1. Black History Month: Diplomats in Public Diplomacy

   In honor of Black History month, the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs continues to highlight and pay homage to the Black Americans who have contributed to the world of public diplomacy.

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. YLAI Fellows Begin Fellowships in the United States

   Civil society leaders and entrepreneurs of the Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative (YLAI) program from Latin America and the Caribbean convene in the United States to begin their individual fellowships in cities across the country.

4. World Learning: A World Fit for Kids! – Bahrain, Kuwait, and Saudi Arabia

   

   World Learning, through a subaward partnership with A World Fit For Kids! brought coaches and administrators from Bahrain, Kuwait, and Saudi Arabia to Los Angeles to learn how to better serve youth and to address health issues, such as obesity.

5. The Empowerment of Venezuelan Women

   

   Peggy Rivas, an International Visitor from Venezuela, tells us why she is a woman empowered.

6. Increasing Mutual Understanding Between Morocco and America

   Samira Idelcadi, a Moroccan alumna of the 2006 Professional Fellows Program, is the January International Exchange Alumni Member of the Month.

7. Paying It Forward

   Grace Chirumanzu, a wife, mother of two, and sports journalist from Zimbabwe, grew up loving sports—playing volleyball, cricket, and soccer while in high school.

8. Crowd Sourcing to Promote Transparency in the Baltics

   Crowd Sourcing to Promote Transparency in the Baltics

9. Young Basketball Players from the Democratic Republic of Congo Visit the U.S.

   

   The U.S. State Department welcomed a group from the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) for the first Sports Visitor program of the new year.

10. Former NBA Players Promote Understanding in the Philippines

    U.S. Embassy Manila hosted two State Department Sports Envoys Allison Feaster, former player in the Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA), and Derrick Alston, former player in the National Basketball Association (NBA).

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