1. Dr. Jill Biden and Billie Jean King Headline Ten-Year Celebration of Department of State-espnW Global Sports Mentoring Program and the 50th Anniversary of Title IX

   The U.S. Department of State-espnW Global Sports Mentoring Program (GSMP) celebrated its 10-year anniversary with a slate of programming and events to cap a decade of international efforts by the State Department and its partners to strengthen society by empowering women and girls through sport.

2. Hubert H. Humphrey Fellowship Program

   The Hubert H. Humphrey Fellowship Program brings outstanding mid-career professionals from countries in states of development or transition to the United States for highly tailored programs of non-degree, graduate study and professional development.

3. Parliamentary Leaders from Japan and the Republic of Korea participate in the International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP)

   Participants focused on the importance of trilateral cooperation.

4. Launching the 80th Anniversary of the International Visitor Leadership Program

   Throughout 2020, the U.S. Department of State is celebrating the 80th anniversary of its flagship professional exchange program, the International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP).

5. Iraqi Taekwondo Program

   

   Working with the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad, the U.S. State Department organized a dynamic taekwondo sports program.

6. Professional Fellows Programs

   

   We're building a network of professional leaders around the world.

7. Virtual Sports Visitor Program Connects Coaches and Administrators from Ten Countries

   Last month, the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs’ (ECA) Sports Diplomacy Division hosted a virtual Sports Visitor Program (SVP) with participation from approximately 60 soccer coaches and sports administrators from ten countries including Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Burma, Dominica, Grenada, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, St. Kitts and Nevis, Israel, and Nicaragua.

8. Freedom to Express - International Writing Program

   

   Learn more about the International Writing Program.

9. Religious Leaders Arrive in the United States for International Visitor Leadership Program

   Twenty six community and faith leaders from around the world arrived in the United States to begin an International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP) on interfaith dialogue and religious freedom. The participants, representing different religious and faith-based organizations, as well as secular institutions, will engage in discussions with one another and their American counterparts to promote interfaith dialogue and explore ways to ensure the rights of religious minorities are protected.

10. Reflections on the Impact of the International Visitor Leadership Program - Katka Lessing

    

    Katka Letzing, Lead Program Officer and Marketing Manager, Institute for International Education, West Coast Center, San Francisco, California tells a story of learning about individual courage while having fun and developing a new hobby on the San Francisco Bay.

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