November Citizen Diplomacy News

Citizen Diplomacy News

International Visitors Council of Los Angeles

Volume 4, Number 7 November 2011

Creating a World of Peace and Prosperity through Citizen Diplomacy
www.ivcla.org

In This Issue

Alumna Nobel Peace Prize Winner

2011 Citizen Diplomacy Celebration

Upcoming International Visitors

Upcoming Events

December 8th

7:00 p.m.

Pals Around the World

Spanish Nights

Cocktail Reception
West Hollywood

$65 in advance

$75 at the door

This is not an IVCLA event, but we thought you might be interested in attending.

For more information click here

Board of Directors

Honorary Chairs

Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa

City of Los Angeles

Michael Antonovich

Chair of the Board

L.A. County Board of Supervisors

Chairman

Dwayne Gathers

Gathers Strategies, Inc.

President

Hud Warren

ChinaWest LLC

Vice Presidents

W. Guy Fox

Guy Fox & Associates, Inc.

John Richardson Jr.

UCLA Graduate School of

Education & Information Studies

Legal Counsel

Sandra Jones Anderson

Law Office of Sandra Anderson

Ginger Barnard

Protocol & Diplomacy International

Protocol Officers Association

Michael Bautch

FedEx Services

William H. Collier, Jr.

Keesal, Young & Logan

Lanie Denslow

Fashion Institute of Design

& Merchandising

Steve Jones

Los Angeles World Airports

Michelle Marie Kezirian

Bet Tzedek Legal Services

Andrew Leeka

Good Samaritan Hospital

Michael McDowell

L.A. INC.

Wilma Pinder

Attorney at Law

Gary Rhodes

Center for Global Education

UCLA Graduate School of Education and Information Studies

Lourdes Saab

L.A. County Office of Protocol

James Santa Maria

The Santa Maria Group

Elga A. Sharpe

City of Los Angeles

Office of the Mayor

David Stepp

Bryan Cave LLP

Richard St. John

Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP

Executive Director

Janet Elliott

Our Sponsors

Corporate Diplomat

Corporate Sponsors

Corporate Supporters

Barbara West Catering

Greetings!

Around the world demonstrators are standing up to let their voices be heard. Throughout the Arab world we have seen mass protests, which have resulted in the overthrow of governments in Tunisia, Egypt and Libya. In more than 900 cities throughout Europe, Asia, Africa and North America, the "occupy movement" has brought protestors out in droves to illustrate their frustration over social and economic inequality. We are experiencing a time of massive global change and increased awareness that countries around the world all share more in common than we do differences.

During this time of Thanksgiving, take time to reflect on your friendships and partnerships around the world and hope that our global economy recovers peacefully.

Sincerely,

Helen Thomas

Director of Public Relations

Quick Links

IVCLA Website

Membership Info

IVLP Alumna Tawakul Karmen

One of the 2011 Nobel Peace Prize Winners

IVCLA is pleased to announce one of the three women awarded the 2011 Nobel Peace Prize last month, Ms. Tawakul Karman, was an IVLP participant in 2005. Ms. Karman, from Yemen, participated on a program focused on investigative journalism managed by World Learning.

Ms. Karman, a prominent activist in Yemen, is playing a leading part in the struggle for women's rights and for democracy and peace in Yemen. She is the first Arab woman to receive the Nobel Peace Prize.

2011 Citizen Diplomacy Celebration

An Evening of Global Music, Cuisine & Friendship

Thank you to all of our Citizen Diplomats who attended the Annual Citizen Diplomacy Celebration at the Wilshire Country Club last week.

Charlie Woo, CEO & Founder of Megatoys, received the 2011 IVCLA Outstanding Citizen Diplomat Award and made heartwarming remarks about his long-time involvement meeting IVCLA delegations from around the world. Create Now was presented the 2011 Outstanding Resource Award for sharing with international visitors their important work mentoring at-risk youth through the arts.

Four new Directors were elected to the IVCLA Board. We are pleased to welcome Michele Buchanan, Ahmad Iqbal, Kenneth McGillivray and Matthew Olsen and look forward to their ideas and enthusiasm.

This annual event plays an important role in continuing our work to connect Los Angeles with the rest of the world through cultural & professional exchange programs. We are sincerely thankful to all of our event sponsors for their support:

Silver Sponsors
Sandra Jones Anderson
Good Samaritan Hospital
Michelle Kezirian
LA Inc, the Los Angeles Convention & Visitors Bureau
Charlie Woo

Bronze Sponsors
FedEx
Mattel, Inc.

In addition, we thank all of our partners that donated items for the silent auction, dinners for the International Year of Dining Drawing and international wines for the evening festivities. Thank you all for making the event a huge success!

For the list of donors click here.

Upcoming International Visitors

November 2011

The following are among the arriving guests of the
U.S. government whose professional appointments in
Los Angeles will be arranged by the
International Visitors Council of Los Angeles.

CHINA

Immigration, Border Security and Citizen Rights

Nov. 8 - 12

RUSSIA

Higher Education

Nov. 11 - 19

VIETNAM

Labor Issues

Nov. 20 - 23

CHINA

Environmental Protection and Nature Preservation

Nov. 23 -25

SERBIA

Inter-ethnic Cooperation

Nov. 26 - 30

Editor: Helen Thomas

Director of Public Relations
(213) 388-1428