An internship with the Gulf Coast Citizen Diplomacy Council allowed me to participate in the building of a cultural bridge between the United States and Mexico through hands-on, active, and stimulating work. During my time with the Jóvenes en Acción program, I established life-long bonds with foreign visitors and met the leaders and entrepreneurs of...
In August, five visitors from Australia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Timor-Leste, and Vietnam arrived in Pensacola as part of the International Visitor Leadership Program titled Land Rights: Protecting Communities and their Rights. They met with City Council Executive Don Kraher to discuss the city’s history and environmental issues, and took a site visit to Project Greenshores with...
This summer, five visitors from Haiti arrived in Pensacola as part of an International Visitor Leadership Program titled Youth and Civic Activism. City Council Executive Don Kraher started their project with an overview of Pensacola to help orient them to the area. A volunteer experience at First United Methodist Church was next, and it focused...
The Gulf Coast Citizen Diplomacy Council recently celebrated its tenth anniversary. More than 100 members & supporters came together to mark the occasion along with 19 International Visitor Leadership Program participants from 19 various countries. Celebrants stuffed a memory box full of their perceptions of citizen diplomacy. These are too joyful to keep to ourselves! My...
