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Exchanges<\/span><\/p>\n

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Throughout our over 50-year history, STSCA has sponsored numerous US-Uzbek exchanges and projects. Each exchange program\/project involved many dedicated volunteers who managed various aspects of the program. We are grateful to all our volunteers, but for brevity\u2019s sake list only the lead individual(s) here.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Exchanges<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n
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  • Alpinists<\/strong> \u2013 Frith Maier<\/em><\/span><\/li>\n
  • Art<\/strong> \u2013 Paul D. Natkin<\/em><\/span><\/li>\n
  • Art Pattison Communications Exchange Program<\/strong> \u2013 Michael James Allan, Alan Boyle, and David Endicott<\/em><\/span><\/em><\/span><\/li>\n
  • Ceramic artists<\/strong> \u2013 Wally Bivins and Joanne Young<\/em><\/span><\/li>\n
  • Chefs<\/strong> \u2013 Lydia Barrett<\/em><\/span><\/li>\n
  • Cinematographers<\/strong> \u2013 Dale Blindheim and Dave Frankel<\/em><\/span><\/li>\n
  • Dance<\/strong> (traditional Uzbek dance) \u2013 Laurel Gray and Emiko Nakamura<\/em><\/span><\/li>\n
  • Dentists<\/strong> \u2013 Richard Johnson, Rosh Doan, and Betty Sherman<\/em><\/span><\/li>\n
  • Domestic-violence prevention<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Karen Greene and Diana Pearce<\/em><\/span><\/li>\n
  • English-language resource center<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Joyce Doan, Patricia Leigh, Rich Hawkins, and Joanne Young<\/em><\/span><\/li>\n
  • Hospitals<\/strong> \u2013 Victoria Gallanti<\/em><\/span><\/li>\n
  • Human Potential seminars<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Roy and Leigh Farrell<\/em><\/span><\/li>\n
  • Jewish community<\/strong> \u2013 Rob Spitzer<\/em><\/span><\/li>\n
  • Lawyers<\/strong> \u2013 Robert Alsdorf and Terrance A. Carroll<\/em><\/span><\/li>\n
  • Music<\/strong>\u00a0(Classical and Rock \u2018n\u2019 Roll) \u2013\u00a0Hal Green<\/em><\/span><\/li>\n
  • Organizational-management development<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Millard and Bonnie Mott<\/em><\/span><\/li>\n
  • Orphanage support through OCCA (Orphan Care for Central Asia)<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Paula and Jim Quigley<\/em><\/span><\/li>\n
  • Parks<\/strong> – Mayor Wes Uhlman (Tashkent Park in Seattle), Fred Noland (Seattle Peace Park in Tashkent)<\/em><\/span><\/li>\n
  • Peace Table <\/strong>(sharing knowledge of the food industry)<\/span><\/span>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Jerilyn Brusseau<\/span><\/em><\/li>\n
  • Photography<\/strong><\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span>\u2013\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Claire Garoutte and Ray Meuse<\/span><\/em><\/li>\n
  • Physicians<\/strong><\/span><\/span> \u2013\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Rosh Doan, Roy Farrell, and Royce Morrison<\/span><\/em><\/li>\n
  • Public administration<\/strong><\/span><\/span>\u2013\u00a0<\/span><\/span>City of Seattle Internship<\/span><\/em><\/li>\n
  • Puppet theater<\/strong><\/span><\/span> \u2013\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Chris and Stephen Carter<\/span><\/em><\/li>\n
  • Schools<\/strong><\/span><\/span> \u2013\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Jay and Susan Sasnett, Barb Clagett
    <\/span><\/em><\/li>\n
  • Sculpture<\/strong><\/span><\/span> \u2013\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Richard (Rich) Beyer<\/span><\/em><\/li>\n
  • Sports\/Amputee soccer<\/strong><\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span>\u2013\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Brad Bodley and Bill Barry<\/span><\/em><\/li>\n
  • Teachers<\/strong><\/span><\/span> \u2013\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Angela Halonen-Webb and Kara Vasser<\/span><\/em><\/li>\n
  • Tightrope walkers (traditional from Tashkent)<\/strong><\/span><\/span> \u2013\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Joyce Doan<\/span><\/em><\/li>\n
  • Trade and business<\/strong><\/span><\/span> \u2013\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Gary Furlong<\/span><\/em><\/li>\n
  • Youth summer camp<\/strong><\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span>\u2013\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Hal Green<\/span><\/em><\/li>\n
  • Zoos<\/strong><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span>\u2013\u00a0<\/span><\/span>City of Seattle<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    Special Project<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n
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    • \n
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      • Akhror Fund<\/strong>\u00a0(Long-term support for an accident victim from Tashkent) \u2013\u00a0Joyce Doan and Joanne Young<\/em><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

