1. FLEX Celebrates 21st Year

   The Future Leaders Exchange Program (FLEX) celebrated the end of its 21st year with approximately 168 students of this year’s 800 scholarship recipients.

2. Secretary Blinken and Secretary Cardona Letter to School Superintendents Encouraging International Exchanges

   On behalf of the U.S. Department of State and the U.S. Department of Education, we send greetings and appreciation for the past support school districts like yours have provided by hosting international students and for promoting the global competency of U.S. students.

3. Cultural Heritage Game Jam Inspires Global Creativity and Innovation

   847 People from 72 Countries Develop 115 Videogames

4. Women's Equality in Ecuador

   

   Maria Cristina Kronfle, an International Visitor from Ecuador, is working to improve participation of women with disabilities in the public sphere.

5. AWE Alum Recasts Social Issues in Cuban Film

   Filmmaker Diana Moreno is using her production company, Wajiros Films, to redefine what it means to be Cuban – and train the next generation of filmmakers.

6. In Ancient Cities Reclaimed from ISIS, Restoration Work Begins: Photo Gallery

   

   As ISIS is driven back from conquests in northern Iraq and Syria, a challenge looms: cataloging the damage to cultural sites and treasures from antiquity, repairing what can be fixed, and figuring out how to let people see them again.

7. Fulbright Arctic Initiative Feat. Gwen Holdmann

   

   Fulbright Arctic Initiative scholar, Gwen Holdmann, tells us what renewable energy research she will be conducting in Iceland in spring 2016.

8. We need your VOTE to bring American Spaces to SXSW EDU 2023!

   The SXSW EDU Conference and Festival takes place each March in Austin, Texas.

9. World Learning: A World Fit for Kids! – Bahrain, Kuwait, and Saudi Arabia

   

   World Learning, through a subaward partnership with A World Fit For Kids! brought coaches and administrators from Bahrain, Kuwait, and Saudi Arabia to Los Angeles to learn how to better serve youth and to address health issues, such as obesity.

10. American Arts Incubator in Turkey

    

    The American Arts Incubator has arrived in Turkey. The creative exchange program, that is organized in collaboration with InogarArt and the U.S. Consulate, which visits countries all over the world is underway here in Istanbul.

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