WVII covers young African leaders’ six-week UMaine visit

WVII (Channel 7) reported on the 2017 Mandela Washington Fellowship programs held at the University of Maine. For the second year, 25 young leaders from Sub-Saharan Africa are spending six weeks at UMaine’s Public Management Institute to participate in academic, professional, service and recreational activities statewide. Members of the public also are invited to attend weekly cultural exchange events offered as part of the program. “It’s about fostering collaboration, it’s about learning best practices here in the U.S. and how to apply those to our own countries, our own organizations,” said Jai Clifford-Holmes, a Mandela Washington Fellow visiting UMaine. “Some of it’s about academic course work, but that’s not really the focus; really, what we’re here to do is meet a lot of people, to network with other organizations, and to work with one another.”