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Why Getting Americans Out of the Country Will Save the Earth

2012-02-15

Students spend their Global Citizen Year in a Peace Corps-like service project in a developing nation. It’s a brilliant idea. Traveling and living in abroad is the best way to understand another culture, learn a new language, and grapple with the consequences of global poverty.

Now Grandma Can ‘Win a Trip’ Too

2012-02-15

Nicholas Kristof gives suggestions for designing your own ‘Win a Trip’ experience, and points to Global Citizen Year: “If you’re a high school senior, think about taking a “gap year” — nearly all colleges will defer admission — and exploring the world. It’ll be cheaper than a year of college and may well be more [...]

Abigail Falik Wants Students to Take a Year Off Doing Good Abroad

2012-02-15

If timing is everything, then Abigail Falik timed the launch of her nonprofit Global Citizen Year (GCY) with the precision of an atomic clock. As America’s young adults find themselves in a new global economy and job market, her idea has come to fruition at exactly the right moment.

Global Citizen Year Creates Social Enterprise Leaders

2012-02-15

Josh grew up in a rough neighborhood of Oakland, Calif. Despite learning disabilities and other challenges, he was accepted into a program that let him spend the year after his graduation from high school in a community development program in Senegal, Africa. A year later, he stood in front of an audience including his parents and...

Program Aims to Develop a Generation of Global Citizens

2012-02-15

The Global Citizen Year idea also garnered Falik an HBS Social Entrepreneurship Fellowship in 2009, along with a check for $25,000. “That additional investment really helped,” says Falik. “Since then we’ve raised nearly $4 million. In this economy, I think that is a testament to how much resonance Global Citizen Year has had as an idea whose...

Looking for Students Like Me!

2010-03-24

Global Citizen Year alum Tess Langan writes about her experiences in choosing the right college. She says, “When I found out about a gap-year program, Global Citizen Year, I did not need any prodding to apply or any encouragement to commit. I knew instinctively I would do anything to go. I am spending my year in...