Our very best former fellow Patrick “Patch” Dulay recently won the Professional Fellows Program Alumni Impact Award for making a lasting impact on his community after participating in the Professional Development Program…. Read More
It’s really good to be able to experience things like that!
This year marks our 40th Anniversary! To celebrate this milestone we present – VOICES – a monthly series highlighting direct reflections from participants on our exchange programs. Kicking off the first… Read More
Baci Ceremony: Blessing For the New Year
This week in collaboration with Wat Lao Boubpharam, we hosted a traditional Lao Baci Ceremony. This event was organized as a send off for our 16 volleyball players and coaches… Read More
In the Media: Public Diplomacy Magazine
We were recently featured in the University of Southern California’s Public Diplomacy Magazine! At the SDDC, we partner because we believe in the power and impact of the magic of… Read More
Connecting People Through the Power of Percussion!
We brought local performance group Crew Percussion to Kuwait on a music and cultural exchange! In Kuwait City they have performed at the Modern Heritage Festival and teach workshops at LAPA‘s Festival of… Read More
HEADING TO KUWAIT FOR A MUSIC EXCHANGE PROGRAM!
Born out of connections made from an International Visitor Leadership Program we arranged last February with 19 artists from around the world, today, we are taking local performance group Crew Percussion to… Read More
Hip Hop to Unity
What happens when you bring students from the Academy of Our Lady of Peace and the International Rescue Committee together for an afternoon of dance? Friendship, laughter, and understanding! Welcomed by Congresswoman Susan… Read More
2018 Signature Event: A Night of Diplomacy, Arts and Inspiration!
It was a room filled with diplomats, arts, and inspiration, and it wouldn’t have been the same without you! Thank you to everyone who graced us with their presence and… Read More
A journey through an exchange program that changed my life…
Rodrigo López participated in the 2018 Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative (YLAI), recently spending one month in San Diego working with Edible Alchemy. He is the Co-Founder of Yumus, a social… Read More
What Diplomats Do and Why It Still Matters
Thank you to everyone who joined us at our Talk-About Event with Ambassador Barbara Stephenson. We had a wonderful evening in which Ambassador Stephenson shared her work with the State… Read More