1. Standing Up for New Zealand’s Marginalized Communities

   As a participant in the 2011 Community Activism and Minority Rights International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP), Reverend Uesifili Unasa of New Zealand was invited to stand on the exact spot at the Lincoln Memorial where Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his famous 1963 ‘I Have a Dream’ speech.

2. HEARTBEAT

   

   HEARTBEAT is a group of young Israeli and Palestinian musicians who work together to build mutual understanding and transform conflict through the power of music. Founded in 2007 by Aaron Shneyer during his Fulbright-mtvU Fellowship, HEARTBEAT is centered on the idea of music as a force of cultural change.

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   Are You Ready for Futsal?

   More than 12 million people in over 100 countries play an indoor version of soccer called futsal.

4. Connecting Museums, Connecting People

   

   Museums Connect participants discuss the value of people-to-people diplomacy throughout their experience in the Museums Connect program.

5. TechWomen Startup Morocco

   

   Learn about the 2014 TechWomen Delegation trip to Morocco.

6. Hoba Hoba Spirit Will Tour The United States

   

   Hoba Hoba Spirit, a "Morocc'n Roll" band from Casablanca, is one of the seven musical acts that will tour the U.S. in 2014 with the Center Stage cultural exchange program.

7. OneBeat, YALI Alumnus "Gets Loud" About Social Justice

   OneBeat and Mandela Washington Fellowship alumnus Alain Chirwisa of the DRC makes socially conscious music and art, focusing on social justice and women's issues.

8. 2015-16 Fulbright Top Producing Institutions

   Each year the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, in collaboration with the Institute of International Education, releases the list of higher education institutions sending the most Fulbright U.S. students and scholars abroad. For academic year 2015-16, the list highlights the strong institutional diversity within the Fulbright Program.

9. State Department Celebrates 75 Years of Exchanges at Global Leadership Forum in Virginia

   State Department is sponsoring the Global Leadership Forum in Charlottesville, Virginia from March 29-30, 2016. The two-day forum is part of the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs’ celebration of 75 years of State Department-sponsored exchange programs.

10. U.S. Department of State and Education New Zealand Announce Partnership to Support the Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship Program

    U.S. Department of State and the New Zealand government agency Education New Zealand announce a new partnership.

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