Archives for February 2021

Mental and Physical Disabilities

In March 2019, we welcomed five Ugandans to Pensacola who were invited to the United States under the auspices of the Department of State's International Visitor Leadership Program. FHI 360 arranged their national program and Gulf Coast Diplomacy arranged the local one. The program was titled Mental and Physical Disabilities.  While in Northwest Florida, their...

Russian Leaders Examine Innovation in Pensacola

The Open World Leadership Center, an agency of the U.S. Congress, sent a delegation of Russian professionals to Pensacola, Florida, from February 14-22, 2020. The delegation consisted of five professionals and was accompanied by a bicultural facilitator and an interpreter. FHI-360 in Washington, D.C., facilitated their national project while Gulf Coast Diplomacy crafted their local...

February Youth Diplomats Meeting

On February 21st, we had our Youth Diplomats monthly meeting via Zoom. We started our meeting as we usually do with a Kahoot on current affairs. Through this fun quiz, all of us were equipped with new knowledge and information on current global news & events. Afterwards, we had an engaging and collaborative discussion on...

National Meeting 2020: A Reflection

Global Ties U.S. selected me to participate in their January 2020 Emerging Leaders Program. Through a series of workshops at the National Meeting on Citizen Diplomacy, the program focuses on empowering college students and recent graduates interested in the sector of citizen diplomacy. I was excited when I received the confirmation email, as I knew...

Small World Café: Rabi Wilson

Rabi WILSON is currently the Assistant Director, Economic Shocks at the United Kingdom’s Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS). In December 2020, she joined members and supporters at the Small World Café in her previous role as a Senior Portfolio Manager at BEIS where, among other things, she focused on policy and culture,...

This time last year

How much fun, learning, and reflection time is possible in a two-week period? Teen participants with the U.S. Department of State’s Youth Ambassadors Central America project found out when they traveled to Northwest Florida. For two weeks in January & February 2020, students from Belize, El Salvador, Honduras, and Nicaragua plunged into discussions, site visits,...

Small World Café: Fitore Misini

International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP) alumna Fitore MISINI was our honored guest at a Small World Café focused on Kosovo.  MISINI is a program assistant at the American Corner of the National Library Kosova and came to Pensacola in April 2019 on an IVLP focused on civic engagement for high schoolers. That in-person project was...
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