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 in the series is Andrea, a San Diego high school participant on our youth exchange program ‘Adaptive Sports for Social Change’ to Vietnam and Laos…. 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 from Vietnam and Laos who spent the past week in San Diego on a US Department of State sponsored sports diplomacy initiative. SDDC members and… 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 collaboration through exchange programs. Read our article page 37 and learn how we are able to achieve our public diplomacy goals and create social change… 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 Art and Dance. Last Sunday, we have witnessed how percussion can unite people together in Kuwait City thanks to Crew Percussion, an energetic ensemble specialized in… 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
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 Davis, Amirah Sackett, a world renowned hip hop dancer, teacher, and choreographer who performed at our 2018 Signature Event, led a hip hop dance workshop at… 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 generosity at the 2018 Diplomacy Council Signature Event on Saturday evening at the Museum of Photographic Arts. It was a huge success as we built… 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 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
