Atlas Events Sponsored by the Emerson Leadership Institute
Monday, April 13 - Friday, April 17
Leadership Ethics and Policy
LEAP - Student Challenge
Sponsored By: Emerson Leadership Institute, John Cook School of Business
At Saint Louis University we challenge our students to become leaders of conscience, focused on
creating a just world for all life on earth. The Emerson Leadership Institute in the John Cook
School of Business will encourage all students to demonstrate their leadership by participating in
the “Leadership Ethics And Policy” – LEAP – Student Challenge.
Students who attend 8 of the selected leadership-oriented events during Atlas Week will be
eligible to win one of 5 iPads. Specifics of the LEAP Challenge, including detailed requirements
for participation can be found here
Wednesday, April 15
5:00 – 8:00 p.m.
Leadership Matters: The St. Louis Confluence on Workforce Inclusion
Location: Anheuser Busch Auditorium, John Cook School of Business
Sponsored By: The Emerson Leadership Institute, John Cook School of Business
Description:
Leadership impacts all life on earth…every day. When leaders are steered by a moral compass
that values all life on earth, good things happen…every day. So leadership does matter, and the
matters undertaken by ethical leaders every day are often about the most challenging issues
facing society.
One such challenge in the St. Louis region is the creation of a diverse and inclusive workforce,
the underpinning for sustainable economic development. “Leadership Matters: The St. Louis
Confluence on Workforce Inclusion” series will bring together thought leaders and experts on
workforce diversity and inclusion to showcase existing initiatives underway, or those that are
being planned, that are focused on building St. Louis into the most diverse workforce in the
nation.
The series will be held the first three Wednesdays of April, and on the final night of April 15th a
town hall meeting will be held in conjunction with Atlas Week. The first two Wednesdays –
April 1st and April 8th – will feature the sharing of best practices among SLU faculty/staff
Human Resources experts, not-for-profits, non-governmental agencies and HR executives from
area businesses. The last session on Wednesday April 15th as part of Atlas Week will follow a
town hall meeting format, inviting an open dialogue with the public to showcase the impactful
workforce diversity and inclusion programs being executed in the St. Louis Region.
Thursday, April 16
5:30 - 7:00 p.m.
Atlas Week Signature Symposium
Featuring Derreck Kayongo
"From Homeless Refugee to Living the American Dream"
Wool Ballroom, Busch Student Center
Sponsored By: Sam and Marilyn Fox, Center for Global Citizenship, Student Development,
Emerson Leadership Institute, Boeing Institute of International Business, College of Arts and
Sciences, John Cook School of Business, School for Professional Studies, Department of
Political Science, Doisy College of Health Sciences
As a child, Kayongo and his family fled from Uganda to escape the Idi Amin Regime. He spent
ten years as a refugee in Kenya before immigrating to the United States. Never forgetting the
experience of homelessness and living in a refugee camp, Kayongo made it his mission to help
save the lives of millions of children in developing countries, one bar of soap at a time. The
Global Soap Project repurposes partially-used soap from hotels into new soap for vulnerable
populations, including disaster victims, refugees, and children living in extreme poverty. The
World Bank has estimated that hygiene is the most cost-effective health intervention available.