Medger Evers College: Executive Leadership Certificate Program (ELCP) 2019

BY OYIZA ADABA | AFRICA-RELATED NEW YORK

NEW YORK July 17, 2019. The 4-Day Inaugural Executive Leadership Certificate Program, organized by Medgar Evers College (MEC), Brooklyn and The City University of New York in New York (CUNY) recently concluded on July 8-11, 2019. The program offered an exciting and interactive opportunity for the organising institutions, leading New York City politicians, and a diverse group of successful business owners, entrepreneurs and non-profit & community leaders to come together to discuss the complex challenges in today's business environment. Speakers designed each topic targeting areas such as personal, organizational and community growth, and engaged the students of the program in real life applications, experiences and processes. The diversity in the room could not be missed, as it reflected the program's goal of reaching mostly minority-owned organisations. It drew participation from a cross section of people from the US including Florida andMinnesota; with various ethnic backgrounds represented including African/Caucasian-American, Nigeria, Cameroon, Ghana, Jamaica, Guyana, Trinidad & Tobago, Haiti, Russia, Japan etc. Beyond the certificates presented at the end of the program, the inaugural students left with a wealth of knowledge from the experiences shared, as well as a rich network of some positively-driven individuals, whose collaborative potentials are set to make a difference in their various communities. For more info, www.mec.cuny.edu