1. Sam Perkins and Dikembe Mutombo Travel to South Sudan

   

   Sports Envoys Sam Perkins and Dikembe Mutombo traveled to South Sudan in October 2011 to lead a series of basketball clinics and teambuilding exercises with young people ages 12-25.

2. The U.S. Women’s National Soccer Team Holds a Special Clinic in Japan

   

   As part of the “Empowering Women and Girls Through Sports Initiative,” the U.S. Women’s National Soccer Team took to the soccer field with Japanese girls in Sendai, Japan on March 27.

3. Sports Envoys Go to Greece

   

   Partnering with the NBA and WNBA and working closely with U.S. Embassy Athens, the U.S. State Department sent basketball envoys to Athens and Thessaloníki in Greece.

4. 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.

5. Empowering Women and Girls Through Sport

   

   Empowering Women and Girls Through Sport

6. U.S. State Department & NHL Partner for Ice Hockey Exchange with Russia

   

   The Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs hosted a Russian delegation of 18 youth hockey players and their coaches, who participated in the first-ever ice hockey exchange between the two countries.

7. UGRAD Alum Organizes Charity Run Across Ukraine

   

   While studying in the United States, Eurasian Undergraduate Exchange Program (UGRAD) alum Andriy Maksymovych met an activist who biked across the U.S. to raise money for charity. Andriy decided to adapt the idea to raise money for premature babies in his native Ukraine.

8. Make an Impact: Learn Chinese in China!

   

   Ryan Mandado, a Critical Language Scholarship (CLS) alumnus, tells us about why he chose to study Chinese.

9. Sports Diplomacy Softball Envoys: A Hit 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.

10. In the Year of the Olympics, Sam Perkins and Swin Cash Travel to London

    

    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.

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