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| Greetings!
Each fall more than one hundred
Fulbright Scholarship students from around the
world come to attend universities throughout
the Los Angeles area. IVCLA Citizen
Diplomats take pride in welcoming
these distinguished young students at
our Annual Fulbright Luncheon in Malibu. This
exciting event brings the world together for an
afternoon where new friendships and connections
are often created.
If you would like to become an IVCLA Citizen
Diplomat or learn more about our work please
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| British Member of Paliament
Visits Los
Angeles
British Member of Parliament Angela
Smith came to Los Angeles to shadow Adam Schiff,
Congressman for the
29th District, over the weekend of
September 12-14. Ms. Smith has been a Member of
Parliament for Hillsborough since 2005. While
visiting, she rode with Congressman Schiff in the
100th Anniversary Burbank High School parade, went
to the dedication of Superprotonics's new building
and attended the formal Pasadena Pops Gala.
Each year, the U.S. Department of State
invites eight British Members of Parliament to
come to the United States and shadow a
Congressman/woman in Washington D.C. and then in a
local district over a weekend. The goal of this
program is to build relationships between British
and American political
representatives.
We would like to thank IVCLA Board Member Hud
Warren, Principal at ChinaWest, LLC, for assisting
with logistics during Ms. Smith's stay in Los
Angeles.
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A Truly International Event
Reception downtown
L.A.
IVCLA held
a reception at the elegant Biltmore to
bid farwell to international visitors from
Argentina, Barbados, Costa Rica, India, Jordan,
Kenya, Oman, People's Republic of China,
Philippines, S. Korea and Zambia at the end of
their three week stay in the U.S. The evening
included presentations from visitors from
Barbados, China, Oman and Zambia who spoke about
the work that they are doing in their home
country. The group was participating in a U.S.
Department of State International Visitor
Leadership Program on the topic of Organized
Labor.
Citizen Diplomats and members of
the Los Angeles community, including members of
the Los Angeles Consular Corps came together
for this special evening. We would like to thank
the Millennium Biltmore Hotel for their warm
hospitality with their generous contribution of
outstanding fare and wine for all.
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Citizen
Diplomacy
Celebration
Join in the festivities honoring
outstanding citizen diplomats at the historic
1920's Wilson Harding Clubhouse in beautiful
Griffith Park.
Save the Date
Sunday,
November 16, 2008
1:30
p.m.
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Upcoming International
Visitors
October 2008
Brazil
Promoting Minority
Participation in the
Political
Process
China
Architecture & Science
Programs
France
Diversity
& Urban Issues
India
NGO
Management
India
Journalism
Iraq
Interfaith Dialogue
Japan
U.S. Joint Force
Structure
Montenegro Small
Town Tourism &
Economic Development
Regional -
Europe Edward R.
Murrow
Bulgaria,
Croatia, Journalism
Program
Denmark,
Germany,
Hungary,
Iceland,
Latvia,
Lithuania,
Macedonia,
Serbia &
Montenegro,
Spain,
Turkey
Regional
- Breast Cancer Awareness
Western
Hemisphere
Argentina, Chile, Columbia,
Costa Rica, El Salvador,
Mexico, Paraguay, Venezuela
Russia
Media in a Democratic
Society
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The International Visitors Council of Los
Angeles (IVCLA) is a non-profit, non-partisan
organization. Our mission is to increase respect,
mutual understanding and cooperation between Los
Angeles and the rest of the world. IVCLA works to
accomplish this mission through the professional
meetings and cultural activities we arrange for
emerging international leaders who are
individually selected by U.S. embassies throughout
the world and sponsored by other public and
private organizations.
Creating a World of Peace and
Prosperity
Partial funding is provided by the U.S.
Department of State, the County of Los Angeles and
the City of Los
Angeles. |
| Editor: Helen
Paul
Director of Public
Relations
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