Sister School Global Initiative
Western Positions Students for Future Global Leadership
In Fall 2021, Principal Michelle White launched a partnership with HRH Princess Dr. Moradeun Ogunlana, the founder of the Sister School Global Initiative (SSGI) Lagos, Nigeria. Western’s Sister School program helps our students to expand their understanding of diverse world cultures and preparation for future global leadership roles.
Princess Ogunlana is the founder and CEO of the Sister School Global Initiative through the African Women’s Health Project International as part of its seven adopted United Nations Sustainable Development Goals 2030.
The program features robust cultural exchange between students of the schools including collaborative virtual projects, one-on-one zoom conversations and a structured timed program to eventually include visiting and living in each other’s country. The Foundation will be supportive of the exchange and program needs.
Pictured here, Dr. Brenda Morant (WHS ’62), Founder/CEO of the Atlanta-based International Women’s Think Tank (IWTT) and Board Member of the Western High School Foundation brought the two powerful girls’ education leaders together and serve as the liaison and facilitator for upcoming joint projects.
Foundation board members dined with the Princess at the Center Club, learning new ways for Western students to expand their global leadership capacity. According to the Princess, “We believe individual relationships, sharing cross-cultural experiences and perspectives, are the key to personal maturity and women’s professional ascension…and as importantly, to a more harmonious world.”