From September 2023 through April 2024, students in their first year of the Global Scholars Program worked in Collaborative Groups (CG) in partnership with NGOs around the world.
Each CG completed a Global Engagement Project designed by their partner organization and supported by the GSP instructional team. We were delighted to have been able to host this signature event back in our favorite space, Rackham Amphitheatre. GSP's Global Engagement Symposium acknowledges the important work our partner organizations are doing to address local and global social justice issues and the projects our students undertook to help advance their missions.
Opening Remarks and Keynote Address by Aidan Sova
Global Engagement Symposium Closing Remarks
Remarks by Dr. Benjamin Peters, Director of the Global Scholars Program, acknowledging our global partner organizations, the hard work of GSP students during the 2023-2024 academic year, and the support of the CG Facilitators and the instructional team for first-year GSP students.
Posters and Presentations
CG 1 - Inkululeko
Inkululeko is a non-profit organization founded in 2011 whose mission is to create change by providing South African township youth with the tools necessary to make the most of life after primary school.
CG 2 - Amnesty International, Ann Arbor
This year our CG worked with Amnesty International as our Global Engagement Internship for the semester. Amnesty International is a nonprofit organization based in the United Kingdom that focuses on global human rights.
CG 3 - Generación Clima
Generación Clima is an organization of young people who act to stop the climate and ecological crisis and achieve a fair and sustainable Mexico.
CG 4 - Apne Aap Women's Collective
Apne Aap Women’s Collective (AAWC) is an anti-trafficking organization that provides tools and resources for brothel-based sex workers and marginalized children in Mumbai’s largest red light area, Kamathipura.
CG 5 - ALPHA Education
Alpha Education (AE) is an organization dedicated to foster awareness of an overlooked aspect of World War II history.
CG 6 - Tribe
A Global Tribe of Young thinkers and disruptors connected by our curiosity, optimism and commitment to reimagine secondary education and workforce development in Africa.
CG 7 - High Atlas Foundation
Our Global Engagement Internship was with the High Atlas Foundation (HAF), a non-profit that supports Morrocan communities to implement various sustainable human development initiatives.
