What will it take to provide young changemakers with the global skills they need to make the world a better place? The 2019 AFS Global Conference on Active Global Citizenship—and How…
AFS continues to find new ways to transform short exchange programs into content rich learning labs for young active global citizens. These programs are designed to support Generation Z’s passion…
Grant funding also supports opening a permanent AFS organization in Greece The Stavros Niarchos Foundation (SNF) has awarded a $525,000 grant to AFS Intercultural Programs to launch the Global Citizen Scholarship Program for…
AFS One Classroom Initiative conducted virtual exchanges of schools in China with schools in Brazil and Czech Republic throughout June. Eighty students and teachers participated in meaningful cross-border classroom-to-classroom dialoguediscussing…
The 2019 NAFSA Annual Conference & Expo gathered 10,000 international educators this May in Washington D.C., USA. The event was convened under the theme, “Global Leadership, Learning, and Change,” and…
“Developing real solutions to the world’s interlinked problems—to our problems—depends on everyone working together at some fundamental levels. Given these interlinkages, intercultural learning and global competence education cannot only be…
by Daniel Obst, President & CEO, AFS Intercultural Programs Too frequently these days I am reminded on social media of how divided and polarized our world has become. However, my…
Over the past five years, AFS has joined forces with local schools, universities, NGOs and government ministries to highlight the importance of global competence education for young people from all…
Active Global Citizen Veronica Boix Mansilla, Harvard University Tackling SDG #4 Quality Education Role Principal Investigator of Project Zero and Chair of the Future of Learning Institute at Harvard Graduate…