia/AFP/Getty Images

"The growing interest in BRICS does suggest that the U.S.' attempts to assert influence, particularly across the Global South, have not always produced desired results," Tripathi said. "The rise of BRICS is indicative of a shift in power dynamics from the traditionally Western-dominated world order to a more multipolar global scenario."

A key part of this shift identified by Tripathi was not only expansion, but the vision of "instituting a common currency," something that "further solidifies the group's commitment to long-term sustainable progress of the Global South."

"A common currency will not only boost intra-BRICS trade," he added," but also eliminate the high dollar conversion costs of international transactions."

Shen Shiwei, a journalist and analyst with a background in Chinese business dealings in Africa and the Middle East, argued that "the only thing that can beat the U.S. dollar is the dollar itself, driven by weaponization from Washington."

"The global trend of increasing the use of multiple currencies, instead of fully relying on U.S. dollars, is not a new idea," Shen told Newsweek. "Three decades ago, the euro was created in part because the majority of the EU wanted to move away from its deep reliance on the U.S. dollar."

"The dollar is still essential to global investments and trade," he added, "but the process of de-dollarization is accelerating, mainly because its weaponization has caused an erosion of confidence and alerted emerging economies to take actions to safeguard economic security."

People walk past a banner outside the venue for the 2023 BRICS Summit at the Sandton Convention Centre in Sandton, Johannesburg, on August 20. The BRICS countries, an acronym of the five members Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa, meet for three days for a summit in Johannesburg from August 22-24. Gianluigi Guercia/AFP/Getty Images

The U.S. dollar continues to command a significant lead against competitors, comprising some 59 percent of the world's foreign exchange reserves. The euro constitutes around 20 percent, with other currencies such as the Japanese yen, the United Kingdom's pound sterling and the Chinese renminbi in the single digits.

Still, a number of countries, particularly members of BRICS, have called for conducting bilateral trade in their own national currencies, and the idea of a common currency has been increasingly put forth. In April, Lula delivered an impassioned speech at the New Development Bank headquarters in which he railed against the notion that "all countries are forced to do their trade backed by the dollar."

The message has continued to gain traction among existing and prospective BRICS members.

"But that doesn't mean BRICS is anti-West," Shen said.

Russian President Vladimir Putin addresses BRICS summit in South Africa, August 22, 2023. © Sputnik/Grigory Sysoev

He argued that "the zero-sum game narrative developed in the West that the BRICS was created as competition to the G7 or the Global North is very misleading."

The G7, officially the Group of Seven, is a bloc consisting of the world's largest developed economies, including Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United States and the U.K., with participation from the European Union as well. The G7 existed as the G8 until 2014, when it was expelled due to its role in the first major outbreak of conflict in Ukraine.

"All BRICS members have important political and economic cooperation with the G7 countries," Shen said. "More importantly, BRICS doesn't want to copy the Western hegemony in mentality and reality, which has brought too many problems to the Global South."

As opposed to the G7, "the BRICS mechanism has met the demands of the Global South, especially marginalized countries, to advance a collective agenda and push the building of a more inclusive, representative, just and fair global architecture," Shen argued.

"BRICS is not an exclusive club or small circle," he added, "but a big family of good partners."

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🚨 WHEN THE WORLD GOES DARK, PANTSUITS DON'T LEAD—THEY HIDE

💥 “You don’t vote your way out of gravity. And you don’t cry your way out of war.” 💥

“This is satire. If the shoe fits, it’s probably your Etsy bio.”

🪖 REALITY CHECK: THIS AIN’T A DRILL, IT’S A BLOOD-SOAKED INDICTMENT

There is a sickness in the modern West, and it wears empowerment slogans like armor while demanding not to be hit back.

It wants the power of men without the burden of being men.

It wants authority without the risk.

It wants the privilege of command, but the insulation of victimhood.

This sickness peaked when Kamala Harris lost to Donald Trump—again—and the aftermath wasn’t policy critique, it was a nationwide estrogenic scream into the void.

Liberal women didn’t just react. They unraveled.

Collapsed.

Posted stories of trembling fingers.

Filmed TikToks of soul-crushing grief.

Scribbled essays about how the patriarchy had once again “stolen” history from the uterus-wielding savior we never asked for.

