1. Next Level

   Next Level is an exciting initiative of the Bureau of Education and Cultural Affairs that uses a collaboration of current music, spoken word, dance, and film to foster cross-cultural creative expression, understanding, and conflict resolution in younger audiences in underserved communities overseas, and to support the professional development of artists in those communities.

2. NSLI-Y, Language Learning with U.S. State Department

   

   The NSLI-Y Program is a program that helps American students study abroad to learn foreign languages that are deemed critical by the U.S. government.

3. The Language of Dance

   Alana has studied ballet for thirteen years and hopes to become a professional ballet dancer. At an audition for an intensive summer ballet program, she heard about the National Security Language Initiative for Youth (NSLI-Y) program implemented by the Russian American Foundation (RAF). This program combines Russian language instruction, cultural immersion, and ballet training with Master Teachers of Moscow’s Bolshoi Ballet Academy.

4. American Alumni Offer Warm Boston Welcome to International Visitors

   More than a dozen American alumni of U.S. government-sponsored international exchange programs greeted a group of visitors from the Middle East and North Africa on the last stop of their International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP).

5. The Community Engagement Exchange (CEE)

   The Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA) has just launched a bold new civil society initiative: the Community Engagement Exchange (CEE) Program. The CEE Program equips emerging civil society leaders with the expertise, resources, and skills to support resilient communities around the world.

6. The Rhythm Road: Music Olympics

   

   Mark Sherman says the Rhythm Road is a kind of "music Olympics," only without the medals.

7. Language Scholarships for High School Students NSLI-Y: 7-Weeks in Turkey

   

   Emily Morin, a 16 year-old from Washington, D.C. studied abroad for 7 weeks in Turkey with the National Security Language Initiative for Youth (NSLI-Y) program.

8. Kennedy-Lugar Youth Exchange & Study (YES) Abroad

   American high school students in YES Abroad program spend one academic semester or year living with a host family and attending high school abroad.

9. December American Abroad Student of the Month

   Natasha Harris, a National Security Language Initiative for Youth (NSLI-Y) participant, is the U.S. Department of State’s December 2023 American Abroad Student of the Month.

10. American Music Abroad

    These musical ambassadors reach beyond concert halls to interact with other musicians and citizens around the globe.

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