6 Visitors will be coming from Eastern Europe and Southeast Asia to make professional connections in San Diego through month-long business fellowships with local companies. These fellows will be home hosted and work approximately 40 hours per week while in San Diego.
In partnership with the San Diego International Film Festival An inspiring true story... SOUFRA Soufra follows the unlikely and wildly inspirational story of intrepid social entrepreneur, Mariam Shaar – a generational refugee who has spent her entire life in the Burj El Barajneh refugee camp just south of Beirut, Lebanon. The film follows Mariam as... Read More
6 visitors from Argentina will be coming to San Diego to explore the mechanisms of MPA creation and implementation including implementation of regulations; explore MPA management from the federal, state, and local government perspectives; deepen understanding of the impacts of MPAs on sustainable fishing and the fishing industry as a whole; examine the day to day administration... Read More
16 visitors from multiple countries will be coming to make professional connections in San Diego exploring the following specific objectives for the project outlined by the Department of State: examine various social service agencies involved in the prevention, treatment, and assistance to victims of domestic abuse/violence; review the treatment programs from intake to reintegration in the community; demonstrate public/private partnerships... Read More
6 visitors from Indonesia will be coming to San Diego to expose GOI TIP actors to the full range of U.S. antiTIP practitioners among federal, state and local law enforcement agencies, judicial authorities and NGOs in order to enable them to exchange best practices, learn new approaches and better understand the legal/institutional framework behind U.S. antiTIP efforts, which place great... Read More
4 visitors from Thailand will be coming to San Diego to understand the development of democracy and civic education in the western tradition; learn about party development and cohesion as well as strategic communications; explore the triggers that cause electoral violence and cause elections to fail; study the role of police and other security services in mitigating risks to the electoral... Read More
8 visitors from India will be coming to make professional connections in San Diego exploring the following specific objectives for the project outlined by the Department of State: examine U.S. political parties and civic engagement, especially the role of young people; discuss strategies for developing and strengthening political organizations, through leadership training, organizing infrastructures, and... Read More
Save-The-Date of our Signature Event on Saturday, November 10 at the Museum of Photographic Arts, Balboa Park! We will celebrate Art Diplomacy as a way to build diplomatic bridges between the United States and other nations through music, visual and performing arts. Our keynote speaker, Clayton Powell III, will share the story of his father, Congressman Adam Clayton Powell Jr., who convinced U.S. leaders that jazz was the... Read More
Join San Diego for an unforgettable evening celebrating the arts in diplomacy. From mid-century jazz to modern-day hip hop, explore how U.S. leaders and civic actors have used the transcendent power of music and dance to turn beats into bridges across the globe. The evening will feature a tapas style dinner, drinks, entertainment, photo exhibits,... Read More
1 Gold Star IVLP from Iraq will be coming to make professional connections in San Diego exploring the following specific objectives for the project outlined by the Department of State: explore best practices in providing psycho-social support and services for traumatized children; understand efforts to advocate and treat homelessness for youth and senior citizens; illustrate... Read More