This wasn’t politics.

This was a spiritual breakdown.

Because deep down, they know.

💣 THE BOOTH WAS THE ONLY SAFE SPACE LEFT—AND EVEN THERE, WOMEN WHISPERED “NO”

You want to hear something that’ll put the fear of God into feminism?

Women turned on Kamala too. Quietly. In the booth.

They didn’t want Putin staring her down.

They didn’t want Xi hearing her nervous giggle in a trade war summit.

They didn’t want the most powerful country on Earth flailing under the weak hand of someone selected for optics.

For symbolism.

For gender.

They wanted to live.

Even if they’d never say it publicly.

So they marked the box for the devil they hated because they feared a weak angel even more.

🧠 WHY THE WORLD LAUGHED: THE GLOBAL CHECKMATE OF AMERICAN FEMINISM

Imagine you're Vladimir Putin.

A man with a black belt in psychological warfare, a sniper’s eye for leverage, and the soul of a predator.

You don’t lose sleep over feelings.

You don’t hold press conferences to apologize for microaggressions.

You don’t legislate pronouns.

And then across the ocean comes Kamala, hailed by the Western media as the “future of leadership.”

Her CV padded with ceremonial ribbons, token promotions, and PR victories.

Her campaign surrounded by hysterical praise from people who’ve never once stared down death, starvation, or geopolitical collapse.

You know what a man like Putin does with that?

He waits.

Because weakness always folds.

Kamala wasn’t a threat.

She was an opportunity.

So when she lost, and America’s feminist vanguard imploded emotionally, he didn’t even flinch.

He probably raised a glass.

Because he understood what our own people have forgotten:

This world is still run by men with cold eyes, steel guts, and trigger fingers.

💥 “HISTORIC FIRST” MEANS NOTHING WHEN THE ROOM SMELLS LIKE BLOOD

Feminists chanted:

“It’s time for a woman in charge.”

But let me explain something to you:

The battlefield doesn’t care what time it is.

It doesn’t give a sh*t about your grandmother’s suffrage struggle.

It doesn’t owe you an apology for the 1950s.

It doesn’t soften because your resume looks good on LinkedIn.

The battlefield measures:

Who can absorb pressure without flinching.

Who can make decisions that cost lives and still sleep at night.

Who commands respect without demanding sympathy.

Kamala brought none of that.

She brought smiles, buzzwords, and the emotional bandwidth of a middle school guidance counselor.

And when it came time to choose, America said:

“We’d rather take our chances with a bastard who knows what pain feels like than a symbol with press-approved talking points.”

🩸 THE LIE OF RIGHTS: WHY THEY’RE A FICTION YOU’RE ALLOWED TO BELIEVE—FOR NOW

Let’s rip the last Band-Aid off:

Rights aren’t real.

They are imagined contracts, held in place by nothing more than the threat of violence.

Every “right” you think you have?

Exists because somewhere, a man with a rifle has agreed to shoot someone who tries to take it from you.

You live inside a dome of male restraint.

That’s not misogyny.

That’s reality.

And it’s ugly.

And if every man tomorrow decided—not angrily, not violently, just decisively—to revoke those rights?

You’d scream.

You’d protest.

You’d demand justice.

And no one would come.

You know how I know?

Look at Iran.

Look at Afghanistan.

Look at Saudi Arabia.

Do you think their women were less brave than you? Do you think they didn’t march? Didn’t chant? Didn’t believe in equality?

They did.

And they lost.

Because the monopoly of force is not gender-neutral.

Because human civilization has never been an HR meeting.

Because "equality" is a game you get to play only when the lions aren’t hungry.

🎭 THE CLOWN SHOW COLLAPSE: WHEN LIBERAL WOMEN REALIZED THEY WEREN’T QUEENS, JUST COURT JESTERS

They weren’t supposed to lose.

The narrative had been rehearsed.

The magazine covers printed.

The glass ceiling ready to shatter.

But the people—men and women—walked into the booth and said, “No.”

Not because they were mean.

Not because they were sexist.

But because they remembered what the world used to feel like before delusion took over.

Before every late-night comedy show turned into a feminist sermon.

Before every debate had to be softened for feelings.

