New Story Leadership Inc

Programs: Nsl served ten students and held the following major events in 2016: 1. Sais conference:an nsl-sponsored conference open to the public at the johns hopkins school for advanced international studies. Members of the press were invited to this event, which featured two panels each chaired by an nsl alum with 3 current nsl fellows as the main speakers. Local scholars and media experts also contributed to the panels, including sarah yerkes of the brookings institution, professor stef woods of american university, and greg myre of national public radio. 2. Congressional forum: held at the capitol building, this event was moderated by an nsl fellow and featured remarks by three other nsl fellows. Nsl presented encourage awards to congressman jared polis (d-co) and then congressman (now senator) chris van hollen (d-md) for their ongoing support for nsl's mission. 3. Annual interfaith forum at bradley hills presbyterian church,co- sponsored by the bethesda jewish congregation. The nsl team attended bethesda jewish congregation's saturday morning service. Team members spoke at this event and took questions from the audience. The service was followed by a community luncheon. 4. Events at seekers church in washington,dc, st. Mark's of capitol hill in dc, and temple rodef shalom in falls church, va. The interfaith event at temple rodef shalom, co-hosted by the mclean islamic center and attended by about 150 people, included a friday evening service, at which nsl team members spoke briefly and took questions, followed by a dinner. Similar events took place at seekers church (about 50 people) and st. Mark's (about 100 people). 5. Concluding event at the naval heritage center: 5 nsl fellows spoke at this event, which was attended by friends and supporters of nsl. Nsl board members presented encourage awards to americans for peace now and seekers church for their continuing support of nsl's mission.