Over 250 Students Participate in Global Dialogue
On Wednesday, December 9, Thibeaux H. ’21 (Global Scholar), Laila W. ’21 (Global Scholar), Jacqueline S. ’22, and GIP co-coordinator Ann Diederich participated in a global student dialogue on “Youth Action for Global Causes.”
Over 250 students and faculty facilitators from 13 different countries—Belarus, Canada, Chile, England, France, Ghana, India, Romania, Russia, South Africa, Spain, Turkey, and the United States—attending 43 different schools all came together to discuss their perspectives. Student participants shared the causes about which they are inspired, and they collectively developed understandings about the competencies required to tackle these challenges today, and in the future.
Some of the causes shared included an Indian activist dedicated to helping local farmers due to COVID-19, pushback against intense higher education pressure in China, and America’s unjust incarceration system. According to Laila W. ’21, "It was super inspiring to be in a virtual room with change-makers who are my age and who live in different parts of the world. It was moving to see that despite global borders and different national identities we all had similar issues in mind that we are passionate about solving."
The program was organized by the Global Education Benchmark Group (GEBG), a non-profit association of schools with global education programs. This virtual student dialogue gave students an opportunity to learn how to engage in respectful dialogue, communicate across differences, and understand multiple perspectives around a complex global issue. After the event, Thibeaux H. ’21 shared that "youth are powerful and we are going to make change."
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Over 250 students and faculty facilitators from 13 different countries—Belarus, Canada, Chile, England, France, Ghana, India, Romania, Russia, South Africa, Spain, Turkey, and the United States—attending 43 different schools all came together to discuss their perspectives. Student participants shared the causes about which they are inspired, and they collectively developed understandings about the competencies required to tackle these challenges today, and in the future.
Some of the causes shared included an Indian activist dedicated to helping local farmers due to COVID-19, pushback against intense higher education pressure in China, and America’s unjust incarceration system. According to Laila W. ’21, "It was super inspiring to be in a virtual room with change-makers who are my age and who live in different parts of the world. It was moving to see that despite global borders and different national identities we all had similar issues in mind that we are passionate about solving."
The program was organized by the Global Education Benchmark Group (GEBG), a non-profit association of schools with global education programs. This virtual student dialogue gave students an opportunity to learn how to engage in respectful dialogue, communicate across differences, and understand multiple perspectives around a complex global issue. After the event, Thibeaux H. ’21 shared that "youth are powerful and we are going to make change."
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