Hosted with the support and partnership of the John P. & Anne Welsh McNulty Foundation
Applications are Now Closed
We look forward to sharing insights from this gathering.
About the Event
In a world where democratic institutions face unprecedented pressure and social divisions deepen, we need leaders who can navigate conflict with moral courage and transformative vision.
Join a four-day immersive experience, from November 17 to 21, 2025, in Kigali, Rwanda, a living laboratory for understanding how leadership shapes our response to humanity’s darkest moments and brightest possibilities.
Developed in partnership with AGLN Fellow and McNulty Laureate Hope Azeda (Africa Leadership Initiative – East Africa), this experience uses Rwanda’s profound transformation as our text — examining the role of hate, leadership failure, international and local inaction that contributed to the brutal realities of the 1994 genocide, alongside the extraordinary story of a nation that chose healing.
This event is open to AGLN Fellows and special guests only.
Curators
Hope Azeda
Playwright, Founder & Artistic Director, Mashirika Performing Arts & Media Company – Pioneering art as a tool for peace building; John P. McNulty Prize Laureate
Austin Choi Fitzpatrick
Professor of Sociology at the Kroc School of Peace Studies and Faculty Director of the SPARK Social Innovation Institute, University of San Diego
Heather Sonn
Founding Director, Gamiro Investment Group – Green energy, property development, and financial services, Aspen Institute moderator