Events
Diplomacy Begins Here Summit: Global Challenges: Building Locally Driven Solutions in Kalamazoo
In partnership with Global Ties U.S. and the U.S. Department of State, Global Ties Kalamazoo hosted Global Challenges: Building Locally Driven Solutions in Kalamazoo, a Global Ties U.S. Regional Summit and Learning Lab on July 11 and 12 in Kalamazoo, Michigan. Thank you so much to all who attended and engaged with us. You can relive the experience and learn more at the links below.
Angela Benedicto on the fight to protect child domestic workers in Tanzania (Copy)
Director of WoteSawa NGO, Tanzania, Angela will share her powerful life story, from child domestic worker to leading advocate to abolish child labor and poverty. She returns to Kalamazoo as an International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP) alumna from 2013. This is a free event.
Women Leading the Way - Kalamazoo’s Legacy of Exchange, Past and Future
It has been Colleagues International’s honor and privilege to serve the Kalamazoo community in international engagement and exchange for nearly 50 years. At this celebratory event at the Ladies’ Library Association of Kalamazoo, join us over dinner to explore the historic and contemporary connections that Kalamazoo has established around the world, and how women have been and continue to play an important role in our global interconnectedness.
Celebrate Exchange in Kalamazoo
Explore ways to enrich local community with global diversity, right here in Kalamazoo, with music by Bahar Ensemble at Bell’s Eccentric Cafe!