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The start of the Biden-Harris administration presents the United States with the opportunity to harness subnational diplomacy to solve domestic and global problems. The primary delivery mechanism for this should be the establishment and permanent institutionalization of a Subnational Diplomacy Office (SDO) in the Department of State, headed by an ambassador-at-large. The administration can accomplish this by supporting the passage of the bipartisan City & State Diplomacy Act passed by the House of Representatives in 2020 to create such an office.
A first functional SDO was created by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton when she appointed Reta Jo Lewis as special representative of global intergovernmental affairs in the Department of State. While this innovative office was dissolved in 2013, its success in advancing U.S. global goals in the economic, strategic, and environmental arenas is well-known. It is time to establish a permanent SDO that carries out the following functions for
STOCKTON – Benjamin Reddish Jr. s approach to life is best summed up by his favorite question his son, B. Joe Reddish III, said.
Whether it was at work, at home or in line at a store, the elder Reddish would greet people by asking “Are you choosing to have a good day?”
Benjamin Reddish Jr. brought his optimism about life to students over his years as an educator and to his friends, family and community. He passed away Dec. 5 in Stockton at the age of 85.
He left behind a rich legacy of learning, hard work and civic goodwill.
To his son, the basis of all the good his father did is in that one simple, hopeful question.