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International Visitor Leadership ProgramAMERICAN YOUTH: INSPIRING LEADERSHIP AND
CIVIC PARTICIPATION
International Visitor Leadership Program
The International Visitor Leadership Program annually brings to the United States approximately 5,000 foreign
nationals from all over the world to meet and confer with their professional counterparts and to experience
America firsthand.
The visitors, who are selected by American Foreign Service Officers overseas, are current or potential
leaders in government, politics, the media, education, the arts, business and other fields.
AMERICAN YOUTH: INSPIRING LEADERSHIP AND CIVIC PARTICIPATION
The group will be taught the skills necessary for becoming future leaders and discuss methods to be
used to develop these skills in critical thinking, decision-making, communication and organization,
and building leadership capacity.
The importance of pluralism, tolerance and volunteerism as components of civic life in the
United States will be emphasized in this programme
New YorkIowa
Tennessee Washington DCSan Francisco
Programme begins in Washington, D.C.• Tour of the city and a briefing on current challenges faced by American youth. • The group will also meet with the U.S. Department of Education officials where they will learn the role of the federal government in the U.S. education system.
Nashville, Tennessee,• Participate in the Annual National Service-Learning Conference organized by National Youth Leadership Council and Volunteer Tennessee.
San Francisco • Focus on activism in schools, including youth mobilization for social action and youth development skills.• The group will also visit an after-school project sponsored by “Team-up For Youth,” which works with local organizations creating after-school sports opportunities for youth in partnership
Cleveland, Ohio • Look into various organizations working on issues of youth and economic development as a part of local grassroots democracy.
New York• Attend Leadership development workshop and Cultural and networking events.•Visit Local community organizations in underserved neighborhoods;
Wrap up in Washington, D.C. • Participants learning about U.S. foreign policy priorities at the beginning of the Obama Administration. • They will visit the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention to discuss research and training initiatives to guide federal juvenile justice issues • Meet with the Corporation for National Community Service’s “Learn and Service America programme.”
25 Youths• Armenia: Mrs. Yughanna KHACHATRYAN, Co-Chairman of the Youth Club in Aram Village, Kotayk Region of Armenia• Belaru: Ms. Katsiaryna HALITSKAYA, International Affairs• Bosnia-Herzegovina: Mr. Darko BRKAN, President of the Association of Citizens• Congo: Mr. Leon Kassongo MOUKENDI, Senior Member of Villa Washington English Club• Denmark: Mr. Khuram Shehzad HUSSAIN, Project Leader, Folkehoejskolernes Forening• India: Mr. Saurav BARDHAN, Chair, Integrity Campaign, Young Indians, Confederation of Indian Industry• Israel: Mr. Naser ABU SAFI, Acting Principal and High School Coordinator, Hand in Hand• Jordan: Mr. Ibraheem Nayef AL HAYEK, Coordinator, Youth Unit, Jordan River Foundation (JRF)• Kazakhstan: Mr. Zafarzhan YULDASHEV, Leader of Center for Tolerance and the Youth Club Vera• Latvia: Mr. Edgars GRIGORJEVS, Chairman of the Committee, Non-Profit Association/Youth Club “For & Against”• Morocco: Mr. Rachid BADOULI, Central Director, Fondation Orient Occident, Rabat• Nepal: Ms. Mandira RAUT, Assistant Editor, Today’s Youth Asia• Nigeria: Mr. Chude Osanddum JIDEONWO, Founder and Director, Redstrat (Private Sector Communications)• People’s Republic of China: Mr. Yu ZHOU, Teacher, Jimeijianzan Welfare School• Romania: Ms. Ilinca BUCIU, Principal, G. Cosbuc National Bilingual High School, Bucharest• Rwanda: Mr. Alexis NKURUNZIZA, Chair Person/Youth Crime Rwanda• Palestine: Mr Osama• Sierra Leone: Mr. Claudius MORGAN, Traffic Officer• Singapore: Mr. Muhammad Ikram Bin MOHD ARIFF,• Syria: Mr. Mohamad Abi ALAZHARI, Founder and General Manager, Slamin Basketball School, Damascus• Tanzania: Mr. Beno MALISA, Deputy Secretary General, CCM Youth League.