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Full house for the 2023 National Programmers Workshop. This full day workshop is for DC based International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP) implementers to connect, engage, and share best practices to strengthen #IVLP programming. Follow along and help shape the conversation at #NPW2023 American Councils for International Education IVLP Cultural Vistas Exchanges360 - International Programs Meridian International Center IVLP at IIE DC MCID Washington World Learning

Global Ties Forum: Global Views on International Engagement & Community Inclusion

There's just 8 days left to catch the traveling photo exhibit, #ImpactOfExchange, in Portland, Maine. Don't miss your chance to see this unique U.S. #ExchangeAlumni exhibit before it leaves town on September 30. Details: https://gties.us/AlumniExhibit Organized in collaboration with ExchangeAlumni and Photoville, and hosted locally by the World Affairs Council of Maine, this open air public art exhibit combines storytelling and #PublicDiplomacy, and aims to inspire audiences to become future #InternationalExchange participants. There will be four more city stops in 2024. More details about the exhibit dates and locations will be available soon.

Global Ties Forum—Welcoming Refugees into U.S. Communities
Refugee assistance has been a dimension of the Global Ties Network for decades, the last two years especially as member organizations were called into action to support alumni of international exchange programs in Afghanistan and Ukraine. To mark World Refugee Day, celebrated globally on June 20, join us for a special virtual Global Ties Forum event on Tuesday, June 27 at 12:00 p.m. ET focused on national and local refugee support initiatives strengthening communities nationwide. We will be joined by Global Ties U.S. partner Welcome.US, represented by Kit Taintor, Vice President of Policy and Practice. Kit will discuss the current state of refugee assistance in the United States, and her organization’s work to inspire, mobilize, and empower communities across the country to welcome and support those seeking refuge. We will also welcome representatives from the Global Ties Network—Sarah Gal, Executive Director of WorldOrlando, Ahmad Zia Afzali, International Exchange Program Director at Utah Global Diplomacy, and Carina Black, Ph.D., Executive Director at Northern Nevada International Center—to talk about their experiences welcoming refugees to their communities. Other speakers may be added. We will be joined by other guests from the Global Ties U.S. Board of Directors, Advisory Council, Emerging Leaders cohorts, and partner organizations. SPEAKERS Ahmad Zia Afzali, International Exchange Program Director, Utah Global Diplomacy Carina Black, Ph.D., Executive Director, Northern Nevada International Center Sarah Gal, Executive Director, WorldOrlando Kit Taintor, Vice President of Policy and Practice, Welcome.US Katherine Brown, President & CEO, Global Ties U.S. (moderator) Other speakers may be added.

#HappyThanksgiving! Today and every day we are thankful for our incredible partners and supporters at International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP), ExchangeAlumni, and countless others across our #CitizenDiplomacy Network who are connecting the world, in-person and online, through #InternationalExchange. Thank YOU for all that you do. 📷 by #IVLP

Global Ties Forum: Foreign Policy and the People
Foreign Policy and the People: Connecting Subnational and Public Diplomacy This past year has seen a high volume of conversations and reports about a need for greater subnational or city and state diplomacy to strengthen U.S. national security and build a more inclusive U.S. foreign policy. Subnational diplomacy has many angles and has achieved new prominence with the recent creation of an office and a Special Representative for Subnational Diplomacy at the U.S. Department of State. How do these activities across the United States connect with longstanding public diplomacy initiatives that engage international audiences? How do we elevate the role that U.S. citizens already play, and can increasingly play, as active participants in diplomacy, building the trust and the relationships we need to advance foreign policy objectives? SPEAKERS: - Erin Bromaghim | Deputy Mayor of International Affairs for the City of Los Angeles - Katherine Brown | President & CEO, Global Ties U.S. - Janet Elliott (moderator) | President and CEO, International Visitors Council of Los Angeles - Maryum Saifee, Senior Advisor for the Secretary’s Office of Diversity and Inclusion at the U.S. Department of State - Jay Wang | Director of the USC Center on Public Diplomacy - Stacy White | Deputy Assistant Secretary for Professional and Cultural Exchanges, U.S. Department of State

