Global Ties San Francisco recently attended the Trade Horizons event, “Accelerating Automotive Advances in AI, Cybersecurity, and Big Data: A German–U.S. Lens,” at SAP in Palo Alto, California (Silicon Valley).
Join us this summer as we lead local advocacy efforts during the Alliance for International Exchange’s Summer of Action!
Meet Alexandra Iliopoulou, a summer 2024 International Programs Intern at Global Ties San Francisco.
Stay up-to-date with all of our upcoming and past international exchange delegations for 2024.
In late-April 2024, we hosted 21 human and civil rights practitioners and advocates for a U.S. Department of State International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP) exchange for collective social justice.
In March, we had the privilege of hosting “Sustainability and Economic Development in the Blue Economy,” a U.S. Department of State’s International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP) delegation from the Cook Islands, Marshall Islands, New Zealand, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, and Vanuatu, dedicated to fostering a sustainable oceanic future.
This is the power of the U.S. Department of State’s International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP): Building meaningful, lasting connections that keep us together while 5,969 miles (9,606 km) apart. In April 2021—five years after arranging Saad Abid’s local IVLP experience—we at Global Ties San Francisco partnered with Saad’s Association Bahri to engage our respective communities in a series of Earth Month 🌱 challenges to #RestoreOurEarth.
Sydney Tweedley is one of our spring 2024 International Visitors Programming Interns at Global Ties San Francisco.
Earlier this month, Alannah Crandall, Manager of International Programs and Events at Global Ties San Francisco, was honored to receive the 2024 Network Innovation Award for Outstanding Group Collaboration for the Global Moment in Time: Reflections on Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility (GMiT: DEIA) 2023 segment at the Global Ties U.S. National Meeting.
In February, an IVLP project for Africa brought 13 enthusiastic participants from across Africa to San Francisco to take part in discussions and strategy-development regarding journalistic best practices in today’s increasingly complex information environment.