FSi Student Led Initiatives

AMENDS seeks to identify youth leaders who are addressing social and political issues in their countries and communities and who demonstrate potential to influence American and Middle Eastern affairs. Through collaboration, mentorship, and leadership training, AMENDS hopes to ensure that these student leaders are better equipped to affect positive change in the world.

Stanford Japan Exchange Conference has promoted exchange between Stanford and Japan for over 60 years. SJEC hosts a one-week cultural exchange program between Stanford students interested in Japanese culture and 15 visiting Japanese exchange students from Keio, Doshisha, and Kyoto University.

SIPDF is a Track II diplomacy forum engaging Indian, Pakistani, and Stanford students to transform the historical discordial relationship towards cooperation, regional stability, and shared prosperity. Through two annual conferences at Stanford, SIPDF fosters human connections, promotes mutual understanding, and encourages collaborative research, innovative policymaking, and capstone projects. SIPDF empowers young leaders through education, mentorship, peacebuilding activities, and leadership training, equipping young students with tools to effect real-world change and bridge gaps left by traditional Track I diplomacy. By fostering dialogue, understanding, and collaboration among students, SIPDF aims to build lasting connections between future leaders and create a new narrative of partnership that transcends traditional diplomatic channels, fostering hope for peace and partnership between Pakistan and India

FACES is an international organization based at Stanford University, representing a global network of professionals, scholars, and leaders who are shaping their respective fields in the United States and China. FACES believes that the U.S.-China relationship is the most important bilateral relationship in the twenty-first century, and this relationship can be improved by promoting mutual understanding among future political, academic, and business leaders in U.S.-China affairs.