Before every strength was deconstructed because it made someone cry.

They remembered a time when a leader didn’t need applause to be effective.

When leaders didn’t flinch.

Didn’t sob.

Didn’t beg to be seen.

They remembered the smell of war, of fear, of consequence.

And in that booth, surrounded by silence, they voted for strength.

Not perfection.

Not likability.

Just strength.

Because the world is a battlefield, not a Pinterest board.

And Kamala showed up with a ring light and a slogan.

🔪 AOC, HILLARY, KAMALA: DIFFERENT OUTFITS, SAME LACK OF TEETH

You can throw all the names you want at me.

Hillary?

AOC?

Kamala?

Same template.

Same cowardice, polished into civility.

None of them would survive a week negotiating against predators.

Because predators don’t care what magazine you were on.

They care if your pulse drops when you speak.

If your eyes lock on theirs without fear.

If you carry the weight of your people like a hammer, not a hashtag.

And none of them do.

They are mannequins in power suits, positioned to fulfill the liberal fantasy of progress.

But you don’t progress if the enemy is still willing to kill for his vision.

You submit.

And right now, the West is crawling.

⚰️ FINAL WORD: FEMINISM’S FUNERAL WASN’T A BANG. IT WAS A WHIMPER

You want the truth?

Kamala’s loss wasn’t a political event.

It was a verdict.

On feminism.

On symbolism.

On the great lie that you can out-feel, out-cry, or out-hashtag real power.

When she lost, the people spoke.

And their voice said:

“We don’t need a mother. We need a motherf*cker.”

And that’s what liberal feminism will never understand.

💀 YOUR RIGHTS EXIST AT THE PLEASURE OF THE STRONG. REMEMBER THAT. OR BE REMINDED.

🧠 REBLOG IF YOU’VE HAD ENOUGH SYMBOLISM.

💬 COMMENT IF YOU’RE DONE PRETENDING.

🔁 FOLLOW FOR THE STORM THAT NEVER ENDS.

⚖️ LEGAL DISCLAIMER: This post is written for the purpose of artistic expression, cultural commentary, and psychological exploration of social and gender dynamics. It does not condone or encourage violence, harassment, or discrimination of any kind. Any references to power, strength, restraint, or critique are metaphorical, symbolic, and rooted in historical and cultural analysis. This is not a call to action — it’s a cultural mirror. If you feel offended, ask yourself if it’s from actual harm — or from seeing something you hoped no one would say out loud.

✨ TL;DR: If you're mad, it’s probably not because it’s wrong — it’s because you know it’s true.

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─ •✧ WILLIAM'S YEAR IN REVIEW : 𝐍𝐎𝐕𝐄𝐌𝐁𝐄𝐑 ✧• ─

𝟑 𝐍𝐎𝐕𝐄𝐌𝐁𝐄𝐑 : The Prince of Wales released a statement ahead of his trip to South Africa for the fourth annual Earthshot Awards. He departed from Heathrow Airport for South Africa. It was announced that Earthshot Awards had led to the creation of 650 jobs in Cape Town & contributed to their creative industries.

𝟒 𝐍𝐎𝐕𝐄𝐌𝐁𝐄𝐑 : William arrived at Cape Town International Airport and was received by the British High Commissioner to the Republic of South Africa (Antony Philipson). Afterwards, he joined Young Environmentalists participating in the inaugural Earthshot Prize Climate Leaders Youth Programme. He then visited the Atlas Foundation at Ocean View Secondary School.

𝟓 𝐍𝐎𝐕𝐄𝐌𝐁𝐄𝐑 : William met Rangers and Mayine e-Africa volunteers at Table Mountain National Park. He shot a Q&A video with Robert Irwin at Signal Hill. Later, he was received by the President of the Republic of South Africa (Cyril Ramaphosa) at his residence. The UK & Soth Africa delegation held a Bilateral Meeting. Afterwards, he attended Conservation Roundtable Meeting at Portside Tower. William attended the Earthshot+ Summit. Finally, William attended the United for Wildlife Global Summit, and announced the "Ranger Welfare and Standards Initiative" to provide rangers access to in-service & medical evacuation insurance cover, and training and leadership development opportunities.

