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Results are Tagged with "Sports Envoy Program"

First Sports Envoys with Disabilities Travel to China to Advance Disability Rights and Inclusion

Addressing the rights and inclusion of persons with disabilities in China has emerged as a significant foreign policy issue in the twenty-first century. Dr. Becky Clark and Dr. Woodson- Smith made a historical trip serving as the first ever disabled sports envoys to travel on behalf of the State Department to Guangzhou, China.

Celebrating International Women’s Day Through Soccer

Tracy joins the girl Costa Rican soccer players.

Working with U.S. Embassy in San José, the State Department developed a Sports Envoy program to reach out to Costa Rican women and youth—girls in particular—through the game of soccer.

Soccer in Santiago: Empowering Women and Girls through Sports in Chile

A soccer clinic engages a group of 12-14 year-olds from Lo Espejo, an economically-marginalized community outside of Santiago, Chile.

From March 31 to April 7, former U.S. Women’s National Team Soccer Players Linda Hamilton and Kate Sobrero-Markgraf headed up a female-focused sports envoy program in Chile.

Sports Diplomacy Softball Envoys: A Hit in Nicaragua

As a member of the State Department’s Council to Empower Women and Girls through Sports, Jessica Mendoza truly engaged in “fieldwork” by leading a softball clinic for teenage girls in Nicaragua.

Under the Department’s Empowering Women and Girls through Sports Initiative, Olympians Jessica Mendoza and Ruby Rojas went to Nicaragua as sports envoys in February of 2013.

Empowering Women and Girls: WNBA Basketball Envoys in Ukraine

The girls basketball team works with Tamika Raymond on drills and skills.

The State Department and NBA worked together to send former WNBA players Tamika Raymond and Nykesha Sales to Ukraine as Sports Envoys from January 28 to February 2, 2013.

Sports Envoys in India: Empowering Youth through Baseball and Softball

Joe Logan assists team members with their fast pitch.

The State Department’s first-ever joint baseball and softball program sent MLB Hall-of-Famer Barry Larkin and Olympian Natasha Watley to India as Sports Envoys in Febuary 2013.

Champions for Women’s Rights in Afghanistan Use Sports

Sports Envoy Lorrie Fair gives a “pep talk” to members of the Afghan Women’s National Soccer Team.

Three-time Olympian and world champion Lorrie Fair went to Afghanistan as a U.S. Department of State Sports Envoy.

Envoys Tamika Raymond and Kiesha Brown Travel to China

Kiesha Brown teaches ball handling to the girls from Shenhe Migrant Workers Elementary School in China.

Working with the Women’s National Basketball Association, the U.S. Department of State sent former WNBA stars Tamika Raymond and Kiesha Brown to Shenyang, China.

Ice Skating Success Story with Sports Envoy Evan Lysacek

Sports Envoy and Olympic Ice Skater Evan Lysacek leads a clinic on ice in Belarus.

Olympic gold medalist figure skater Evan Lysacek traveled to Sweden and Belarus as a Sports Envoy.

In the Year of the Olympics, Sam Perkins and Swin Cash Travel to London

Swin Cash shares her skills through drills with a young player from England.

Partnering with the NBA and WNBA and working with the U.S. Embassy in London, U.S. State Department Envoys Sam Perkins and “Swin” Cash traveled to the United Kingdom for the 2012 Olympics.

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