Dates: October 14 and 15, 2017
Place: 12th & Independence Ave, SW
Join the celebration of Asian art, music, and culture, marking the reopening of the Freer/Sackler.
Articles by: Sally Schwartz
Children’s Africana Book Awards and Festival
Dates: November 3-4, 2017
Celebrate the best of children’s and young adult books on Africa at CABA’s awards dinner and a free festival for the family at the Smithsonian Museum of African Art.
“Familiar Faces/Unexpected Places: A Global African Diaspora”
Date: October 18, 2017, 2-4 pm
Place: OAS, 17th & Constitution Ave, NW
Film, panel discussion, and exhibit on the African diaspora at OAS HQ.
USDOE Workshop: “Adding a Global Dimension to Your Classroom”
Program Date: Nov 13, 2017
Place USDOE, 400 Maryland Ave, SW
An International Education Week workshop featuring K-12 outreach experts from local National and Language Resource Centers.
GU Educator Workshop: Trans-Regional and Global Themes in Teaching
Program Date: Sat, Oct 28, 2017, 9 am-3 pm
Georgetown Univ, CCAS Board Room, ICC #141
An opportunity for local educators to learn from GU School of Foreign Service experts on Latin America, Asia, Africa, and the Middle East.
Mentors for Youth Ambassadors Program to Colombia
Program Dates: July 5-30, 2017
App Deadline: March 14, 2017
DEADLINE EXTENDED! Adult mentors sought for US State Department-funded youth exchange with Colombia.
Recruiting Program Staff for Summer “Japan in DC” Program
Program Dates: June 26-August 4, 2017
App Deadline: March 31, 2017
Paid teacher positions to lead Globalize DC’s new six-week summer program for DC teens.
Teacher-Chaperone Position for TOMODACHI DC-Japan Exchange
Program Dates: July 10-August 16, 2017 (tentative)
App Deadline: March 31, 2017
Recruiting a teacher to co-lead Globalize DC’s 2017 summer two-way cultural exchange with Japan for DC high school students.
CCAS Teacher Workshop: Cotton in the Global Economy
Program Date: February 25, 2017, 9 am-2:30 pm
App Deadline: NOW!
Only a few seats left for this workshop at Georgetown University. Indian lunch included.
Getting Started
For years I’ve been asked to start a blog and it never felt right for me. With so many other voices out there in the blogosphere, it never seemed important enough to carve out time to create our own platform or that more words would add meaningfully to the conversation.