Sec. Trudeau

Students meet with Sec. Elizabeth Trudeau at IRC
On Jan. 26, five Park University peace journalism and peace studies students got a chance to meet and chat with Elizabeth Trudeau, Acting Assistant Secretary for the State Department's Bureau of Public Affairs.

Sec. Trudeau addressed a variety of topics, including the Ukraine war. She called the unified, steadfast allied response
to the invasion a diplomatic success story. She also discussed diplomacy more generally, noting the importance both of engaging local actors and of approaching diplomatic endeavors from a position of humility.

Yesterday's event, organized by the International Relations Council of Kansas City, was also attended by a half-dozen IRC members.

Park students (from left) Sophia Wilde, Cristel Reyes, Suzanne
Schmidt, Muntaka Fawziah, Danielle Barthel, and Sec. Trudeau.