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Loyalty & Respect
http://www.state.gov/p/wha/rls/fs/2011/158610.htm
They are funding 100k students to study abroad. There is a big interest in having Afro-Brazilians attend American HBCU's. A delegation of HBCU Presidents went to visit the country earlier this year and there is currently a delegation of Brazilian Education officials visiting American HBCU's. We need to make sure we don't let the East Coast schools steal all of them.
Linkages between Historically Black Colleges and Brazilian Universities: The United States and Brazil agreed to promote exchanges between U.S. Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) and Brazilian universities, in support of the U.S.-Brazil Joint Action Plan on Racial Equality. A Brazilian delegation of university leaders will attend the annual HBCU conference in Washington, D.C., in September 2011 with the goal of exchanging ideas about how to expand education opportunities to historically marginalized groups in both countries.
They are funding 100k students to study abroad. There is a big interest in having Afro-Brazilians attend American HBCU's. A delegation of HBCU Presidents went to visit the country earlier this year and there is currently a delegation of Brazilian Education officials visiting American HBCU's. We need to make sure we don't let the East Coast schools steal all of them.