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
US Youth Ambassadors Program
Travel Dates: Summer 2025
App Deadline: Nov 11, 2024
Fully-funded summer exchange programs to countries in Central and South America and the Caribbean for US high school students and educators.
High School Diplomats
Program Dates: Jul 24-Aug 2, 2025
App Deadline: Jan 15, 2025
Fully funded 8-day academic and cultural exchange experience for high school students from the US and Japan.
Congress-Bundestag Vocational Youth Exchange Program
Program Dates: 2025-26 School Year
App Deadline: Dec 2, 2024
A fully funded gap year in Germany for graduating high school students, which includes an internship with a German company.
Opportunities for Educators/Schools
US Youth Ambassadors Program
Travel Dates: Summer 2025
App Deadline: Nov 11, 2024
Fully-funded summer exchange programs to countries in Central and South America and the Caribbean for US high school students and educators.
Fund For Teachers
Program Dates: Summer 2025
App Deadline: Jan 23, 2025
Grants of up to $5,000 for individuals or $10,000 for teacher teams for self-designed summer learning experiences.
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.