A Mansfield Center Brown Bag Lecture with Southeast Asian Fellows in the YSEALI Professional Fellows Program.

A special offering of the U.S. Department of State.

Southeast Asia is a vibrant and rapidly developing region with many active and engaged young leaders who are seeking to meet head-on the challenges facing the region. Mr. Yeang Donal of the Wildlife Conservation Society in Cambodia, Mr. Chasy Somwhang of Save the Children International in Laos, Ms. Naw Paw Eh of Youth Circle in Myanmar, Ms. Kath Khangpiboon of the Thai Transgender Alliance in Thailand, and Ms. Thoi Thi Chau of CHANGE in Vietnam will discuss how they are working to address issues like education, human rights, and conservation.

The Professional Fellows Program is funded by the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs and managed by the Mansfield Center. The focus for 2017 is Civil Society Development. The program for Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam is designed to promote mutual understanding, enhance leadership and professional skills, and build sustainable partnerships between emerging leaders from foreign countries and the U.S.