1. Highlighting the Power of Exchange Programs During National Human Trafficking Prevention Month

   All over the United States and around the world, human trafficking exists.

2. Secretary Blinken and Secretary Cardona Letter to School Superintendents Encouraging International Exchanges

   On behalf of the U.S. Department of State and the U.S. Department of Education, we send greetings and appreciation for the past support school districts like yours have provided by hosting international students and for promoting the global competency of U.S. students.

3. Space Diplomacy Through the International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP)

   The United States and our space partners are advancing science, addressing global societal challenges, and exploring and using space to benefit all humankind.

4. AWE-USADF Summit Honors 2021: Academy for Women Entrepreneurs Grantees 

   The U.S. African Development Foundation (USADF) and the U.S. State Department’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA) today hosted a virtual summit honoring the achievements of African graduates of the Academy for Women Entrepreneurs program who received USADF catalytic funding to start and scale social enterprises.

5. More Than a Master’s Degree

   For Alya Saeed Salman Alobaidi, the path towards her Fulbright started with uncertainty, but it was a journey she needed to embark upon.

6. Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary Galt’s Remarks at the Ensuring the Safety and Security of Exchange Participants Webinar

   Safety is Job #1 for all of us at the Department of State.

7. UGRAD Alum Organizes Charity Run Across Ukraine

   

   While studying in the United States, Eurasian Undergraduate Exchange Program (UGRAD) alum Andriy Maksymovych met an activist who biked across the U.S. to raise money for charity. Andriy decided to adapt the idea to raise money for premature babies in his native Ukraine.

8. Fulbright Enrichment Seminar

   

   Through these seminars, Fulbright foreign students develop a better understanding of contemporary U.S. life and culture, policy formulation and nationally & globally important issues.

9. Crowd-sourcing Diplomacy

   Middle school children may seem like unlikely ambassadors, and even less likely global health advocates. However, an international, collaborative interagency initiative, called the Zika Education and Prevention Project, is empowering school children around the world to combat disease outbreaks.

10. MEET 5 YLAI FELLOWS WHO TRAVELED AS YOUTH DELEGATES TO THE SUMMIT OF THE AMERICAS

    The United States hosted the Ninth Summit of the Americas from June 6 - 10, in Los Angeles, California.

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