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...
Do you like exploring new things and discovering information? If so, it's time to have some fun with Gulf Coast Diplomacy and IYLEP! IYLEP is sponsored and funded by the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad. The U.S. Department of State has provided leadership and educational opportunities to thousands of Iraqi youth since 2007. We have three...
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...
Professionals need to discuss issues with professionals and youth need to explore topics with other youth. That is why when Gulf Coast Diplomacy hosts short-term youth exchanges, part of the agenda goal is to include time at an American high school so international students can experience a day as an American teen in Northwest Florida....
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....
Dr. Megan Pratt always makes an effort to meet with international exchange participants, both professionally and also informally as a dinner host or host parent for youth exchanges. She and her family all routinely express their excitement when a new group comes to town. As the founder of the Pensacola MESS (Math, Engineering, Science, and...
When an International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP) or Open World project has teaching STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math), non-profit management, best practices in education, or entrepreneurship as an objective, Basil Kuloba, the executive director of INERTIA Education Programs, Inc., makes time in his calendar to share his experiences with exchange participants. Kuloba co-founded INERTIA...
The 80 Faces of Exchange Celebration is a project of the U.S. Department of State commemorating the success of 80 years of the International Visitors Leadership Program (IVLP) and its alumni. As a virtual intern and content creator for this celebration, I had the unique experience of connecting back to those involved in the IVLP...
