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Arab-American members of the Foreign Affairs Agencies Board meet with USAID Administrator Samantha Power (top row, second from left) to reflect on diversity, equity, inclusion, and Arab-Americans in public service, Oct. 30, 2021. Photo courtesy of Arab Americans in Foreign Affairs Agencies

AAIFAA highlights Arab-Americans in government during National Arab American Heritage Month

The Secretary’s Office of Diversity and Inclusion and the National Museum of American Diplomacy (NMAD) launched a crowdsourced digital storytelling campaign as part of NMAD’s exhibit, #FacingDiplomacy. Illustration courtesy of NMAD

Crowdsourced digital storytelling campaign bolsters #FacingDiplomacy series

Tour the Department’s Access Center

Roberta Mather (center in red dress) worked with a team back in Washington to provide an overview of the history of American Sign Language to online viewers. Left photo by Madina Turdieva. Right photo by Michael Cunningham.

ASL event strengthens ties between U.S. and Canada

Important Legacy

Women of the construction site team at the new office annex project in Kampala gather outside of the embassy. Photo courtesy of the Bureau of Overseas Buildings Operations

Women of OBO Construction

Hispanic Employee Council of Foreign Affairs Agencies board members Isabel Romero (top left), Harold Jahnsen (top second from left), and Camelia Valldejuly (top third from left) speak to students during a networking event during Hispanic Heritage Month, Oct. 14. Photo by Isabel Romero

HECFAA highlights role of Hispanics in diplomacy

Office of Accessibility and Accommodations (OAA) Director Jameela Akbari (right center), with OAA colleagues Rich McCarthy (top left) and David Conner (top second from left), present on the evolution of the Department of State's Access Center at the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission's Education Consortium for National Disability Employment Awareness Month, Oct. 7. Photo by Amanda McCarthy

Celebrating National Disability Employment Awareness Month 

Deputy Secretary of State Wendy R. Sherman (top left) and First Lady of the United States Jill Biden (far right) presided over two separate name unveiling ceremonies, July 2021. Sherman dedicated the Beate Sirota Gordon tower (bottom left photo) with Chargé d’Affaires Raymond Greene (left center) and members of the Sirota Gordon family and Council on Diversity and Inclusion, July 20. Biden (top center photo, far right) unveiled the Irene Hirano Inouye and Senator Daniel K. Inouye room plaque with, from left: Chargé d’Affaires Raymond Greene, U.S.-Japan Council representatives Hiroko Tanaka and Masaaki Tanaka, and Christina Le. U.S.-Japan Council President and CEO Suzanne Basalla, Jennifer Hirano, and Ken Inouye attended virtually. Photos by Kent Jagodzinski

Mission Japan honors diversity through name dedications

Embassy Yerevan’s Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Council members, from left: Ellen Scholl, Jennifer Westervelt, Kelli Long, Ambassador to Armenia Lynne Tracy, Lia Miller, Lilit Antonyan, Melanie Ingalls, Cesar Arias-Gutierrez, and Leila Mendelovici receive a Group Meritorious Honor Award in recognition of innovative leadership and dedication in the promotion of diversity, equity, and inclusion in the embassy community and the advancement of those values throughout the U.S. government during the summer 2021 Mission Awards ceremony. Photo by Karen Hovhannisyan

Embassy Yerevan’s DE&I Council celebrates one year

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