SUMMIT ON CITIZEN DIPLOMACY PRODUCES ACTION PLAN FOR GLOBAL ENGAGEMENT
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YOUR-TOWN, State - Community leaders, civic organizations, business leaders and citizens came together 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.
The Summit's action plans calls for...
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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 dedicating more resources to enable citizens to become more globally engaged.
[Insert number of people] "Citizen Diplomats" attended the Summit, including [notable/high profile attendees]. Participants discussed a wide range of topics, ranging from [insert details about the themes here].
The conference was 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. The Coalition for Citizen Diplomacy has launched a national campaign to increase dramatically the ability of Americans to engage with the global community through international dialogue and exchange.
"This Summit helped us understand why it is important for (your community) residents to be globally engaged," said (name), of (your organization) which helped organize the event. "We are affected by events on the other side of the world and people elsewhere are affected by what happens here. It is an increasingly interdependent world and this Summit helped us see how we fit in."
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.