Asian American Chamber of Commerce
Business After Hours - Global Social

The Asian American Chamber of Commerce and
the International Council of Central Florida co-sponsored this event.

located at the Stirling Sotheby's Global Gallery, downtown Orlando.

July 22, 2009

 by Asia Trend

 Photo by Gary Lau

The International Council of Central Florida welcomed a visiting delegation of Chinese Rural
Economic Development and Poverty Alleviation specialists to Central Florida in July 19-23.
The delegation came under the International Visitor Leadership Program of the US Department of
State. This program seeks to further relations between countries and professional through
“citizen diplomacy”, or the idea that a handshake goes further than words will. The group spent
three weeks touring the United States including; Washington DC, Syracuse, NY, Orlando, Fl,
Kansas City, MO, and San Francisco, CA. The delegation consisted of women’s federation leaders,
academia, rural credit executives, government offi cials, and members of the regional councils.
While in Orlando and Central Florida, the delegation spent time with Well Florida and the North
Florida Rural Health Partnership learning how organizations coordinate resources. The group
visited Harbor House, a women’s shelter. They also met with Florida’s Natural Citrus to learn the
advantages of a Co-op system of farming and listened to the College Offi cials from Daytona State
College about the benefi ts of Virtual Campuses and Teaching.

The visit was highlighted by an evening co-hosted by the Asian American Chamber of
Commerce and the International Council at the Stirling Sotheby’s Global Gallery in the Plaza.
The visitors had the chance to meet and mingle with professionals from both organizations while creating both business and professional friendships.

“This was the perfect opportunity to introduce Central Florida to the world and also introduce the world to Central Florida’s great diversity”, states Max Stewart, Executive Director of the International Council of Central Florida and the delegations host for the week.

Information on how you can be apart of upcoming groups hosted by the International
Council of Central Florida can be found at www.iccfvip.com or by calling 407-321-136.

To know more about Asian American Chamber of Commerce,
please visit www.asianamericanchambercfl .org

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