Business & Sustainability in a Competitive World Panel featuring:Bhaskar Chakravorti - Dean of Global Business, The Fletcher School Alnoor Ebrahim - Associate Dean for Curriculum, The Fletcher School Jette Knudsen - Shelby Cullom Davis Professor of International Business, The Fletcher School Ken Pucker - Senior Lecturer, The Fletcher School Quyen Tran - Professor of the Practice, The Fletcher School

Deglobalization, Decarbonization & Trade Panel featuring:Pekka Olavi Haavisto - Minister for Foreign Affairs, Republic of Finland Joel Trachtman - Professor of International Law, The Fletcher School Mihaela Papa, F03, F10 - Adjunct Assistant Professor in Sustainable Development and Global Governance, The Fletcher School Andres Valenciano, F12 - John F. Kennedy Fellow, MC/MPA program, Harvard Kennedy School

The Fletcher School's 2023 Commencement ceremony features presentation of degrees, doctoral hooding, and remarks from keynote speaker Pekka Haavisto, Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Finland.

His Excellency Pekka Olavi Haavisto, the Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Finland, delivers the keynote remarks at The Fletcher School's 2023 Commencement Ceremony.

The Fletcher School's Commencement ceremony features presentation of degrees, doctoral hooding, and remarks from keynote speaker Pekka Haavisto, Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Finland.

Practitioners play an important role in helping immigrants navigate the complex structures and cultural differences within the United States. This panel focuses on how race, racism, and xenophobia manifest in each panelist's work and how the legal, policy, and advocacy community can push for more racially equitable immigration laws and policies. The panel is moderated by David Muehlke, who serves as The Fletcher School’s State Department Fellow for the 2022-2023 academic year. Participants include:• Mahsa Khanbabai, Attorney, Khanbabai Immigration Law • Ronald Claude, Director of Policy and Advocacy, Black Alliance for Just Immigration • Dr. Alexandra Piñeros-Shields, Visiting Associate Professor of the Practice of Racial Equity, Brandeis University • Pastor Dieufort Jean Fleurissaint, Senior Pastor, Total Health Christian Ministries and President, True Alliance CenterFind more information about RiT’s race and migration research here: https://sites.tufts.edu/ihs/race-and-refugees-how-refugees-learn-about-race-in-america/Learn more about the RiT project at www.refugeesintowns.org.Learn more about the Henry J. Leir Institute for Migration and HumanSecurity at go.tufts.edu/leir.

Since 2021, the Refugees in Towns project has worked with the Hello Neighbor Network to assess how refugees come to understand and experience race in the U.S. The first phase of research, completed in August 2022, included field research in Mobile, AL and Pittsburgh, PA, culminating in a final research report and city-specific case reports. Research Assistant Lucy Mastellar shares high-level findings before moderating a discussion with immigrants and refugees themselves.Participants include: • Hawa Juma, Community Outreach Coordinator, Midtown Utica Community Center • Kay Klo, Executive Director, Midtown Utica Community Center • Moses Muhabao, Dwell Mobile Mentor and Case Informant • Sohrab Saljooki, former Hello Neighbor intern and Pittsburgh case report co-authorFind more information about RiT’s race and migration research here: https://sites.tufts.edu/ihs/race-and-refugees-how-refugees-learn-about-race-in-america/Learn more about the RiT project at www.refugeesintowns.org.Learn more about the Henry J. Leir Institute for Migration and Human Security at go.tufts.edu/leir.

Dr. Helen Marrow discusses her research with new immigrants in the U.S., specifically in Atlanta, GA and Philadelphia, PA, investigating race as part of contexts of reception, processes of migrants’ racial socialization, and greeting newcomers.Find more information about RiT’s race and migration research here: https://sites.tufts.edu/ihs/race-and-refugees-how-refugees-learn-about-race-in-america/Learn more about the RiT project at www.refugeesintowns.org.Learn more about the Henry J. Leir Institute for Migration and HumanSecurity at go.tufts.edu/leir.

The Refugees in Towns Project at the Henry J. Leir Institute for Migration & Human Security presented its 3rd annual convening on April 14, 2023. The Race and Migration Symposium draws on RiT’s ongoing research with the Hello Neighbor Network focused on assessing how refugees come to understand and experience race in the U.S.RiT founder and director Dr. Karen Jacobsen offers opening remarks before research partners Rachel Vinciguerra of the Hello Neighbor Network and Jeri Stroade of Dwell Mobile share their motivations for partnering with RiT to explore this important topic.Find more information about RiT’s race and migration research here: https://sites.tufts.edu/ihs/race-and-refugees-how-refugees-learn-about-race-in-america/Learn more about the RiT project at www.refugeesintowns.org.Learn more about the Henry J. Leir Institute for Migration and Human Security at go.tufts.edu/leir.

The Fletcher School was joined by representatives from the U.S. Department of State, including Senior Official for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs Liz Allen, to present alumnus Daniel Langenkamp (MALD 02) with the Edward R. Murrow Award for Excellence in Public Diplomacy for his “exceptional performance in the United States’ public diplomacy and strategic communications efforts before and during Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.”The program included a conversation between Daniel Langenkamp and Tara Sonenshine, Edward R. Morrow Professor of Practice in Public Diplomacy followed by a discussion of digital diplomacy with Professor Bhaskar Chakravorti.Co-hosted by The Murrow Center and the Institute for Business in the Global Context.