1. Paralympic Sport Club Director Had an Exchange of a Lifetime

   

   Cindy Housner, a Sports Diplomacy grantee participant to Brazil and Director of a Paralymic Sport Club, tells us what living without limits means to her.

2. Ice Skating Success Story with Sports Envoy Evan Lysacek

   

   Olympic gold medalist figure skater Evan Lysacek traveled to Sweden and Belarus as a Sports Envoy.

3. Women's Empowerment is Our Priority

   

   Learn more about the programs we offer to connect and empower women around in the world in business, technology, sports, and education.

4. Global Sports Mentoring Program

   Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and ESPN President John Skipper announced the U.S. Department of State and espnW Global Sports Mentoring Program.

5. Snowboarders from Kyrgyzstan Visit the U.S.

   

   The U.S. Department of State office brought twelve snowboarders from Kyrgyzstan to participate in the first-ever Snowboarding Sports Visitor program.

6. Living as an American Teenager

   Because of the YES Program I am confident now and I believe in myself.

7. Volunteering to Create Change

   I learned to see things that I never noticed before. I became a new person ready to do something good and helpful for people.

8. Dr. Jill Biden and Billie Jean King Headline Ten-Year Celebration of Department of State-espnW Global Sports Mentoring Program and the 50th Anniversary of Title IX

   The U.S. Department of State-espnW Global Sports Mentoring Program (GSMP) celebrated its 10-year anniversary with a slate of programming and events to cap a decade of international efforts by the State Department and its partners to strengthen society by empowering women and girls through sport.

9. A Global Match: American Mentors Empower Women Leaders in Sports

   The Global Sports Mentoring Program (GSMP) continues to pair emerging women leaders from around the world with women sports executives as the flagship component of State Department’s Empowering Women and Girls through Sports initiative.

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

    

    As the managing director of the Indian Oil Corporation Ltd.(IOCL) Aparna Popat is responsible for identifying talent, providing logistical support for exposure, recommending sports policies, and preparing the annual sports budget.

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