The Summit Club, formerly known as the Global Leadership Society, is hosting a Spike-ball tournament on Nov. 4 at 10:30 a.m. near Iles P.E. center, where the African Student Union will provide authentic African cuisine for sale. It is $5 per person with teams of two and the proceeds of the tournament will go to support Farm Stew.
Farm Stew is an initiative that broke ground by educating African farmers on yielding a better crop. Since 2015, they have trained 38,000 people in rural areas to be self-sustaining by supplying seeds, demonstrating the making of compost, starting vegetable kitchen gardens, and encouraging diligent farming methods that can generate a profit.
Summit Club president Coby Federowski said, “As a club, we are interested in global dilemmas and seek to promote better leadership that results in prosperous outcomes. We took action in supporting Farm Stew because rather than just putting money toward a problem, it is going to the source and supplying the tools for people to provide an enhanced lifestyle for their families.”
The Summit Club is also aiming to host a TEDx Talk at Southern.
“We need to be practical, but we’re still shooting for the stars. If we could get the ball rolling now, I think it would be likely for us to have a TEDx Talk by next year,” Federowski
said.
Global Leadership Society’s mission is focused on leadership and international business.
“As young people going out into the world, we’re trying to start and grow this movement
at Southern,” Federowski said.
According to Federowski, Global Leadership Society strives to support its members,
teach them the concept of benefiting others before oneself, and help them grow comfortable in
leadership positions.
“What’s different about our club is that the members are actually the leaders. So as the
cabinet, we’re kind of the middle man between the leaders’ projects. Ultimately we want to get to
the point where our member leaders are coming up with ideas and using us as a resource to help
drive their passion,” Federowski said.
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