Results are Tagged with "Western Hemisphere"
Congress-Bundestag Youth Exchange (CBYX)
The Congress -- Bundestag Youth Exchange Program (CBYX) known in Germany as the Parlamentarisches Patenschafts -Programm (PPP), is an academic scholarship for both German and American teens.
I am a Citizen Diplomat
National Council for International Visitors "Citizen Diplomats" from around the country share what they believe it means to be a citizen diplomat.
U.S. State Department & NHL Partner for Ice Hockey Exchange with Russia
The Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs hosted a Russian delegation of 18 youth hockey players and their coaches, who participated in the first-ever ice hockey exchange between the two countries.
Simon Nascimento Talks About EducationUSA
Simon Nascimento talks abouts the effects EducationUSA has had on his life.
Kennedy-Lugar YES Program
The Kennedy-Lugar Youth Exchange and Study (YES) Program provides scholarships to high school students.
Lead with your heart
Shirley Harrison, Executive Director of the International Visitor Center of Jackson, Mississippi, talks about her experience with IVLP and the importance of people-to-people exchanges.
I Appreciate Your Kindness
Laura Dupuy, Executive Director of the Utah Council for Citizen Diplomacy reflects on one particular participant from a group of international visitors, broadcast journalists from Iraq, and the impact that the experience had on both of their lives.
Empowering Women & Girls Through Sports
In the midst of the NCAA's March Madness, the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs announced an international sports exchange that brought 18 teenage girl athletes and 6 female coaches from all corners of the globe to Washington, D.C., and Denver, Colorado as part of the Empowering Women and Girls Through Sports Initiative.
Drivers of the Economy: African Women's Entrepreneurship Program
Diane von Fürstenberg speaks at the The African Women's Entrepreneurship Program event in Washington, D.C.