𝟔 𝐍𝐎𝐕𝐄𝐌𝐁𝐄𝐑 : The Prince of Wales held a Meeting with Finalists of the 2024 Earthshot Prize Awards at Kirstenbosch Gardens. He held a Meeting with Prince Rahim Aga Khan. Afterwards, he attended a Founding Partners' Lunch at Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art Africa. William then attended a final rehearsal and gave an Interview to the BBC. In the evening, William attended the Earthshot Prize Awards at the Earthshot Prize Dome. Finally, he attended an Earthshot Prize Thank You Reception.

𝟕 𝐍𝐎𝐕𝐄𝐌𝐁𝐄𝐑 : William visited the National Sea Rescue Institute in Cape Town. Afterwards, he visited Abalobi - a 2023 Earthshot Prize finalist and took part in a traditional fish braai lunch. He met will wishers during a walkabout. Subsequently he attended a Seaweed Innovation Showcase at the Portside Tower. Finally, William departed Cape Town International Airport for the United Kingdom.

𝟖 𝐍𝐎𝐕𝐄𝐌𝐁𝐄𝐑 : He arrived at Heathrow Airport in London from South Africa. William gave an Interview to the press on the conclusion of his trip to Cape Town. Kensington Palace marked Lady Louise's Birthday.

𝟗 𝐍𝐎𝐕𝐄𝐌𝐁���𝐑 : The Prince and Princess of Wales attended the Royal British Legion Festival of Remembrance at the Royal Albert Hall. Kensington Palace released a 2024 Earthshot Prize short film documenting William's visit to Cape Town.

𝟏𝟎 𝐍𝐎𝐕𝐄𝐌𝐁𝐄𝐑 : The Prince and Princess attended the Remembrance Day Service of Remembrance and laid a wreath at the Cenotaph. Afterwards, he took the salute at the March Past of Ex-Servicemen and Civilian Organisations on Horse Guards Parade. A new portion of William's Interview in South Africa was released.

𝟏𝟐 𝐍𝐎𝐕𝐄𝐌𝐁𝐄𝐑 : William held an Investiture.

𝟏𝟑 𝐍𝐎𝐕𝐄𝐌𝐁𝐄𝐑 : William held a Reception at Windsor Castle.

𝟏𝟒 𝐍𝐎𝐕𝐄𝐌𝐁𝐄𝐑 : William was received by the Lord-Lieutenant of Belfast (Dame Fionnuala Jay-O'Boyle) at Simon Community. He visited The Foyer. Afterwards, he met representatives of the Northern Ireland Creative Industries and young people learning screen industry skills at Ulster University where he was received by Deputy Lieutenant of Belfast (Mr. Shane Quinn). Kensington Palace marked The King's Birthday.

𝟏𝟗 𝐍𝐎𝐕𝐄𝐌𝐁𝐄𝐑 : The Prince of Wales attended the Diplomatic Corps Reception.

𝟐𝟎 𝐍𝐎𝐕𝐄𝐌𝐁𝐄𝐑 : William visited Cyfannol Women's Aid in Newport. Later, he was received by the Lord-Lieutenant of Gwent (Robert Aitken) at the Nelson Trust. Subsequently, the Homewards Newport Coalition published the "Newport Women’s Joint Strategic Needs Assessment" Report. The Prince of Wales became Co-Patron of the 'Jewel of Arabia Expedition' along with Crown Prince HH Theyazin bin Haitham of Oman.

𝟐𝟐 𝐍𝐎𝐕𝐄𝐌𝐁𝐄𝐑 : The Prince of Wales was received by Deputy Lieutenant of Greater London (Stuart Shilson) at the launch of Jewel of Arabia Expedition at the Royal Geographical Society. He was joined by the Crown Prince of Oman. William appeared in a video message to mark the 5th Anniversary of National Emergencies Trust.

𝟐𝟔 𝐍𝐎𝐕𝐄𝐌𝐁𝐄𝐑 : William visited the 1st Battalion Welsh Guards at Salisbury Plain in his role as Colonel-in-Chief.

𝟐𝟕 𝐍𝐎𝐕𝐄𝐌𝐁𝐄𝐑 : He attended the Tusk Conservation Awards at the Savoy.

