Welcome to Friendship Force of Knoxville, tn
A World of Friends is a
World of Peace
What is Friendship Force?
Friendship Force is a non-profit international organization that promotes cultural understanding through personal contact. The Friendship Force of Knoxville utilizes travel as a means to meet people from different cultures and places rather than emphasizing the place itself. By being a guest in other people's homes and by inviting them to be a guest in our homes, we believe we can break barriers that divide us.
Change the way you see the world!
- Make friends around the world
- Stay in homes of people around the world
- Host in your home people from around the world
- Foster International good will
- Enhance cross-cultural understanding
For More Information About Friendship Force International, please visit their website at https://friendshipforce.org/
San Antonio Inbound at Appalachian Museum w/FFK
Note from the President
May 1 was a red-letter day for FFK as we welcomed ambassadors from Friendship Force Manitoba, Canada! This was our first Friendship Force inbound journey from outside the U.S. (except for hosting an Open World delegation from Uzbekistan in 2022) since well before the pandemic! From May 1-May 8, FFK members introduced our new friends from Canada to the past & present in downtown Knoxville, Oak Ridge, Norris, the Smoky Mountains, and Jonesborough as well as in our homes. See wonderful photos of these activities on the FFK Facebook page and page 5 of the newsletter. Thanks much to Journey Coordinators Leslie Badaines and Karen Scott who did such a terrific job planning and organizing this journey!
Marsha and Art Mitchell are hosting our June 25th program meeting with an al fresco dinner at their home with tales of their trip to Uzbekistan last fall when they stayed with the Uzbek judge who was their house guest as a member of the 2022 Open World delegation from Uzbekistan. We will have another special treat - we will be joined by several Uzbek prosecutors and their interpreters who will be participating in an educational program in Knoxville that week to learn about U.S. federal prosecutions. Details about this upcoming event are on page 1.
Welcome to new members Poonam Harsh, who joined in February, and Tirthankar Ghosal, who joined this month! Please take an opportunity to get acquainted with both of them. Thank you to Dee Pierce for introducing them to FFK.
Betsy Tonkin, President