Channel Title: U.S. Center for Citizen Diplomacy Channel Description: Headquartered in Des Moines, Iowa, USA, the United States Center for Citizen Diplomacy serves many purposes, including recognition of the outstanding achievements of the many organizations active in citizen diplomacy, development of resources which will enable the establishment of best-practices in citizen diplomacy and the recruitment of persons to serve as U.S. citizen ambassadors to the world. We are here to help people become better citizen diplomats and to help them find opportunities to do so. If you want to find ways to be an active citizen diplomat, visit our site: http://www.uscenterforcitizendiplomacy.org Follow us everywhere! http://twitter.com/usccd http://facebook.com/usccd Ning networks: http://connect.state.gov/profile/USCenterforCitizenDiplomacy http://community.peacecorpsconnect.org/profile/USCenterforCitizenDiplomacy <video> Hola from Spain Description: Our Membership & Outreach Coordinator Natasha is attending the Global track at the National Conference on Volunteering and Service #NCVS. She's saying hello to some amazing citizen diplomats there! </video> <video> How to be a citizen diplomat in your own backyard: Host a dinner Description: Marcia Lyon hosted three guests from South America, two from Colombia and one from Argentina, in her Iowa home for a traditional Southern U.S. meal. The dinner included fried chicken, biscuits, and even sweet tea. As a host for the Iowa International Center, this was one of many dinner's Marcia has hosted for international visitors. If you're interested in hosting a dinner or just simply looking for ways to get interact cross-culturally at home or abroad, visit the U.S. Center for Citizen Diplomacy organization database for thousands of organizations that hold programs suitable to your interests. www.uscenterforcitizendiplomacy.org </video> <video> Watch USCCD staff share their {Hello} stories! Description: We know you have a story about your time engaging across cultures. Here is how you can get involved: Submit a photo to our photo contest - https://www.facebook.com/usccd/app_451684954848385 Participate in our discussions on Facebook during 'Friendship Week' -- July 29 - Aug 4. We will be choosing some of the best stories to be featured on our blog. </video> <video> Namaste from Nepal Description: Our Membership & Outreach Coordinator Natasha is attending the Global track at the National Conference on Volunteering and Service #NCVS. She's saying hello to some amazing citizen diplomats there! </video> <video> مرحب (from Sudan) Description: Our Membership & Outreach Coordinator Natasha is attending the Global track at the National Conference on Volunteering and Service #NCVS. She's saying hello to some amazing citizen diplomats there! </video> <video> Salaamaha from Somalia Description: Our Membership & Outreach Coordinator Natasha is attending the Global track at the National Conference on Volunteering and Service #NCVS. She's saying hello to some amazing citizen diplomats there! </video> <video> Hello from Nigeria Description: Our Membership & Outreach Coordinator Natasha is attending the Global track at the National Conference on Volunteering and Service #NCVS. She's saying hello to some amazing citizen diplomats there! </video> <video> The USCCD welcomes new international fellow from South Korea Description: Meet the newest fellow to join the U.S. Center for Citizen Diplomacy, Yonghwan Jin, who is greeted in Des Moines by staff of the USCCD. Yonghwan came to the U.S. through Korea West and Cultural Vistas. To read more about Yonghwan's experience so far in the U.S., you can read his story at the USCCD blog: http://uscenterforcitizendiplomacy.org/blog </video> <video> Meet USCCD's Natasha Description: Salsa dancing, Spanish Sangria, Dutch Stroopwafels, Holi at a Hindu temple with American friends, and an Easter lunch and egg hunt are just a few highlights from Atlas Corps fellow Natasha Uppal's past four months at the USCCD as our Membership and Outreach Coordinator. </video> <video> J-Center Tour | Chicago Description: The J-Center is a program of the U.S. Center for Citizen Diplomacy that promotes Japanese culture, language, and arts to strengthen the relationship between Japan and the American Midwest through enhanced citizen engagement. The 58th Annual Ginza Holiday Festival in historic Old Town Chicago was held August 9-11 2013. Activities included taiko drumming, martial arts demonstrations, the Na Kupuna Ukulele group, and other classical and contemporary Japanese performances. Follow the tour via Twitter at @MasshuuClark #WhereIsMasshuu or via J-Center at www.j-center.org </video> <video> You Had Me at {Hello} Description: "You had me at {Hello}" is the theme for the U.S. Center for Citizen's Diplomacy 2013 engagement campaign. The idea was born from a conversation discussing how to best encompass the power of connecting with others from different cultures, and how simply that connection can happen. "You had me at {Hello}" depicts the significance of that one word that opens communication, whether it be "hello", "konichiwa", "bonjourno", "hola", or "안녕하세요" (annyeonghaseyo), and the list goes on. General communication has been brought to life with "hello". Thus, engagement is born and citizen diplomats begin their ventures of connecting with those with different backgrounds and experiences for the promotion of peace and understanding. </video> <video> Iowa-Hebei Sister States Partnership 30th Anniversary Description: Sarah Lande and Doyle Tubandt of Muscatine, Iowa share their experiences about Chinese President Xi Jinping's visit to Muscatine 28 years ago and the impact of his visit on Iowa and Hebei Province. Xi visited his "old friends" again in 2012, and it was then that it became clear the positive impact Iowa had on the Chinese leader. The establishment of a province-state relationship between Iowa and Hebei and the following visits by Xi and other Chinese ambassadors was supported was due in part to Iowa Sister States | http://www.iowasisterstates.org For more information on the anniversary and Xi's visits, please visit: www.uscenterforcitizendiplomacy.org/blog </video> <video> Ello from Canada Description: Our Membership & Outreach Coordinator Natasha is attending the Global track at the National Conference on Volunteering and Service #NCVS. She's saying hello to some amazing citizen diplomats there! </video> <video> Moroi Salibonani from Zimbabwe Description: Our Membership & Outreach Coordinator Natasha is attending the Global track at the National Conference on Volunteering and Service #NCVS. She's saying hello to some amazing citizen diplomats there! </video> <video> Meet Daisuke Ogata Description: Daisuke joined the USCCD as a Kizuna Fellow, a program that brings young Japanese leaders to the U.S. for career experience and grassroots outreach. Daisuke makes presentations about the March 2011 earthquake, tsunami, and nuclear emergency that forever changed the Tohoku region of Japan. The U.S. Center for Citizen Diplomacy is proud to support the Kizuna Fellowship program and contribute to the U.S. - Japan relationship. It is an honor to host Daisuke Ogata. His story and spirit inspire us personally and reaffirm our commitment to citizen diplomacy. </video>

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Headquartered in Des Moines, Iowa, USA, the United States Center for Citizen Diplomacy serves many purposes, including recognition of the outstanding achievements of the many organizations active in citizen diplomacy, development of resources which will enable the establishment of best-practices in citizen diplomacy and the recruitment of persons to serve as U.S. citizen ambassadors to the world.

We are here to help people become better citizen diplomats and to help them find opportunities to do so. If you want to find ways to be an active citizen diplomat, visit our site:
http://www.uscenterforcitizendiplomacy.org

Follow us everywhere!

http://twitter.com/usccd

http://facebook.com/usccd

Ning networks:
http://connect.state.gov/profile/USCenterforCitizenDiplomacy

http://community.peacecorpsconnect.org/profile/USCenterforCitizenDiplomacy

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