Four years of co-coordinating the TOMODACHI US-Japan Youth Exchange Program taught us that we needed to do more to support DC students’ interest in Japan.
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Opening the world to our city’s youth
Globalize DC focuses exclusively on increasing access for DC’s public school students to high quality global education, language learning, and study abroad opportunities. We have adopted five strategies to do this work.
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Connecting to a global city
Washington, DC is both our home town and a global capital. Globalize DC works to bridge the gap between the city’s unique wealth of global resources and our own local students, educators, and schools.
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Join the movement
We can’t do this work without you! Your financial contribution will help us build a strong organization that makes a real difference in the lives of our city’s young people. No gift can be too big or too small.
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Focus: Japan
Konnichiwa! This school year we’re all in on Japan. Read about our growing menu of Japan related programming for students and learn how you can get involved.
Opportunities For Students
The Experiment Digital Climate Change and the Environment
Program Dates: June 23-Aug 17, 2025
Priority App Deadline: Feb 21, 2025; Final Deadline: May 12, 2025
A free eight-week virtual exchange on the environment for teens from the US and Latin America.
The Experiment Digital Leadership in STEM
Program Dates: June 23-Aug 3, 2025
Priority App Deadline: Feb 21, 2025; Final Deadline: May 12, 2025
Free six-week STEM-focused virtual exchange between teens in the US and Middle East/North Africa region.
Youth Ambassadors Algeria
Program Dates: Summer 2025App Deadline: March 1, 2025
A free US-based, multi-city cultural exchange program between American and Algerian teens.
Opportunities for Educators/Schools
Fulbright Teachers for Global Classrooms Program
Program Dates: SY2025-26; international travel in spring/summer 2026
App Deadline: Feb 17, 2025
A year-long PD fellowship for US K-12 teachers, including an international field experience.
KKC Teacher Study Tour to Japan 2025
Program Dates: June 23-July 1, 2025 (tentative)
App Deadline: Feb 28, 2025
A fully funded summer study tour to Japan for secondary social studies teachers.
Fulbright Distinguished Awards in Teaching Research Program
Travel Dates: 3-6 months in SY2025-26
App Deadline: Feb 17, 2025
A US State Department-funded 3-6 month professional learning experience abroad for accomplished K-12 educators.
DIRECTOR’S BLOG
Seizing the Moment
May 23, 2022The global pandemic has brought tremendous pain to all our lives, and caused severe disruption to our schools and school systems. But it has also created an opportunity for radical change and reimagining. Read our Director's new blog post about the significance of this moment and Globalize DC's new call to action to mobilize our partner community to build a more collaborative, intentional, and equitable approach to PK-12 global learning in DC.
Beyond The Wall
This moving one-hour documentary, about four DC teens in China, is the perfect way to create conversations about the life-transforming impact of study abroad and global education.