Senator Clark Jolley will be the speaker for the Edmond Rotary club’s September 9 meeting and will be discussing his recent trip with the American Council of Young Political Leaders to the Republic of Korea.

Founded in 1966, the ACYPL is a 501(c)(3) organization that conducts bipartisan international exchanges, enabling emerging leaders (aged 25 to 40) to experience firsthand the political and cultural dynamics of other countries. U.S. delegates are chosen annually from a pool of approximately 1000 local, state and national nominations by Governors, Members of Congress, National and State political party chairs, state legislative leaders, board members, alumni, corporate contributors and other ACYPL supporters.

Since their founding, more than 6,000 promising young leaders from around the world have participated in ACYPL exchanges. Their distinguished alumni include two former Prime Ministers of Japan, the former Prime Minister of Hungary, the Foreign Minister of Australia, the Speaker of the House of Representatives in Uruguay and the Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee of China’s National People’s Congress the Foreign Minister of Taiwan and members of national parliaments throughout the world. Here at home, more than 36 members of Congress, three Bush Cabinet members, two Ambassadors and seven sitting Governors are among ACYPL’s alumni.