Peshawar PAO Shayna Cram composed and recorded this music video in Pashto about hope for women and girls. (Courtesy, U.S. Consulate General Peshawar.)
PDAA 2013 Awards Recognize Outstanding Public Diplomacy Accomplishments
The three recipients of the 2013 Award for Achievement in Public Diplomacy were announced at PDAA's annual dinner on May 5 in Arlington, Virginia.
Public Affairs Section, American Consulate Peshawar, Pakistan. For dedication, courage, creativity, perseverance and unbending professionalism, particularly under challenging and, indeed, often dangerous circumstances
Nini Forino, Public Diplomacy Officer for Korean Affairs and Yeosu Expo coordinator. For dedication, creativity and drive that as East Asian and Pacific Affairs Coordinator for the 2012 Yeosu Expo effort she brought to the highly challenging task of ensuring a vital U.S. presence at the Expo in Korea.
Tashawna Bethea, Public Affairs Officer, Algiers. For exemplary leadership, creativity and perseverance in furthering key embassy policy objectives by using the full range of public diplomacy tools to broaden relationships between the American and Algerian peoples. More ...
New on the Public Diplomacy Member Blog: Gone but not Forgotten
Retired FSIO Allen Hansen's review of the new book about the last days of USIA by professor Nicholas Cull appears in this month's issue of Foreign Service Journal, and Hansen offers a preview to PublicDiplomacy.org. More ...
Secretary Kerry Honors Fallen Foreign Affairs Colleagues
(3 May 2013) "Today we add eight names to our wall of honor, eight people who dedicated their lives to service. And to a person, each one sought out the most difficult assignments." More ...