1. Assistant Secretary Satterfield Leads Meeting of Cultural Heritage Coordinating Committee

   On April 12, 2022, the Assistant Secretary of State for Educational and Cultural Affairs, Lee Satterfield, convened the 16 member agencies of the Cultural Heritage Coordinating Committee (CHCC).

2. Participant Experiences

   

   Photos and quotes from participants of ECA exchange programs.

3. The Rhythm Road - Bluegrass Band The Student Loan

   

   Members of the bluegrass band, The Student Loan, talk about their trip to Asia as part of The Rhythm Road.

4. Building a Future Through Technology

   Sura Mubarak is a true TechGirl—developing a robotics project to help people with hand disabilities control a computer and starting a volunteering organization. Sura knew that in order to pursue her love of robotics, a trip to the United States was in her future.

5. Paralympic Sport Club Director Had an Exchange of a Lifetime

   

   Cindy Housner, a Sports Diplomacy grantee participant to Brazil and Director of a Paralymic Sport Club, tells us what living without limits means to her.

6. Learn Arabic 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.

7. Women's Equality in Ecuador

   

   Maria Cristina Kronfle, an International Visitor from Ecuador, is working to improve participation of women with disabilities in the public sphere.

8. DanceMotion USA Connects Cultures through Collaborative Dance

   Turkish, American, and Armenian dancers performed a collaborative dance piece at the Brooklyn Academy of Music as part of an ongoing cultural exchange sponsored by the Department of State’s DanceMotion USA program.

9. Connecting Cultures to Combat Climate Change

   

   A recent Museums Connect exchange brought students and museum professionals from Mongolia together with contemporaries in the U.S. to gain deeper understanding of climate change around the world.

10. From Exchange Student to Doctor after Host Family Experience

    

    Learn how Muawi’s host family forever changed his life.

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