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  1. Sam Perkins and Dikembe Mutombo Travel to South Sudan

    The South Sudanese wheelchair basketball team plays a game.

    Sports Envoys Sam Perkins and Dikembe Mutombo traveled to South Sudan in October 2011 to lead a series of basketball clinics and teambuilding exercises with young people ages 12-25.

  2. The U.S. Women’s National Soccer Team Holds a Special Clinic in Japan

    U.S. soccer forward, Abby Wambach, meets some potential future members of Japan's national soccer team.

    As part of the “Empowering Women and Girls Through Sports Initiative,” the U.S. Women’s National Soccer Team took to the soccer field with Japanese girls in Sendai, Japan on March 27.

  3. Lead with your heart

    Shirley Harrison, Executive Director, International Visitor Center, Jackson, MS

    Shirley Harrison, Executive Director of the International Visitor Center of Jackson, Mississippi, talks about her experience with IVLP and the importance of people-to-people exchanges.

  4. Empowering Women and Girls Through Sport

    SportsUnited: Empowering Women Through Sports

    Empowering Women and Girls Through Sport

  5. UGRAD Alum Organizes Charity Run Across Ukraine

    Ugrad Alum, Andriy Maksymovych, raised over $50,000 in donations for premature infants in 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.

  6. Make an Impact: Learn Chinese in China!

    Ryan Mandado, a Critical Language Scholarship (CLS) alumnus, tells us about why he chose to study Chinese.

  7. Fulbright On Board Millennial Train: Saja's Story

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    The Millennial Trains Project (MTP) leads crowd-funded transcontinental train journeys for diverse groups of young innovators to explore America's new frontiers.

  8. 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.

  9. 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.

  10. Cal Ripken, Jr. Leads International Sports Exchange with Japan

    Cal Ripken Jr. traveled to Japan to work with kids affected by the 2011 earthquake and tsunami.

    Hall of fame baseball player Cal Ripken, Jr., traveled to Japan on behalf of the Department of State to put on baseball clinics and work with kids affected by the 2011 earthquake and tsunami.

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