MINNEAPOLIS, MN, March 15, 2022 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Rage O. Ali has been included in Marquis Who's Who. As in all Marquis Who's Who biographical volumes, individuals profiled are selected on the basis of current reference value. Factors such as position, noteworthy accomplishments, visibility, and prominence in a field are all taken into account during the selection process.
With more than a decade of experience in the field of political advocacy to his credit, Mr. Ali serves as the director of Global Foundation RG, a nonprofit global consulting firm that seeks to highlight the dangers of climate change. Also dedicated to advancing human rights across the world, he is frequently invited to expound upon his goals at various international universities. In this capacity, he has attended conferences at such academic institutions as Cambridge University, Harvard University, the University of Indonesia and Georgetown University, as well as at the John F. Kennedy Foundation in 2017. Prior to working in his current role, Mr. Ali maintained involvement with the United Nations in Geneva and New York City in 2017 and 2018 and later served in the organization's Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights between 2019 and 2020. He was also a global youth ambassador under the United Nations in February 2022 and was invited to Geneva, Switzerland. He participated in the Climate Heroes dialogue series on Climate Mayday and the Young Generation in 2021, five Foreign Policy Community of Indonesia's Global Town Halls in 2021 and 2022, and has been invited to digitally attend the Global Solutions Summit on March 28-29, 2022. He has 35 global organization partnerships around the globe and attended conferences from 2017 to 2020.
Born in Somalia and growing up with his aunt in Kenya, Mr. Ali immigrated to the United States, where he settled in St. Paul, Minnesota. Proud to have seized various opportunities afforded to him by his new life in America, he has strived to shine a spotlight on the plight of Africans and those affected by climate change throughout the world. Furthermore, he has contributed extensively to the Democratic Party of the United States, having helped in Kamala Harris' 2016 Senate race in California, and served as a national delegate on behalf of President Joe Biden in 2020. Previously, Mr. Ali served on the presidential campaign of Hillary Clinton in 2016. She, Michelle Obama, Kamala Harris, and former Secretary of State John Kerry have been important mentors to Mr. Ali.
In addition to his global efforts (he has travelled to 28 countries worldwide), Mr. Ali worked as a steadfast community organizer in the state of Minnesota in 2014 and 2015 and has lent his voice to the causes of equal opportunity employment, criminal reform, immigrant community development, women's rights, and equality for the disabled community. For his work, he received a certificate of recognition from the United Nations Delegation on Climate Change in 2021, as well as two certificates for his work on climate change from the Indonesia Youth Innovation Project. In accounting for his success, Mr. Ali credits his inexhaustible passion and desire to support positive change in society.
Before embarking upon his career path, Mr. Ali studied government policy and earned his undergraduate degree in 2014 from a private college in Minnesota. From 2017 to 2019 he attended Yale University, earning a master's degree in international global affairs. Looking toward the future, Mr. Ali hopes to continue his advocacy efforts and forestall the devastating effects of climate change, as well as highlight the empowering effect of education in the lives of the youth.
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