2017 – Sisco Memorial Forum: “Migration, Immigration, and Refugees”
The American Academy of Diplomacy in collaboration with the Hubert Humphrey School of the University of Minnesota presented:
Joseph J. Sisco Memorial Forum
Migration, Immigration and Refugees: From Global Policy to Minnesota Realities
Monday October 30, 2017
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- The Joseph J. Sisco Memorial Forum was presented by the American Academy of Diplomacy in collaboration with the Humphrey School of Public Affairs. Featured here (from L to R) Eric Schwartz, Phyllis Oakley, MayKao Hang, Ron Neumann and Carissa Slotterback.
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- Ambassador Neumann presented this forum’s theme focused on exploring the linkages between global refugee and migration policies and the realities of those programs for Minnesota communities.
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- Mr. Eric Schwartz, President of Refugees International, was the keynote speaker. “In the area of refugees, this isn’t a policy problem, it’s a political problem.”
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- Ambassador Ronald Neumann, President of the American Academy of Diplomacy, was the panel discussion moderator.
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- Dr. MayKao Hang, President of the Amherst H. Wilder Foundation, offered the Minnesota perspective to the discussion. “What is your advice to students? A: Get out and get to know some of these communities. Get to know people who are different.”
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- The Sisco Forum is an annual event held to encourage public discussion on pertinent foreign policy themes to which Dr. Joseph Sisco, former AAD Chairman, dedicated his career
