Looking for ways to celebrate Juneteenth this coming Saturday? We are delighted to share a list of San Diego community events in honor of this holiday, commemorating the end of slavery in the United States. On June 19th, 1865, a Union general arrived in Galveston, Texas, to inform enslaved African-Americans of their freedom (based on the Emancipation Proclamation,… Read More
Global Leadership Youth Summer Program is BACK!
Student programming is back! This Summer we are slated to run what is quickly becoming one of our flagship offerings, the Global Leadership Youth Summer Program (GLYP). Open to students entering grades 8 -12, this program gives students valuable skills including negotiation, global awareness, and an understanding of diplomatic processes. This program has been made possible… Read More
Meet our Global Leaders Online Program Speakers
Check out our Global Leaders Online Program’s speakers for session 3 and register for the last session next week! This week students are examining pandemic diplomacy.We are thrilled to announce our speakers: Ambassador Eric Rubin was elected as the President of the American Foreign Service Association (AFSA) after serving as the U.S. Ambassador to Bulgaria from 2016-2019…. Read More
Visit of one the 2020 International Women of Courage awardees
The San Diego Diplomacy Council will be hosting a recipient of the U.S. Secretary of State’s International Women of Courage (IWOC) Award on March 10-14 as part of a two-week exchange program. The IWOC Award annually recognizes women from around the world who have demonstrated exceptional courage, strength and leadership in acting to improve others’… Read More
The Digital Experiment – A Program of World Learning
Applications for The Experiment Digital 2020 are now open! This is a fully-funded virtual summer exchange program that connects high school students from the US, Algeria, Iraq, and Yemen with each other. Youth are prepared to be more civically engaged by teaching them how to design and implement a service project for their local communities. For eight… Read More
Announcing Our Regional Summit Speakers!
We’re are thrilled to announce our speakers at the upcoming Diplomacy Begins Here Regional Summit in San Diego, California on September 20. Participants will learn from experts and exchange program alumni about the role of international exchanges and collaboration in spurring prosperity in the Cali Baja region and beyond. The day’s programming includes a presentation on… Read More
Your Contribution Matters
On behalf of the San Diego Diplomacy Council, we would like to thank all of our wonderful donors for their unwavering support as we continue our 40th Anniversary Campaign. Our newest donor, the San Diego Tourism Marketing District, has contributed a $38,000 grant that will expand the SDDC’s global reach and bring more international leaders… 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 Kuwait on a music and cultural exchange! In Kuwait City they will perform at the Modern Heritage Festival and teach workshops at LAPA‘s Festival of Art… Read More
Watch Sports Diplomacy in Action!
In July, the San Diego Diplomacy Council took 25 San Diego volleyball players and coaches to Vietnam and Laos for a transformative cultural and sports diplomacy trip to Vietnam and Laos. Our teams played against local teams, volunteered, and enjoyed the sites and cultures of both countries. U.S. Ambassador to Laos Rena Bitter even joined… Read More
Citizen Diplomacy Trip to Cuba
In Spring 2019 the San Diego Diplomacy Council will be partnering with Cuba Cultural Travel to offer a citizen diplomacy trip to Cuba from March 1-8, 2019! The itinerary includes visits with professors, journalists, artists, historians and alumni of our exchange programs across the country in Havana, Artemisa, Cienfuegos and Trinidad. Cuba Cultural Travel began… Read More
