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About GCIV
The Georgia Council for International Visitors
builds relationships between the people of our state and leaders
around the world.
Our vision is that every Georgia citizen has the opportunity to be
more globally engaged.
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Who's coming to town?
May 3-7
Pakistan
Eight
Government and Agricultural Leaders
Focus: Agricultural Planning and Development
May 4-7
Afghanistan
Six University
Representatives
and Ministry of Education Officials
Focus: Higher Education
May 7-11
Hong Kong
One Department
of Justice Senior Assistant Solicitor General for Human Rights
Focus: Human Rights
May 9-12
Korea
Three Communications Professionals
Focus: U.S. Media Coverage
May 10-14
Pakistan
Eleven Delegates
Focus: Government Transparency and Accountability
May 14-19
Iraq
Three Ministry
of Justice Representatives, Two Judges, and One Prosecutor
Focus: Juvenile Justice
May 18-21
Georgia
Five
Government Officials
Focus: International Adoption
May 19-24
Northeastern
and Northern Africa Regional Project
Seventeen
Delegates
Focus: Human Rights Advocacy and Awareness
May 19-24
Iraq
Seven
Journalists
Focus: Journalism
May 23-27
Iceland
Five Airport
Officals
Focus: International Aviation
GCIV
Home Hospitality Opportunities
Thursday, May 5th- Six university representatives
and Ministry of Education officials from Afghanistan would
like to experience home hospitality with GCIV hosts in Atlanta. They
are participating in the U.S. State Department's International
Visitor Leadership Program, focusing on higher education. They are
available at 6:30 PM, and will be accompanied by an interpreter. We
will divide the delegation into smaller groups of 2 or 3 per host.
Wednesday, May 11th- Three communications professionals
from Korea would like to experience home hospitality with GCIV
hosts in Atlanta. They are participating in the U.S. State
Department's International Visitor Leadership Program, focusing on
U.S. media coverage of selected issues. They are available at 6:30
PM, and will be accompanied by an interpreter. We will divide the
delegation into a smaller group if needed.
Sunday, May 15th- Three Ministry of Justice
representatives, two judges, and one prosecutor from Iraq
would like to experience home hospitality with GCIV hosts in Atlanta.
They are participating in the U.S. State Department's International
Visitor Leadership Program, focusing on juvenile justice. They are
available at 6:00 PM, and may or may not be accompanied by an
interpreter. We will divide the delegation into smaller groups of 2
or 3 per host.
Monday, May 16th- Twelve CNN Journalism
Fellows from Australia,
Austria, Colombia, Denmark, Kosovo, Kuwait, Pakistan, Papua New
Guinea, Romania, South Africa, South Korea, and Taiwan would
like to experience home hospitality with GCIV hosts in Atlanta. They
are participating in CNN headquarters' Journalism Fellowship program.
They are available at 6:30 PM, and will not be accompanied by an
interpreter. We will divide the delegation into smaller groups of 2
or 3 per host.
Sunday, May 22nd- Seven journalists from Iraq would
like to experience home hospitality with GCIV hosts in Atlanta. They
are participating in the U.S. State Department's International
Visitor Leadership Program, focusing on journalism. They are
available at 6:00 PM, and may or may not be accompanied by an
interpreter. We will divide the delegation into smaller groups of 2
or 3 per host.
Please note: Home hospitality opportunities are
available to GCIV members only. Hosts are asked to provide transportation
to and from the hotel on the day of home hospitality. If you are
interested in hosting any of these distinguished delegates in your
home for dinner on any of these dates or would like to propose an
alternate date, please contact Emily
O'Harris at 404-832-5560 x 15.
Once you have signed up to host, we'll provide a
CultureGram for the appropriate countries.
