CBM: Unites with IVLP Program Participants from 4 other continents, in the USA

CBM Deputy Director, Nemanja Nestorovic, was honored to be part of the group of the International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP) implemented by World Learning and funded by the U.S. Department of State, and spend 3 exciting weeks in Washington, North Carolina, Iowa, and New Mexico! The IVLP cohort is a three-week program, themed Human and Civil Rights for Marginalized Communities, which explored topics such as the U.S. Civil Rights Movement, homelessness, refugee resettlement, criminal justice, police reform, and poverty along with access to healthcare.

The group of 21 participants from Europe, Asia, Africa, and the Caribbean, met with human rights leaders, government officials, professors, policymakers, and heads of non-profits throughout the country. The three-week program aimed to bring the international participants and their American counterparts together to share best practices on preventing human rights violations against members of marginalized communities, building local capacity to document abuses, reforming discriminatory laws and policies, and planning education campaigns to promote tolerance and inclusion.