Thanks for giving me honorary citizenship of Pensacola, it was a great opportunity for me to learn from each one of the organizations that I visited during the international visitor's leadership program. Our journey doesn’t stop by the end of the program and I continue working with national and international organizations here in Jordan. the...
Hello everyone, my name is Diana Vieyra and I'm from Veracruz, México. I am a Jóvenes en Acción 2019 alumni and as a part of that program I stayed two weeks in Pensacola, Florida. During this exchange I learned so many things, met amazing people, did so many fun activities and basically enjoyed every minute....
First, what I’ve learned thanks to International Visitors’ Leadership Program (IVLP) and how IVLP impacted my life is impossible to judge by the first impression. If you don’t know the cultural code to read behaviors, you can’t interpret the situation well. People who can travel can discover other cultures for themselves and appreciate diversity. This...
How nice to hear from you, and to see that you continue to keep in touch The experience was undoubtedly very fruitful and has led to new initiatives in social projects that have had an impact and have allowed us to interact with other scholarship holders and venture into community-level management for a more equitable...
Participating in the International Visitors Leadership Program (IVLP) in 2017, was one of the best professional and personal experiences of my life. Knowing how the US Justice System for Children works made me visualize that there are innovative and dynamic programs that are very different from the ones we traditionally use in Panama to treat...
...The program has a great impact on my life as it has changed my perception of life. Whereas, in the certificate collecting ceremony I told them that I would have loved more interactions with the locals... ...The stories which he shared about that beautiful place with the white sand beaches are still with me. Sitting...
What has my Gulf Coast Diplomacy Council internship meant for me this year? Hello everyone! My name is Maggie Brown, and I’ve interned with the Gulf Coast Diplomacy Council since June 2022. I am a third-year student at the University of West Florida, double-majoring in International Studies and Art History. At this internship, I facilitate...
For the last few years, Gulf Coast Diplomacy has been honored to host virtual and in-person projects for the United Kingdom with the International Visitor Leadership Program titled Youth Empowerment and Civic Activism. To introduce a recent in-person group to locals, we first brought them to a community coffee where they could meet with community...
When International Visitor Leadership Program participants come to Northwest Florida, they explore the objectives in their itineraries through a series of meetings and workshops. They also experience our local culture through time with individuals, ticketed events, and unstructured weekend time. For example, when visitors looking at Developing Entrepreneurship, Start-Ups, and the Technology Sector arrived in...
I am very honored that I got a chance to talk again about my stay in your beautiful city Pensacola, in November 2011, which was provided by the International Visitor Leadership Program – IVLP and in the Project on Inter-Ethnic Cooperation in the United States. In November of 2011 I was representing Serbia’s Greek National...
