OneWorld Now! announces Seattle Strong, a partnership with 100,000 Strong

On November 15, 2011 OneWorld Now! held our Seattle Strong Luncheon to announce Seattle's partnership with President Obama's 100,000 Strong Initiative, which aims to strengthen US-China ties and American familiarity with China by diversifying and increasing the number of American students studying abroad in China.

OWN's nine year track record of teaching Mandarin Chinese and providing study abroad scholarships to China, as well as our focus on underserved youth, make us a natural lead agency in Seattle on this initiative, where the goal is not just to increase but also to diversify who goes to China. Seattle has been selected by the Obama administration, along with Los Angeles, Chicago, and Washington D.C., as one of the four leading cities to participate in the initiative.

Through the Seattle Strong partnership, OWN hopes to generate funds and opportunities for underserved Seattle youth to study abroad in China. Seattle Public Schools Interim Superintendent Susan Enfield spoke at the event, as did OneWorld Now! alumnus Philmon Haile. U.S. Ambassador to China and former Washington State governor Gary Locke spoke at the event via video and expressed his support for the initiative and the work of OneWorld Now!. Seattle Mayor Mike McGinn voiced his support for the Seattle Strong initiative in a press conference following the luncheon.

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