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International Exchange Program Alumni Lead Fight Against COVID-19
August 14, 2020
The latest edition of the U.S. State Department's magazine highlights the importance of exchange programs for U.S. foreign policy and features exchange alumni and their experiences.
In 1940, Nelson Rockefeller, coordinator of commercial and cultural affairs for the American Republics, initiated the exchange of persons program with Latin America, inviting 130 Latin American journalists to the United States. Shortly thereafter, on Dec. 16, 1940, the Department of State’s former Division of Cultural Relations invited the first official international visitor, Father Aurelio Espinosa Polit, to New York under the Hemisphere Leaders Program. This program would eventually become what is today known as the International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP). Over the intervening 80 years, exchange programs like the Fulbright Program, the Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship, Arts and Sports Envoys, and many others expanded across a network of more than 1 million people in 160 countries. There are now more than 90 exchange programs supporting nearly 55,000 American and foreign participants each year. Exchange alumni, like writer Aurelio Espinosa Polit, have brought lasting positive change. Today’s participants and alumni continue to build on the foundational legacy of the international exchange alumni network to achieve U.S. foreign policy goals while safeguarding the health, security, and economic welfare of communities around the world.
Source/Read More: https://statemag.state.gov/2020/08/0820feat03/
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