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GTA enjoys a broad, diverse membership composed of people from around the world and from our beloved home state. We gather for enriching conversations and events that enlighten and entertain. Join us and experience the world in your own community! Learn more >

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From meeting with the top experts in their fields to relaxing in your own home with visitors from around the world, you will enjoy a lively, fun, and intellectually stimulating experience. Whether virtual or in-person, our events showcase culture, art, and issues of interest to our members. Learn more >

Meet our Local Partners & Sponsors

These wonderful people work with a respect and appreciation of a global view of life and business. Let us introduce you to our supporters who enable us to bring the world to your doorstep. Learn more >

Become A Volunteer

Under the auspices of the U.S. Department of State and the U.S. Congress, Global Ties Alabama is seeing an increasing number of international visitors, all emerging leaders in their countries, coming to Alabama. In order to adequately host our visitors, we need assistance in greeting the visitors as they arrive, hosting them at dinners, accompanying the visitors to meeting, sharing our expertise with the visitors, taking the visitors shopping, providing local tours, and assisting in the office. Learn more >

WOMEN IN STEM: International leaders visit North Alabama

Written by: Jessica Barnett The News Courier Eight women, each with their own prestigious title in the science, technology, engineering and math fields, took time out of their trip across the United States to visit North Alabama on Tuesday. The women were part of a larger group of international delegates who came to the States… Read More »

Long after wars are settled land mines continue to take lives

My family was one of the first to visit the Czech Bohemian countryside after the Iron Curtain collapsed in 1989. Nothing, in my opinion, can match the charm of that fabled region of mysterious woods, sparkling streams and undulating forested hills. I recall we were walking in the former “no man’s land” on the West German/Czech border,… Read More »

Global Ties Alabama Newsletter

Celebrating 55 Years of Diplomacy in Alabama! In this Issue: Diplomacy Begins Here Summit One Table Huntsville What is a Citizen Diplomat? Download and View the January 2020 Newsletter.