Bringing the World to #TampaBay
Vol. 1, Issue 4, May 16, 2022
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IVLP Live & In-Person Again in Tampa Bay! |
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March 22-26, 2022!
Journalists From Pakistan Are First Official IVLP In-Person Visitors Since March 2020!
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On Tuesday, March 22, 2022, we welcomed the first group of in-person visitors since March 2020! Seven senior journalists from Pakistan visited the Poynter Institute for Media Studies, the University of South Florida; and a former WFLA-TV investigative reporter, to talk media literacy, fact-checking, and combating disinformation...Read More...
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Journalists, Civil Society Leaders & Law Enforcement Lead The Way! |
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Groups from Latvia (above, with Mark Douglas), Mexico and the Western Hemisphere were all a part of the IVLP's official return to in-person programming, and World Partnerships was selected to be part of the pivot back! Learn more here...
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First Countries Back In Person! |
Brazil
Chile
El Salvador
Honduras
Latvia
Mexico
Pakistan
Panama
Uruguay
Venezuela
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Help Build More World Partnerships!
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WP Intern Story:
Olivia Olson Tells Us Why Exchanges Matter To Her Future
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St. Pete native and WP intern Olivia Olson began her journey in the world of cultural diplomacy as an exchange student to Takamatsu, Japan, St. Petersburg's long-time Sister City. She writes about how this sparked her interest in a career in international relations and cultural diplomacy. Read her story...
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From Gary Springer, President |
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Alex Mahadevan, Senior Multimedia Reporter for the Poynter Institute MediaWise Project, conducting a virtual session with our Latvian journalists in September 2021.
A version of this article appeared in the May 2022"Exchanges Matter", a newsletter from Global Ties U.S., our national membership association in Washington, DC.
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In-Person Programs Are Back!
“You're Taller In-Person Than On Zoom!”
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The first words out of my mouth when I finally met face to face with Alex Mahadevan of the Poynter Institute were “Wow, you really are much taller in person than on Zoom!” And with that comment the morning of March 22, 2022, World Partnerships brought its first in-person program back through the doors of the Poynter Institute. We were the third group back in the building for Poynter.
It had been 2 years and 9 days (but, who was counting?) since our last IVLP visitor departed for home just as the world began closing down in March 2020...Read More...
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As the official Tampa Bay regional partner of the United States Department of State International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP), World Partnerships gratefully acknowledges that this publication is funded in part by a grant from the US Department of State, with funding provided by the US Government and administered by Global Ties U.S.
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