Alumni Stories Eric Garcetti, MIA 93 COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY - SIPA Admissions Blog

Alumni Stories Eric Garcetti, MIA ’93 COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY - SIPA Admissions Blog Every October, Columbians around the worldâ€"alumni, students, parents, friends, neighbors, faculty, and staffâ€"come together for Columbia Giving Day, a 24-hour online fundraising event  on Oct. 26, 2016. Our alumni are deeply committed to making a real difference in the world.  To support  Giving Day,  the work our alumni do,  and to virtually say thanks to all of SIPAs alumni who take on global issues, big and small, Ill share one alumni story a week every Friday this month.  The videos highlight the work of especially distinguished SIPA alumni, underscoring their various contributions to our society in the US and abroad. “They say you can see the face of the world on the streets of Los Angeles,” says Mayor  Eric Garcetti MIA ’93.  Elected in 2013 to lead a city where residents from more than 115 countries of origin speak more than 220 languages, Garcetti sees strength in diversity. He wants Los Angeles to “become an example of how we bring folks across cultures together to build a new city.”