Tag: World Savvy
With the mission to educate and engage youth in community and world affairs, World Savvy's Gala 2013 will raise funds to...
SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. /eNewsChannels/ -- Tickets are now available for the World Savvy Gala 2013 on April 11 at the Dogpatch WineWorks in San Francisco. With the mission to educate and engage youth in community and world affairs, World Savvy is a nonprofit organization serving youth and educators nationally from offices in San Francisco, New York, and Minneapolis-St. Paul.
Thirty US youth leaders and five educators return from month-long immersion study and cultural exchange in Bangladesh from World Savvy
SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. /eNewsChannels/ -- Thirty U.S. youth leaders and five U.S. educators are set to return next Saturday, January 12, 2013, from a month-long immersion study and cultural exchange program in Bangladesh from World Savvy. The group studied how global climate change has impacted local communities in Bangladesh, and upon return to the U.S., the students will apply their new knowledge by launching climate change projects to improve their U.S. communities and the world.
New Study from World Savvy shows that among those 18-24 there is Lack of Global Competency Skills for 21st Century Global...
SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. /eNewsChannels/ -- A recent study of 18-24 year old American high school graduates commissioned by education nonprofit World Savvy, with support from the International Baccalaureate Organization, shows a desire among young people to learn more about global topics, but a conspicuous lack of instruction within American schools to satisfy these needs.
Dana Mortenson to give keynote at Party for a Cause with World Savvy in Minneapolis on May 17
MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. /eNewsChannels/ -- Celebrate a decade of global education programs with World Savvy on May 17, 2012 at the RSP Architects in Minneapolis. The Celebration is the premier fundraising event in support of World Savvy's mission to educate and engage youth in community and world affairs, preparing them to learn, work and thrive as responsible global citizens in the 21st century.
World Savvy will host a 10-Year Anniversary Celebration May 3, 2012 at the Astor Center in New York
NEW YORK CITY, N.Y. /eNewsChannels/ -- World Savvy will host a 10-Year Anniversary Celebration to commemorate a decade of global education programs on Thursday, May 3, 2012 at the Astor Center in New York. The Celebration is the premier fundraising event in support of World Savvy's mission to educate and engage youth in community and world affairs, preparing them to learn, work, and thrive as responsible global citizens in the 21st century.
World Savvy: Thirty Students Launch Projects to Improve Community and World After Participating in Educational Program
SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. /eNewsChannels/ -- Thirty youth leaders from the San Francisco, New York and Minnesota areas are implementing social action projects designed to help their communities in particular and the planet in general, says nonprofit World Savvy. The projects are the students' way of sharing the knowledge they gained after participation in an innovative one-month immersion trip to Bangladesh to study climate change.
Celebrating its 10th Anniversary in 2012, World Savvy is a nonprofit organization serving youth and educators nationally
SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. /eNewsChannels/ -- Tickets are now available for the World Savvy 10-Year Anniversary Celebration on Thursday, April 26, 2012 at the Terra Gallery in San Francisco. With the mission to educate and engage youth in community and world affairs, World Savvy is a nonprofit organization serving youth and educators nationally from offices in San Francisco, New York, and Minneapolis-St. Paul.
Citizenship in a Sound Bite Era: a community forum among a range of individuals and organizations around Minnesota working to educate...
ST. PAUL, Minn. /eNewsChannels/ -- On December 6, 2011, global education non-profit World Savvy, the Institute for Global Citizenship at Macalester College, and the Minnesota Humanities Center are sponsoring Citizenship in a Sound Bite Era, a community forum among a range of individuals and organizations around Minnesota working to educate and engage young people for informed, responsible and sustained citizenship in the sound bite era.
Ninth Annual World Affairs Challenge has Bay Area Students Tackle 21st Century Challenges
SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. /eNewsChannels/ -- On April 16th, 2011, nearly 700 middle and high school students, teachers, volunteers, parents, and community leaders from around the Bay Area will convene at San Francisco State University to participate in The Ninth Annual World Affairs Challenge™, hosted by non-profit World Savvy in partnership with San Francisco State University's College of Education.
Minnesota's Third Annual World Affairs Challenge to be hosted by World Savvy in partnership with Macalester College's Institute for Global Citizenship
ST. PAUL, Minn. /eNewsChannels/ -- On March 5, 2011, nearly 600 middle and high school students, teachers, volunteers, parents, and community leaders from around the Twin Cities will convene at Macalester College in St. Paul to participate in Minnesota's Third Annual World Affairs Challenge, hosted by global education non-profit World Savvy in partnership with Macalester College's Institute for Global Citizenship.
