Washington,
DC -- Eight Hungarian mayors, representing all
parliamentary parties and towns of various sizes, visited Cleveland, OH,
and Washington, DC, between July 2-23 for a Public Policy and Training
Workshop, organized by the Hungarian American Coalition and co-sponsored
by the U.S. Department of State and the U.S. Embassy in Budapest
The
participants were Borbála Bögre of Tiszatarján, László Dióssy of
Veszprém, Nándor Litter of Nagykanizsa, István Mészáros of Bácsbokod,
Imre Nagy of Eger, Miklós Szabó, Vice President of the General Assembly
of Győr-Moson-Sopron County, and Erzsébet Udvardi, Mayor of Kisbér.
The
first, Cleveland phase of the Workshop included intensive English classes
offered by Ashland University, a visit to Ashland, Ohio, for meetings with
the Mayor, University leaders and the Ashbrook Foundation, a meeting with
Cleveland’s Mayor Jane Campbell, and an enthusiastic reception by more
than 100 Cleveland-area Hungarian Americans held at the beautiful
Cleveland Hungarian Heritage Museum.
The
second phase of their program in Washington, DC, between July 15-23,
was conducted under the sponsorship of the U.S. Department of State,
International Voluntary Visitors Program.
