by Amb. (ret.) Vicki Huddleston
Please join us at 12:00 p.m. on Thursday, May 3 as AFSA welcomes Amb. (ret.) Vicki Huddleston to AFSA HQ to discuss her new book, “Our Woman in Havana: A Diiplomat’s Chronicle of America’s Long Struggle with Castro’s Cuba.”
Defining Diplomacy for 100 Years
It’s the FSJ’s centennial year! This month: standing up for diplomacy; when multitasking goes awry; keeping diplomacy on course in troubling times; those unlikely FS friendships; and more!
Foreign Service Day
AFSA will add the names of Selena Nelson-Salcedo and Michael “Andy” Andrew Cameron Jordan to those inscribed on the memorial plaque at State on Foreign Service Day, May 4, 2018.
Have you heard about the Expat Youth Scholarship?
It is a philanthropic program sponsored by Clements Worldwide to award six scholarships each year ($10,000 in total awards) to expat students from 13 to 21 years old. [paid advertisement]
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Members of the Foreign Service receive specially discounted tickets and concession credits, the Foreign Service will be honored on scoreboard messages, and more!
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