WASINGTON, DC – The 2017 Heritage America Program, sponsored by the National Hellenic Society and Manatos & Manatos, took place July 13-16. This unique and proprietary program is in its second year and reconnects college-aged Greek-American students with their roots, heritage, culture, and Hellenic identity through the prism of the American experience. Students learn little-known information about the rise of the Greeks in America over the last 100 years. Participants meet a who’s-who of Greek-American decision makers, business leaders, and other important contacts who will serve as future mentors and career guides for Heritage America alumni.
Participant Alexi Nikolopoulos wrote about her experience in a post on LinkedIn. She wrote, “From July 13-16, I had the privilege of participating in Heritage America, a program co-sponsored by the National Hellenic Society and Manatos & Manatos and designed to connect Greek-American college students to their Hellenic heritage. Over four days in Washington, DC, twelve fellow students and I met Greek-American politicians and business leaders who inspired us with their stories of success and conveyed the important role their Hellenic heritage has played in fostering that success.”
She summarized the highlights of the program which included meetings with Ambassador of Greece to the US Haris Lalacos, Greek-American members of Congress Charlie Crist (D-FL), John Sarbanes (D-MD), Dina Titus (D-NV), and Niki Tsongas (D-MA), and the first U.S. Director of National Intelligence and former Deputy Secretary of State John Negroponte who recounted his experiences as U.S. Ambassador to Honduras, Mexico, the Philippines, and Iraq.
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Source: thenationalherald.com
