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  1. Study Abroad, Make a Difference

    Study Abroad, Make a Difference

    National Security Language Initiative for Youth alumni talk about their exchange experiences.

  2. Empowering Women & Girls Through Sports

    Empowering Women & Girls Through Sports

    In the midst of the NCAA's March Madness, the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs announced an international sports exchange that brought 18 teenage girl athletes and 6 female coaches from all corners of the globe to Washington, D.C., and Denver, Colorado as part of the Empowering Women and Girls Through Sports Initiative.

  3. Have Courage! Be a Leader

    Mifdal Bouchaib: Teaching Excellence and Achievement Program

    "The idea of being a leader was not in my mind [before], but now I have courage to play a role in my school. [TEA] gives us hope that we can be leaders." -Mifdal Bouchaib, from Morocco on the Teaching Excellence and Achievement Program

  4. A Step Towards World Peace

    A Step Towards World Peace: Teaching Excellence and Achievement Program

    "I got to know more about [the people I met here], their culture, their history, the things they believed, and because of this, I understand [now] why they behave the way they do. I think it is a very important step towards world peace." - Francisca, from India on the Teaching Excellence and Achievement Program.

  5. Become a 2014 TechWomen Mentor!

    Become a 2014 TechWomen Mentor!

  6. The Spirit of Volunteering

    IVLP Alumni Apostolos Aristeidou

    Hip-hop organizer Apostolos (Tolis) Aristeidou learned an profound lesson on volunteerism during his time as an International Visitor in the U.S.- and he plans to bring this new found spirit back to his home country, Greece.

  7. I Appreciate Your Kindness

    Laura Dupuy, Executive Director of the Utah Council for Citizen Diplomacy

    Laura Dupuy, Executive Director of the Utah Council for Citizen Diplomacy reflects on one particular participant from a group of international visitors, broadcast journalists from Iraq, and the impact that the experience had on both of their lives.

  8. Lead with your heart

    Shirley Harrison, Executive Director, International Visitor Center, Jackson, MS

    Shirley Harrison, Executive Director of the International Visitor Center of Jackson, Mississippi, talks about her experience with IVLP and the importance of people-to-people exchanges.

  9. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

    Kareem Abdul-Jabbar in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

    Newly appointed Global Cultural Ambassador Kareem Abdul-Jabbar spends time in Brazil to speak with youth about the importance and power of education.

  10. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar in Salvador, Brazil

    Global Cultural Ambassador Kareem Abdul-Jabbar spends time in Brazil to speak with youth about the importance and power of education.

    Newly appointed Global Cultural Ambassador Kareem Abdul-Jabbar spends time in Brazil to speak with youth about the importance and power of education.

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