Secretary Clinton Delivers Remarks at the Global Diaspora Forum

 

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton delivers remarks at the Global Diaspora Forum, at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on May 17, 2011. [Go to http://www.state.gov/video for more video and text transcript.]

The Secretary of State’s Office of Global Partnerships, in collaboration with the US Agency for International Development (USAID) and the Migration Policy Institute (MPI), organized an action-oriented Global Diaspora Forum.

The goal was to:
1. Recognize and celebrate the contribution of diaspora communities to America’s relationship with their countries of origin or ancestry;
2. Foster diaspora-centric partnership models;
3. Encourage intra-diaspora collaboration and learning.

The Forum will took place over three days (May 17 – 19). While Forum attendance is by invitation, every effort was made to deploy social media and online tools to make the Forum accessible to as wide an audience as possible. Follow the Secretary’s Global Diaspora Forum online via Twitter @DiasporaAtState and using #diaspora.