1. Ambassadors Fund for Cultural Preservation

   The Ambassadors Fund for Cultural Preservation supports a wide range of projects to preserve cultural heritage, such as the restoration of historic buildings, assessment and conservation of museum collections, archaeological site preservation, documentation of vanishing traditional craft techniques, improved storage conditions for archives and manuscripts, and documentation of indigenous languages.

2. What is the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA)?

   

   This video describes the Department of State's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs.

3. New Program Empowers Youth and Underserved Groups to Preserve Cultural Heritage

   Six new cultural heritage projects have been selected by the U.S. Department of State and World Learning to receive funding as part of the inaugural Communities Connecting HeritageSM exchange program (CCH).

4. Assistant Secretary Satterfield Delivers Remarks at a Cultural Event in Washington, D.C.

   Assistant Secretary for Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA) Lee Satterfield will deliver remarks at the Women in Music: An Acoustic Experience with Colombian Artist Diana Burco event on March 21 in Washington, D.C.

5. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar - Global Cultural Ambassador

   

   Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is a Global Cultural Ambassador for the U.S. Department of State. He traveled to Brazil to promote education.

6. Gain Cultural Competency: Learn Japanese in Japan!

   

   Grace Meng, a Critical Language Scholarship (CLS) alumna, tells us about the CLS program enhanced her career in nursing.

7. Ambassador Jennifer Zimdahl Galt, Acting Assistant Secretary of State for Educational and Cultural Affairs, welcomes the Board.

   J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board Welcomes Insight from the Institute of International Education and Alumni from Fulbright Teaching Program.

8. ECA’s OneBeat Program Launches Podcast featuring Global Musicians and Cultural Leaders

   On April 6, the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs’ (ECA) signature music exchange program OneBeat will launch a new podcast series highlighting conversations with musicians and artist leaders around the globe.

9. Spreading the Cultural Heritage of Zimbabwe Through Music and Food

   AWE alumni from Zimbabwe, Duduzile Sibanda, has incorporated Southern African culture and traditions in her career as a musician and continued to do so as she established her baking business with the help of AWE.

10. Cultural Heritage Center

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