b'P U LT E I N S T I T U T E forG L O B A L D E V E L O P M E N T 2020 - 2021A N N U A L R E V I E WPartnering with Students: The Zielsdorf Family CRS Ambassadors Partnership for Corporate The Pulte Institute is home to the University of Notre Dame The CRS ambassadors organized a virtual advocacyEngagementChapter of the Catholic Relief Services (CRS) Studenttraining for Notre Dame students on legislative advocacy. Ambassadors Program. Advised by Associate Director KevinThe training was led by Beth Knobbe, CRSs midwest Fink, chapter members organized several events during theCommunity Engagement Manager, and provided practical academic year that helped to raise awareness and create advocacystrategies and tools for effectively engaging with ourThe private sector is increasingly outspending governments and the opportunities for key global issues amongst students. Activitieselected officials.public sector in global development investment. Recognizing the included:potential within this shifting landscape, Bob and Fran ZielsdorfThe CRS ambassadors twice met with members of Senatormade a generous gift to the Pulte Institute in 2018 to establishA Panel Discussion on Climate Change and MigrationTodd Youngs staff to discuss global COVID relief andthe Zielsdorf Family Partnership for Corporate Engagement.in November 2020 with Professor Paul Winters, ProfessorU.S. immigration policy. In its May meeting to discuss Rahul Oka and graduate students Drew Marcantonio andimmigration policy, the CRS ambassadors partnered withThis gift has enabled the Pulte Institute to strengthen our existing Zhanaiym Kozybay.Notre Dames Student Coalition for Immigration Advocacy. corporate partnerships and take our work with the private sector to the next level. This year, the Zielsdorf Family Partnership hasRamona Casas, Director ofARISE Adelantes Border In partnership with Notre Dames Student Coalition forsupported the following projects:Witness Program, led a discussion about the experiencesImmigration Advocacy, the CRS ambassadors met with of immigrants at the U.S./Mexico border and what Notremembers of Senator Mike Brauns staff to discuss U.S. The Mandela Washington Fellowship (U.S. Department Dame students can do to affirm the human dignity of theimmigration policy and advocate for the passing of theof State and local South Bend businesses)most vulnerable in our society. 2021 U.S. Citizenship Act.Impact Storytelling with the AbbVie FoundationBelize Response Initiative for Cold Chain Development (Carrier and UPS Foundation) Private Sector Engagement Evidence Gap Map (USAID) Future of Work in South Bend (Citi Foundation) Conversations on Poverty & Inequality: The Power of Social Entrepreneurship (McKenna Center for Human Development and Global Business and the Notre Dame Alumni Association)Learn more about the Zielsdorf Family Partnership for Corporate Engagement at pulte.nd.edu/Zielsdorf. Conversations on Poverty & Inequality:Future of Work in South Bend Belize Response Initiative for IhavehadtheopportunitytoengageincivicadvocacyandtopromoteThe Power of Social EntrepreneurshipCold Chain Development awareness on a variety of global issues. Inspired by the mission of CRS, we ambassadors strive to put faith into action by advocating for the common good. As a student in the Keough School of Global Affairs, the CRS Ambassadors Program enables me to take concepts such as integral human development and solidarity outside of the classroom and put them into practice.Jen Eburuoh, President of the CRS Ambassadors Chapter at Notre Dame26 27'