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
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
