Zoe’s Semester at the School for Ethics and Global Leadership ’25

Zoe J sent us an update of what she’s been up to so far during her semester at the School for Ethics and Global Leadership in Washington, D.C.

October 3rd, 2025:

1. Met with Secretary of Education Linda McMahon
2. Met with Hillary Clinton’s former speech writer Lissa Muscitine
3. Met with the diplomat of the Israeli embassy to talk about the conflict in Gaza
4. Went to the Rwandan embassy to talk about country growth after the 1994 Rwandan genocide
5. Met with Carl Wilkens who saved hundreds of Rwandans during the genocide
6. Met with three congress reps
7. Met with immigration policy makers on the right and left
8. Started our SVP (Social Venture Project) which is an opportunity for us to do social entrepreneurship in our home towns
9. Started our CPD (Collaborative Policy Document) which we will be sharing with policy makers from the house of reps later in the semester
10. Also fun things like family feud, karaoke night, murder mystery, national book fest, protest observation, local markets and other fun times in the dorms.

I’m also doing great socially, I have a lot of really close friends here and I honestly am super happy here in DC, but tell everyone I miss them so much!

If you would like to read about Zoe’s full semester’s experience as shared with us after she returned to CHS, please click here.