Ambassador Sterling Advocates Integration and Tolerance During Visit to Western Slovakia

Ambassador Sterling and High School Students in Senica (Embassy photo)

Ambassador Adam Sterling’s address to 17 and 18 year old high school students in Senica highlighted his recent visit to the Zahorie region of western Slovakia near the Czech border. Sterling spoke about his native New York and experiences with diversity in an appeal to young people to reject hate-based ideologies. Sterling also had meetings with newly elected mayors in Senica and Skalica, and toured the production floor at Kovotvar Kuty; a manufacturing facility that has won acclaim from activists for its efforts to employ members of Slovakia’s marginalized Roma community. Sterling closed his trip with a visit to Skalica’s historic Franciscan monastery, where he tried his hand at making Skalica’s regionally famous trdelnik, a wood-fired pastry.

Ambassador Sterling and High School Students in Senica (Embassy photo)
Ambassador Sterling and High School Students in Senica (Embassy photo)
Ambassador Sterling and High School Students in Senica (Embassy photo)
Ambassador Sterling and High School Students in Senica (Embassy photo)
Senica Mayor Martin Dzacovsky and city councilors welcome Ambassador Adam Sterling and explain regional issues (Embassy photo)
Senica Mayor Martin Dzacovsky and city councilors welcome Ambassador Adam Sterling and explain regional issues (Embassy photo)
Head of Kovotvar Kuty Marcela Tokosova shows Ambassador Sterling the facility and production process (Embassy photo)
Head of Kovotvar Kuty Marcela Tokosova shows Ambassador Sterling the facility and production process (Embassy photo)
Ambassador Adam Sterling is welcomed by new mayor Anna Mierna in Skalica king’s city (Embassy photo)
Ambassador Adam Sterling is welcomed by new mayor Anna Mierna in Skalica king’s city (Embassy photo)
Ambassador Adam Sterling bakes his own "Skalicky trdelnik" (Embassy photo)
Ambassador Adam Sterling bakes his own “Skalicky trdelnik” (Embassy photo)
Ambassador Adam Sterling bakes his own "Skalicky trdelnik" (Embassy photo)
Ambassador Adam Sterling bakes his own “Skalicky trdelnik” (Embassy photo)
Ambassador Adam Sterling bakes his own "Skalicky trdelnik" (Embassy photo)
Ambassador Adam Sterling bakes his own “Skalicky trdelnik” (Embassy photo)