Video Episode 8: Summer Training Conference 2012

The 2012 Summer Training Conference was held in the beautiful Rugova Valley in Kosovo, bringing together OWYP’s 12 university student Project Manager Fellows from the U.S., Guyana, Turkey, Kosovo and Pakistan. Tune in on these students’ journeys throughout the week, participating in intensive leadership workshops and building lasting bonds with their colleagues from all different corners of the globe.

The purpose of the conference was to prepare our student Fellows to manage the OWYP program in their own campuses and communities. Click here to see more videos, pictures and blog posts on the conference.

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Video Episode 7: Year in Review

From running extensive leadership trainings around the world, to launching our program at 6 universities and enrolling 85 university students from 5 countries in our six-week Online Training Course, this past year has been one of unprecedented growth in the history of our organization.

The OWYP program served 222 university and secondary school students this year. Look back on their journey with them in this short video:

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Jess Rimington Discusses Global Education on WNPR/Connecticut Public Radio

Today, WNPR/Connecticut Public Radio hosted a radio talk show on “Cultural Competency for Kids” and the need for students to develop global competence skills within education itself, where issues of the world and diversity can be addressed in the classroom, instead of simply teaching to the test.

Jess Rimington, our executive director, was invited to speak about the work about One World Youth Project and why it is urgent for students to develop curiosity about the world, cross-cultural communication skills and other global competencies within educational curricula. Listen to her input below:

“What we’re really trying to do with global competency is not necessarily teach facts and geography about the world… Instead, it’s triggering and firing a curiosity and a way of thinking that’s beyond just looking up facts about Connecticut on Wikipedia, but learning to communicate that to others across cultures. And I think that if we focus last on the facts for a change, and more about how we’re teaching young people to communicate, then we could even have scenarios where you’re talking to someone from Rwanda about your state’s history and learning how to communicate that, and that’s the skills we’re hiring for: it’s how to incorporate and utilize and implement knowledge.” -Jess Rimington

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Video Episode 6: Global Expansion

This month, One World Youth Project has launched its global education program at four new universities in the U.S., Turkey, Guyana and Pakistan, recruiting over sixty university student leaders to facilitate our global competence curriculum in local secondary school classrooms. Check out a short video of our work and recent global expansion:

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