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GCIV would like to thank our Lifetime Members and
members who have made financial contributions during April 2011:
Ambassador
($1000+)
Scott and Laurie Nichols
Charge
d'Affaires
($500+)
Sherry Mueller
Consul
($250+)
Bruce Cotterman
Jorge and Silvia Fernandez
Attache
($100+)
Gudrun Chapman
Sussi Craig
Suzanne Dunn
Richard Roesel and Dana Greene
Citizen Diplomat
($50+)
Pilar Amir
Elizabeth Bessonette
Christa Burry
Jill Carlson-Miyatake
Jeanne Castell-Kozik
Silvana Cavellier
Patricia Clay
Elizabeth Coleman
Susan Dalton
Millie Davila
Rosie Davidson
Betty Davis
Chris Franz
Nick Gold
Gail Goodwin
Maria Olga Hoffman
Nancy Hollister
Helen Hoverman
Suzanne Howe
Jean Rich Keenan
Beth Kroger
Nolly Ladha
Rae Leffman
Josephine Maloney
Josie Marto
Marianne McConnel
Faye McKay-Clegg
Sandy McQueen
Pamela Morris
Lea Nixon
Bjorg Olafsdottir
Dr. Babs Onabanjo
Anita Sahni
Carol Sharkey
Toshi Shimizu
Helga Siegel
Elizabeth Spiegel
Birgit Trabold-Dorazewski
Carol Wien
Durshi Zoberi
Envoy
($25+)
Willy Elizarov
Nancy Gastel
Ambassadors Circle
Nicolas Aquino
Charles and Nancy Bedford
David and Beverly Clyde
Lindsay and Rosemary Davidson
Kevin Glass
Mrs. Richard Hallock
Phil and Raye Handler
Jim and Sue Heerin
Scott and Laurie Nichols
Sunny Park
Darren and Ann Short
Tycho Stahl and Yonni Kim
Ken and Linda Stewart
Shell Stuart
Bruce and Sharon Taylor
Raul and Annie-York Trujillo
Miller and Carolyn Williams
Lynne Zappone
Lifetime Members
Hans and Ada Almering
Pin Pin Chau
Jim and Carol Dew
Lew and Anne Hansen
Alfred and Evelyn Messer
Marianne McConnel
Helga Siegel
Miguel Southwell
Claudia Turner
George and Judy Varga
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Quotes to Inspire Citizen Diplomacy
"You have an opportunity to be the face of
America right now."
- Clark Dean
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GCIV is pleased to welcome five new sponsors for the May 7, 2011
International Consular Ball at the elegant Piedmont Driving Club.
Please read on about our sponsors' global reach and impact:
Delta Air Lines
serves more than 160 million customers each year. With its unsurpassed
global network, Delta carriers offer service to more than 350
destinations in nearly 70 countries on six continents.
Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International
Airport proudly bears the distinction of being the world's busiest
airport and has long served as a valuable hub connecting various cities
and countries around the globe. Hartsfield-Jackson is also a prime
destination for travelers - business and pleasure - visiting Atlanta
and other locales in the southeastern United States.
Studley is the
leading commercial real estate services firm specializing in tenant
representation. Through 19 offices nationwide and an international
presence through its London office and AOS Studley, a partnership with
Paris-based AOS, Studley provides strategic real estate solutions to
top-tier corporations, not-for-profit organizations and law firms.
JPMorgan Chase is
a leading global financial services firm with assets of $2 trillion and
operations in more than 60 countries. The firm is a leader in
investment banking, financial services for consumers, small business
and commercial banking, financial transaction processing, asset
management and private equity. A component of the Dow Jones Industrial
Average, JPMorgan Chase & Co. serves millions of consumers and many
of the world's most prominent corporate, institutional and government
clients under its J.P. Morgan and Chase brands.
Credit Suisse is
a world-leading financial services company, advising clients in all
aspects of finance, around the world, around the clock.
Proceeds from the Consular Ball, which is undoubtedly Atlanta's premier
international event, support GCIV's efforts to promote international
understanding through citizen diplomacy. With our sponsors' support,
GCIV is able to welcome over 500 emerging world leaders to our state
annually and introduce them to the best Georgia has to offer.
