In late February and early March, the Gulf Coast Citizen Diplomacy Council hosted two international visitors from Azerbaijan as part of a U.S. Department of State International Visitor Leadership Program project focusing on the topic of inspiring leadership and civic participation in youth. Their program started with an evening of hospitality at the home of...
In February, the Gulf Coast Citizen Diplomacy Council welcomed a group of four officials from Turkmenistan as part of an International Visitor Leadership Program exchange focused on emergency preparedness and disaster management. The group kicked off its time in Pensacola with a visit to Pensacola City Hall where Councilman Charles Bare and Mary Gutierrez welcomed...
In mid-February, the Gulf Coast Citizen Diplomacy Council hosted five Russian women participating in an International Visitor Leadership Program project focusing on combating gender-based violence. They began their professional program in Pensacola with a visit to FAVOR House of Northwest Florida where Marsha Travis spoke about services available for victims and intervention programs for aggressors. ...
June 7 - 11 Four professionals from Haiti will focus on conflict management in community organizations. June 28 - July 2 Twenty-two professionals, from Argentina, Australia, Bangladesh, Belarus, Chile, Czech Republic, The Gambia, Israel, Lebanon, Liberia, Mexico, Morocco, Pakistan, The People's Republic of China, Russia, Serbia, Taiwan, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Uganda, and Ukraine...
In early February, the Gulf Coast Citizen Diplomacy Council welcomed a group of ten international visitors participating in the U.S. Department of State’s International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP) for a project focusing on transparency in government. The visitors hailed from Bahrain, Egypt, Iraq, Morocco, Saudi Arabia, and Tunisia. Their program began at Pensacola City Hall...
