In Focus
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Internship Project for Migrant Youth in Lower Saxony Launched!
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Launching the Internship Project on the
American Day in Hannover |
On June 9, the "Internship Project for Migrant Youth at Lower Saxony Companies" was officially launched at the Consulate Day in Hannover. This pilot project is designed to provide two-week unpaid internships at Lower Saxony companies to high school students with immigrant backgrounds. The students will be selected based on their proven motivation and qualifications. The internship project is a chance for German and U.S. companies in Lower Saxony to underscore their corporate responsibility efforts and benefit from ethnic diversity. Partners of the project include the Consulate General of the U.S.A. in Hamburg, the American Chamber of Commerce/Chapter Niedersachsen, the integration commissioners of the state of Lower Saxony, and the city of Hannover. Companies in Hannover and its surroundings interested in providing an internship position in the period from October 5-16, 2009 are kindly requested to contact the Lower Saxony integration commissioner's office by August 15, 2009 via: integrationsbeauftragte@mi.niedersachsen.de.
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News From the Consulate |
USA at World’s Largest Sailing Festival
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Chargé d’ Affairs John Koenig
and CG Johnson join the crowd
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June 20 and 21, 2009. The U.S. Consulate General Hamburg, together with two U.S. Navy vessels, participated in Kiel Week, the world's largest sailing festival. USS Mount Whitney, the U.S. Navy's Sixth's Fleet flagship, and USS Forrest Sherman visited Kiel Week after taking part in BALTOPS 2009, a joint naval exercise of 32 units from 11 nations. The U.S. Consulate General Hamburg joined the sailors at the opening weekend with an information tent and manifold activities. The Consulate's Information Resource Center (IRC) provided a variety of information material and publications about the USA, organized a quiz with attractive prizes and screened documentary movies on American history. In addition, the ships' crews offered memorabilia that sold like hotcakes and sailors answered questions from the general public. On opening day, Charge d'Affaires John Koenig and Consul General Karen E. Johnson visited the information tent and engaged in lively discussions with visitors and sailors from many different nations. During the ‘Open Ship' program more than 120 guests visited USS Mount Whitney and USS Forrest Sherman including groups of journalist, minority communities, students and other targeted audiences. The USO also set up a mobile canteen and provided freshly cooked hotdogs, popcorn, and hot & cold beverages for U.S. sailors and visitor groups. Overall, more than 4000 people visited the Consulate's information stand during these two days. Photo Gallery
Edward Hopper Exhibition Makes Hamburg Consulate Swing
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The guests are having
a great time swinging |
June 12, 2009. To draw attention to the art exhibit ‘Modern Life – Edward Hopper and his Time’ currently showing at the Bucerius Kunst Forum in Hamburg, Consul General Karen E. Johnson, together with the Director of the Bucerius Kunstforum, Dr. Ortrud Westheider, hosted a ‘Swinging America’ party at the Consulate on Friday. More than 300 guests, most of them festively dressed in the style of the ‘roaring ‘20s’, enjoyed an evening full of dance and live American music. Consul General Johnson opened the event and welcomed Hamburg’s high society and young professionals to the ‘Little White House on the Alster’. Photo Gallery
American Day in Hannover
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From left: Karen Johnson, city
library director Schelle-Wolff
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June 9, 2009. The U.S. Consulate General in Hamburg organized an " American Day" at the City Hall in Hannover, that attracted a crowd of more than 450 guests. Visitors heard talks about U.S. foreign policy , student exchange and study opportunities in the U.S. and took part in a MeetUS program with two young American Fulbright scholars. Consular services were offered and the Consulate presented a collection of English books to Hannover’s city library. Highlights of the day were a special town hall meeting for students with CG Karen E. Johnson, a meet and greet with U.S. soccer player Steven Cherundolo and a podium discussion about transatlantic relations between CG Johnson and Bundestag member Dr. Werner Hoyer.
NATO-EU Lecture at Hamburg Consulate General
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From the left: Philipp Wachs director of Haus Rissen, Roy Ginsberg, Jan Techau
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May 29, 2009. Dr. Roy Ginsberg, the Joseph C. Palamountain, Jr. Chair in Government at Skidmore College in Saratoga Springs, New York, addressed a crowd of over 140 at the Hamburg Consulate General, speaking about the "The Strategic Partnership between NATO and the EU." The event was co-sponsored by Haus Rissen, the Hamburg-based International Institute for Politics and Economics, as well as the northern branch of the German Council on Foreign Relations (DGAP). Pol/Econ Officer Genevieve Libonati opened the event. Jan Techau, Director of the Alfred von Oppenheim-Center for European Policy Studies at the German Council on Foreign Relations in Berlin, moderated the discussion with Ginsberg.
Multicultural Literature in the U.S.: Creative Writing Workshop and Reading with Nahid Rachlin
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CG Johnson (on the right) intro-
duces Nachid Rachlin
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May 28, 2009. The University of Hamburg and the U.S. Consulate General teamed up to offer a creative writing workshop with Nahid Rachlin, a successful American author who grew up in Iran and who writes about cross-cultural issues. Ms. Rachlin met with a group of university students who had a chance to learn how to set a theme, get the reader’s attention, create convincing characters and publish on the U.S. market. She encouraged them to pursue their dream of becoming a writer and stressed that one needs to be passionate about writing in order to succeed in a difficult profession. In the evening, Consul General Karen E. Johnson hosted a reception at her residence for selected guests where Nahid Rachlin read from her memoir Persian Girls.
President Obama and Change - Youth Outreach in Schleswig-Holstein and Lower Saxony
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| Rundquist in Celle |
May 19, 2009. Former Fulbright Professor and now visiting professor of Politics at the Universities in Leipzig, Halle and Dresden Dr. Paul Rundquist took part in a two-day lecture series on the Obama presidency in Northern Germany. On May 19, Rundquist addressed young Germans at a high school in Seevetal and later engaged members and guests, mostly high school students, of the America Society in Bad Segeberg in a dialogue on the new President and his first months in office. On May 20, Rundquist met with more than 150 students at a high school in Hannover and engaged them in a discussion on American politics. That evening, he spoke to members and guests of the German-American Association in Celle on the topic of "President Obama and Change: Promises and Performance after 100 Days."
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