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.
From all of us at Global Ties U.S., we wish you a wonderful holiday season and bright 2022. As a reminder, our office is closed between Friday, December 24 – Monday, January 3.
We're so proud of all we accomplished together in 2021—our 60th anniversary year!—and look forward to 2022, a new year, full of new opportunities to connect the world through #InternationalExchange. Thank you for your friendship, leadership, support, creativity, tenacity, and commitment through yet another challenging year; we're so grateful to all of you. Diplomacy Begins Here with the Global Ties Network.
Read our 2021 Annual Report: gties.us/3oUraLi
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#ExchangeMatters #60YearsOfImpact
Global Ties Forum: How the World Sees the United States Today
What do people around the world like and dislike about U.S. society and politics? How does global public opinion affect U.S. soft power as we increasingly need allies to advance foreign policy? What does this also mean for U.S. citizens who work to support our foreign policy goals via citizen diplomacy?
As we close out 2021, join us for a conversation with Richard Wike, Ph.D., Director of Global Attitudes Research at the Pew Research Center, who will review the topline findings from his new study, “What People Around the World Like – and Dislike – About American Society and Politics.” The report explores views on U.S. technological achievements, popular culture, military, education, living standards, health care, and racial and ethnic discrimination in the United States, based on a survey of 16 economies in Europe and the Asia-Pacific region, plus Canada.
Following the report overview, Liz Brailsford, President & CEO of the World Affairs Council of Dallas/Fort Worth, and Romesh Ratnesar, Editorial Board Member at Bloomberg Opinion, will discuss what this data means for U.S. soft power, foreign policy, and the role of citizen diplomacy.
#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.
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How Climate Change Impacts Global Conflict: A Conversation with USIP
Join Tegan Blaine, Ph.D., Senior Advisor on environment and conflict at the United States Institute of Peace (USIP), for a special conversation with Katherine Brown, Ph.D., President & CEO of Global Ties U.S., and the Global Ties Network on environmental peacebuilding – what it means, strategies for practical application, and emerging priorities.
Whether in-person or online, the Global Ties Network is connecting the world through #InternationalExchange. Join us in celebrating #ExchangeDay2021 with this International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP) #ExchangesImpact read: http://ow.ly/WsH750FA7aB Alliance for International Exchange Exchange Programs - U.S. Department of State International Exchange Alumni
While International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP) #VirtualExchange programming started out as a way to continue #InternationalExchange during the pandemic, virtual events have engaged almost 2,000 #IVLP International Exchange Alumni and become an important part of programming. More in #ExchangeMatters: ow.ly/WsH750FA7aB
A more diverse group of International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP) participants and increased #IVLP alumni engagement are only a few of the benefits of #VirtualExchange programming. In this #ExchangeMatters read, Sarah Gonzales, a program officer at the Office of International Visitors, shares her reflections on ways to continue to use virtual programing to further enhance the in-person experience as international travel returns: http://ow.ly/2vkI50FA7se
Happy holidays, #exchangemakers!!! We wish you a wonderful holiday season and happy new year.
THANK YOU for your support and friendship in 2019. We look forward to ringing in 2020—a new decade!—full of new opportunities to build a more peaceful, prosperous world through international #exchange.
As a reminder our office will be closed on the following days:
Tuesday, December 24
Wednesday, December 25
Tuesday, December 31
Wednesday, January 1
Want to learn how #exchanges transform lives & benefit people, places & #PublicDiplomacy? Check out the Exchange Programs - U.S. Department of State podcast 22.33 to hear #ExchangesImpact stories from the #ExchangeAlumni who experienced them: https://gties.us/2UvXsKr
“[W]hen people go on #exchanges, it has a transformative impact on their life. It’s something they’ll never forget. But it happens in a unique way for every person. So we thought it would be more powerful if people just heard the individual impact and the unique stories that people had from their trips,” said Christopher Wurst, on how the popular Exchange Programs - U.S. Department of State podcast 22.33 got started.
Learn more & check out the #ExchangeImpact stories at: https://gties.us/2xz9TvY
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.
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