Peter Mandaville, senior advisor for the religion and inclusive societies program at United States Institute of Peace, and Knox Thames, visiting expert at United States Institute of Peace, discuss th…
âPale, Male and Yaleâ: Can The State Department Be Fixed?
Gina Abercrombie-Winstanley is the first ever chief diversity and inclusion officer at an agency notorious for discrimination and wrecked by a racist president.
By Akbar Shahid Ahmed
Updated
May 13, 2021
Gina Abercrombie-Winstanley remembers when President Donald Trumpâs first secretary of state, Rex Tillerson, promised to make the State Department more diverse. He cited one particular policy: ensuring a minority candidate was considered for all ambassador positions.
âThey may not be ready, but we will know where the talent pool is,â the secretary said at an August 2017 event.
The remark deeply hurt her.
Andrew L. Whitehead, associate professor of sociology at Indiana University–Purdue University Indianapolis and co-author of
Taking Back America for God: Christian Nationalism in the United States, discusses the proliferation of Christian nationalism and its influence on American politics.
FASKIANOS: Thank you, Julissa. Good afternoon to everyone. Welcome to the Council on Foreign Relations Religion and Foreign Policy webinar series. I m Irina Faskianos, vice president for the National Program and Outreach at CFR. As a reminder, today s webinar is on the record, and the audio, video, and transcript will be available on our website, CFR.org, and on our iTunes podcast channel,
The first discussion Saturday is focused on the topic of religious freedom, in which experts will discuss the important role religion has played in shaping the nation.