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Second Wave SW Michigan, Aug 24, 2023

Global Ties Kalamazoo: The Power of Exchange in a Big Little City by Zinta Aistars

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South County News, March 14, 2023

Area hosts create global ties for Vicksburg, By Leeanne Seaver

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Second Wave SW Michigan, Oct 26, 2022

United for the Unsheltered meets Kalamazoo's homeless where they are, often in the camps

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Hillsdale Daily News, Opinion, Oct 15, 2022

Opinion Piece by James Crow - My Take: Take the time to shore up your human connections

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Exchange Matters, March 28, 2022

International Exchange as an Advocacy Tool for Championing Women - Iowa, Kalamazoo and Chicago perspectives

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The Michigan Opportunity - MEDC

In this podcast Jodi Michaels and Marian Reich join host Ed Clemente to explore sharing Michigan with the world's future leaders through exchange.

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Exchange Matters Global Ties U.S.

Network DEI Working Group Solid Base to Build a Community of Practice

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USGLC Heartland Hub

Kalamazoo, Michigan might not be the first place that comes to mind when you hear the words “Citizen Diplomacy”.

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US Department of State: Dipnote

International Visitor Leadership Program Builds Connections with U.S. Communities

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Second Wave Media

50-year-old Kalamazoo group has new name, same mission: People from different lands sharing ideas

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Encore Magazine

Back Story: June 2020, Organizers, Feed the Fight Kalamazoo

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On #WorldImmunizationWeek, we're remembering the incredible impact local volunteers made in the Feed the Fight Kalamazoo effort, which raised over $100,000 and delivered more than 10,000 meals to frontline workers in 2020 and 2021.

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It was so rewarding that for their first board meeting, our two newest members, Natalia Carvalho-Pinto and Deborah Harsha, were able to be part of the "Having Generative Discussions" experiential workshop, facilitated by Amy Mervak and Alli

On International Day of Multilateralism & Diplomacy, we're reflecting on hosting IVLP projects that provide the opportunity to not only connect the world with Kalamazoo, but to link our international guests with their fellow peers from around the

U.S. citizen #ExchangeAlumni: Are you looking for public speaking opportunities to add to your resume? Do you have a story to tell that could benefit other U.S. Exchange Alumni in their career journeys? Fill out the brief interest form at https://sur

The team at Global Ties Kalamazoo is so incredibly grateful to you for being a treasured coworker and friend, Emma Baratta. Please join us in an early celebration of her birthday since the big day takes place over the weekend! Let's throw an epic par

We love seeing our memory feed full of incredible experiences with international guests from years gone by. This month, we're reminiscing about our first home-hosted exchange program in 2022, following two years of exclusively virtual programming dur

Looking for a life changing experience without leaving home? 🌎

We need to hear from you! Please take a moment to fill out our hosting survey at https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdV2ncmcyvbI6tzylHJgMddlIHnhWpzPFI8EJTGIMUefYxPVA/viewform. You

Did you know that there are six national parks in Michigan? Three (Isle Royale, Keweenaw, and Pictured Rocks) are in the Upper Peninsula, two (Sleeping Bear Dunes and River Raisin National Battlefield Park) are in the Lower Peninsula, and one (North

Hailing from all over the world, these participants in the Edward R. Murrow Program for Journalists Research and Investigation IVLP project truly made the most of their time in West Michigan, connecting meaningfully with members of our local media (P

Looking to make an impact this #EarthDay? 🌎 We hope this post can help connect changemakers in our community with opportunities to get involved. We'll share a few options on offer here in Kalamazoo, and we welcome you to keep the inspiration flowing

We're super excited to welcome journalists from Bangladesh, Cambodia, Kazakhstan, Nepal, Poland, Trinidad and Tobago, and Uganda who are in Kalamazoo this week for an Edward R. Murrow Program For Journalists focused on Research and Investigation. Pic

Today our YLAI 2024 fellows became alumni, and we wish them all the best as they fly home tomorrow to reengage with their amazing businesses, and to reconnect with their personal lives. It was an honor to distribute their certificates at the closing

Gratitude. Awe. Appreciation. Inspiration.

It's meant the world to us to see the wonderful ways our community engaged with our 2024 cohort of YLAI fellows, and to witness how collaboratively all of our amazing local field placement organizations wor

Kalamazoo is near the path of today's total eclipse, whose totality path includes swaths of Canada, the United States and Mexico. 🌒 Do you have plans to watch it (with special glasses of course)? Did you travel to see it? It's always exciting to sha

We've been feeling all the feelings this week as our second cohort of YLAI fellows prepares to leave Kalamazoo.

Our newsfeed and WhatsApp channels are full of joy and connection as the fellows and their host organizations reflect on an incredible f

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