The Singing Ambassador

What particularly resonated with me about Kate Byrnes' experience as a diplomat is how American popular culture resonated with those in other countries where the textbooks depicted American history in what she considered a distorted way, and singing together became a way of connecting and sharing cultures. Those of us who've served in the Peace Corps and International Voluntary Services have shared that experience as well as her realization that we have everything to gain when we connect with people in other countries in peaceful, life-affirming ways and too much to lose when we don't.