On Saturday, March 6th, we held our monthly Youth Diplomats Zoom meeting. We started our meeting with a game of Kahoot on current events and voting for the next members of the Leadership Committee. The Kahoot was a fun ice breaker that allowed us to gain critical knowledge on current global news and events. This...
As a program assistant with Escambia County 4-H Youth Development, Jereme Johnson helps shape young leaders through hands-on learning and community engagement. A dedicated partner of Gulf Coast Diplomacy, Johnson regularly hosts international visitors eager to learn from 4-H’s positive youth development model. To make visits meaningful, Johnson and his team design interactive experiences where...
As CEO of Cognitive Big Data Systems, Inc. in Pensacola, Lloyd Reshard demonstrates how entrepreneurship and innovation can strengthen both local business and global understanding. Reshard also regularly engages with international visitors interested in technology, leadership, and business development who come to Northwest Florida on international exchanges. Through these interactions, Reshard and the participants compare...
For Ella Griffith, this year’s fluctuations in travel and uncertainty on the global scale hit home. Ella is a former Youth Diplomat (2018-2020) and was one of 25 participants from the U.S. selected for the Congress-Bundestag Vocational Youth Exchange Program in 2020. With hopes of heading to Germany this past fall, Ella’s plans quickly changed...
Grace McCaffery is always pleased to meet with international visitors and speak about her experience as the La Costa Latina Newspaper publisher. She looks forward to sharing ideas and stories with the visitors to foster better connections with different communities worldwide. La Coast Latina Newspaper is a free bilingual newspaper serving to bridge the Spanish...
When Gulf Coast Diplomacy has international visitors studying human trafficking, domestic abuse, or any other women’s rights project, we frequently partner with Pace Center for Girls Escambia Santa Rosa. Through advocacy and education, they have created a strong support network for struggling young women in Florida for over 26 years. In an interview with their...
Since July 2012, Gulf Coast Diplomacy has partnered with the Iraqi Young Leaders Exchange Program (IYLEP) to support intercultural learning and educational exchange between high school students in Northwest Florida and their peers from Iraq. IYLEP is sponsored and funded by the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad. Since 2007, the U.S. Department of State has supported...
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...
Recently retired from Gulf Breeze High School, Spanish instructor Mary Montcalm spent her career helping students grow into more informed, engaged citizens. Through her partnership with Gulf Coast Diplomacy, she played a key role in introducing international visitors to American education and values, while reinforcing the importance of those values here at home. Montcalm regularly...
On Saturday, January 16th, we had our monthly Youth Diplomats Zoom meeting. We started with a game of Kahoot on current events, and the exciting announcement of the opening of applications for The Experiment Digital 2021. It was an incredible ice breaker, as it opened the room for some discussion and laughter along the way....
