Mind Trust Fellowship
Abby is selected as one of three recipients of the highly selective Mind Trust Fellowship. The Education Entrepreneur Fellowship is a national incubator for transformative education ventures. Read the press release here.
Vote for GCY on Change.org
Global Citizen Year was chosen as a feature project on Change.org. The top “Ideas for Change in America” will be presented to the Obama administration on Innaguration Day. We need your votes! Vote here and pass it on! Please post to your website and send to your friends.
Pop!Tech Video
Abby presented the vision for GCY to the Pop!Tech conference in Camden, Maine. Abby was invited to the conference as part of the Social Innovation Fellowship. The Pop!Tech community is full of extraordinary people committed to powerful ideas and innovative projects that are changing the world. Watch the video of Abby’s presentation here.
Launch Party in NYC
Young Professionals gathered in New York to raise funds for GCY. Arranged by Harvard alums, the evening was a smash success and officially launched a GCY New York Chapter.
Participation in the Leadership Forum
Global Citizen Year participates in the Leadership Forum on Citizen Diplomacy convened by the US Center for Citizen Diplomacy, which was hosted by the Johnson Foundation at their Wingspread Conference Center in Racine, Wisconsin.
GCY in NYT!
Global Citizen Year receives our first New York Times coverage! Abby is interviewed about the program and her participation in the PopTech! Social Innovation fellowship.
Service Nation Summit
Global Citizen Year is invited to join the Service Nation Organizing Committee, and we participated in the invite-only Service Nation Summit on Sept. 11-12 in New York City.
GCY and the Peace Corps
Global Citizen Year participates in a forum on Re-envisioning the Peace Corps, along with initial architects of the Peace Corps, former Directors, and leaders of exchange and development organizations. It was convened by the National Peace Corps Association, and was hosted by the Rockefeller Brothers Foundation at their Pocantico Center in Tarrytown, New York.
GCY and Brookings
Global Citizen Year joins the Brookings’ Institution’s Building Bridges Coalition, and Abby is invited to join the Steering Committee.
Rainer Arnhold Felowship
Abby is selected as a Rainer Arnhold Fellow by the Mulago Foundation for 2008-2010.
Global Citizen Year will play a leading role in building global bridges: advancing public diplomacy abroad, strengthening civil society at home, and creating a deeper understanding of people and perspectives beyond our boarders among our next generation of leaders."
David Caprara
Brookings Institution
Nonresident Fellow, Global Economy and Development
Director, Brookings Institution Initiative on International Volunteering and Service