1. Catching Criminals, With an Assist from Exchange Programs

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

2. Science, Sustainability, and Sunscreen: Meet an AWEsome Alumni who’s Mastered all Three

   The Academy for Women Entrepreneurs (AWE) is a global women’s empowerment program that has made a powerful impact - but until recently AWE’s story had gone untold.

3. Youth TechCamp

   

   The U.S. Department of State hosted the first Youth TechCamp in Washington, D.C. for 21 Kennedy-Lugar Youth Exchange and Study (YES) Program alumni

4. A Road to Civic Education in Bangladesh

   After returning from the program, he transformed the focus of his organization towards youth civic education and is a dynamic advocate for the issue throughout his country.

5. Experience America through a High School Exchange

   

   Every year, the State Department brings almost 2,000 high school students from almost 50 countries to live with an American host family and go to high school for a year.

6. International visitors are the largest group of volunteers at the NYC Marathon

   

   For the third year in a row, J-1 Visa exchange participants were the largest and most diverse group of volunteers at the New York City Marathon. Watch how they embrace the American values of volunteerism and civic engagement, and share their culture with their American communities.

7. Cultural Heritage Game Jam Winners Tell Their Story

   The role of games in protecting cultural heritage

8. The Language of Understanding

   

   A National Security Language Initiative for Youth (NSLI-Y) student describes her time studying Arabic in Egypt.

9. IVLP: Parks, Biodiversity, and Ecotourism Management

   

   Each year, the International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP) brings over 4,000 foreign visitors from all over the world to the United States to meet and confer with their professional counterparts and to experience the U.S.

10. U.S Embassy Santiago launches AWE with Mujeres del Pacifico to support Chile's APEC host year

    U.S Embassy in Santiago with representatives from DreamBuilder, Freeport McMoRan, and host Norther Catholic University of Coquimbo celebrated the inauguration of the program for 35 enthusiastic women entrepreneurs. Their graduation in will coincide with the timing and location of APEC’s Women in the Economy Forum, the first time an APEC host has made women’s economic empowerment a key pillar of the forum.

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