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UPCOMING EVENTS: 2026
UPCOMING EVENTS: 2026
New Cohort Applications and Interest Meeting
December (TBA)
New Cohort Selected and Announced
January 2026
2025 Events
2025 Events
Feb. 3, 2025
Virtual Induction Ceremony
March 3, 2025
March Monthly Powell Check-in "The Shifting Global Power Structure
March 15, 2025
Virtual Leadership Bootcamp I
April 5, 2025
Colin Powell Wreath Laying Ceremony at Arlington Cemetery
April 7, 2025
April Monthly Powell Check-in "AI and Intl Security" with Chinasa T. Okolo
May 5, 2025
May Monthly Powell Check-in "Climate Policy" with Henrietta Ighomrore
May 10, 2025
Field Trip: NMAAHC Field Trip on Powell Gallery
June 8, 2025
Field Trip: Smithsonian Africa Gallery
June 12, 2025
Media Training w/ Ethel M.
June 19, 2025
CPLI Juneteenth Day at the Nationals Park
June 2, 2025
(Postponed)
June Monthly Powell Check-in on Multilateralism ft. Marielle A.
July 7, 2025
Virtual Closing Ceremony w/ Kip Ward and Bernard Height
March 8, 2025
The Situation Room: Diplomatic Simulation
2024 Events
2024 Events
Feb. 9, 2025
White House NSC Briefing on US-Africa w/ Judd Devermont
February 21, 2024
Induction Ceremony ft. Amb. Harriet Elam-Thomas and Amb. Ruth A. Davis
Feb. 21, 2024
Cultivating Talent Event w/ INSA and BPIA
Mar. 3, 2024
Intl Women's Day Salon Dinner
Mar. 11, 2024
Haiti Briefing Coordination Call
Mar. 23, 2024
Virtual Leadership Bootcamp I ft. VP Marquis Miller
Mar. 28, 2024
Salon Dinner: Leadership in Times of Crisis ft. Amb. Harry K Thomas & Alonzo Fulgham
Apr. 11, 2024
Crisis Comms w/ Elie Jacobs
Apr. 24, 2024
CFR Briefing w/ Paul B. Stares
April 27, 2024
CPLI Elevate Bootcamp II
May 2, 2024
Salon Dinner: Becoming the first Black Undersecretary w/ Amb. Bonnie Jenkins
May 7, 2024
Virtual Book Talk: Colin Powell Book w/ Lesie Lautenslager
May 4, 2024
Grand Strategy 101 w/ Will Kielm
May 16, 2024
Fireside Chat: US-South Sudan Policy w Amb. Susan D. Page
May 15, 2024
Intrusive Leadership w/ Marcus Canady
May 30, 2024
Salon Dinner: Bipartisanship w/ Daniel F. Runde and Dr. Kiron Skinner
Monthly Powell Check-ins
June 20, 2024
Op-eds w/ WP's Editor Christian Caryl
June 27, 2024
Salon Dinner: Commanding the Room w/ Johnny Sawyer
August 21, 2024
Media Training w/ Ethel M.
Nov. 4, 2025
Closing Ceremony w/ Alex T. Johnson and Amb. Harriet Elam-Thomas
Photo Gallery
Photo Gallery
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