July 23: [Call for Participants] The 8th Leadership Symposium keynote presentation "Stories as Social Enterprises: Fostering Leadership and Creative Value in Crisis Zones"

At the Center for Entrepreneurship Education, we are honored to welcome Mr. Anas Jnena, former project manager of “We Are Not Numbers”—a media social enterprise that publishes articles on the experiences of Palestinians in the Gaza Strip and shares them with the world—to deliver an online keynote address.

Drawing on his firsthand experiences in Gaza, Mr. Jnena continues to work to bridge community-based civic activism with international policy. Currently based in Kuwait, where he teaches, he is conducting research at the University of Leicester in the UK. Using methods such as narrative analysis and autoethnography—which analyze the accounts of those directly involved and their own experiences—he is studying how “education” and “leadership” empower people to achieve self-reliance and rebuild society in post-conflict environments.

During the presentation, Mr. Jnena will draw on the activities of “We Are Not Numbers” and his own experiences to discuss the importance of the mindset and skills of entrepreneurship—such as leadership and value creation—even in crisis zones. A Q&A session with participants will follow the lecture.

This event is open to students, faculty, staff, and members of the general public.

*This event is one of the certified events designated by the Center for Entrepreneurship Education. Undergraduate students who enrolled at this university in or after the 2024 academic year can earn points toward the course “ENT.B211 Science, Technology, Culture, Society, and Innovation 1” by participating in the entire event and completing the post-event survey by the specified deadline. (For details, please refer to the syllabus from the link below.)

Syllabus