2023 Great Decisions Returning Speaker Form

Thank you for accepting our invitation to join Global Minnesota's Great Decisions speaker bureau for the 2023! Participating speakers will be listed in our directory by topic, as selected for 2023 by the Great Decisions program. Great Decisions is the...

Great Decisions Conference

The United States and Mexico Friday, October 4 3M Auditorium Carlson School of Management, University of Minnesota 321 19th Ave. S, Minneapolis, MN 55455 REGISTER Cost Includes continental breakfast. Global Minnesota Members / College and University Students $30 Nonmembers $45...

We Stand Together

We are grieving the senseless killing of yet another neighbor, George Floyd. Nearly 250 years since the promise of “Liberty and Justice for All,” many in our country are still denied these basic rights – facing discrimination, dehumanization, and disrespect...

The Future of the Environment with Dr. Sabine Engel

In a new series of video conversations, Global Minnesota President Mark Ritchie sits down with experts and leading thinkers working across a spectrum of global sectors to discuss timely and important international issues. In his first video interview, Mark chats...

The Future of the Environment with Dr. Sabine Engel

In this video interview, Global Minnesota President Mark Ritchie talks with Dr. Sabine Engel, Director of International Partnership at the Institute on the Environment — University of Minnesota, about the future of our environment and several renewable energy projects between...

Strategic Alliances: Belarus & Europe

This free event is being held in-person and is open to everyone.  Ambassador Andrei Sannikov might be most well-known for his vocal criticism of Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko, but the exiled politician is also an accomplished author, human rights advocate,...

Document: Securing Access to a Just Energy Transition

Prepared for Global Minnesota by Dr. John Pournoor The energy landscape has undergone remarkable transformations in the past decade, thanks to a confluence of technological advancements, environmental imperatives, public policy reforms, and shifts in societal preferences. Despite these accomplishments, the...

Brazilian Young Leader of the Americas: Renielle Lira

Reni Lira is visiting the United States from Brazil as one of the U.S. State Department's Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative (YLAI) Fellows.  If I would have told 10-year-old Reni about visiting the United States and representing Brazil as...

Global Trade Networking

Registration for this event is closed. If you would like to attend, please contact JB Scherpelz. Since January 1, 1994, the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) has significantly affected its three signatories: Canada, Mexico, and the United States. While the...

Press Release: Edina High School Wins 2023 Academic WorldQuest

MINNEAPOLIS, March 7, 2023 – High school students from Edina High School were named champions of Global Minnesota’s statewide Academic WorldQuest international knowledge competition on Wednesday, March 1, 2023, and will now advance to the national tournament in Washington, D.C....

2018 CHINA Town Hall

Relive the 2018 CHINA Town Hall, organized by the National Committee on United States-China Relations and locally hosted in partnership with the University of Minnesota China Center. This national day of programming provided Americans across the U.S. and beyond the...

Trivia for Canada Day

Celebrate Canada Day and the 50th anniversary of the opening of the Consulate General of Canada in Minneapolis with a friendly game of trivia! Over a Zoom happy hour, join others online and try your hand at Canada-themed trivia covering...

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Leon Rodrigues

Dr. Leon Rodrigues has been involved as a Diversity Professional, Administrator and an Associate Professor in Higher Education institutions for the last 14 years. He is a trained and registered Qualified Administrator/Coach for the Intercultural Development Inventory (IDI) and the...

“We Are Vulnerable But We Have To Find the Courage”

“Courage is the only way.” Maximilienne C. Ngo Mbe, 2021 International Woman of Courage Honoree In our work to link cultures and people worldwide, some days come easier than others.  The sobering truth, the grounding reality, is that what we...

Press Release: Global Minnesota Selects Phillip Hansen as President

MINNEAPOLIS, October 14, 2022 – Local nonprofit Global Minnesota announced today that Phillip Hansen has been selected as its new President following a nationwide and international search. Earlier this week, the organization’s Board of Directors voted unanimously to approve his...

2019 Ambassador Awards Luncheon

Online registration is closed. If you have questions about space availability, please call us at 612.625.1662. You are cordially invited to our annual Ambassador Awards luncheon. Please join us as we honor this year’s recipients: Bill George and Warren Staley...

Our New Afghan Neighbors: How Can We Help?

Authored By Mark Ritchie President, Global Minnesota Angela Schulz Global Minnesota Board of Directors, VP Finance Operations at Target Corporation, and dual citizen of Germany and the U.S. The emergency evacuation in August and September of thousands of Afghans who...

Welcome to The World Thread

Join us as we tackle different aspects of Global Minnesota’s core mission – “advancing international understanding and engagement” – and share unique insights into some of the opportunities and challenges of our increasingly interconnected economies, environment, and lives.

Two Decades of NAFTA: What has been the Impact on Minnesota?

Since January 1, 1994, the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) has significantly affected its three signatories: Canada, Mexico, and the United States.  Trade in the region has grown, our economies are more integrated, and leaders of each country have...