For five days in June and part of July, the Gulf Coast Citizen Diplomacy Council hosted a group of twenty-two visitors who were in the United States as participants on an International Visitor Leadership Program which examined non-governmental organization management. The group began their visit at Bands on the Beach with several members of the...
In June, I started my internship with the Gulf Coast Citizens Diplomacy Council. My first few days were spent shadowing an International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP) for Haiti which examined what conflict management in community organizations looks like in the United States, particularly in Pensacola, Florida. Instead of spending my day touring the office building...