As a volunteer in Greece, you’ll have the opportunity to work with locals at a refugee camp to provide a sense of normalcy and stability in the lives of refugees.
Tag: Advocacy
Our friends at iEARN-USA invite you to attend the 2018 iEARN International Conference and Youth Summit, July 8-14, 2018 in Winchester, Virginia. Registration is now open.
Dear AFS-USA Volunteers, Federally-funded exchanges are facing significant potential budget cuts, and we need your help to urge Congress to support these invaluable public diplomacy initiatives! The Administration recently proposed that Congress cut federally-funded exchange programs by 75%, which would be a profound loss for people-to-people diplomacy. In response, the Alliance for International Exchange has […]
All AFS-USA Volunteers are invited to sign the Declaration of Accra—the AFS Network’s pledge to help the world learn and live together.
Eric Liu wrote a thoughtful article in the August 14, 2012 edition of The Atlantic entitled “Why There’s No Such Thing as Global Citizenship.” He identifies three areas that are commonly described as global citizenship, arguing that they are not such, and that when it comes to global citizenship, “there is no there there.” In other […]
On September 12th, the AFS Community in Washington, D.C. gathered to honor several distinguished AFS Changemakers—individuals who have made significant contributions to the field of international education and the AFS Mission of building a more just and peaceful world. The honorees included: Congressman Jim Himes (D-CT) Co-Chair of the bipartisan International Exchange and Study Caucus; […]
During the recent House State-Foreign Operations (SFOPS) Appropriations Subcommittee Hearing on the administration’s FY2018 budget request for the Department of State, Pennsylvania Congressman Charlie Dent (R) voiced his strong support for educational and cultural exchange programs and expressed concern about the 55% cut to exchange program funding proposed by the Trump administration for FY2018. Focusing particularly […]