Category: Stories

La Salle Supports International Students through College Admissions With nearly 200 international students from more than 50 nations, La Salle knows how important small class sizes can be to international […]

Thanks to you, we embarked on a new journey to support an expanded high school exchange program in 2017. With your help, the program has grown from 71 students to […]

Ami Bharat Chheda is an emerging leader who wants to change the lives of youth in India. Ami visited Philadelphia for a month-long fellowship with Tomea A. Sippio-Smith, K-12 Education […]

In October, Marla Axelrod, director of Legal and Government Affairs for the Philadelphia Eagles gave Russian football coaches and managers the experience of a lifetime by treating them to a […]

Promoting Social Change Through the Arts “I realize that I’ve just had an experience of a lifetime. I am not going to be the same again.” This was Ms. Siniatkina’s […]

Eds and Meds continue to be the sectors that attract international businesses and delegations. Philadelphia continues to reach out to China and Japan to expand business opportunities. “In order to […]

Lauren Swartz’s goal is to position Philadelphia as a global destination for business, talent and  investment. As the senior director of International Business for the City of Philadelphia at the […]

In April, a multinational group of 24 entrepreneurs and professionals visited Philadelphia to connect to our thriving social entrepreneurship sector and share the innovations that are successfully driving global social, […]

Philadelphia and Tianjin became Sister Cities on December 6, 1979. Over the last 40 years, Citizen Diplomacy and its members have witnessed the dramatic evolution of this bilateral relationship. We […]

All year long, Citizen Diplomats show American hospitality to international guests and make their visit in Philadelphia as enriching as possible through a night of home-cooked meals, local tours and […]