The Emerging Leaders Initiative (ELI), a six-year partnership between the Skoll Foundation and the Mastercard Foundation, sought to support the next generation of rising social entrepreneurs. Between 2014 and 2019, the program brought together 69 young leaders from around the world to experience and participate in the Skoll World Forum. Social change convenings that are tackling global challenges require global, representative perspectives to realize their full potential. The internal learning evaluation of this program clearly demonstrated how programs, like ELI, are powerful tools for increasing diversity and fostering more proximity, but organizers need to put a lot of intention and work into making sure these events are truly inclusive.This poster highlights key results and lessons learned based on interviews and survey responses from the Leaders themselves on how to do just that.