AMPLIFY 2022: Dr. TADIOS BELAY
The U.S. Africa Institute is a 501(c)(3) international nonprofit organization established to advance the strategic partnerships between the United States of America and Africa.
Our local to global approach informs USAI’s program design and development that empower young people through education and cultural exchange programs. USAI’s local and international programs are designed to strengthen the longstanding partnerships between the United States and Africa through cultural exchanges, academic collaboration and public diplomacy programs and help promote democracy and good governance, and improve the United States and Africa’s shared goals of regional prosperity, security, and stability.
USAI programs enhance the level of educational skills particularly in English language proficiency, and facilitate greater awareness and appreciation of both US’s and Africa’s history, culture and traditions, as well as U.S. unique democratic institutional values that anchor democratic practices, that serve as a backbone for a vibrant, diverse, cultural ecosystem.
U.S. Africa Institute believes that the shared cultural roots and historical bonds between Africa and the U.S. provide a powerful bridge between Americans and Africans an opportunity to share new learnings through education, cultural exchange, citizen diplomacy, capacity building, conflict and peace management.
As a result of USAI programs, anticipate building stronger ties and relationships between Africans and Americans, deepening their understanding of their respective culture and history that will pave the way for stronger social, cultural, diplomatic and economic ties. Community engagement, collaboration and meaningful participation and leadership of our communities are at the center of everything we do at US Africa Institute.
Our programs help students learn new languages, appreciate other cultures and gain a greater understanding about the United States of America and Africa. Over 90% of student who participated in our programs reported that their experiences significantly helped them develop their intercultural skills, adaptability, self-awareness and confidence, and access to personal and professional opportunities.
Our local and international programs are life-changing experience for many students, opening their eyes to different ways of life and promoting understanding and tolerance. From elementary through post-graduate education, global engagement and exposure can profoundly change a student’s life. This is why we need a stronger partnerships between the U.S. and in Africa.
Dr. Tadios Belay is a 2022 Amplify Fellow.
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Dr. Tadios Belay is the founding President of the US Africa Institute, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, and educational organization established to advance strategic partnerships between the United States of America and Africa through academic exchanges designed to forge stronger cultural and diplomatic ties, build the capacity of African academic institutions, and contribute to mutually beneficial economic development opportunities that are scalable and sustainable.
Recently, he was a Human Rights Fellow at the United States Human Right Network where he educated and engaged African American and African immigrant communities to organize and advocate for racial, social and economic justice throughout the United States and globally. Tadios has also worked as a Principal Representative to the United Nations Economic and Social Council where he had been actively engaged with the adoption process of the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration (GCM) to promote educational equity, migration justice and economic opportunities for all immigrants throughout the world.
Tadios earned a recognition and award from the California State Assembly and the 15th California Assembly District as a Community Change-Maker and received the 7th Annual Juneteenth Image Award. He is the founding member of the International Virtual Exchange Learning (IVEL) Committee at California State University Dominguez Hills and also serves as the President of the Board of Directors at Taylion Academy in California and Arizona.
Dr. Tadios Belay attended the University of San Francisco, School of Law on merit scholarship and received Master of Laws where he specialized in International Law. He also studied at the University of Helsinki, Finland, Hong Kong Science and Technology University, Hong Kong and Qatar University, Doha as part of his doctoral research. He also attended the Executive Education Program at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government and completed his doctoral degree in Global Education at the University of Southern California (USC) where his research works focused on the intersection of global education, identity, culture, and student achievement.
The Pacific Council on International Policy launched AMPLIFY in February 2022 as a leadership development program that provides learning and networking opportunities to early to mid-career professionals who have traditionally been underrepresented in foreign affairs. Through AMPLIFY, the Pacific Council aims to cultivate local-to-global leaders, strengthen diversity in foreign policy, and be an accelerator for local-to-global initiatives from the western United States.
UPDATED: AUGUST 2022