A Series of Updates by Former Interns After interning with Gulf Coast Citizen Diplomacy Council, I went back to Winston-Salem, North Carolina, for my senior year at Wake Forest University. I graduated in May 2017 with majors in Economics and Religion and a concentration in Religion and Public Engagement. A week after graduation, after months...
In August 2019, the Gulf Coast Citizen Diplomacy Council had the pleasure of hosting a group of four journalists from Thailand through the International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP) on a project titled Journalism: Research and Investigation. On their visit to the United States, these journalists had specific objectives they hoped to accomplish. They included: “exploring...
In July 2019, our office welcomed the first of two journalism groups that would come to northwest Florida in the summer. The first was from Central Asia and their goal was to explore modern newsrooms through a series of appointments at a large daily newspaper, a weekly independent newspaper, a bi-monthly minority newspaper, and a...
In April 2019, a group of four visitors from Tajikistan arrived in town as part of an International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP) titled Countering Disinformation. Their national program dealt with the best practice in investigative journalism and supporting diversity and inclusion in journalism. Their local project covered these topics and added in was a bit...
In late 2018, a multinational group with members from Albania, Belize, Egypt, Latvia, New Zealand, and the People’s Republic of China arrived in Pensacola as part of an International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP) titled Edward R. Murrow Program for Journalists: New and Traditional Broadcast Media II. This group came to the USA to review the...
In mid-December, a group of fifteen visitors from Pakistan arrived in Pensacola as part of an International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP) titled: Increasing the Capacity of Women Journalists. Their national program dealt with examining the current and historical trends in journalism as a career for women, visiting news outlets to examine women’s leadership roles, exploring...
Environmental professionals from Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Mexico, Nicaragua, Peru, and Venezuela recently traveled to northwest Florida as part of an International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP) titled: Environmental Engagement and the Economy. Project goals included discussing effective informational campaigns and examining the interplay between private and public groups in relation to environmental...
What do visitors on an International Visitor Leadership Program titled Managing Start-Up Incubators for Growth do while in Pensacola? Thirteen visitors from Pakistan found out as they met local entrepreneurs and explored programs in place to support business development with Volunteer Facilitator Susan Senkarik. Their program included an orientation with Pensacola City Council Executive Don...
Hidden No More: Advancing Women in STEAM Fields was an U.S. Department of State International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP) that brought eight women from Belize, Burkina Faso, Cambodia, El Salvador, Fiji, Hungary, Nigeria, and Vietnam to Pensacola in November 2018. During their time in northwest Florida, they explored policies of organizations and educational institutions championing...
