In late August and early September, a group of ten visitors from Nigeria arrived in Pensacola as part of an U.S. State Department International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP) project titled Interfaith Leadership and Human Rights. One of their first activities was attending a community coffee discussion to meet informally with locals. Some of those present...
In late summer, eight visitors from Bangladesh, India, Kyrgyz Republic, Nepal, and Sri Lanka arrived in Pensacola as part of an U.S. State Department International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP) project titled Education, Employability, and Entrepreneurship. Its professional objectives for the national project included to “look at links between high schools, community colleges, and local businesses...
In August, a group of nine visitors from Saudi Arabia arrived in Pensacola as part of the U.S. State Department International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP) project titled Combating Domestic Violence Against Woman and Children. The professional objects for this project nationally were to “examine various social service agencies involved in the prevention, treatment, and assistance...
This July, the Gulf Coast Citizen Diplomacy Council hosted Jóvenes en Acción (Youth in Action) for its third consecutive summer. Jóvenes en Acción is an exchange program in the United States for Mexican high school students focusing on civic education, community service, and youth leadership development. Students are selected for the program from cities across Mexico through an application...
This summer, a group of five visitors from Japan arrived in Pensacola as part of an U.S. State Department International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP) project titled Issues Facing Base Hosting Communities. The professional objectives of the national project were “to underscore the strategic nature of U.S. bases in Japan and how they support the development...
