GNG

Global Citizens in Action

Happy Palace School SMS

Rawalpindi, Pakistan & Scarsdale, New York

Goal: Fostering dialogue, understanding, and peaceful co-existence amongst the world’s youth

Classroom curriculum

Interactive videoconferences

Secure online platform

Global Citizens in Action

Project

Interactive Video-Conferences: IVCs

IVC #1 Many Stories, One World - Getting to know each other

IVC #2 Media and Society - Understanding Bias & Perspective

IVC #3 Creating Solutions - Local Problem and Action Plan

IVC #4 Current Events - Local, National and Global Events

IVC # 5 Global Citizenship- Sharing Projects

IVC: 6:45 am Scarsdale….3:45 pm RawalpindiCrossing time zones and cultures

(75 minutes…..Conversations are translated into English and Farsi)

Describe one event that has happened in your community since the our last video conference?

IVC #2 (Scarsdale) IVC #2 (Happy Palace)

Community Lens: What’s it like where you live?

Global Timelines: Important personal & global milestones

Conflict Trees: Understanding the causes and effects of our community issues

Happy Palace: Increased Solid Waste Scarsdale: Poverty in Westchester

Private online platform - GNG Connect

Introductions

Sharing work

Discussions

Reflections

US Global Citizenship Project: Local Poverty

Goal One: How can we take Direct Action to help people struggling with poverty and hunger in our community?

Volunteering at the Food Bank for Westchester Cooking for the Caritas Soup Kitchen in Port Chester

US Global Citizenship Project: Local Poverty

Goal 2: How can we advocate for lasting change?

Letter Writing Campaign to raise minimum wage

Pakistan Global Citizenship Project: Recycling

Happy Palace’s Project Outline Yasir’s photo of their art exhibit

How has the GNG exchange impacted you?

“Since we have started GNG, I have learned that we aren’t so different from the kids in Pakistan. The only thing that separates us is a few thousand miles.”

- Noah Jaffe

“I learned that technology has truly enhanced the way we communicate with other people and how we can all learn together.”

-Simran Ruta

“It’s great to actually see what students are like in Pakistan and breakdown stereotypes” -Olivia Surin

“I learned about another culture firsthand” -Eliza Ellman

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Additional Files

Youtube Video of presentation to faculty on 4/15/16

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aDJWCSb5ig8

Script for presentation

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1lu8EaO5FXWCTwbWhz9GjsHqXsikESZIA0aTxaX77nFw/edit?usp=sharing

Sample Letter

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1JBsHGXEtDeYwAXH2kjh5H7aDdGeDt4oGsS3mmVw_e30/edit?usp=sharing