Rethinking How Social Innovation Really Happens
by Daniel Obst, President & CEO of AFS Intercultural Programs This year’s Social Innovation Summit in Silicon Valley proved to be so much more than a buzzword gathering featuring tons of…
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The power of mobility programs in fighting xenophobia and promoting diversity
by Melissa Liles, Chief Global Engagement Officer, AFS Intercultural Programs These remarks were delivered at AFS Czech Republic’s Education for Life Symposium III: “Xenophobia and Diversity — Face-to-Face” in Prague…
We educate to change the world
At the second regional AFS forum in the Caribbean, “Education and Global Citizenship: Developing Essential Competences for the 21st Century,” earlier this year in the Dominican Republic, speakers from all…
Collaboration, empathy and self-awareness are key skills of global citizens, an AFS forum concludes
In this article, you will read about: Key skills of global citizens and important prerequisites for learning to live together Main outcomes of the international forum on intercultural understanding, “Living,…