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  1. Spokesperson for the U.S. Department of State Ned Price recognizes 20 years of the Ambassadors Fund for Cultural Preservation

    Today we celebrate 20 years of American leadership, cooperation, and support for the preservation of cultural heritage around the world through the Ambassadors Fund for Cultural Preservation.

  2. Fulbright Specialist, Doug Mitchell

    Doug Mitchell, Fulbright U.S. Scholar, 2007

    Profile of Fulbright Specialist, Doug Mitchell

  3. QuestFest

    Quest Fest participants tell stories through use of movement, gesture and digital media.

    QuestFest is a two-week, international festival that features groundbreaking work from exceptional performers and companies dedicated to the use of movement, gesture, and digital media to tell stories.

  4. Brazil and Basketball: Athletes from Sao Paulo

    The Brazilian visitors work on dribbling by performing one-handed push-ups.

    ECA hosted 14 teenage athletes—seven boys and seven girls—and two coaches from Brazil in the U.S. for a basketball exchange from February 6 to 18, 2013.

  5. Empowering Women and Girls: WNBA Basketball Envoys in Ukraine

    The girls basketball team works with Tamika Raymond on drills and skills.

    The State Department and NBA worked together to send former WNBA players Tamika Raymond and Nykesha Sales to Ukraine as Sports Envoys from January 28 to February 2, 2013.

  6. Basketball Youth Visitors: Indonesia in Action

    The players take part in a games and skills practice with Special Olympic athletes.

    From March 17 to 29, ECA led an action-packed basketball program with 12 Indonesian teenage basketball players—six boys and six girls—and two coaches.

  7. Soccer in Santiago: Empowering Women and Girls through Sports in Chile

    A soccer clinic engages a group of 12-14 year-olds from Lo Espejo, an economically-marginalized community outside of Santiago, Chile.

    From March 31 to April 7, former U.S. Women’s National Team Soccer Players Linda Hamilton and Kate Sobrero-Markgraf headed up a female-focused sports envoy program in Chile.

  8. Pacific Islands Track and Field Delegation Experience the Universal Language of Sports

    The sports visitors learn new track and field techniques and exercises at a clinic in Washington.

    The U.S. Department of State’s ECA has conducted several track and field programs, but none quite as unique as this most recent one with the Pacific Islands.

  9. Belizean Coaches Train to Foster Social Change through Sport

    As part of ECA’s International Sports Programming Initiative, Northern Illinois University conducted a two-way exchange between participants from the U.S. and Belize geared towards program administrator training, coach training, and consulting youth sports programs in Belize.

  10. Believe in Yourself!

    Khadija Bencekri, 2012 TechGirl Morocco alumna, teaches HTML to young girls in her home community in Zagora.

    Khadija Bencekri, 2012 TechGirl Moroccan alumna from Zagora, teaches HTML to young girls in her home community. She also organized the fist ever TEDx in Zagora, Morocco.

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