🏂🏔️CHI's Work & Travel Team is currently attending the @NationalSkiAreas Western Conference & Tradeshow from January 17th-19th at the @KeystoneResort in Colorado! Come say hi to Mary, Lindsay, and Lissa at Booth 212! 👋

#WorkAndTravel #exchangeourworld #workandtravel2024

🌍📅 Only one month left until Exchange Day!

Exchange Day is a worldwide celebration of the power of international exchange. #CelebrateExchangeDay , #ExchangesImpact : #ExchangeDay2023 , #EatPlayGive #exchangeourworld @exchangeourworld

🧧Happy Lunar New Year from CHI and our hospitality intern program participant Yacen from China who is representing her beautiful culture at the Marriott International Ritz Carlton Reynolds in Lake Oconee, Georgia.

#ExchangeOurWorld #BridgeUSA #culturalexchange

Join CHI in celebrating the
powerful impact of international education and
exchange worldwide.

#InternationalEducation , #IEW , #IEW 2022,
#OpenforOpportunity , #StudywithUS #OpenDoors ,
Educational & Cultural Affairs—U.S. Dept. of State

CHI is attending the Alliance for International Exchange’s Annual Conference in Washington DC. We’re gathered together with like-minded people who believe in the powerful impact of public diplomacy and cultural exchange.

Alliance for International Exchange #allianceforinternationalexchange

🌍Ambassador Fund for Summer Work & Travel (AFSWT) scholarship recipients gathered in Budapest, Hungary recently to celebrate and share their summer experience in the U.S
Thanks to Shawn Kobb, Cultural Attaché, and the public and consular affairs staff at the U.S. Embassy Hungary

Thanks to all of CHI's partners who stopped by our booth at WYSTC 2022 in Lisbon, Portugal. It was wonderful to see everyone! We wish our colleagues in the youth travel industry a great season ahead, and we look forward to seeing you again next year! #wystc2022 #youthtravel

WYSTC 2022 is happening now in Lisbon, Portugal. If you are attending the event, come say hello to our team! Tom and Lilka Areton, CHI's founders, are excited to meet you!
#wystc2022 #youthtravel #culturalexchange

Thank you to all the Summer Work and Travel 2022 participants for a great season! These international university students have not only gained work experience and learned about American culture, but also shared their culture in many communities across the US.

#exchangeourworld

The CHI team is wishing everyone to have a great Labor Day weekend! #laborday #culturalexchange #exchangeourworld

Over 300 million people around the world celebrate Nowruz today. Happy Nowruz from CHI! #Nowruz #Nowruz Mubarak

The Alliance thanks the Biden Administration for formally withdrawing a proposed rule on duration of status announced last fall. If implemented, the rule would have negatively impacted int’l students and exchange visitors bit.ly/D_SRule

As businesses across the U.S. are getting the greenlight to reopen at full capacity, the absence of international exchange visitors leaves them wondering… where’s the help? bit.ly/WheresTheHelp
Reuters

Congratulations to Lee Satterfield on her nomination to serve as Assistant Secretary for Educational & Cultural Affairs—U.S. Dept. of State. Lee is a terrific choice for the position as a dedicated public servant with expertise in and support of int'l exchange. We look forward to supporting her confirmation.

Ilir Zherka 'argued the J-1 program doesn’t just benefit local economies, but also helps strengthen national security by promoting understanding and appreciation of U.S. culture.' Read more from AP here: bit.ly/3aHofhz

'The J-1 program is at a critical juncture for the summer 2021 season and further visa issuance delays will prevent the program from taking place this summer.'

Read Senator Bob Menendez's full letter to Department of State here: alliance-exchange.org/wp-content/upl…

Article by [email protected] Executive Director of the @AllianceforInternationalExchange:
Action is indeed needed to allow cultural exchange programmes like au pair again in the USA.

bit.ly/2P8ZoeQ

“We ensure close ties for the next generation of Irish and Americans through the Exchange Visitor Program and the Ireland Intern Work and Travel program. We look forward to restarting and growing these programs.” Read more from WH on US-IE partnership: bit.ly/3bVFBs