1. Deputy Secretary Blinken's Remarks

   

   Deputy Secretary Blinken speaks on the extension of the "Rewards for Justice Program" at “Conflict Antiquities: Forging a Public/Private Response to Save the Endangered Patrimony of Iraq and Syria,” at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City on Sept. 29, 2015.

2. U.S Embassy Dar es Salaam empowers Tanzanian women with AWE and innovative SELFINA collaboration for micro-leasing

   U.S Embassy Dar es Salaam launches AWE for 20 participants focused on small business sectors of farming, fishing, agro-processing, and other crucial needs for rural areas. AWE learners will be equipped with practical skills to create sustainable, applicable business growth and ultimately be integrated into SEFINA's micro-leasing program.

3. Ellada Mustafayeva

   First Name

   Ellada

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   Short Biography

   

    

   Content created by Virtual Intern  Chhim Sokkunthea

   Ellada Mustafayeva is a media project manager, trainer, and highly respected public relations professional working with both public and private sector clients in Azerbaijan. Mustafayeva graduated from Baku State University with a Master’s degree in International Journalism and was selected to participate in a 2017 International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP) on Sports Management and Sports as a Tool for Social Change in the United States. Mustafayeva says her IVLP was a life-changing experience, and she returned home bursting with new ideas and the confidence to take on the biggest challenge of her career – co-founding the first Master’s in Sports Journalism program in the Caucasus region.

   Since its inception, the program has made significant progress on its main three goals: to deliver world-class English-language journalism education, to meaningfully assist the development of Azerbaijan's sports sector, and to establish Baku as an international center of excellence for sports journalism. Graduates of the program have secured positions with media outlets, and the overall master’s program has won awards for innovation in education.

   Mustafayeva maintains contact with many of her fellow participants from the IVLP and looks forward to returning to the United States to renew connections. As a member of the U.S.-Educated Azerbaijani Alumni Association, Ellada Mustafayeva is using sports journalism as a platform to build effective networks and bring our countries closer together.

   Edited by Virtual Interns Regina Navarro-Gomez and Kristin Mitra

   Blog Post

   Ellada's IVLP was about Sports Management and Sports as a Tool for Social Change in the U.S. Her objectives were to gain exposures to federal laws to ensure representation from disadvantages populations, examine the best practices for public private partnerships in developing local sport leagues, fundraising strategies, and the role of sports media in events, explore the role of sports education programs in the sports industry, and observe programs that are aimed at women/people with disability representation.

   Through IVLP, she has gained skills that helped her with managing the first Sports Journalism master's program in Caucasus.

   Home Country

   Azerbaijan

   Last name

   Mustafayeva

   IVLP Alumni

4. Pauline Otila Kamwara: An Entrepreneur and Role Model

   Through the AWE program, she learned how to modernize traditional methods of beekeeping while developing a new business plan.

5. Lead With Your Heart

   

   Shirley Harrison, Executive Director of the International Visitor Center of Jackson, Mississippi, talks about her experience with IVLP and the importance of people-to-people exchanges.

6. Access Alumni Serve as Interpreters During Medical Mission

   Through the Access alumni's interpretation services, medical volunteers were able to provide 1,600 Guatemalans with medication assistance.

7. Creating a More Safe and Secure World, One Exchange at a Time

   IVLP host annual initiative to facilitate a dialogue between international law enforcement and their American counterparts.

8. Sports Diplomacy: Kazakhstan Boxing

   

   A delegation of 12 Kazakhstani boxers and trainers traveled to the United States to visit community boxing programs and the Muhammad Ali Center in Louisville, Kentucky.

9. Emerging Young Leaders 2017 #EYLeaders

   

   Get to know the 2017 emerging young leaders in this video. The Emerging Young Leaders Award is granted to 10 outstanding leaders across the globe.

10. IVLP Virtual Photo Gallery

    

    IVLP Virtual Photo Gallery

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