Experiencing Expos: U.S. Citizens' Engagement with a Vital Public Diplomacy Platform
Join us for a special conversation with Bob Clark, United States Commissioner General at Expo 2020 Dubai, on the impact of Expos on the U.S. citizens who experience them. For many U.S. citizens who have engaged with International Expositions, also known as World’s Fairs, within the United States and overseas in the past 60 years, those experiences impacted simultaneously their worldviews, their views of their communities, and their sense of themselves. Following the wrap-up of Expo 2020 Dubai this past March, Global Ties U.S. released an oral history paper, Experiencing Expos: An Oral History of U.S. Citizens' Engagement with World's Fairs 1962-2017, on the socio-cultural impact of these events, produced in partnership with the National Endowment for the Humanities. In a subsequent series of 19 Community Conversations hosted in May and June 2022, Global Ties Network members across the United States reflected on this theme, emerging with a consensus that these events matter—and that they may matter even more for international cooperation and collaboration at home going forward. In addition to Bob Clark, the event will include Anna Kaplan, Ph.D., co-author of Experiencing Expos, Global Ties U.S. Board member, Jonathan Quarles, U.S. Department of State Expo Unit Representative, Anthony Pahigian, Youth Ambassadors Brienné Coates, and Mikyle Hassanali, and Global Ties U.S. President & CEO Katherine Brown, Ph.D., as a moderator.

#HappyThanksgiving! We're thankful for our incredible #CitizenDiplomacy Network and the amazing work they do to connect the world, in-person and online, through #InternationalExchange. We're inspired by your innovation and strengthened by your resilience. 📷 by International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP) via https://gties.us/3eDwBcc

At long last: it’s back! Our haiku poetry slam Get inspired at: https://gties.us/2CLbBPK

Curious to travel around the world without leaving home? Tune into Exchange Programs - U.S. Department of State's podcast series 22.33 & explore the unforgettable #ExchangeImpact stories of individuals whose lives have been transformed by international #exchanges: https://gties.us/2UvXsKr #ExchangesMatter

Mexico Meet America at the Mordecai House
Our #MexicoMeetAmerica program wrapped up last week, but not before the group visited the Mordecai House in Raleigh, North Carolina. Interested in learning more about the program? Visit: bit.ly/2unofQg

2017 Strategic Dialogue
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Global Ties U.S. 2017 Goals
We're excited to share our dreams for 2017. If you're excited too, share this video! Happy New Year!

2016 Triennial Report
We're proud of the outstanding work our network has done to advance and strengthen international exchange at a critical time. Watch and share this video, which highlights how we've been accomplishing our mission from 2014 through to today and click through to see how you can get involved! globaltiesus.org/get-involved

Why come to the 2017 National Meeting?
Watch this video to see why you need to be at the National Meeting and register today! Early Registration ends December 23. bit.ly/2ehePgST #GlobalTies2017 #UnityinCommunity

Global Ties Foundation Launch Event
We are LIVE here at our launch event! Watch as we are joined by some fabulous speakers! #NowMoreThanEver #FutureofExchange

A Message from Senator Debbie Stabenow
Senator Debbie Stabenow offers her congratulations to #DBHDetroit attendees and emphasizes how maintaining connections are key to international cooperation and peace! Global Ties Detroit Colleagues International kudos on a terrific start!

A Message from Senator Gary Peters
We know Diplomacy Begins in #Detroit - but don't take our word for it! Senator Debbie Stabenow and Senator Gary Peters welcome attendees to the next Diplomacy Begins here summit and highlight the importance of citizen diplomats and their work. Be sure to follow along on twitter for updates! #DBHDetroit @CDJClinton Colleagues International Global Ties Detroit and Global Ties U.S.