1. A Conversation That Blossomed Into a Collaboration

   The “Entrelazando Experiencias” event created networking opportunities for 400 exchange alumni from 9 Latin American countries.

2. Cultural Property Advisory Committee to Meet in Chicago September 19–20, 2023

   The Cultural Property Advisory Committee intends to meet September 19-20 in Chicago, to review a proposed extension of the U.S. cultural property agreement with the Government of the Republic of Honduras

3. Exchange Examines the Culture of Service in the United States

   State Department’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs sponsored a multi-regional project through its International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP) to examine the impact of volunteerism on the volunteers themselves and the communities they serve.

4. Venezuelan Alumnus Develops App to Promote HIV Awareness and Prevention

   Inspired by his International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP) volunteering experiences while in the United States, Jhonatan José Rodríguez Parra applied the knowledge and insight he gained to implement new strategies for HIV education and prevention through his organization “Stop VIH” (Spanish acronym for HIV).

5. United States and Cambodia Celebrate Cultural Property Agreement and New Preservation Project

   U.S. Ambassador to Cambodia William A. Heidt and Cambodia’s Minister of Culture, Her Excellency Phoeung Sackona, signed a joint statement recognizing the recent extension of the cultural property agreement between the United States and Cambodia during a ceremony on November 6, 2018 at the National Museum of Cambodia in Phnom Penh.

6. Cultural Property Advisory Committee Meeting July 23-24

   The Cultural Property Advisory Committee will meet July 23-24, 2019, to review a proposal to extend the cultural property agreement with El Salvador.

7. Principal DAS Lussenhop Honors Fulbright Top Producers and HBCU Institutional Leaders

   On February 18, the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA) hosted a reception to honor the 2019-2020 Fulbright U.S. Top Producing Institutions and the 2018-2019 Fulbright Historically Black College and University (HBCU) Institutional Leaders.

8. Networks Can Stop the Black-Market Antiquities Trade

   In the Middle East, an age-old problem has resurfaced. Thieves are taking advantage of any chaos caused by recent conflict to loot historical treasures.

9. Combating Holocaust Denial and Distortion Through the International Visitor Leadership Program

   This week, the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs began the Countering Holocaust Denial and Distortion virtual International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP) project.

10. Training Panamanian Customs to Prevent Cultural Property Smuggling

    Trafficking stolen, looted, or forged art, antiquities, and other cultural objects benefits criminal organizations and terrorist groups, erodes the legal art market, and harms our relationships with foreign partners and allies.

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