𝟐𝟖 𝐍𝐎𝐕𝐄𝐌𝐁𝐄𝐑 : William and Catherine released a personal statement offering their condolences on the passing of Liz Hatton.

[theleadersglobe]

Bennett University to Host Global AI Summit 2024 in Greater Noida

Bennett University’s School of Computer Science Engineering and Technology is set to host the Global AI Summit 2024, an international conference focused on artificial intelligence and emerging technologies. Scheduled from September 4th to 6th, 2024, the event will take place at the university’s advanced campus in Greater Noida, India. The summit aims to foster discussions on cutting-edge AI research, practical applications, and future trends, attracting a global audience of thought leaders, researchers, industry professionals, and AI enthusiasts.

With participation from over 25 countries, the summit promises to be a premier event in AI discourse. More than 45 keynote addresses will be delivered by renowned academics and industry experts, offering diverse perspectives on AI’s transformative potential across various sectors, including education, healthcare, and finance.

Read More: (https://theleadersglobe.com/life-interest/education/bennett-university-to-host-global-ai-summit-2024-in-greater-noida/)

[ngdrb]

The accomplishments of Joe Biden during his presidency

Joe Biden, the 46th President of the United States, assumed office at a pivotal moment in history, facing a myriad of challenges ranging from a global pandemic to economic uncertainty and social unrest.

Throughout his presidency, President Biden has pursued an ambitious agenda aimed at addressing these pressing issues and advancing key policy priorities. In this essay, we will examine some of the notable accomplishments of Joe Biden during his time in office and the impact of his leadership on the nation.

One of the most significant accomplishments of President Biden during his presidency has been his administration's response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Upon taking office, President Biden made the pandemic a top priority and swiftly implemented a national strategy to combat the spread of the virus and accelerate the vaccination campaign.

Under his leadership, the administration successfully exceeded its initial goal of administering 100 million vaccine doses within the first 100 days, ultimately surpassing 200 million doses. This aggressive vaccination effort has been instrumental in curbing the spread of the virus and has contributed to a significant reduction in COVID-19 cases and deaths across the country.

 In addition to his focus on public health, President Biden has made substantial strides in revitalizing the American economy in the wake of the pandemic. The administration's American Rescue Plan, a comprehensive COVID-19 relief package, provided much-needed financial assistance to individuals, families, and businesses impacted by the economic downturn. The plan included direct stimulus payments to Americans, extended unemployment benefits, support for small businesses, and funding for vaccine distribution and testing. 

President Biden's economic agenda has also centered on job creation and infrastructure investment, culminating in the passage of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, a historic legislation that allocates substantial funding for modernizing the nation's infrastructure, creating millions of jobs, and bolstering economic growth. Furthermore, President Biden has been a vocal advocate for advancing racial equity and social justice in the United States. His administration has taken concrete steps to address systemic inequalities and promote inclusivity, including the signing of executive orders to combat discrimination, promote fair housing, and strengthen tribal sovereignty. 

Additionally, President Biden signed into law the Juneteenth National Independence Day Act, establishing Juneteenth as a federal holiday to commemorate the end of slavery in the United States. These actions underscore the administration's commitment to confronting the legacy of racism and fostering a more equitable society for all Americans.

 Moreover, President Biden has demonstrated a strong commitment to combating climate change and advancing environmental sustainability.

 His administration rejoined the Paris Agreement on climate change, signaling a renewed dedication to global cooperation in addressing the climate crisis. In November 2021, President Biden convened a virtual Leaders Summit on Climate, bringing together world leaders to discuss ambitious measures to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and accelerate the transition to clean energy. 

Additionally, the administration has unveiled a comprehensive plan to invest in clean energy infrastructure, promote energy efficiency, and prioritize environmental justice, aiming to position the United States as a global leader in the fight against climate change. 

In the realm of foreign policy, President Biden has sought to reassert American leadership on the world stage and rebuild alliances with international partners. His administration has prioritized diplomacy and multilateral engagement, working to address global challenges such as nuclear proliferation, cybersecurity threats, and human rights abuses. 