• Thailand: Mr. Somkiat CHAMPEEPAN, Head of English Department• Turkey: Mr. Evren Sener UNAL, Head of Training Department, Society Volunteers Foundation (TOG)• United Kingdom: Mr. Atta Ul Haque YAQUB, Muslim Community Development Worker, Faith in Community Scotland• Uruguay: Mr. Leandro FOLGAR, CEO, Ibirapita Reecreation Business
WASHINGTON DC1. MARGUERITE W. KONDRACKE, President and CEO America’s Promise Alliance2. Kathi L. Grasso, Senior Juvenile Justice Policy and Legal Advisor Office of
Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, U.S. Department of Justice3. Adaora Nwigwe, Guidance counsellor & Teacher Columbia Heights Educational
Campus (CHEC)4. Ms O. Lyons, AP English Literature Teacher, Teach for America.com Columbia
Heights Educational Campus (CHEC)5. Daniel A. Barutta, AmeriCorps State and National Team Leader AmeriCorps6. Andy Shallal, Iraqi-American owner Busboys and Poets7. Mr Akram R. Elias, President Capital Communications Group LLC8. Ms Sambia Shivers - Barclay, Manager International Visitors Program, U.S.
Department of State9. Ms Rita Foy Moss, Education Program Specialist Civic Education Programmes10. Ms Preeti Shroff-Mehta, Phd, Consultant World Bank & United Nations
Development Program
NASHVILLE TENNESSEE1. Brandon L. Hill, Youth United Coordinator Oasis Center - Youth Opportunity
Center (YOC)2. Dr Judy Freudenthal, Director of Youth Action & Engagement Oasis Center -
Youth Opportunity Center (YOC)3. Big Brothers Big Sisters of Middle Tennessee4. Linda O’Neal, Executive Director Tennessee Commission on Children and
Youth
SAN FRANCISCO1. Rene Quinonez, Executive Director H.O.M.E.Y. — Homies Organizing the
Mission to Empower Youth2. Jose Luis, Program Director H.O.M.E.Y. — Homies Organizing the Mission to
Empower Youth3. Debra Koffler, Executive Director Conscious youth media crew4. Kali Cheung, Youth Leadership Director Youth Leadership Institute5. Carlos Mejia, Vice President of Community Based Programs, Bay Area
Youth Leadership Institute6. Keldon Clegg, Teacher Amador Valley High School, Pleasanton, California
(CA)7. Mr Michael Rubio, Director of Operations Youth Radio8. Jacinda Abcarian , Managing Director Youth Radio9. Brett Myers, Field Producer Youth Radio10. Liora Kahn, Mediation Program Manager Community Boards11. Judy Zalazar Drummond, Professor University of San Francisco - School of
Education
CLEVELAND OHIO1. Thomas Mulready, Creator CoolCleveland2. Ray Petro, Owner Ray’s MTB3. William Ruschhaupt, MD Chairman, Global Patient Services Cleveland
Clinic Foundation4. Ellen S Rome, MD Associate Chief of Staff, Section Head, Adolescent
Medicine, Department of General Pediatrics, Cleveland Clinic Foundation5. Ed Center, Director of Programs Team-Up for Youth6. Fredrick E. Weinmann, Weinmann Enterprises7. Ruthanne Weinmann,8. Alana Garnett Ferguson, Shaw High Small Schools Student Shaw High Small
Schools9. Meredith Scerba, VP of Event Management Greater Cleveland Sports
Commission10. George M. Nanchoff, Event Manager, Continental Cup Tournament Director
Greater Cleveland Sports Commission
Main Sponsor
NEW YORK1. Amy Sananman, Director Groundswell - Community Mural Project2. Stephanie V Rivera, Success Coach Groundwork Inc.3. Brett Taylor, Deputy Director, Technical Assistance Center for Court
Innovation4. Austin Haeberle, Creative Director Listen Up- Youth Media Network of
“LEANING MATTERS”5. Angela Carlino, Creative Director Listen Up- Youth Media Network (Brit)6. Ms Tene Howard Head, High School for Global Citizenship
