YALI brings leaders to campus
When asked to bring a team of about 10 people to the top of a steep ramp located in the Storrs Pond ropes course, fellows from President Barack Obama’s Young African Leaders Initiative first attempted to climb the ramp individually. After a few trials, some fellows crounched on their knees, enabling others to step on their backs to reach the top, while those at the top pulled up those at the bottom by their wrists. Soon the group completed the challenge.