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World Savvy Timeline

  • July 2002
    SF Office opened
  • May 2003
    First Annual WAC, San Francisco
  • Sept 2003
    Global Educators Program is founded in SF Bay Area
  • 2003
    Get Global! afterschool program launches
  • 2005
    Get Global! becomes the Global Youth Media & Arts Program (MAP)
  • December 2005
    First Annual MAP, SF
  • Sept 2007
    NY office opened
  • May 2008
    First MAP Festival, New York City Global Affairs Monitor launches
  • Sept 2008
    Minneapolis-St. Paul office opened
  • 2009
    World Affairs Challenge launches in Minneapolis
  • 2010
    Three core programs established in each office Global Educators Program serves teachers nationwide

Our Team

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Carissa Johnson,
Program Manager

Email: carissa@worldsavvy.org

Carissa Johnson is an artist and educator who passionately believes in the personal growth and empowerment potential of the arts. A former Peace Corps Volunteer (Tonga, 02-03) and an avid traveler, her work in the arts and education has crossed cultural borders and built communities all over the world. She has served schools as an artist-in-residence, created arts integration workshops for teacher professional development, and for the past 6 years ran her own educational consulting firm that created courses in arts, yoga/wellness, and personal development for schools, community centers and corporations in Chicago and Portland, OR. Carissa holds a B.S. in Performance Studies from Northwestern University and a M.Ed. in Arts in Education from the Harvard Graduate School of Education. In her other life, she is a spirited Yoga Teacher and Licensed Massage Therapist.