OPPORTUNITIES

We believe there should be a space on every campus for respectful dialogue and debate on issues in the Middle East and Africa, and as such CIMEA Campus Chapters embody that belief in the spaces they curate, and provide a platform to students who share that value. Chapters empower you to bring experts on affairs in the Middle East and Africa to your campus, connect you to a growing network of open-minded students, provide opportunities to become published, and stay informed on pressing issues throughout the region.

As a chapter leader, you will work to implement the CIMEA's mission to foster understanding. You will work with our national team to plan events on your campus leveraging our growing network of experts on issues ranging from transnational terror organizations to emerging technologies. 

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We understand holding respectful conversations on controversial issues is a difficult task. That is why we have developed an in-depth toolkit to serve as guidance for you, providing concrete strategies you can employ in your chapter. Additionally, the national team will be available for consultation and logistical assistance in the planning and implementation process.  

While it’s crucial to engage in difficult conversations, it is similarly important to avoid putting a chapter’s entire focus on a single issue. The breadth of chapters to cover events in or that pertain to the Middle East and Africa is left purposefully broad so that you as chapter leaders are able to cover multiple issues that will resonate with your members. It is one of this organization’s hopes that with your help, we can contribute to campus populations being more aware of incredibly pressing topics too often underreported.

There will be many unique opportunities to more deeply engage with CIMEA open only to chapter leaders to best equip you for your role on campus and beyond.

- Work personally with the national team to decide how CIMEA engages on your campus.

- Engage with each speaker brought to your campus personally.

- Attend personal online briefings with experts on pressing issues in the Middle East and Africa.

- Participate in capacity building exercises to hone critical skills, and make yourselves both better chapter leaders and prepare yourselves to be even better leaders as you enter the workforce.

- Write an article to be published in The Needle following it's launch in Spring 2025.

CIMEA is a young organization. If you choose to involve yourself with us, you will be collaborating with a growing startup at an exciting stage of development. We are in effect asking you as chapter leaders to take a risk on us, our values, and our mission. By joining our efforts to create more spaces on campus, you will have the unique opportunity to influence and define these spaces as part of our inaugural cohort of campus leaders. We will look to your ingenuity and your leadership in helping us fulfill our shared vision, both in our strategies and the creative solutions you will contribute. This is an opportunity for both you as chapter leaders and us on the national team to build something new together.