EEOC goes global for this week’s very special edition, featuring events from Columbia’s 2022 World Leaders Forum!

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Student Event Spotlight

• On Monday, September 19, from 7:30 to 8:30 pm EDT, Columbia Political Union will be hosting their Fall Interest Meeting in Uris 301 for potential new members!

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• On Tuesday, September 20, from 12:30 to 1:30 pm EDT, the World Leaders Forum will host Franz Timmermans, the European Commission Executive Vice President for the European Green Deal. Timmermans will be joined in conversation by ​​Jason Bordoff, Co-Founding Dean of the Columbia Climate School. The event will be held in the Low Library Rotunda, with registration available online.
• Also on Tuesday, September 20, from 4 to 5 pm, is a conversation with President Luis Abinader Corona of the Dominican Republic. President Abinader will speak with Columbia’s Dr. Wafaa El-Sadr in the Low Library Rotunda. Registration is available online.
• On Wednesday, September 21, from 12:30 to 1:30 pm, Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, Leader of Belarusian democratic forces, will join Columbia professor Alexander Cooley for a conversation about “How a Free Belarus will Promote Democracy in Ukraine and Security for Europe.” Registration is available online.
• Also on Wednesday, September 21, from 3 to 4 pm, Prime Minister Dimitar Kovachevski of the Republic of North Macedonia will join Alexander Cooley in conversation. Please register online.
• On Thursday, September 22, from 10:30 to 11:30 am, the President of the 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26), the Right Honorable Alok Sharma, MP, will speak at the Low Library Rotunda about the race to deliver the Glasgow Climate Pact. Please register for this event online.
• On Thursday, September 22, from 3 to 4 pm, the World Leaders Forum will host President Gabriel Boric Font of the Republic of Chile. President Boric will be joined by Columbia professor Maria Victoria Murillo. Please register online.

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