From September 2025 through April 2026, 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.
Michaela Minnis (UM '22) is a maternal and infant health policy advocate in Washington, DC, working at The Century Foundation to inform policy on women, infants, and families. Previously, she advocated for global children's programs at the American Academy of Pediatrics. Michaela graduated from U-M's Ford School of Public Policy and was an active student and student leader in GSP, which inspired her passion for advocacy and lifelong friendships.
Chloe Halprin (UM '22) completed majors in Spanish and English and a minor in Law, Justice, and Social Change. She taught English in Spain via NALCAP and was a Fulbright English Teaching Assistant in Mexico. Chloe later served as Grants Manager for a Michigan nonprofit supporting refugee families and now works at the Washington Office on Latin America cultivating institutional donors to advance human rights in the Americas.
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 - Fashioning for Social Environmental Justice
Fashioning for Social Environmental Justice is a public charity nonprofit dedicated to addressing critical global, environmental, and societal challenges through fashion.
CG 3 - 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 4 - 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.
CG 5 - Amnesty International
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 6 - ALPHA Education
Alpha Education (AE) is an organization dedicated to foster awareness of an overlooked aspect of World War II history.
CG 7 - Peace of Art International
Peace of Art uses art and culture in place of conflict and violence as tools to promote peace. They create groups of young changemakers to be the future leaders in art and to transform a culture of violence, discrimination, extremism and ignorance into tolerance, acceptance, development, and freedom.
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