Our Mission
The Institute for Education's (IFE) mission is to recognize, encourage, and promote civility and leadership locally, nationally, and in the world community. IFE also encourages youth global citizenship with programs that foster intercultural understanding.
Secretary of State Lawrence Eagleburger, George Vradenburg, and Ambassador Zhou Wenzhong of China display the Ambassador's portrait, painted by renowned artist Peter Max, at the 2009 IFE Civility Award dinner at the splendid new IM Pei designed Chinese Embassy. Read more >>
IFE convenes political, business, media, and community leaders at the highest levels to encourage collaboration and foster civility. IFE's success in establishing common ground presents opportunities for leaders to share knowledge and explore innovative solutions to the most critical challenges of our time, while also helping to strengthen public policy outcomes and encourage greater global understanding.
George Vradenburg, Coach Kathy Kemper, Mayor Adrian Fenty, Senator Susan Collins,
and Ambassador Struye de Swielande at a Civility dinner.
“At a time when partisanship is driving too many Washingtonians apart, Kathy Kemper’s IFE/INFO gatherings have performed a real – and increasingly rare -- service: they’ve brought Republicans and Democrats -- and the press -- together for civilized conversation about the most important issues of the day.”
Judy Woodruff, The News Hour with Jim Lehrer
