Global Ties Alabama celebrates 56 years of promoting citizen diplomacy during its 2021 annual town hall meeting. Collaborating with every sector throughout AL and TN has resulted in impactful programs strengthening communities locally and globally. On October 5, 2021, we had the chance to hear from the Mayor of Huntsville and Birmingham, Dr.Katherine Brown, and Ambassador… Read More »
Each year at the National Meeting, Global Ties U.S. recognizes outstanding individuals whose service and contributions exemplify citizen diplomacy. In honor of our 60th anniversary, we are recognizing six professionals who, since 2011, have been both pillars in our community and have helped to chart the path for the next 10 years. The Global Ties Network… Read More »
Written by: Jessica Barnett The News Courier Eight women, each with their own prestigious title in the science, technology, engineering and math fields, took time out of their trip across the United States to visit North Alabama on Tuesday. The women were part of a larger group of international delegates who came to the States… Read More »
My family was one of the first to visit the Czech Bohemian countryside after the Iron Curtain collapsed in 1989. Nothing, in my opinion, can match the charm of that fabled region of mysterious woods, sparkling streams and undulating forested hills. I recall we were walking in the former “no man’s land” on the West German/Czech border,… Read More »
Celebrating 55 Years of Diplomacy in Alabama! In this Issue: Diplomacy Begins Here Summit One Table Huntsville What is a Citizen Diplomat? Download and View the January 2020 Newsletter.
By Beth Thames | bethmthames@gmail.com The journey was a long one, but well worth it. Thirteen-year-old Delaney Kilgour and his grandmother, Karen Young, set out from Lac La Biche, a hamlet in Alberta, Canada, to drive all the way to Huntsville, Alabama. They were bound for Space Camp at the U.S. Space & Rocket Center, 2,000… Read More »
Serve2Unite Will be speaking in Huntsville September 30, 2019. Serve 2 Unite is led by Pardeep Singh Kaleka, who lost his father Satwant Singh Kaleka in the August 5th, 2012 Sikh Temple of Wisconsin shooting, and Arno Michaelis, a former white supremacist who helped to start a gang back in the late 1980s that produced the… Read More »
We are pleased to announce that the founders of Serve 2 Unite will be the keynote presenters at Global Ties Annual Meeting and Diplomacy Luncheon at 11 am on Tuesday, October 1, 2019 at Capitol City Club in Montgomery, AL. Get Tickets Here Serve 2 Unite (S2U) is an organization led by Pardeep Singh Kaleka,… Read More »
June 4-8 Global Ties was proud to host a group from France here to collaborate on best practices in Cybersecurity. Part of this group’s purpose was to be introduced to a variety of institutions devoted to cybersecurity, securing intellectual property, promoting privacy, and cyber policy formulation, study federal, state and local government initiatives to promote… Read More »
