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  1. 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.

  2. 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.

  3. Empowering Women & Girls Through Sports

    Empowering Women & Girls Through Sports

    In the midst of the NCAA's March Madness, the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs announced an international sports exchange that brought 18 teenage girl athletes and 6 female coaches from all corners of the globe to Washington, D.C., and Denver, Colorado as part of the Empowering Women and Girls Through Sports Initiative.

  4. 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.

  5. Cross-Cultural Exposure: An Interview with Polly McKinney

    In Kenya, Maasai women networked with eight American women to nurture entrepreneur spirit.

    In September 2008, eight American women traveled to Kenya to develop empowerment networks with Maasai women.

  6. Ask An Access Teacher: Teaching in a Mixed Ability Classroom

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    What motivational strategies can be used in a multicultural class with mixed ability students?

  7. A Day In The Life of A Fellow - Indonesia

    English language fellow

    This video depicts a "Day in the Life" of Fellow Sultan Stover, who is currently living and teaching in Indonesia.

  8. 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.

  9. Envoys Tamika Raymond and Kiesha Brown Travel to China

    Kiesha Brown teaches ball handling to the girls from Shenhe Migrant Workers Elementary School in China.

    Working with the Women’s National Basketball Association, the U.S. Department of State sent former WNBA stars Tamika Raymond and Kiesha Brown to Shenyang, China.

  10. International Women of Courage Jestina Mukoko

    African woman holding a tablet while delivering a lecture

    In March 2010 Jestina Mukoko was one of ten human rights defenders honored in the U.S. State Department's International Women of Courage Awards, she returned as an alumni in 2016.

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