Office of the Coordinator of U.S. Assistance to Europe, Eurasia, and Central Asia
Opening photo: Coordinator of U.S. Assistance to Europe, Eurasia, and Central Asia James Kulikowski (front right in orange tie), USAID Mission Director Susan Fritz (front center in yellow scarf), and senior European Union representative...
Program in Somalia expands education access
Embassy Mogadishu recently highlighted USAID Somalia’s Bar ama Baro (Teach or Learn) program working on expanding access to education for Somali children who were not previously in the classroom. Program staff started by assessing...
Mission China’s D&I Councils work together to effect positive change
By Kristin Gilmore
Following a series of community-led conversations about structural racism in the United States in August 2020, then-Ambassador Terry Branstad called on the embassy and consulates in Mission China to establish Diversity and...
Retirements | August 2021
Civil Service
Albin, BarbaraAllen, Mark C.Ambrose, Mary A.Burkes, Todd L.Carlo, Michael P.Chapman, Nilda B.Chisolm, JacquelineChoate, Robert R.Coates, Leon D.Cook, Celenne G.Dedomenic, Mark J.De La Barre, R. RobinEdelkamp, Fredrick S.Foster, Amy K.Gilbert, Kathryn A.Kurrus, Kris R.Langevin,...
ConGen Lagos sponsors workshop for regional journalists
Public Affairs Officer Stephen Ibelli (seated, 3rd from left) met with a group of journalists during a two-day regional investigative healthcare reporting workshop in the Enugu State, June 23. The workshop encouraged more robust...
Triumph Amid Turmoil
Opening photo: President Ronald Reagan (far left) meets with Senior Advisors George Shultz (far right), Kenneth Duberstein (third from left), Colin Powell (second from left), Rozanne Ridgway (second from right), and Jack Matlock (third...
Mission Australia hosts OMS workshop
By Scott Kennedy and Lisa Cantonwine
Embassy Canberra hosted an office management specialist (OMS) workshop for Mission Australia staff, May 7. Participants from the embassy and the consulates in Melbourne, Perth, and Sydney gathered at...
Wuhan
By Jeffrey Lakshas and Christopher Green
Wuhan, the capital of Hubei Province and home to 12 million people, is located in China’s heartland. Sometimes called the “Chicago of China” for its similar geographic location and role as a center of manufacturing, transportation, and higher education, Wuhan, in some ways, more closely...
Systemic Progress
By Amanda McCarthy
In 2020, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) examined the demographic composition of the Department of State’s workforce. GAO’s report, which reviewed fiscal years 2002 through 2018, found that racial or ethnic minorities...
Senior Foreign Service event returns
Acting Under Secretary for Management Carol Z. Perez leads recently promoted Senior Foreign Service (SFS) colleagues in a renewal of the Oath of Office, both virtually and in-person, at an event, July 30. The...
