1. For the People on Taiwan, Mental Health Care is Now Just a Tap Away

   Academy for Women Entrepreneurs (AWE) alumna Lynia Huang had one main goal — to make mental health care accessible to all, which is why she co-founded Bamboo Technology as a mental health service company.

2. 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.

3. Congress-Bundestag Youth Exchange (CBYX)

   

   The Congress -- Bundestag Youth Exchange Program (CBYX) known in Germany as the Parlamentarisches Patenschafts -Programm (PPP), is an academic scholarship for both German and American teens.

4. FORTUNE/State Department Global Women's Mentoring Partnership

   

   The FORTUNE/State Department Global Women's Mentoring Partnership provides mentorship opportunities for emerging women leaders from all over the world.

5. Experience America through a High School Exchange

   

   Every year, the State Department brings almost 2,000 high school students from almost 50 countries to live with an American host family and go to high school for a year.

6. White House Travel Bloggers Summit #StudyAbroadBecause

   

   The National Security Council hosted a summit in December with 100 of the most influential travel bloggers and digital media outlets at The White House to highlight current U.S. Government initiatives and new strategies for encouraging American students to study, volunteer, and work abroad.

7. International visitors are the largest group of volunteers at the NYC Marathon

   

   For the third year in a row, J-1 Visa exchange participants were the largest and most diverse group of volunteers at the New York City Marathon. Watch how they embrace the American values of volunteerism and civic engagement, and share their culture with their American communities.

8. Cultural Antiquities Task Force Sponsors Workshops for Peruvian National Police, Government and Cultural Officials

   Law enforcement and cultural heritage experts from across the U.S. government recently partnered in Lima for a series of workshops that trained more than 70 representatives from the Peruvian National Police, government, cultural entities, and church archdioceses on enforcing cultural heritage law.  

9. CATF Members Support Repatriation to Haiti

   The United States has returned over 470 cultural and historical antiquities to Haiti — the largest repatriation of art from the U.S. to Haiti — thanks to a bilateral effort between the two countries.

10. In Ancient Cities Reclaimed from ISIS, Restoration Work Begins

    As ISIS is driven back from conquests in northern Iraq and Syria, a challenge looms: cataloging the damage to cultural sites and treasures from antiquity, repairing what can be fixed, and figuring out how to let people see them again.

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