On June 2, 2022, the Association of Professional Schools of International Affairs (APSIA) hosted a conversation about how #commercialdiplomacy can be a key multiplier for minority-owned businesses and why it is critical that more diverse students seek out international trade roles in the private, public and nonprofit sectors. Moderated by Fulbright Student Virgil Parker, speakers Amb. Suzan Johnson Cook, Founder and CEO of the Global Black Women's Chamber of Commerce, Joel Hellman, Dean of the Georgetown University School of Foreign Service, and Rick Wade, Senior Vice President of the US Chamber of Commerce, explored the moral and business case for expanding global trade among historically excluded communities as part of the 2022 APSIA Diversity Forum.

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The 2022 Diversity Forum series is made possible by the generous support of Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies, Open Society Foundations, Princeton University School of Public and International Affairs, Robertson Foundation for Government, Texas A&M University Bush School of Government & Public Service, University of Southern California Master of Public Diplomacy Program, University of Washington Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies, and many other investors.