1. U.S. Department of State and espnW Global Sports Mentoring Program

   

   As Director of Law and Regulation at the Ministry of Sport, Hongxia Wei is responsible for policymaking, legislation, popularization of law, and jurisprudential study in sport.

2. 2017 Finalists of the YLAI Professional Fellows Program Announced

   This October, 250 business and social entrepreneurs from Latin America and the Caribbean will arrive in Atlanta, Georgia to kick-off their four-week Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative (YLAI) Professional Fellows Program.

3. 2018 Finalists of the YLAI Professional Fellows Program Announced

   This September, 250 business and social entrepreneurs from Latin America and the Caribbean will arrive in Detroit, Michigan to start the five-week Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative (YLAI) Professional Fellows Program.

4. U.S. Department of State and espnW Global Sports Mentoring Program Matches

   

   The U.S. Department of State and espnW Global Sports Mentoring Program is the central program in the U.S. Department of State’s initiative to engage, inspire, and empower women and girls worldwide through sports.

5. Catching Criminals, With an Assist from Exchange Programs

   Professional exchange programs can have immediate results, even on issues as complex as international crime.

6. Global Sports Mentoring Program: Majidah Nantanda

   

   Majidah focused her action plan during the 2013 Global Sports Mentoring Program (GSMP) on creating more opportunities for girls to play soccer at all levels in Uganda and has since made headway in doing so and gained support for her project.

7. Launch of New Young Women Leaders Program Honors Former Sec. of State Madeleine Albright

   Program to engage new generation of future young women leaders from around the world.

8. The U.S. Department of State’s Global Sports Mentoring Program Receives Peace and Sport’s “Diplomacy Action of the Year Award”

   On October 18, the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs’ Sports Diplomacy Division received the prestigious “Diplomacy Action of the Year Award” from Peace and Sport, an NGO based in Monaco devoted to sport for social change, at the organization’s annual forum in Rhodes, Greece.

9. U.S. Department of State and espnW Global Sports Mentoring Program

   

   In her current position as the Sports, Education, and Cultural Advisor at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Adriana Correa Velasquez is responsible for implementing a governmental program called the “Borders for Prosperity Plan.”

10. New Program Empowers Youth and Underserved Groups to Preserve Cultural Heritage

    Six new cultural heritage projects have been selected by the U.S. Department of State and World Learning to receive funding as part of the inaugural Communities Connecting HeritageSM exchange program (CCH).

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