Join the AFS-USA Media Literacy Speaker Series webinars where panelists from diverse professions will discuss how to develop your media literacy skills and become a media literacy change maker.
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Share this “I’m an AFS-USA Volunteer” graphic on LinkedIn to show your support for AFS!
Meet Kathy Wichmann, a volunteer with the Heartland Area Team in Kansas for the past ten years! Learn more about her AFS story.
Sarah Yancey, Mary Porterfield, Bonnie Duyff, and Cathy Ishida share their motivations for starting an AFS Book Club, and how it’s going! They hope this serves as inspiration for other area teams and regions to start their own book clubs or other types of virtual gatherings to share resources for intercultural learning.
Are you looking for ways to promote AFS in your community? Here are some articles you can share highlighting some amazing AFSers!
Mary Porterfield, longtime AFS Volunteer, has been awarded the prestigious Paul Simon Award by the Central States Conference on the Teaching of Foreign Languages!
Meet Mutiara Mohamad, a volunteer with the New Jersey Area Team for over five years!
Participate in the FLEX & YES Spring 2021 Virtual Program as a virtual host family, U.S. peer, or enhancement activity facilitator!
Regardless of all that we’ve encountered this year, the adjustments we’ve made, and the resulting sacrifices we’ve faced, I am extraordinarily thankful for all that AFS-USA Volunteers have accomplished this year. Whether it was helping facilitate the mass repatriation of our students, moving full-speed ahead with family-finding, implementing new methods for engaging with host families, students, and other volunteers, or any of the multitude of investments of time and talent, you have kept the AFS mission alive and well.
Are you interested in making a difference in the lives of AFS Participants? Do you want to help AFS Participants become Active Global Citizens? This is your opportunity!