In mid-September, our team welcomed 16 international visitors representing 15 countries – from Australia to Romania – for a seven-day International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP), titled “The Problem We All Live With: Dismantling Racial and Social Injustice”. Specific program objectives included examining the historical roots of racial inequity; exploring best… Read More
In 2021, we introduced a high concentration of virtual programming at the Presidential Precinct. Some of these modalities were temporary, including an all-virtual Mandela Washington Fellowship in 2021. But others opened new doors that would endure much longer than COVID-19 related restrictions. Now, in 2023, we have completed the… Read More
September 2023 in Nairobi, Kenya, 18 heads of state from across the African continent met together for the inaugural Africa Climate Summit, ultimately drafting a call to action now known as the Nairobi Declaration. Several key themes emerge from this document, including (1) that Africa’s rapid population… Read More
Eola Lewis Dance has worked at the intersection of history, art, and culture for 21 years having served most recently as the first African American woman named Superintendent of Fort Monroe National Monument and Director of Resource Stewardship and Science at Jamestown and Yorktown; three key sites in telling the… Read More
Faculty and staff of UVA’s School for Education and Human Development (SEHD) opened their labs to Bangladeshi educators seeking to design, create, experiment and prototype technology in education. The Presidential Precinct partnered with SEHD to conduct a day-long program for the group of university professors, Ministry of Education officials,… Read More
As Director of Development, Tracy leads the strategic direction and implementation of a high-level fundraising program to achieve sustainable growth for the Presidential Precinct. Tracy has been a professional fundraiser for twelve years, and considers it a privilege to build relationships with the Presidential Precinct’s most passionate supporters. Tracy previously… Read More
In 2016, I was privileged to be selected as a young and emerging leader from Sierra Leone to participate in one of the most prestigious fellowships, The Young African Leaders Initiative (YALI), under the Mandela Washington Fellowship, an initiative of former President Barack Obama. It was an intense six-week… Read More
Toyosi Ogunseye, Program Alumna and 2014 Mandela Washington Fellow, to lead the organization’s next chapter. — CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA – Today, the Presidential Precinct is proud to announce Toyosi Ogunseye as its new President & CEO. Ogunseye is only the second to take this role at the Presidential Precinct, following… Read More
As President & CEO of the Presidential Precinct, Toyosi Ogunseye ensures strategic direction in the organization’s commitment to delivering world-class leadership programming that engages and inspires emerging leaders. In addition to President & CEO, Toyosi is a program alumna of the Presidential Precinct, having participated in the 2014 Mandela… Read More