President Biden has reaffirmed the United States' commitment to NATO and other key alliances, signaling a departure from the isolationist policies of the previous administration. His approach to foreign affairs has emphasized the importance of collaboration and collective action in tackling shared global concerns, fostering a more cohesive and cooperative international order. Furthermore, 

President Biden has been a steadfast proponent of expanding access to affordable healthcare and strengthening the Affordable Care Act. His administration has taken steps to bolster the ACA, including increasing enrollment outreach, expanding coverage options, and lowering healthcare costs for millions of Americans. 

President Biden has also championed efforts to address mental health challenges and substance abuse disorders, recognizing the critical importance of mental and behavioral health in overall well-being. 

In conclusion, President Joe Biden has achieved a range of significant accomplishments during his tenure in office, from his swift and effective response to the COVID-19 pandemic to his ambitious efforts to revitalize the economy, promote racial equity, combat climate change, and reinvigorate America's role in global affairs. 

His leadership has been marked by a steadfast commitment to addressing pressing domestic and international challenges and advancing a progressive policy agenda aimed at fostering a more equitable, resilient, and prosperous future for the nation. As his presidency continues to unfold, the enduring impact of his accomplishments is likely to shape the trajectory of the United States for years to come, leaving a lasting imprint on the fabric of American society and the global community.

[evangel108]

2nd page of "The Wandering Wayfinder", Perfection & Petrification (excerpt):

And this is the epitome of contradictions Bigger dreams begat procrastination Too great an ambition kills motivation And in the hopes of reaching perfection I bound myself in chains of dilapidation

This poem is based on the prompt: "Counterintuitive"

Basically, this prompt wanted us to write about counterintuitive life-lessons that goes against "common wisdom", some of which may have become their own cliches (e.g. it is better to give than to receive, relationships are more valuable than riches, etc.) but remains important due to how easily we forget them.

In this poem, I go against the typical "aim for the skies, so that when you fail you can at least reach the clouds" motivational advice. Of course, I'm not advocating for complacency or trying to discourage practice and improvement here; but setting too high a goal often just leads to frustration, discouragement, and dismotivation. When we can't see the end point, any step/progress we make would just feel pointless because we don't ever seem to get closer to where we want to be.

Furthermore, trying to jump too high without building the proper foundations for it would just usually lead to failures that could have been avoided. Kind of like, a person who is still new to exercise attempting to immediately deadlift 100 kg isn't going to succeed in lifting 50. They'll just get injured.

My old depressive tendencies probably stems from this sort of maladaptive perfectionism. Setting a goal beyond my current competence just left me with the constant feeling of being stuck in a limbo, and that nothing I do will ever amount to anything.

The idea to "dream small" came from a Global Leadership Summit (GLS) talk by Liz Bohannon (IIRC, she wrote a book with that title as well), and while it took several years before I actually took that lesson to heart, embracing them had been freed me from a lot of dark places.

[mariacallous]

In January 2020, Mexico made history as the first Latin American country to adopt a feminist foreign policy. Pioneered by Sweden six years earlier in 2014, feminist foreign policy (FFP) initially began as a niche effort in the Nordic region. For many years, Sweden stood alone on the global stage, emphasizing that its FFP focused on enhancing women’s “rights, resources, and representation” in the country’s diplomatic and development efforts worldwide. That effort was the result of the vision and leadership of Sweden’s foreign minister at the time, Margot Wallström, although there was widespread support for the policy across the government and it was continued by subsequent ministers.

It would be another three years before other nations followed suit: In 2017, Canada announced a Feminist International Assistance Policy. At the end of 2018, Luxembourg’s new coalition government committed to developing a FFP in their coalition agreement. And in 2019, Mexico and France pledged to co-host a major women’s rights anniversary conference in 2021 while beginning to explore the development of feminist foreign policies simultaneously.

I had an inside view on that process having convened the existing FFP governments and numerous international experts just before Mexico’s announcement. Together, we developed a global definition and framework for FFP. As I wrote for this magazine in January 2020, this approach was largely followed by the Mexican policy. The goals for Mexico in adopting an FFP were to increase the rights of women and LGBTQ+ individuals on the world stage, diversify their diplomatic corps, boost resourcing for gender equality issues, and ensure that internal policies within the foreign ministry aligned with this approach, including a zero-tolerance policy toward gender-based harassment.

