SMSU President Dr. Kumara Jayasuriya will join state leaders from across the country in Washington D.C. today and Tuesday to urge lawmakers on Capitol Hill to unleash a new era of U.S. global leadership by fully funding the International Affairs Budget. U.S. engagement abroad is essential to combating disease and viruses, fighting hunger, and addressing economic and supply chain problems — all issues impacting Americans here at home.

The U.S. Global Leadership Coalition is convening its Global Impact Forum with hundreds of business, military, government, non-profit, and faith leaders from across the country, to shape the debate on American global engagement at a time of growing conflicts and crises around the globe.