ICFRC: Climate Change, Gender, and Biomass Cookstoves in India
Recorded: March 7, 2025
Runtime: 01:01:46
Back
ICFRC: Quality Education for All: UN Sustainable Development Goal #4
Listen to an audio podcast of this program.
Foreign Relations Council 2023 marks the 75th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. On UN Day this year we are honoring that historic agreement by emphasizing the rights of youth, especially the right to quality education. We are joined by UNA Global Goals Ambassador Virgil Parker speaking about the importance of SDG #4, Quality Education.
Virgil Parker is a U.S. Fulbright Alum, community advocate, and Howard University graduate with a degree in Journalism and a minor in Afro-American studies. Virgil served as a White House HBCU Competitiveness Scholar for the White House Initiative on HBCUs. Currently, Mr. Parker is a television producer for News10NBC (WHEC-TV). Mr. Parker has moderated and participated in national and regional conversations regarding various topics such as The Future of HBCUs in the COVID-19 Era, Philanthropic Equity for Minority Serving Institutions, and Bringing Local Governments And HBCUs Together and more. Most recently, he executive produced two projects commemorating the 45th Anniversary of Education and Sharing Day and the 60th Anniversary of The Equal Pay Act of 1963. His work has been included in media outlets such as Forbes, The Hill, iHeartRadio, Blavity, HBCU Buzz, and Diverse Issues In Higher Education.
For more information about the Iowa City Foreign Relations Council, visit icfrc.org.
Related Programs
ICFRC: Technology and the Rise of Great Powers
Recorded: January 29, 2025
Runtime: 01:00:30
ICFRC: Authoritarianism and Christian Nationalism
Recorded: November 1, 2024
Runtime: 01:21:02
ICFRC: South African Democracy - Lessons from 30 Years
Recorded: October 16, 2024
Runtime: 00:53:31
ICFRC: Manufacturing Consent - The Failure of EU Elections, Media, and the Public Sphere
Recorded: October 9, 2024
Runtime: 01:01:00
ICFRC: Writing, Democracy, and Global Threats to Both
Recorded: September 23, 2024
Runtime: 01:18:04
ICFRC: Election Watch 2024 - Journalistic Experience From the Global Stage
Recorded: September 18, 2024
Runtime: 00:59:10
ICFRC: 2024 Mandela Washington Fellows
Recorded: July 17, 2024
Runtime: 01:26:43
ICFRC - Obstacles to Peace: Stories about Palestine
Recorded: May 3, 2024
Runtime: 01:26:52
Share this video on social media!
Share link (ctrl+c to copy)