Inspiring Youth to Become Active Global Citizens

GCC is excited to bring the strengths of our resources and offerings into one year-long student engagement program for the 2014-15 school year. Over the summer, the team has been preparing the content for the various components of the student program, which will include: 

• Standards-Aligned Curriculum: Six lessons to prepare students with the knowledge and skills needed to tackle this year's theme of Innovations in Global Health. 
• Global Youth Summit: An all-day conference focusing on collaboration, problem solving, and project design.
• School Community Action Plans: Students take action on the global theme in their local communities.
• Concern to Action Showcase: Year-end celebration of student learning and community action plans.
• Student Field Visit: Selected student leaders visit one of Concern's operational countries to learn more about the issue firsthand in the developing world.

In addition to the program preparations, GCC brought two students and two teachers from NYC and Chicago to Tanzania in July to visit Concern's livelihoods programs and to connect them to local youth for cross-cultural exchange. As Julia, a 18-year old student participant summarized, “This trip is a great way to see other cultures in a way that you never would if you just came with your family. You get to learn and experience new things about yourself and others. It was a life-altering trip I'll never forget.”