1. Sports Diplomacy

   Sports Diplomacy helps transcend cultural differences and bring people together.

2. Global Sports Mentoring Program

   A global effort to engage women and girls through sports.

3. Clone of Sports Diplomacy

   Sports Diplomacy helps transcend cultural differences and bring people together.

4. Clone of Sports Diplomacy for test

   Sports Diplomacy helps transcend cultural differences and bring people together.

5. Special Initiatives

   Sports Diplomacy helps transcend cultural differences and bring people together.

6. No Longer Scared of Dreaming Big: March Madness Makes for an Empowering Experience

   Belia was one of six female coaches to join 18 teenage girls from around the world for a multi-country basketball exchange.

7. Basketball and Bilingualism Make for an All Star Exchange

   When Marcos Henrique arrived to the U.S. for the Brazil Basketball All Star Sports Visitor Program, he hit the ground running.

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. One-on-one with Sports Envoy Sam Perkins and Sports Visitor Joseline Kenyi from South Sudan

   

   In November 2012, Sports Diplomacy brought five South Sudanese coaches to the U.S. for a 10-day dynamic people-to-people exchange focused on developing youth basketball programs in the country.

10. Sports Envoys and Sports Visitors

    Sports Visitors are young non-elite athletes and coaches chosen by U.S. missions overseas to visit the United States for a fast-paced two week exchange program. Sports Envoys are athletes and coaches who travel overseas to lead programs that were developed by U.S. embassies and consulates.

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