The Training Center will be unavailable Saturday, Oct 24th and Sunday, Oct 25th.
Meet Kathie Hiebert-Dodd, a volunteer with the New Mexico and Beyond Area Team for the past 17 years!
We are excited to announce that registration is now open for this year’s Virtual AFS Summit, which will be held November 12-15, 2020. Because it is being held virtually, any AFS volunteer who would like to participate may do so!
We invite you to join our Media Literacy Training of Trainers Webinar on Tuesday, October 13 at 8pm Eastern to learn more about the campaign. The webinar is designed to provide AFS volunteers and returnees with an overview of media literacy, strategies for employing media literacy in daily life, as well as guidance on how to lead presentations on Media Literacy.
In the last week of September we launched #ChaptersSupportingAFS-USA—an idea that came from April Murphy, Chair of the Greater Phoenix Chapter and President of the AFS Arizona Superhero Team. April has asked her colleagues to contribute some of their existing funds back to AFS-USA at a time when the organization desperately needs funds.
Are there recent returnees in your area that would benefit from an informational webinar about how to highlight their experience abroad?
Every fall, we turn our attention to the upcoming NSLI-Y and YES Abroad interview season. AFS-USA collaborates with the U.S. Department of State and American Councils to plan…
The Sponsored Programs team is actively looking for host families, U.S. teenage peers, and experienced volunteers to participate in FLEX and YES Fall virtual programming.
Are you looking for a way to collaborate with and recognize a school during pandemic times?
Each month all AFS-USA staff gather for a virtual meeting where we learn of some of our colleagues’ achievements and plans, many of which could not have been accomplished without volunteer collaboration. We’d like to share some of those updates with you!