The Public Diplomacy Council's First Monday Forum covered "The Future of Cultural Diplomacy" at George Washington University's Elliott School of International Affairs on May 7. Panelists included (L-R) Jay R. Raman, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs at Department of State; Ramona Diaz, Award Winning Documentary Filmmaker; Christopher Marianetti, Co-Founder and Artistic Director of Found Sound Nation; and David Lowery, Mathematician, Musician and Entrepreneur. Photo Credit: Felicia Pratt

This month's PDC Lunch and Learn Forum hosted the Department of State bullpen journalists ,"Covering the State Department - A Conversation with Bullpen Journalists". This forum on held on April 26 at the American Foreign Service Association featured Felicia Schwartz, Foreign Affairs Reporter (Wall Street Journal); Abigail Williams, State Department Producer (NBC News), Barbara Plett Usher, State Department Correspondent (BBC) and Matt Lee, Diplomatic Writer (Associated Press). Photo Credit: BBC

PDC President Adam Clayton Powell III attended the first ever Africa-US Public Diplomacy Conference at the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg on March 10th. The conference was co-sponsored by The Public Diplomacy Council, aims to commence the first Public Diplomacy Project in Africa. Pictured L-R: Adam Clayton Powell III, President of the PDC; Prof. Gilbert Khadiagala, Director, African Center for the Study of the USA; Prof. Tawana Kupe, Acting Vice Chancellor of the university; Jay Wang, Director, USC Center on Public Diplomacy; and Dr. Bob Wakesa, Director of the university's new Public Diplomacy initiative. (Photo credit: Koko)

Our collaboration with the American Council of Ambassadors for the Kathryn W. Davis Fellows. Council members meet with each Fellow for several mentoring meetings where they share their experience in public diplomacy and career management. Pictured are the 2017 Fellows, Maren Payne-Holmes (far left) and Julius Tsai (right), with the Honorable Bruce Gelb. Photo Credit: Brian Carlson