Initiative for Global Citizen Diplomacy

Initiative for Global Citizen Diplomacy

The Issue

There is vast and overwhelming evidence that America’s greatest global asset is its people. Unfortunately, resources for mobilizing and capitalizing on that asset are meager and shrinking. Opportunities for mutually beneficial interactions between Americans and the peoples of other nations have been reduced. Additionally, Americans’ knowledge about the world is woefully inadequate at all ages, especially at the K-12 level.

America needs a new and compelling CALL TO ACTION that will energize and motivate its citizenry to become globally engaged—to become citizen diplomats. This CALL is akin to a Marshall Plan for the 21st Century that will sow the seeds of a new mentality in the collective American psyche.

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Derek ForsythePetition StarterCitizen Diplomacy is the concept that the individual has the right, even the responsibility, to help shape U.S. foreign relations, “one handshake at a time.” Citizen diplomats can be students, teachers, athletes, artists, business people, humanitarians, adventurers or tourists. They are motivated by a responsibility to engage with the rest of the world in a meaningful, mutually beneficial dialogue.
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The Issue

There is vast and overwhelming evidence that America’s greatest global asset is its people. Unfortunately, resources for mobilizing and capitalizing on that asset are meager and shrinking. Opportunities for mutually beneficial interactions between Americans and the peoples of other nations have been reduced. Additionally, Americans’ knowledge about the world is woefully inadequate at all ages, especially at the K-12 level.

America needs a new and compelling CALL TO ACTION that will energize and motivate its citizenry to become globally engaged—to become citizen diplomats. This CALL is akin to a Marshall Plan for the 21st Century that will sow the seeds of a new mentality in the collective American psyche.

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Derek ForsythePetition StarterCitizen Diplomacy is the concept that the individual has the right, even the responsibility, to help shape U.S. foreign relations, “one handshake at a time.” Citizen diplomats can be students, teachers, athletes, artists, business people, humanitarians, adventurers or tourists. They are motivated by a responsibility to engage with the rest of the world in a meaningful, mutually beneficial dialogue.
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Petition created on April 18, 2009