To better promote international understanding around the world, the Department of State's Strategic Plan for 2004-2009 identifies "outreach to both broader and younger audiences" as a crucial goal. Creating Future Leaders American Corners in Russia is an important step toward this goal. The Future Leaders American Corner is a new version of the "standard" American Corner. Its primary audience is Russian young people. It is designed to familiarize younger generations with American democratic values such as freedom of speech and information, religious and ethnic tolerance, and individual freedom.