CDA is excited to be looking forward to 2024 and what it has to offer for the international visitors and the members of CDA. February marks the 14th year that Read more about Beginning a new year – Thoughts from the Executive Director, Pat Watson[…]
In partnership with the Citizen Diplomacy Alliance for International Visitors and through the auspices of the U.S. State Department’s esteemed International Visitor Leadership Program, arranged by the American Councils for International Education, Read more about Our Partner in Nogales, AZ[…]
This past year has been the busiest we have ever been. We hosted 168 IVLP visitors and 17 non IVLP visitors. Never, in the history of the organization have we Read more about Biggest year ever![…]
What a delight to have the opportunity to speak at the Saddlebrook Rotary Club and meet such amazing people. The interest in world peace and gaining information about what is Read more about Saddlebrook Rotary Club[…]
What an amazing experience for the visitors from Tajikistan. They spent the day with Kevin Carlos and others in Sells, Arizona with the Shadow Wolves. For those that don’t know Read more about Tajikistan Border Visitors with the Shadow Wolves[…]
One of our CDA world-traveler members, Randy Williams, had the rare privilege of visiting Turkmenistan earlier this year and noted in his blog, “I hadn’t even left the airport and Read more about Ambassador Matthew Klimow. Turkmenistan[…]
U.S. Ambassador to Madagascar and Comoros. Claire Pierangelo met with our CDA group on September 12, 2023, to share her thoughts and the official U.S. policies about those two very Read more about Ambassador Claire Pierangelo[…]
We were so fortunate to have two groups from Algeria from the 15th of September with the last departure on the 23rd. Each group was here for Border Security, one Read more about Two Algerian Groups in one week[…]
Journalists from 10 different countries in South and Central America (plus Cuba) were in Tucson to visit those in different areas of journalism. Fortunately Tucson has great resources with a Read more about Edward R. Murrow Program for Journalists – New and Traditional Broadcast Media[…]
In August we had a group from Morocco visiting the Customs and Border Patrol offices in Nogales and Tucson. The trip to Nogales covered the Mariposa Port of Entry where Read more about Morocco Department of Defense Program[…]