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175 Years of Thai-U.S. Friendship Played Out on the Courts NEW
July 2008 marks the 175th Anniversary of Thai-U.S. friendship. To celebrate, the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA) partnered with the U.S. Embassy in Thailand, the NBA, and the WNBA to host the Friendship Basketball Camp. From July 7-10, Pat Garrity of the Orlando Magic and Kym Hampton, formerly of the New York Liberty, led clinics for 100 Thai boys and girls and 20 American international students between the ages of 13-15. Read More
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Diplomacy Bank Shot, Iranian National Basketball Team Prepares for Olympics in U.S. NEW
The State Department’s Office of Sports Initiatives in the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, in partnership with the NBA, brought a 25-member delegation of the Iranian National Basketball team to Salt Lake City, Utah for a series of exhibition games. The Olympic bound team spent a little over a week in the U.S. participating in the Rocky Mountain Revue tournament. Read More
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SportsUnited Friendship Basketball in Jeddah
In an act of progressive public diplomacy, SportsUnited – an initiative of the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs – conducted its first Sports Envoy program in Saudi Arabia, July 7-11, 2007. In partnership with the National Basketball Players’ Association (NBPA), Friends of Jeddah Parks and Jeddah United Sports Club; four former NBA and WNBA players – Kermit Washington, Purvis Short, Lynette Woodard and Ruthie Bolton – conducted clinics and competitions for male and female basketball players and coaches in Jeddah, a city on the western coast of the country. Read More |
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Warm Welcome Changes the Minds Of Tunisian Basketball Players
The Office of Sports Initiatives (SportsUnited) in the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs held its first visitor program with Tunisia. SportsUnited welcomed the visitors to the U.S. for a ten-day stay (June 15 to June 25, 2008) in the Washington, D.C. area. The youth basketball players and coaches were from the Tunisian Basketball Junior National Federation. The group of twelve players – six boys, six girls – and their three coaches crisscrossed D.C. experiencing many different sides of American life and athletics. Read More |
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Afghan Youth Score Points in Basketball Program
The Afghan Sports Visitors Program, a Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs’ SportsUnited Program, brought seven Afghan girls ages 14-19, four female coaches, and one male coach to the U.S. for a two-week program. The program introduced the delegation to sports in America through basketball. They observed every level of the sport, from junior varsity high school to the NBA, and learned about American life in Washington D.C., Delaware, and Philadelphia.
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Lebanese Teens’ Dreams Come True as Everlasting Bonds Are Formed During U.S. Visit
The U.S. Department of State’s Sports Diplomacy program hosted a group of 12 Lebanese teens, six girls and six boys, in a two-week program in the U.S. These teens, along with two coaches, came from various townships in Lebanon with different religious, economic and social backgrounds. During their first week in the United States, the teen’s traveled to Las Vegas, Nevada observing two U.S. Olympic Qualifying Men’s Basketball games. Read More |
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State Department and the NBA Promote Basketball and Bestow Hope in the Congo
ECA sent National Basketball Association (NBA) star players Juwan Howard, Dikembe Mutombo, and Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA) All-Star Nikki McCray as Sports Envoys to conduct basketball clinics in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) for nearly 250 Congolese boys and girls ages 8 – 18 on July 15 – July 18, 2007. Read More |
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Secretary Rice Honored During WNBA All-Star Salute: Inspiring Women Luncheon
On Friday, July 13, 2007, Secretary Rice received the 2nd annual 2007 WNBA Inspiration Award. This award recognizes an individual who inspires others through her commitment and dedication to work, family and community. The Luncheon hosted more than 300 prominent people in politics, business, entertainment and sports. Read More |
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NBA
Legend Sam Perkins, WNBA Players Andrea Stinson and Shameka Christon
to Conduct Basketball Clinics in Algeria through Public-Private
Partnership
National Basketball Association (NBA) legends player Sam Perkins and Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA) players Andrea Stinson and Shameka Christon will conduct basketball clinics in Algeria, November 9-12, as sports envoys for the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA). These clinics, for boys and girls ages 7-17, will include technique drills and team building activities, as well as providing an opportunity for the youth to engage in dialogue with the American players. Read More |
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ECA
Sports Envoys Discover the Love of Basketball in Algeria
NBA Legend Player and Olympic gold medallist Sam Perkins, WNBA pioneer and All Star Andrea Stinson, and WNBA standout and Junior Olympic gold medallist Shameka Christon conducted four basketball clinics in Algeria for over 600 youths between the ages of 7 and 17 on November 9-13, 2005. Read More |
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"We
Love This Game !" ECA, the NBA and Reebok bring Basketball to
Senegalese Youth
ECA Sports Envoys Cynthia Cooper, former WNBA player with the Houston Comets, and NBA player Jimmy Jackson of the Phoenix Suns, conducted 4 days of clinics for over 500 Senegalese youth September 2-5. Read More |
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Slam-Dunk! U.S. Department of State Partners with the NBA and
Reebok to Promote Youth Basketball in Africa
The U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA) along with U.S. embassies in Algeria, Nigeria and Senegal have partnered with the National Basketball Association (NBA) and its corporate partner Reebok to sponsor basketball clinics for young boys and girls in Africa. Read More |
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Department of State-sponsored Basketball Camp Strikes a Unity
Cord, Nigerian Youths Asks for More
During August 12 - 14, 2005, PAS Abuja and the Federal Capital Sports Council in Abuja Nigeria, brought together over 300 high school kids from different religious beliefs and backgrounds, both boys and girls, to play together as a team using the game of basketball as a vehicle for conflict mitigation and peace building. Read More |
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Public-Private
Partnership through Basketball Benefits Russian and American Youth
The National Basketball Association (NBA) coordinated the visit of a delegation of coaches and general managers to Moscow, Russia, May 6-9, 2005, for the European Final Four basketball tournament. At the request of the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA) and our post in Russia, the NBA worked with the embassy to conduct a basketball clinic for Russian and American youth. The event exemplified public-private partnership with cooperation between the Department of State, the NBA and Spalding. Read More |
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Public-Private Partnerships Benefit Filipino Youth
With funding from the ECA International Sports Initiative open grant competition, the Detlef Schrempf Foundation concluded a highly successful sports exchange with the Philippines, demonstrating how effective public-private partnership can expand the impact of an ECA Office of Citizen Exchanges program. Former NBA star Detlef Schrempf and nine other Americans returned from a two-week stay in the Philippines where they conducted basketball clinics for coaches and two two-day camps for boys and girls, ages seven to eighteen. Read More |
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