Task forces

Tom Sleigh (USA) teaches Students at Dadaab Camp, Kenya (June 2009) – International Writing Program, University of Iowa.

* Photo Credit: Tom Sleigh (USA) teaches students at Dadaab Camp, Kenya (June 2009) – International Writing Program, University of Iowa.

TaskForce Reports presented at the Summit are available online now. Please visit our Reports page.

In preparation for the Summit, more than 100 NGO leaders worked in nine Task Force groups to solicit and vet hundreds of proposals from citizen diplomacy organizations to be presented at the Summit. These organizations responded to a challenge for new, innovative programs to increase the number of Americans engaged with the world.

We are pleased to announce the name of the top 10 organizations that have been selected by each of the nine Task Forces. Each programs selected focused on one or a combination of seven major global challenges that Americans as citizen diplomats working collaboratively with fellow American and international partners can address.

Click through on each Task Force name below to learn more about the Task Force, its committee members and the top 10 organizations selected by the respective Task Force.

For a detailed list of criteria used to selected each organization, review our Guidelines for Top Ten Organization Selection page.