For Immediate Release

[Manvel, Texas] (September 20, 2010); We Care Act is pleased to announce our
citizen diplomacy program proposal has been selected as a Top Program by the
Youth Service Task Force and the U.S. Center for Citizen Diplomacy (USCCD) and as such will be
highlighted as a key component of the upcoming US Summit for Global Citizen Diplomacy, to be
held November 16‐19, 2010 in Washington, DC.

The Youth Service Task Force, chaired by Steve Culbertson, President & CEO of Youth Service America and Jess Rimington, Director & Founder of One World Youth Project, focuses on youth-oriented organizations and programs that provide innovative and effective ways to involve our youth in helping to solve the global challenges that face us all.

As part of the criteria, the creative use of new technologies and the identification of international partnerships were highly encouraged. Each selected proposal focuses on one or a combination of major global challenges that Americans as citizen diplomats working collaboratively with fellow American and international partners can address. They are:
• Preserving the Environment
• Reducing Poverty & Disease
• Increasing Respect for Human Rights
• Creating a Globally Competent Society
• Encouraging Cultural Engagement
• Achieving Food Security
• Securing U.S. & Global Financial Security

Portfolio summaries of ten selected Top Programs from each of the nine sectors will be available at the Summit for all participants, including potential funders.

The U.S. Summit for Global Citizen Diplomacy is a national meeting presented by the
USCCD in partnership with the U.S. Department of State, Office of Public Diplomacy
and Public Affairs. The Summit is designed to broaden the momentum generated
from the work of the USCCD as a national resource base and network for Americans
to be engaged as citizen diplomats, and two major leadership forums focused on the
revival of citizen diplomacy as a critical component of U.S. public diplomacy and
foreign policy strategy.

The Summit will be the first such meeting since President Eisenhower’s People‐to‐
People conference on the same subject 54 years ago, and will serve as the launch for
a “Decade of Citizen Diplomacy” with a goal to double the number of American
citizen diplomats by 2020.

A complete listing of the selected Top Program organizations and detailed
information about the U.S. Summit for Global Citizen Diplomacy may be found at:
www.uscenterforcitizendiplomacy.org/summit/taskforce

We Care Act and the U.S. Center for Citizen Diplomacy stand together in their
commitment to the expansion and promotion of citizen diplomacy initiatives and
urge their fellow Americans to join the effort.

We Care Act is a non‐profit, youth‐led organization to engage youth and children
around the world to help young disaster victims and others in need. Established in
2008, We Care Act youth team leaders from four different countries have been
helping students suffering from various disasters, including the hurricane Ike
victims in Galveston, Texas and the earthquake victims in Haiti and in Sichuan and
Qinghai, China. We would like to invite youth and children across the globe to join
us as team leaders to make a difference. Please visit www.wecareact.org for more
information.

The U.S. Center for Citizen Diplomacy (USCCD) is a non‐profit, non‐partisan
organization established in 2006 to promote and expand opportunity for all
Americans to be citizen diplomats, and affirm the indispensible value of citizen
involvement in foreign relations. Registration and additional information about the
USCCD and the U.S. Summit for Global Citizen Diplomacy may be found at:
www.uscenterforcitizendiplomacy.org

Contact:
Grace, Sharon & Eric Li
We Care Act
2722 Garden Falls Dr.
Manvel, TX 77578
wca@wecareact.org
832.298.5888

Diane Rasmussen, Director of Communications
U.S. Center for Citizen Diplomacy
525 SW 5th St, Suite A
Des Moines, IA 50309
drasmussen@uscenterforcitizendiplomacy.org
515.282.8192 Ext. 240