Cultural Vistas’ CEO Jennifer Clinton gives a speech to begin the 2023 Bridge to Access Benefit On November 8th, 2023 Cultural Vistas invited partners, alumni, friends, and community members to the Organization of American States in Washington, D.C. to discuss the organization’s impact on individuals and communities both over the past 60 years and in plans for future programming and outreach. Bridge to Access: Connect with Rwanda At this event, Cultural Vistas raised funds for its newest program: Connect with Rwanda. The program allows HBCU students the chance to visit Rwanda, engage with thei ..read more

My first day in Deutschland! Hi everyone! My name is Jamauri Bryan. I am currently a member of the 38th cohort of the Congress-Bundestag Youth Exchange for Young Professionals (or CBYX for short!) I am originally from Fort Lauderdale, Florida, and graduated from the University of Florida with a Bachelor of Science in Family, Youth, & Community Sciences. I had never been to Germany or studied German before CBYX, but I became interested in the country back in 2019. During my senior year of college, I became good friends with a German exchange student from Aachen. Towards the end of the semes ..read more

We experienced firsthand that learning and broadening horizons do not stop even as the summer months arrive. Earlier this year, Cultural Vistas worked with its partners in the Office of International Visitors at the U.S. Department of State on a unique opportunity to virtually connect alumni from the International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP) to U.S. students aged between twelve and twenty-four years old. The “IVLP in the Classroom” pilot program offered IVLP alumni a chance to connect with American youth and share their knowledge and experience on a broad range of topics, including langu ..read more

The Alfa Fellowship Program and Cultural Vistas invite American, British, and German professionals to apply for the 2022-2023 program year in Russia by December 1.  Since 2004, the Alfa Fellowship Program has provided over 200 emerging leaders from the U.S., U.K., and Germany with the opportunity to gain professional experience in business, media, law, policy, arts/cultural management, human development, and other areas through an 11-month, fully-funded fellowship in Moscow.  The program begins with language training in the fellow’s home country, followed by a group language cou ..read more

Cultural Vistas is a staunch advocate for the data privacy of our clients, participants, and stakeholders. In 2021, we formally solidified the trust others put into our organization by achieving an ISO 27001 Information Security Certification.   ISO 27001:2013 is the international standard for best practices in Information Security Management Systems (ISMS). This standard requires rigorous business controls and management processes to ensure information security and business risks are identified, evaluated, and managed for the benefit and continuity of the business. Risks are comprehensiv ..read more

It is our pleasure to announce the newest cohort of the Congress-Bundestag Youth Exchange (CBYX) for Young Professionals program! Seventy young professionals from the United States will leave for Germany on July 31st for an 11-month program of intensive language studies, homestay, internship and university study and be placed throughout Germany. We are especially excited that the program will return to an in-person format this year after being fully virtual for the 37th cohort. Participants from the 37th year were invited to reapply, and many were selected for the in-person program again this ..read more

Daeun Kim is one of the many interns within the Cultural Vistas network that had to change their plans and intern virtually instead of abroad. Read more about how she adapted to the new global workplace through her placement via Cultural Vistas’ Korea WEST program. Hi Vistans! My name is Daeun Kim and I’m from South Korea. I am currently a senior majoring in English Literature at Chonnam National University in Gwangju, South Korea. I am interested in English and U.S. culture and want to know and experience life in America, so I applied for an exchange program and internship experience. Due to ..read more

Last week, the Robert Bosch Foundation Fellowship program came to a close, following a 37-year run supporting and inspiring over 500 accomplished professionals from the United States to strengthen friendship and understanding between the U.S. and Germany. Cultural Vistas has worked with the Robert Bosch Foundation as its partner during this entire period, supporting the aim of advancing transatlantic relations. To reflect on this moment in history, I reached out to members from the first cohort who went to West Germany in 1984. It was a time when the Allied a ..read more

WASHINGTON (June 30, 2021) — Cultural Vistas and the Heinrich Böll Foundation in Washington, D.C. are pleased to announce the start of the new transatlantic professional exchange New Transatlantic Synergies: Building a Diverse and Inclusive Culture of Remembrance (DAICOR). DAICOR is a reciprocal transatlantic exchange program for individuals with a professional interest in the promotion of an inclusive and progressive culture of remembrance in public spaces in Germany and the United States. The program is funded by the Transatlantic Program of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs ..read more

Cultural Vistas launches its 2021 annual campaign – join us on the journey as we set out on a new path forward. Read more in our Case for Support and learn how you can make an impact. The post Learn about our New Path Forward in our Case for Support appeared first on Cultural Vistas ..read more