2022 Academic WorldQuest Competition

This event is for Minnesota high school students only! Test your students’ global IQ at our annual international knowledge competition for high school students – Academic WorldQuest. This FREE event challenges high school students across the state of Minnesota in a...

Great Decisions: The Changing World Order

This free event is being held in-person and is open to everyone. An optional dinner will start at 7:15 following the presentation. The dinner is $25 for Woman's Club members and $30 for non-members (plus service fee and taxes). Following...

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 Conversations: Climate Geopolitics

Climate change influences nearly every element of the geopolitical landscape, including human sustenance, international resource flows, and the viability of the civil state. And, its worldwide consequences pose global concerns. But, in December 2015, the Paris Agreement brought 195 nations...

SDG Roundtable: Fall 2021

The 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are a United Nations plan to build a better world for people and our planet by 2030. These goals recognize that ending poverty must go hand-in-hand with strategies that build economic growth, address social...

SDG Roundtable: Fall 2021

Hear from Nicholas S. Deychakiwsky, Senior Program Officer in Civil Society at the Mott Foundation, as he discusses why a large, private philanthropic organization such as the Mott Foundation believes that the SDGs have relevance to its local partnerships and...

Our First 70 Years

By Mark Ritchie President, Global Minnesota Global Minnesota turns 70 this year. Gladys Brooks, the first Board Chair, captured the essence of our origin in a short history she prepared for those of us coming along later. Known as the...

Sponsor a Program or Event

Enhance your global brand and promote international awareness of your values by sponsoring Global Minnesota programs and events. From elementary schoolchildren to multinational corporate leaders, our public events and programs feature diverse audiences containing tens of thousands of participants. Engage...

Global Social Women in Entrepreneurship

Registration for this event is closed. To have your name added to the waiting list for this event, please contact 612-625-1662. In October, Global Minnesota welcomes a group of 50 international women entrepreneurs who will visit Minnesota to: discuss the...

Corporate Membership Benefits

$50,000 Premier 50, one-year individual memberships for designated employees Member rates to fee-based programs for all employees Invitations to special receptions and private dinners with visiting dignitaries Sponsorship opportunities at corporate and public events, including Business Briefings Complimentary invitations to...

We Stand with International Students

Read Global Minnesota’s response to the recent ICE restrictions on international students and learn about actions you can take to challenge the directive.

2022 U.S. Foreign Policy Update

Join us for the insightful and popular annual U.S. Foreign Policy Update with Diplomat in Residence and former career Foreign Service Officer, Tom Hanson. Tom will explore and discuss the latest foreign policy developments, trends, and challenges facing the U.S....

Global Book Club: The Cubans with Anthony DePalma

This event is being held in-person and is open to everyone. A recording of the event will be available at a later date for those unable to attend.  The United States and Cuba have had a tense relationship for decades....

Cosette Creamer

Note: Available starting in July. Cosette Creamer is an Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of Minnesota and affiliated faculty at the University of Minnesota Law School. Her research interests rest at the intersection of international and comparative...

CARE Forum: Food, Health, and Women in International Development

Registration is now closed but walk-ins are welcome! This Women’s Food Security In International Development program takes place in St. Cloud. Women are key to international development. Empowering women through health care, education, and finance results in better lives for...