Young African Leaders' Initiative - Obama Presidency Oral History Back Index / Policies Young African Leaders' Initiative Transcripts Macon Phillips ...but it was the first chapter of this YALI [Young African Leaders Initiative... ...had applications for the next round of YALI , and fifty thousand people had applie... ...kind of community? You can go look up YALI today. It is still happening under th... ...engaging through these channels? And YALI , to me, was so much like the campaign... ...I like to think that that thread, that YALI thread, was a big part of m... ...many more can we do? Let's talk about YALI . I know this is really important t... ...virtual network. Because there's the YALI program, which is bringing youn... ...Young Leaders Fellowship—that was what YALI had become. I want to say they ha... ...because we can count them—thousands of YALI Network certificates with my signatur... ...to play. I would argue that Bono was a YALI member, because he cares a lot abou... ...but highly valuable consequence of YALI . So, having events where people wh... ...Summit, it was, like, a week after YALI —a week before YALI, I can't remember... ...like, a week after YALI—a week before YALI , I can't remember. But it was roughl... ...Obama was interviewed by a Zimbabwean YALI member named Takunda, who I actuall... ...I am so fascinated. Not just the YALI program, but this idea of allie... ...the extent we could bring that to the YALI network, to the extent we could brin... Show more... Patrick Gaspard ...Where did that fit in your work? YALI , yes. This is a little bit of me bein... ...and being a little adventuresome. When YALI was hatched in the brain of Barac... ...remember who else was involved, but YALI really comes out of an initia... ...in it.” So I started scheming around YALI [laughs]. I don't care what plans the... ...on deck. Whatever is desired around YALI , we're going to engage. I was jus... ...come up with a phenomenal cohort for YALI , one that really represented all o... ...and those who were not received into YALI , we were able to create some kind o... ...Then to be able to come to the first YALI summit with our young leaders and t... ...to help them understand what YALI was and to do the political thing. ... Show more... Johnnie Carson ...the Young African Leaders Initiative— YALI , as it is sometimes called—is probabl... ...the Obama administration. I think that YALI is and has become to Africa what th... ...And even during the Obama years, the YALI network, for example, the kind o... ...important program. The one downside of YALI is that, unlike many of the othe... ...by the Obama administration, YALI has not been put into law. YALI is ... ...YALI has not been put into law. YALI is a presidential initiative. It wa... ...middle class. But it carried on. If YALI is to continue to move forward, i... ...US House of Representatives, to have YALI put into law. I do not know how muc... ...But I thought that the initiative on YALI was one in which, clearly, th... ...that are important. We've talked about YALI , which is an outreach to young Africa... ...I think Feed the Future, Power Africa, YALI all reflected positive initiatives tha... ...Summit. You had the expansion of YALI outside of Washington to some twenty t... ...important, I think, to talk about YALI , some of the development initiatives... Show more... Wendy Sherman ...the Young African Leaders Initiative [ YALI ], which was so spectacular. I alway... ...staff, at one point, said to me, “The YALI entrepreneurs are here for a meeting... Rick Wade ...that I got involved with, called YALI , the Young African Leaders Initiative... ...my current role, to partner with YALI because I saw what that meant to youn... ...didn't realize you were involved in YALI . I'm really fascinated by YALI. Tha... ...in YALI. I'm really fascinated by YALI . That is a truly unique aspect of hi... ...of Commerce, I'm very involved with YALI , because we do a lot of stuf... ...is. I'm trying to even do more with YALI . I just think it's one of the mos... Show more... Andrew Herscowitz ...the Young African Leaders Initiative [ YALI ]. I know that Power Africa wa... ...you describe what your experience of YALI was? That's another one of m... ...another one of my favorites also. YALI was launched at the same time as Powe... ...That was the general idea. But then YALI was doing all of these cohorts. So, ... ...African power sector. It was the first YALI cohort that was exclusively women. I... ...was called Young Women in African Power YALI Cohort. We launched that and got a lo... Show more... Related Topics go to the Gun Control Gun Control go to the Education Education go to the Republican Opposition Republican Opposition go to the Counterterrorism Counterterrorism go to the Public Health Public Health