6 DECEMBER 2024 | THE FOREIGN SERVICE JOURNAL 92 Reflections Mighty Oaks from Little Acorns Grow By Jonathan B. Rickert 94 Local Lens Mount Kilimanjaro, Tanzania By Nathan Tidwell Cover art—2024 AFSA award recipients at the State Department, Oct. 16, 2024. Top row, from left: Konrad Turski, Cornell Overfield, Amb. Laura Dogu, David Houston, Christophe J. Paccard, Mark Delavan Harrop, Paul Estrada, and Amb. Marc Grossman. Bottom row, from left: Mark Wilson, Emily Green, Sherri Zimmermann, Harry Kopp, Mariya Ilyas, Patricia Scroggs, and Tom Yazdgerdi. Recipients not pictured: Michael Casey, Anne Martin-Montgomery, Dana Sutcliffe, Diana Trinh, Caryl Tuma, and Dinah Zeltser-Winant (AFSA/Joaquin Sosa). Marketplace 88 Real Estate 90 Classifieds 91 Index to Advertisers 7 President’s Views An Eventful Year Comes to a Close By Tom Yazdgerdi 9 Letter from the Editor What’s Next? By Shawn Dorman 18 Speaking Out The Foreign Service at 100: It’s Time for Renewal By George Krol Perspectives Departments 10 Letters 12 Talking Points 85 Books AFSA NEWS THE OFFICIAL RECORD OF THE AMERICAN FOREIGN SERVICE ASSOCIATION 57 AFSA Awards Honor Excellence and Constructive Dissent 58 State VP Voice—Consensus Building Creates Effective Teams 59 USAID VP Voice—AFSA Wins Grievance 60 FCS VP Voice—Some Things to Celebrate 61 FAS VP Voice—Explain Yourself 65 AFSA President’s Outreach in California 66 AFSA Governing Board Meeting, Sept. 18, 2024 66 Foreign Service Night at Nationals Park 67 Foreign Policy at Chautauqua 67 AFSA Welcomes USAID and State Cohorts 68 AFSA Good Works—Member Engagement 57
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