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 impact food company that is closing the malnutrition gap in bottom of the pyramid communities in Guatemala. Read the article Here in which he shares about his life-changing… 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 Department, Members of Congress, the foreign affairs agencies and others involved in the foreign policy process dedicated to advocating for a strong and compelling U.S…. Read More
Thank – Remember – Share – The Story of Our Alumni
Meet Melissa Dávila, an alumni of the International Visitor Leadership Program. Our vision is to effectively connect and empower local and global leaders to create a more peaceful, prosperous and stable world. Melissa’s story reminds us of the impact of our mission. She was able to make network connections within her profession which motivated her to collaborate on inventions and… 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
Program On Exploring American Values
This week, nine bloggers and social media gurus from the UK visited San Diego for a program on “Exploring American Values.” While in town, they conducted a workshop at Outside The Lens where members of the Exploring American Values team shared about the various mediums that they operate in their work, including social media, blogs, photography,… Read More
The Power of Art Diplomacy
In February 2018 we held Art Soup @ Bread & Salt, an international artist showcase featuring work and performance by a visiting delegation of global artists from 18 countries. One of the traveling artists, Ghanaian filmmaker Andrew Obeng shared his short film pieces with the crowd of 200. One of the audience members was Mark Freeman,… Read More
News on our Sports Diplomacy Team in Vietnam
It has been over a week since our team of San Diego staff and athletes from the Exodus Social Justice Volleyball Club arrived in Vietnam for our first youth sports diplomacy program. This collaboration with the National Ability Center and the Social Justice Exodus Club in San Diego has been an eye-opening and empowering opportunity… Read More
THE BUSINESS RELATIONSHIPS CONTINUE…
We are delighted to announce that three of our recent fellowship hosts have been awarded Professional Fellows Program – U.S. Department of State funded trips to visit their fellows in their home countries! Sandra Martinez of Project Concern International will visit her fellow Hasmida Karim of the Association of Women in Southeast Sulawesi in Indonesia. Silvia Armitano Mah of Hera Labs will visit Akmal… Read More
ADDRESS FROM OUR INCOMING BOARD PRESIDENT
Dear Members, Partners, Donors and Supporters of the San Diego Diplomacy Council Team: It is truly an honor and privilege to serve as the incoming Board President of the San Diego Diplomacy Council for 2018-2019. The San Diego Diplomacy Council has a long and rich history in our community of building global relationships and expanding mutual… Read More
