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Kofi Annan Institute for Global Citizenship

Purpose and Priorities

To animate Macalester’s commitment to critical global engagement*, Kofi Annan Institute for Global Citizenship weaves together the work of the Dean’s Office, Community Engagement Center, and Center for Study Away, with three interconnected priorities:

Co-create interdisciplinary knowledge about the local/global nexus 

Infuse diverse, embodied ways of knowing** in place-based action and reflection; and 

Foster communities, partnerships, and belonging without othering

*Critical global engagement is a theoretical and practical framework that acknowledges local/global interconnections, invites reflection on power structures and positionalities, and engages across intersectional differences to impact social change. 

**Embodied ways of knowing is a growing body of transdisciplinary knowledge that challenges the body/mind binaries and emphasizes learning rooted in community-based, lived experience. 

Vision and Value

KAIGC aspires to be a collaborative space where the Macalester community reimagines and works towards a world where all beings relate to each other in ways that are just, equitable, and compassionate.

Approach

To move towards such a vision, we bridge campus and global/local communities, braid scholarship and social change, weave curriculum and co-curriculum. We recognize historical and ongoing structural inequalities and power asymmetries as we co-create spaces of mutuality, agency, and transformation. 

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KAIGC Hours

  • Monday – Thursday 8 AM – 5 PM
  • Friday 8 AM – 4 PM

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