In July 2005 NAEIF organized the first North American Leadership Institute in
collaboration with the Universidad
Panamericana in Mexico City. The
purpose of the Institute is to challenge college leaders to become better
advocates of human dignity wherever it is under siege. Co-sponsors included the
Universidad Intercultural and the
Mazahua Foundation, both of
which are dedicated to preserving the indigenous cultures north of Mexico City.
Detailed information for the
2007 program may be found by
clicking here. The Provost of DeSales University
performed an
academic audit of the inaugural program and concluded that it was worthy of
six credit hours.
For the past seven years the foundation has been sponsoring a youth soccer team
in an under-privileged neighborhood in Mexico City. In that time the volunteer
coach has taken his boys from being the "Bad News Bears" to league champions.
Here is a slideshow of the team celebrating their latest tournament victory in
December 2006.
NAEIF is proud to have co-sponsored the
"Pan-American Student Symposium on Solidarity and Volunteerism" which was held on January 28 and 29th
of 2005 at the Universidad Panamericana in Mexico City. Professor Michael Pakaluk and NAEIF President Ted Wills were among the featured speakers. The Symposium was organized by an international student committee led by Dr. Georgina Pérez-Liz, the winner of
NAEIF's 2004 Leadership Award
and recently named Chair of Our Board of Directors.
To see the conference program, click here. To read Professor Michael Pakaluk's speech on "Friendship as the Basis of Volunteerism," click here.