Now, under the leadership of a new female foreign minister, Alicia Bárcena, and following the election of Mexico’s first woman president, Claudia Sheinbaum, I was excited to travel to Mexico City in July as it hit another milestone: becoming the first country outside Europe to host the annual ministerial-level conference on FFP. It was an opportunity for me to take stock of what Mexico has achieved since it adopted an FFP, and to see what progress it has made toward its goals.

Initially convened by Germany’s Annalena Baerbock in 2022 and then by the Dutch last year, Mexico took a unique approach to the conference by focusing it on a specific policy issue—in this case, the forthcoming Summit of the Future. This conference, taking place at the U.N. General Assembly in September, aims to begin laying the groundwork for the successor goals to the Sustainable Development Goals framework. It is already a fraught and polarized process, and progressive leadership is sorely needed.

Last week provided clear evidence that Mexico is making progress in modeling that leadership—including in consistently advocating for progressive language in often contentious international multilateral negotiations, such as the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP). For example, in its interventions at the latest COP, Mexico placed human rights, intersectionality and gender equity at the heart of climate action and recognized the role of women environmental defenders and Indigenous women in a just transition.

“Mexico is often a lone voice in holding the line on critical human rights, Indigenous rights and gender equality language at the climate talks, even among the FFP countries,” said Bridget Burns, the executive director of the Women’s Environment and Development Organization who has spent the last 15 years organizing women’s rights activists in climate negotiations and attended the July conference to speak on the sustainable development panel.

Mexico’s decision to link their hosting of the FFP Conference to the Summit of the Future—as evidenced in an outcome document they published and are circulating for signature ahead of the General Assembly’s high-level week in September—challenged FFP governments to engage a feminist approach in mainstream foreign policy dialogue, not just in gender-related discussions like the U.N. Commission on the Status of Women. “The Summit of the Future aspires to a better tomorrow, but lofty goals won’t translate to real systemic change without feminist civil society,” said Sehnaz Kiymaz, senior coordinator of the Women’s Major Group.

On the multilateral front, Mexico has shown leadership by co-chairing the Feminist Foreign Policy Plus Group (FFP+) at the UN, alongside Spain. This body held the first ministerial-level meeting on FFP at the General Assembly last year and adopted the world’s first political declaration on FFP. Signed by 18 countries, governments pledged “to take feminist, intersectional and gender-transformative approaches to our foreign policies,” and outlined six areas for action in this regard. This was the first time FFP countries publicly pledged to work together as a group to address pressing global challenges through a feminist approach. While smaller subsets of this cohort have worked together multilaterally to condemn women’s rights rollbacks in Afghanistan or in support of an international legal framework on the right to care and be cared for, the first big test of this more systematic approach will be the forthcoming Summit of the Future, where feminists have been advocating for gender to be referenced as a cross-cutting priority.

Mexico has also recently ratified two international instruments to directly benefit women: Convention 189 of the International Labor Organization (ILO) on domestic workers and Convention 190 of the ILO on violence and harassment in the workplace. Under the mantle of its FFP, Mexico has championed the importance of care work in the advancement of women’s rights and countries’ development at the U.N. Human Rights Council and at the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean through the Global Alliance for Care Work.

While international women’s rights activists at the conference largely gave positive feedback on Mexico’s track record, the response from Mexican civil society was more critical. Activists organized a side event to present their more skeptical view of Mexican FFP. María Paulina Rivera Chávez, a member of the Mexican coalition and an organizer of the event, argued a conference could only go so far. “It is fundamental to decenter the state, understanding that feminist foreign policies must be horizontal,” she said.

A major theme of that side event and of Mexican activists’ interventions in the official ministerial conference was the incongruence of the Mexican government’s leadership on feminist approaches internationally while women’s human rights at home have suffered. Such criticisms of the Andrés Manuel López Obrador government are not unfounded. In one particularly troubling interview a few years ago, he suggested that Mexico’s high rate of femicide—11 women are murdered daily, with rates on the rise compared to other crimes—was merely a false provocation by his political opponents. Negative biases against women are pervasive in Mexico, with 90 percent of the population holding such biases.

