Statement by Ambassador (ret) Charles Ray: To the Africa Subcommittee of the House Foreign Affairs Committee
Chairman and distinguished members of the subcommittee, I am honored to be able to appear before you today to discuss the path forward in US-Zimbabwe relations.
Decision-Making in Times of Uncertainty
These are the times that try men’s souls. The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of their country. But he that stands by it now, deserves the love and thanks of man and woman.
Book Review by Ambassador Ruth A. Davis: Diversifying Diplomacy: My Journey from Roxbury to Dakar
Harriet Elam-Thomas spent a brilliant Foreign Service career successfully encouraging communications between American publics and our foreign interlocutors in order to promote mutual understanding and support for U.S. foreign policy.
Letter in The Washington Post written by Amb. (ret) June Carter-Perry: Let’s get rid of the term ‘biracial.’
The May 17 Style article The Making of Meghan Markle discussed the decision by Ms. Markle– now Meghan, Duchess of Sussex — to call herself biracial. Many families identified as African American are truly multiracial because of consensual or forced sexual relations with white masters during slavery.
A Foreign Service Trailblazer – Ambassador Ruth A. Davis
Ambassador Ruth A. Davis received the American Foreign Service Association’s Lifetime Contributions to American Diplomacy Award in recognition of her distinguished Foreign Service career and lifelong devotion to diplomacy at a June 23 ceremony in the State Department’s Benjamin Franklin Room.
ABAA/TLG Pickering/Rangel/Payne Fellows Reception – June 2016
On June 7, ABAA and TLG members welcomed the 2016 cohort of the Pickering, Rangel and Payne Fellows at the AFSA Headquarters in a reception that attracted numerous high-level officials of the Department, Congress, Howard University and the Washington Center.
ABAA Spring Luncheon with Vernon Jordan – April 2016
Address by Ambassador (Ret) Ruth A. Davis: Challenges Faced by Businesswomen and Solutions to Overcome Them: Successful Stories from Different Parts of the Globe
B to B International Businesswomen’s Exhibition In the Kingdom of Bahrain To the Bahrain Businesswomen’s Society, I would like to thank you for inviting me to participate in this exciting international gathering. I am here in my capacity as Chairwoman of The International Women’s Entrepreneurial Challenge (IWEC), whose mission is to create a Global Network […]
African-American Ambassadors Attend March 2016 Global Chiefs of Mission Conference
The Assistant Secretary for African Affairs joined 10 currently serving African-American Ambassadors representing posts in Africa, South Central Asia, UN organization, Office of Foreign Missions, and the Western Hemisphere for a group photo.
ABAA Executive Board visit to The Washington Center
