Past Events Sponsored by the Center for Leadership Initiatives
National and International Conferences
International Human Rights: Freedom from Persecution: November 3-7, 2010
CLI co-sponsored the third annual human trafficking conference. Click here for more details.The Criminal Justice Response to Human Trafficking: January 23-25, 2009
CLI co-sponsored the second annual human trafficking conference. Click here for more details.Human Trafficking: Slavery in the 21st Century: January 25-27, 2008
CLI co-sponsored the conference. Click here for more details.Other Events
Fall 2009
Defense Forum: Rear Admiral Red Best, U.S. Navy (Ret.), and one of the U.S.’ most distinguished combat veteran aviators and naval commanders spoke to the state of the nation and the state of the world.
April 13, 2009
LTC Doug Schott, U.S. Air Force (Ret.), graduate of the U.S. Air Force Academy (B.S. International Affairs); the Air Command & Staff College (Masters equivalent); the National Defense University (second Masters equivalent degree); and the University of Northern Colorado (M.A., Public Administration) and four-time, combat tour, distinguished, veteran pilot in the Viet Nam War, addressed the Defense Forum on the state of the nation and the state of the world, with a focus on the Near East, in a lecture entitled, “The ‘Great Game’ That Never Ends.”April 6, 2009
David Cowan, world class economist (Executive Banker, World Bank Group) and theologian (Bachelor and Master Degrees from Oxford University; Ministry Diploma from Cambridge University) addressed The Commoner Forum on Economic Parables, The Monetary Teachings of Jesus Christ. Click here for more details.October 22-26, 2007
Dr. Ron Petitte opened the Leadership Week by presenting to the student body the first part of his developing series on Moral Leadership, which series he introduced in New York City's Neighborhood Church of Greenwich Village, as part of the All Things Project. Dr. Petitte has been invited to give a presentation in March 2008 from this series to the Oxford Round Table, an international governmental and scholarly forum, which is held annually at Oxford University, England.Other speakers during Leadership Week included:
- Marek Markus, international Christian businessman and change agent in Slovakia
- Nancy Pearcey, author of Total Truth: Liberating Christianity from Its Cultural Captivity
