Global citizens, according to OXFAM, are aware of and understand the wider world – and their place in it. They take an active role in their community, and work with others to make our planet more equal, fair and sustainable. However, a trip abroad does not...
A group dedicated to cultivating global citizens focused on a local need as they gifted their pre-Thanksgiving Saturday morning to the Carroll County Humane Society. After hours of cleaning enclosures, caring for the cats and dogs, and spending time in play with the...
Multigenerational travel is a personal and professional interest of Jennifer Sutherland-Miller, an educational innovator with more than 20 years of experience helping create world class education outside the walls of a classroom and in more than 50 countries. She is a...
A recent travel service learning program from Tennessee to Guatemala included takeaways for future short-term international volunteers. Beyond the purchased handwoven cloths, aching shoulders from paddleboarding at sunrise, and photos captured on the hiking trail, the...
As more states are investing in high school Career and Technical Education (CTE) programs, educators are turning to real-life experiences such as work-based learning. However, another choice exists. Travel service learning through volunteer or study abroad programs...
When a nonprofit’s co-founders are a compassionate sociologist and a professor whose eyes light up when she gets to explain the impact of the slave trade on the development of drumming from Brazil to the islands, the fact that they have been “on trend” with...