Please
contact Shell Stuart
at 404-832-5560 x 21 to learn about sponsorship
opportunities.
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Delegation
Spotlight
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French delegate
Christine Kelly with Atlanta Community Food Bank Volunteer
Coordinator Suzanne Roush and State Department Interpreter Judith
Oringer.
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In April GCIV hosted Christine Kelly, a former
journalist/newscaster and member of the French Audiovisual High
Authority, a regulatory organization of the media similar to the U.S.
Federal Communications Commission. She reports to French President
Nicolas Sarkozy, who is also an IVLP alumni.
Kelly was participating in the U.S. Department of
State's International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP) focusing on
several topics including diversity, health initiatives, and minorities
in politics. In addition to her work in communications, she manages a
foundation that is devoted to working through policies and programs for
single-parent families.
While in
Atlanta, Kelly met with representatives from the Atlanta Community
Food Bank, the Carter Center, Rainbow/PUSH
Coalition, RTI International,
and Representative Alisha
Thomas Morgan. She also visited the Martin Luther King,
Jr. National Historic Site and was hosted by longtime GCIV
volunteers Ada and Hans Almering for Easter Sunday home hospitality.
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Christine Kelly with Rainbow PUSH Coalition Assistant
Director Bruce McMillan.
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GCIV Blog: 50 Years of Significance in Citizen Diplomacy
This blog post continues our retrospective. Please be a
part of our 50th anniversary celebration in 2012 by leaving comments
about your GCIV memories, reasons for hosting, and beliefs about the
impact of our shared work.
Some of the highlights through the years include a visit
from Secretary of State Dean Rusk in 1964 who met with the executive
committee of ACIV's board, a regional conference in 1965 sponsored by
ACIV to encourage other southern cities to become COSERV contacts, an
impressive 1,295 visitors hosted in the year of 1965, merger with the
Atlanta International Student Bureau in 1973, providing host families
for the delegates to the first Organization of American States to be
held outside Washington, D.C. when Jimmy Carter was governor, name
change to the Georgia Council for International Visitors in 1986, and
becoming the statewide coordinating office for the Great Decisions
program in 1994.
Click here to read
the full excerpt and leave your own comments or memories on GCIV's blog.
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Guess who's coming to dinner?
GCIV has a number of home hospitality opportunities this
month. Home hospitality gives Georgians the chance to meet and get to
know distinguished international delegates on a personal level.
Visitors teach hosts about their home countries, have a meal in an
American home, and participate in lively after-dinner discussions. This
valuable experience has often led to lasting friendships.
GCIV member Bethany Lane says about home hospitality,
"We have been
really amazed at how connected you can become in conversation with
people who barely speak English. You don't have to have something
significant to discuss, just ask about their families, jobs and lives
and you could talk all night. People ought to realize that you do not
need to have a showplace and a chef-quality meal at all. Keep it
casual, simple, warm and people just want to be open and talk and talk.
We now have email 'pals' and are really enjoying this whole concept.
What a life-enriching and really fun thing to do!"
Consider co-hosting with a neighbor, friend, or other
GCIV member to split the driving and cooking duties! Look Who's Coming to Town and if you
are interested in hosting members of any of these distinguished
delegations, please contact Emily O'Harris at 404-832-5560 x 15 or emily@gciv.org.
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Make a tax-deductible contribution toward international understanding!
 Make a tax-deductible
contribution toward international understanding and join GCIV as a
Citizen Diplomat! GCIV's membership is critical to the success of our
organization, as it serves as an important indicator of community
support for the U.S. Department of State and other agencies that rely
on us to arrange programs for and host hundreds of international
visitors each year. Becoming a member is easy and offers perks like
exclusive members-only receptions and home hospitality opportunities.
Visit our membership page
or contact Nicole
Rateau at 404-832-5560 x 17 for more information.
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Young Transatlantic Conservative Alliance
The Young Transatlantic Conservative Alliance (YTCA) is
an organization dedicated to strengthening the transatlantic partnership.
