OneBeat fellow Alesh performs in September 2012 during the OneBeat residency at Atlantic Center for the Arts before continuing the East Coast music and outreach tour.
OneBeat, YALI Alumnus "Gets Loud" About Social Justice
OneBeat and Mandela Washington Fellowship alumnus Alain Chirwisa of the DRC makes socially conscious music and art, focusing on social justice and women's issues.
In her 10-year career, Oluwatoyosi has received 25 awards including the CNN MultiChoice African Journalist of the Year Award in the Merck Sharp and Dohme (MSD) Health and Medical category.
Mandela Washington Fellow Oluwatoyosi Ogunseye Receives 2014 Knight International Journalism Award
Nigerian Mandela Washington Fellow Oluwatoyosi Ogunseye received the award two weeks before she embarked on her fellowship experience in the U.S. with the Young African Leaders Initiative.
NSLI-Y alumni pose with Foreign Service Officer Bridget Gersten at a diplomatic reception for International Visitors in Boston. Pictured (L to R): Benjamin Chen, Raymond Fasano, Ryan Youkilis, Bridget Gersten (FSO), Jenna Bhaloo, and Sophie Klimasmith
American Alumni Offer Warm Boston Welcome to International Visitors
More than a dozen American alumni of U.S. government-sponsored international exchange programs greeted a group of visitors from the Middle East and North Africa on the last stop of their International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP).
Shaden Mar’i of Jordan (left) receives her award for Best Mid-Level Technology Executive at the Women in Technology Awards in Dubai on January 15th.
Three Alumnae Win Women in Technology Awards
The Women in Technology Awards Ceremony, hosted in Dubai, was the first event of its kind in the region, and was well attended, with over 100 women in the science and technology fields.
Innovative Support for Innovative Solutions
The U.S. Department of State and RocketHub team up in a pilot partnership to help exchange program alumni find alternative funding for their innovative solutions.
International Visitor Leadership (IVLP) Alumna Chosen to Lead Central African Republic (CAR) as Transitional President
International Visitor Leadership (IVLP) Alumna Catherine Samba-Panza has been selected to lead Central African Republic (CAR). She is the CAR's first female president.