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Bangladesh 2011-12 Alumni reflections on the Conference on Diversity in International Affairs
May 17th 2013
Recently, five Alumni of the World Savvy American Youth Leadership Program in Bangladesh 2011-12 traveled to Washington DC to attend a conference hosted by the Council on Foreign Relations and the Global Access Pipeline. The Conference on Diversity in International Affairs offered students and ... Read More
Tips Tuesday: Talking with family and friends about global issues this holiday season
Charmagne Campbell-Patton
December 11th 2012Do you have family members with whom you disagree on some pretty significant global issues? Climate change, international aid, immigration? Many a holiday dinner is sidelined year after year by heated discussions on these and many other controversial issues. While conversations about these issues ...
Read MoreI Am From 2.0
Daniel Carlton
October 17th 2012Looking for a way to make classroom research a little more exciting? Try this poetry workshop approach. It’s challenging, creative and involves performance & collaboration. It also aligns to the Common Core’s Anchor Standards through its focus on evidence, meaning, tone and audience. We are ...
Read MoreTips Tuesday: Arts Integration
Charmagne Campbell-Patton
September 4th 2012One of World Savvy’s primary approaches to engage students in community and world affairs is arts integration. This is a great way to get students who may traditionally be turned off by or excluded from a discussion of international affairs to find their voice on issues like water scarcity, food ...
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