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        University Exchanges (University of Washington with Tashkent academic institutions)<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n
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        • Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilization<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Ilse Cirtautas<\/em><\/span><\/li>\n
        • Graduate students\/Tashkent State University<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Will Dirks and Megan Gorman<\/em><\/span><\/li>\n
        • Student Exchange office<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0David Fenner<\/em><\/span><\/li>\n
        • Architecture\/Urban Planning department<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Art Rice<\/em><\/span><\/li>\n
        • Business School\/Tashkent State Economic Institute<\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n
        • Drama department\/Ilkhom Theater<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n
        • Engineering College\/Tashkent Polytechnic Institute<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Pete Lauritzen<\/em><\/span><\/li>\n
        • History department<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Aldon Bell<\/em><\/span><\/li>\n
        • Mathematics department<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Edwin Hewitt<\/em><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

          Exchanges\/Projects Co-Sponsored by STSCA<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n
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          • Central Asian textiles exhibits <\/strong>\u2013 Seattle Art Museum<\/em><\/span><\/li>\n
          • Ceramic artists exchange <\/strong>(co-sponsored with Pottery Northwest) \u2013 Joanne Young and Wally Bivins<\/em><\/span><\/li>\n
          • \u201cColors of the Oasis\u201d (ikat<\/em>) exhibit at the Seattle Asian Art Museum and film showing of \u201cDesert of Forbidden Art\u201d <\/strong>\u2013<\/span> MIR Travel Corporation<\/em><\/li>\n
          • \n

            Glasnost’ and Goodwill: Citizen Diplomacy in the Northwest exhibit <\/strong>\u2013 Washington State History Museum<\/em><\/span>
            <\/strong><\/p>\n<\/li>\n

          • Goodwill Games<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Carmen Mathews<\/em><\/span><\/li>\n
          • Ilkhom Theater exchange with ACT Theater<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Kurt Beattie<\/em><\/span><\/li>\n
          • Million Cranes project for schoolchildren <\/strong>(organized by Ploughshares) \u2013\u00a0Akemi Matsamoto and Dwight Wilson<\/em><\/span><\/li>\n
          • Peace Child theater project<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Helen Strickland<\/em><\/span><\/li>\n
          • Physician exchanges <\/strong>(co-sponsored with Medical Teams International) \u2013 Shukhrat Arifdjanov<\/em><\/span><\/li>\n
          • Religious leaders from Uzbekistan<\/strong> (co-sponsored by U.S. State Department)<\/span><\/li>\n
          • Seattle Peace Park in Tashkent<\/strong> (co-sponsored with Ploughshares and Returned Peace Corps Volunteers)<\/span><\/li>\n
          • Seattle Peace Chorus<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Helen Lauritzen and Helen Hustad<\/em><\/span><\/li>\n
          • Target Seattle<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Aldon and Betsy Bell, Kay Bullitt, and Rosh Doan<\/em><\/span><\/li>\n
          • Teacher and Student exchanges <\/strong>(co-sponsored with Accent on Understanding) \u2013 Dan Peterson<\/em><\/span><\/li>\n
          • Ten Thousand Tiles project<\/strong> (tiles decorated and shipped to Tashkent for the Seattle Peace Park) \u2013\u00a0Akemi Matsamoto<\/em><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

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