FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: (name)
[DATE] (phone #)
(e-mail address)
YOUR-TOWN, State - Community leaders, civic organizations, business leaders and citizens will gather for a Summit on Citizen Diplomacy on (date) at (location) to discuss the importance of engaging more Americans in Citizen Diplomacy on the local and national levels and ways to bring visibility to the Citizen Diplomacy movement.
Mayor XXX will be the keynote speaker at the opening session.
Summit organizers hope to raise awareness of the international interests of (town/city) and to examine ways to build networks and expand resources to increase the community's global outreach and engagement. Discussion topics will include: xxxxx
(Quote from Summit organizer/chair, representative of a sponsoring organization)
The findings from this Summit and others held around the country will be used to develop the agenda for a National Summit on Citizen Diplomacy in Washington, DC in July 2006. The Summit organizers, the Coalition for Citizen Diplomacy, will issue a national report to the President, the Congress, and the American people, setting a bold agenda for raising awareness of Citizen Diplomacy and for building a national Citizen Diplomacy movement.
The conference is being hosted/sponsored by [insert hosting organization(s) here]. It is one of several community events being held around the country under the auspices of the Coalition for Citizen Diplomacy, a group of over one hundred leaders from the non-profit, business, academic and exchange communities committed to building peace through active and sustained international engagement of Americans at home and abroad.
Citizen Diplomacy is the participation by hundreds of thousands of Americans in activities that promote international exchange, dialogue and learning for the benefit of the individual, the community, the nation and the world.
The Coalition for Citizen Diplomacy is a group of more than one hundred leaders from the non-profit, business, academic and exchange communities in the U.S. committed to building peace through the active and sustained international engagement of Americans at home and abroad. For more information visit our website at www.citizen-diplomacy.org or e-mail info@citizen-diplomacy.org.