To accomplish this mission, the YCTA is working to advance relations
between young American and European conservatives by helping them to
develop a better understanding of each other. YTCA gives members the
chance to publish their articles in an Open Think Tank and network with
people from the other side of the Atlantic. Visit www.youngtca.org
to learn more about the organization.
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Teachers for Global Classrooms
Teachers
for Global Classrooms (TGC) provides a professional development
opportunity for middle and high school teachers from the United States
to participate in a program designed to globalize U.S. classrooms. TGC
is a program of the U.S. Department of
State's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, administered by
the International Research and Exchanges Board (IREX). Activities
include:
- An
online course designed specifically for U.S. teachers aiming to
globalize their classrooms
- Two
Global Education Symposiums in Washington, D.C. (pre- and
post-travel)
- An
international fellowship through a two-week country visit upon
successful completion of the online course.
Applications
are due by June 15, 2011. Click here to learn
more about TGC and to apply.
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Saturday, May 7th, 6:30 PM
International Consular Ball
The International Consular Ball is Atlanta's premier
international event providing an opportunity for Georgia's business and
civic communities to join GCIV in honoring the 60 plus members of the
Consular Corps for their role in building valuable relationships
between our region and the world. Proceeds from the event benefit
GCIV's international exchange and educational programs. The 30th annual
International Consular Ball themed "Atlanta Welcomes the
World" will take place at the elegant Piedmont Driving Club with
entertainment provided by the Joe Gransden Quartet. For more information,
visit www.gciv.org.
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Tuesday, May 3rd, 6:00 PM
"A Taste of Germany"
Asparagus Gourmet Dinner
Celebrate the German asparagus season by joining the
German American Chamber of Commerce of the Southern US, Inc. (GACC
South) at "A Taste of Germany" Gourmet Asparagus Dinner. The wine tasting and
dinner are at Paul's Restaurant, 10 Kings Circle, Atlanta, Georgia
30305.
The
price is $110 for
GACC
South members
and
$140 for non-members.
There
is limited seating for this event. Click here for more information.
Monday, May
9th, 9:00 AM - 7:00 PM
Europe Day Celebrations
The European
Union Center of Excellence (EUCE) at Georgia Institute of Technology
presents a full day of activities in celebration of Europe Week
including a roundtable discussion with local European diplomats,
exhibits from EU Member States, local cultural organizations and
Atlanta's European Sister Cities, as well as a policy symposium and a
reception. Most events will take place in the Student Center Ballroom
on the Georgia Tech campus, 350 Ferst Drive NW, Atlanta, Georgia 30318.
For more information, email
euce@gatech.edu.
Monday, May 9th, 11:30 AM - 1:30 PM
NATO: Defining the Mission
World Affairs
Council of Atlanta (WACA) presents a luncheon presentation by His
Excellency Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Secretary General of the North
Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). The event is at the Commerce Club,
49th floor of 191 Peachtree Street, Atlanta, Georgia 30303. The price
is $48 for WACA members and $60 for non-members. Click here for more
information and to RSVP.
May
13-14, 2011
Brazilian
Music Festival
Viver Magazine,
in partnership with Radio Brazilis, is pleased to announce the first
Brazilian music festival in Atlanta. With the aim of encouraging and
valuing the many Brazilians artists spread across the U.S., composers,
musicians, and interpreters will have the opportunity to have their
talents recognized by the large Brazilian community present in Atlanta.
In addition, the top three performers will receive cash prizes. The
festival will be at the Gala Room, 2854 Delk Road, Marietta, Georgia
30067. For more information, email Viver Magazine.
Thursday,
May 19th, 6:00 PM
Google
Done Right Business Seminar
The German
American Chamber of Commerce of the Southern US, Inc. (GACC South)
presents a Google AdWords Q&A Workshop. Learn how to implement
AdWords effectively to boost your business. The seminar is at the
offices of GACC South, 1170 Howell Mill Road, Atlanta, Georgia 30318.
The cost is $25 for GACC South members and $35 for non-members. Click here for more information.
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