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Citizen diplomats, citizen activists

Thu, 05/14/2009 - 5:02am — a little night ...

I thought we all could use some words of encouragement this morning:

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Update:

Don't forget this and this and this and, of course, this.

Aux blogs, citoyens!

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US Center for Citizen Diplomacy Initiative

By US Center for C... on Thu, 05/14/2009 - 4:43pm

The US Center for Citizen Diplomacy has an initiative that parallels what Secretary Clinton spoke about at the NYU ceremony. The Initiative on Global Citizen Diplomacy includes a Call to Action, Letter to the President, and a full report. All this information can be found here: http://www.uscenterforcitizendiplomacy.o...

The Call To Action was announced to encourage Americans of all ages and backgrounds to join with the President and become citizen diplomats of the highest order for their communities, our country and the world.

There is vast and overwhelming evidence that America’s greatest global asset is its people. Unfortunately, resources for mobilizing and capitalizing on that asset are meager and shrinking. Opportunities for mutually beneficial interactions between Americans and the peoples of other nations have been reduced. Additionally, Americans’ knowledge about the world is woefully inadequate at all ages, especially at the K-12 level.

America needs a new and compelling CALL TO ACTION that will energize and motivate its citizenry to become globally engaged—to become citizen diplomats. This CALL is akin to a Marshall Plan for the 21st Century that will sow the seeds of a new mentality in the collective American psyche.

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This sounds interesting...

By lambert on Thu, 05/14/2009 - 4:48pm

... and I hope you will continue to post on it here. Stories, maybe a live blog.

And Im fascinated with the strong Iowa presence on the board. Why?

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"First they ignore you, then they ridicule you, then they fight you, then you win." -- Mahatma Gandhi

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US Center for Citizen Diplomacy Initiative

By US Center for C... on Mon, 05/18/2009 - 11:35am

We are located in Des Moines, Iowa.

We can certainly do that! Right now we are having strategic planning sessions in DC with our board and advisors as well as discussion meetings with the State Department. You can sign up for our newsletter (http://www.uscenterforcitizendiplomacy.o...) which gives updates and if you would like further details you can either visit our website (www.uscenterforcitizendiplomacy.org) or contact me via email at dforsythe [at] uscenterforcitizendiplomacy [dot] org

We also have a petition that can be signed by everyone! We are collecting signatures to connect with the Letter to the President to show citizens are involved and care about our policy and image abroad. You can sign it here: http://www.PetitionOnline.com/IGCD2509/p...?
Pass this along to everyone you know! We are trying to reach 2,000 soon!
Thanks everyone!

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