Who do visitors examining Child Protection and Parental Rights in the United States through the International Visitor Leadership Program meet when they come to northwest Florida? For a recent group from Indonesia, the options focused on U.S. child custody laws and the family court system. To welcome the visitors to the region, Council Member Sherri...
This spring, four visitors from Japan visited Pensacola as a part of the U.S. Department of State International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP) under a project titled Parental Abduction Cases: Children, Families, and Courts. The purpose of this project was “to introduce subject matter experts who handle visitation for parents in difficult divorce or custody cases...
Improving the Entrepreneurial Ecosystem was the title of a recent International Visitor Leadership Program for a group from Colombia. City Council Executive Don Kraher welcomed the group to the region at an orientation at Pensacola City Hall, and Gulf Coast Citizen Diplomacy Council Board Member John Adams invited locals to an informal coffee session in...
In late winter, five visitors from Colombia visited Pensacola as a part of the U.S. Department of State International Visitor Leadership Program on a project titled Accessing Foreign Markets: Export Logistics from Rural Roads to Ports. On their first day in town, they attended a community coffee with Edward Posey, Julie Connerley, and Leigh and...
Each year, the U.S. Department of State holds a ceremony in Washington, D.C., to present the International Woman of Courage award to women from around the world who are doing phenomenal work. One such woman, Dr. Feride Rushiti of Kosovo, was selected as an honoree due to her work in Kosovo as the founder and...
Each year, the Gulf Coast Citizen Diplomacy Council works with U.S. Department of State-sponsored leadership projects for teens. One of these programs is the Youth Ambassadors of Brazil. It’s hard to describe everything a youth project incorporates. Take some inspiration, mix it with energy, throw in some training and cultural exchange, and you have the...
Last fall, ten visitors from Algeria, the Central African Republic, Cote d’Ivoire, the Gambia, Haiti, Morocco, Senegal, Swaziland, and Zimbabwe visited Pensacola as a part of the U.S. Department of State International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP) on a project titled “Women as Political Leaders.” One purpose of their visit was “to explore how leaders increasingly...
What kind of meetings and activities take place in northwest Florida for a group of International Visitor Leadership Program participants from Nigeria who are focusing on Substance Abuse Prevention and Rehabilitation? Between professional meetings, hospitality efforts, and volunteerism, the recent itinerary for such a group was packed with experiential goodness and opportunities galore for mutual...
In November, a group of twelve visitors from Bahrain, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Libya, Morocco, the Palestinian Territories, and Saudi Arabia arrived in Pensacola as part of an U.S. State Department International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP) project titled Young Leaders RISE (Renew, Inspire, Serve, and Empower). The goals of the project included examining leadership strategies, looking...
Seven visitors from Pakistan arrived in Pensacola last November as part of an U.S. State Department International Visitor Leadership Program project titled Improving Pakistan’s Ease of Doing Business. The goals of this project included to “provide exposure to new and growing businesses, focusing on business opportunities created by business-friendly tax policies…[and] explore the role of small...
