The Women of Color Advancing Peace and Security's Global Advocacy and Diplomacy (WCAPS-GAD) Working Group is hosting a virtual summit on Tuesday, September 29th as a part of WCAPS' third anniversary. 

Our Global Advocacy and Diplomacy Summit is our signature biennial program designed to educate our network and amplify the advocacy and diplomacy positions, interests, and initiatives of a region. Our Fall 2020 Summit will feature Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC-GAD).

The LAC-GAD summit will include speed language immersion (ie. mini GAD Lingos) and cultural diplomacy trivia networking breaks along with three sessions on the:

• history of U.S. Diplomacy ft. (2) U.S. Ambassadors who served in the region

• SDG Achievements, and

• Advocacy Actions and Priorities in the LAC region

with guest hosts, moderators, and speakers and panelists representing the following government, multilateral institutions, and non-profit organizations:

• Former U.S. Ambassadors in the region

• CARICOM

• UN Development Programme*

• The August Project

• USAID*

• The International Association of Women Judges

• UNICEF*

• Equanimity Foundation

• UN Women*

• MTA Visions Global CSR & Gov't Relations

• Washington Office on Latin America*

• Foreign Policy for America

• Open Society Foundations*

• UK Mission to the United Nations

• Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean*

• and many more...

Registration is open to all WCAPS Members and Affiliates starting on Monday, September 21, 2020. Stay tuned for daily updates next week on sponsors, partners, guest speakers and panelists.

We hope that all has been well to date. Continue to take good care and stay safe in this season. United, we will overcome!