As an early architect of the bridge-building and strengthening democracy ecosystem in the U.S., Sharif Azami will share insights on what lies ahead as we work to build a just, multicultural, multi-racial democracy. His talk will highlight how toxic polarization and extremism are not just undermining key democratic institutions and norms here at home but also threaten global governance and shared flourishing.
Tuesday, November 15
3 pm ET
About Sharif Azami
Sharif Azami works within the philanthropic sector to mend America’s deepest divides and strengthen democracy. His work seeks to develop new pathways for a just, multi-racial, multi-cultural democracy in the U.S. Sharif has worked on governance, social transformation, and peacebuilding since early 2000 with CIDA, Oxfam GB, and United Nations World Food Programme, among others. He has also earned a master's in International Development Policy from Duke University and a graduate certificate in Peace and Conflict Resolution from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.