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  1. 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.

  2. 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.

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

    Dr. Woodson-Smith plays wheelchair basketball with some of the students at Guangzhou English Training Center (GETCH).

    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. Andrea 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.

  4. Sports Visitors to China Focus on Underserved Populations, Youth with Disabilities

    U.S. Ambassador to China Max Baucus, a former Senator from Montana, meets with the Sport for Social Change group at the U.S. Embassy in Beijing.

    The University of Montana conducted a two-way exchange between participants from the U.S. and China to share best practices, as well as receive training in project management and development.

  5. Coping with Stress through Table Hockey

    Two kids playing table hockey

    Learn how table hockey is helping displaced children in Ukraine cope with stress and PTSD.

  6. Disability & International Exchange Programs Timeline

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    The Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs is committed to including people with disabilities as exchange program participants and to advancing disability rights in the United States and abroad.

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

    IVLP, Katka Letzing

    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.

  8. Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board Reflects

    Still image from FFSB video.

    The J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board (FFSB) reflects on their experience supervising the global Fulbright Program.

  9. Belizean Coaches Train to Foster Social Change through Sport

    As part of ECA’s International Sports Programming Initiative, Northern Illinois University conducted a two-way exchange between participants from the U.S. and Belize geared towards program administrator training, coach training, and consulting youth sports programs in Belize.

  10. Learn Arabic in Morocco!

    Kalyn and Nathan hanging out with their fellow students and friends in Morocco

    Kalyn and Nathan, National Security Language Initiative for Youth students in Marrakech, Morocco, describe how their experiences learning Arabic in the classroom, speaking with locals in the country's native language, and making personal connections with the people they meet have positively impacted and enriched their lives.

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