Event: Global Social Hour (Sept. 2024)
Join Global Ties San Francisco on September 24th for a free community social hour and networking event with meaningful conversations over delicious food!
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IVLP Highlight: Strategies to Strengthen Health Security | Egypt
In early August 2024, Global Ties San Francisco hosted a U.S. Department of State International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP) delegation of six Egyptian public health professionals and government officials focused on Strategies to Strengthen Health Security.
Intern Spotlight: Tessa Reiter
Meet Tessa Reiter, a summer 2024 International Programs Intern at Global Ties San Francisco.
Intern Spotlight: Leila Shawrieh
Meet Leila Shawrieh, a summer 2024 International Programs Intern at Global Ties San Francisco.
Event Highlight: Accelerating Automotive Advances in AI, Cybersecurity, and Big Data
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).
Global Ties San Francisco to Lead Community Advocacy for Exchanges this Summer
Join us this summer as we lead local advocacy efforts during the Alliance for International Exchange’s Summer of Action!
Intern Spotlight: Alexandra Iliopoulou
Meet Alexandra Iliopoulou, a summer 2024 International Programs Intern at Global Ties San Francisco.
IVLP Highlight: Human and Civil Rights for Marginalized Communities
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.
IVLP Highlight: Sustainability and Economic Development in the Blue Economy | East Asia
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.
Looking Back to our 2021 Earth Month Collaboration with IVLP Alum Saad Abid
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.