Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs Exchange Programs

1. Reflections on the Impact of the International Visitor Leadership Program - Matt Madden

   

   Matt Madden, Program Manager for the Kentucky/Southern Indiana World Affairs Council, tells of a musical journey from Iran to Owensboro and Louisville, Kentucky for a folk, bluegrass and jazz jam.

2. Reflections on the Impact of the International Visitor Leadership Program - Katka Lessing

   

   Katka Letzing, Lead Program Officer and Marketing Manager, Institute for International Education, West Coast Center, San Francisco, California tells a story of learning about individual courage while having fun and developing a new hobby on the San Francisco Bay.

3. Reflections on the Impact of the International Visitor Leadership Program - Jena Melancon

   

   Jena Melancon, Executive Director, Gulf Coast Citizen Diplomacy Council, talks about the visit of a group of Boy Scout Leaders to the local Boy Scout chapter, and how their interaction has had lasting community effects.

4. Reflections on the Impact of the International Visitor Leadership Program - Dorothy Riddle

   

   Dorothy Riddle tells a story of how the simplest of activities can change someone's whole perspective on life and relationships.

5. Reflections on the Impact of the International Visitor Leadership Program - Diane Elton

   

   Diane Elton speaks about the importance of an International Visitor Leadership group's poignant meeting with Native Americans in Southern California.

6. Reflections on the Impact of the International Visitor Leadership Program - Carina Black

   

   Carina Black talks about how an International Visitor changed the course of a high school student's life.

7. FLEX Alumna Elena Milashina Honored with U.S. Secretary of State’s International Women of Courage Award

   Elena Milashina, a FLEX program 1994 alumna, was awarded the U.S. Secretary of State’s International Women of Courage Award for her bold work as a journalist and human rights activist.

8. Basketball Youth Visitors: Indonesia in Action

   

   From March 17 to 29, ECA led an action-packed basketball program with 12 Indonesian teenage basketball players—six boys and six girls—and two coaches.

9. Brazilian Alumnus Inspires Youth to React and Change

   Renato Martins Dornelas, an alumnus of the 2011 Youth Ambassadors program, is one of Brazil’s most energetic young alumni.

10. Fulbright Foreign Student Program

    The Fulbright Foreign Student Program enables graduate students, young professionals, and artists from abroad to research and study in the United States for one year or longer at U.S. universities or other appropriate institutions.

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