AECOM Impact Blog: YALI Reflections — A Cultural Exchange from Africa to Virginia

Sep 16, 2014 10:00 AM ET
Fellows from the Young African Leaders Initiative joined AECOM's Diane Dale at the naturalization ceremony at Monticello, Thomas Jefferson's home in Virginia.

AECOM Impact Blog

By: Diane Dale
AECOM Vice President and Director of Sustainability Planning, Buildings + Places

As part of the Young African Leaders Initiative (YALI), Fellows from the Presidential Precinct took a break from their intensive study program to celebrate the naturalization ceremony at Monticello, Thomas Jefferson's home in Charlottesville, Virginia.

I was pleased to represent AECOM on this quintessential American holiday event and meet with several Fellows from Uganda, Tanzania and South Africa to learn about the impact AECOM has made on their lives.

Find out what the YALI Fellows had to say about AECOM's involvement in the program.

 

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