Mexico has made strides in improving gender equality in other areas, however. Women now make up half of the Mexican legislature and have been appointed to lead high-level institutions, such as the Supreme Court, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and the Central Bank, with cascading positive effects on gender equality. Bárcena, for instance, clearly asserted from her first speech on the job that Mexico’s FFP would remain a top priority. This is no accident. At the federal level, significant efforts have been made to enforce gender parity laws and implement more than 80 percent of the legal frameworks promoting, enforcing and monitoring gender equality as stipulated by international benchmarks. Mexican women have also seen some improvements in maternal mortality rates, access to internet services, and protections to the right to abortion, with numerous national commitments to improve gender equality, such as measures to alleviate the burden of care on women.

But while there has been an increase in the number of women in the legislature and government positions, women from Indigenous, Afro-descendent, and working-class backgrounds continue to be underrepresented in political roles. And there has been a steady increase over the last decade in femicides, disappearances and sexual violence which Mexican feminist organizations and international actors have found are directly linked to the militarization of law enforcement under the guise of Mexico’s war on drugs and organized crime.

Additional criticisms of the Mexican FFP itself include the foreign ministry’s insularity and reluctance to engage with Mexican feminist activists in the development and implementation of its FFP. There was also a hesitation by the previous foreign ministry leadership to collaborate with Inmujeres, Mexico’s gender ministry, preferring to keep control of the FFP within the foreign ministry alone. It is not uncommon for gender ministries to be excluded in foreign policymaking as they are often perceived as lacking the necessary expertise or authority on foreign policy. However, Inmujeres is an exception in this regard and the criticism was valid. This was on my mind as I participated in the conference last month, and straight out of the gate I could observe a clear departure from the past approach under Bárcena’s leadership: The foreign ministry officially partnered with Inmujeres to co-host the conference, and the heads of both agencies were equally prominent voices throughout the three-day event. Similarly, the foreign ministry also made efforts to engage Mexican feminist civil society in conference planning, inviting civil society to a consultation day in the weeks leading up to the conference.

Following the right-wing electoral successes and likely abandonment of FFP in countries like Sweden, Argentina, and potentially the Netherlands, the success of a Mexican model of FFP is all the more important. Mexican activists I spoke with expressed optimism about Bárcena’s leadership, which they had not extended to her predecessor. Certainly, there is some cynicism about whether Mexico’s next president, a woman, will be any better on the issue of femicide than her mentor and predecessor, López Obrador, but there is some room for hope. If the leadership of a female foreign minister like Bárcena has been more effective in mobilizing political and convening power behind FFP, there’s potential that Sheinbaum will also show more interest than her predecessor.

While Mexican civil society has critiqued that Sheinbaum did not present a plan on how she would continue and improve the country’s FFP and repair the government’s relationship with feminist civil society, Sheinbaum’s plan—entitled 100 Pasos Para La Transformación—takes a human rights-based approach to gender equality. This is promising, because political approaches, which are more common, tend to reduce the human rights of women, girls, and gender-diverse persons as a means to an end, such as better economic, education, or health outcomes. The plan proposes measures to alleviate the care burden on women, safeguard sexual and reproductive health and rights, protect LGBTQ+ communities, promote gender parity in cabinets, improve land rights for rural women, reduce femicides, and more.

That Sheinbaum has not explicitly addressed the importance of Mexico’s FFP is not necessarily surprising. Most feminist and women’s rights organizations are understandably more focused on issues within their own borders, and foreign policy rarely drives political power and the focus of the electorate. Discussion of feminist foreign policy is thus typically the domain of the foreign minister and in some cases other relevant ministers—such as international development in Germany, or the trade ministry in Sweden under its previous government. (Canada’s Justin Trudeau stands out as a rare exception, having championed feminism and Canada’s feminist approach to policymaking at the Group of Seven and international gender equality forums throughout his tenure as prime minister.)

But even without top-down leadership from a president, savvy officials within the Mexican foreign and gender ministries are using FFP to make progress. While there has not yet been a public accounting of the progress made in implementing FFP, the clear leadership Mexico is demonstrating on the world stage in key negotiations, its successful conference, and the anticipated new government set the stage for Mexico to boldly advance its FFP. It will serve as a valuable example to the world.