Fostering a Global Leadership Network
CONNECT NEW ORLEANS
WITH THE WORLD
2025 Annual Report
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2025 Annual Report 〰️
Our 2025 Annual Report highlights a year of global engagement and measurable local impact. In 2025, we advanced our mission by creating dynamic opportunities for international partnerships and community connections. Through professional fellowships, IVLP delegations, youth programs, and the launch of our first outbound exchange, we connected New Orleans to the world in ways that were practical, personal, and impactful.
Our efforts strengthened people-to-people diplomacy and delivered tangible economic value, as we transformed $234,861 in program funding into $1,111,596 in direct local economic impact, supporting businesses, service providers, and cultural institutions across New Orleans.
Meaningful Exchange
Global New Orleans connects people across cultures through curated exchanges, travel, and community-centered experiences.
We design intersections between institutions, global leaders, students, educators, artists, and researchers around our city and the world.
Your Next Adventure!
Explore Global New Orleans Curated Experiences
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Global Concierge
Relationship-driven, insider experiences for professional, academic, and special-interest groups who want real access to the people shaping New Orleans—artists, innovators, researchers, and community leaders.
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Exchange Programs
Short-term hands-on exchange that goes deeper than a visit - global leaders connect with New Orleans institutions, experts, and communities.
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Professional Fellowship Programs
Multi-week, real-world work for global fellows. Build skills, relationships, and shared projects inside New Orleans organizations.
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Global Leadership Academy
Where curiosity becomes confidence - New Orleans students enter global conversations with visiting leaders and local changemakers.
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Travel Club
Learning-driven journeys for curious travelers. Explore the world with purpose and bring stories back to New Orleans.
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Member Events
Want to meet the students, professionals, and travelers who make up our network? Attend or host a dinner, or join us for coffee or happy hour!
“My time in New Orleans showed me how powerful international exchange can be. Working with the Gulf States Renewable Energy Industries Association (GSREIA) gave me a front-row seat to the challenges and opportunities of accelerating clean energy in the Gulf region, and it reinforced how much we can learn from each other when communities collaborate across borders.”
Filip Koprcina, Founder and CEO of Energy Shift (Croatia), Young Transatlantic Innovation Leaders Initiative Fellowship Program
“Global New Orleans has helped me to strengthen my own identity and my understanding of my own community, as well as to find my voice representing that Community.”
Carolyn Sideco, Co-Founder of Bayou Barkada
“I’m definitely walking out of here with ideas I didn’t have before. I got to hear other people's ideas and perspectives, from here and from other countries. This was a great to come together to brainstorm ways we can help beyond our community. It is nice to learn about other ways to help and other career paths, especially for someone who is still in high school.”
Kattie, Student, Global Leadership Academy
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