Global Ties Akron's global education program "Know Your Community-Know Your World" part of the #KYCKYW project. #21st century skills, #6th, #core #curriculum, #global education, #middle school

1. Know Your Community
Know Your World
2014-15

2. For more than 30 years Global Ties Akron’s
programs have been strengthening academic,
corporate, organizational, and personal ties
between Northeast Ohio and the World.
GTA highlights the many strong professional
resources of Akron and Northeast Ohio
GTA highlights the many strong professional
resources of Akron and Northeast Ohio
GTA creates positive views of Americans –
helping to eliminate negative stereotypes.
GTA creates positive views of Americans –
helping to eliminate negative stereotypes.
GTa builds mutual understanding of other’s
cultures, situations, and beliefs.
GTa builds mutual understanding of other’s
cultures, situations, and beliefs.
MISSION & IMPACT &
EXPERIENCE

4. GLOBAL TIES AKRON INVITES INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS, FULBRIGHT SCHOLARS ,GLOBAL TIES AKRON INVITES INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS, FULBRIGHT SCHOLARS ,
RETURN PEACE CORPS VOLUNTEERS, REFUGEES, IMMIGRANTS….AS CLASSROOMRETURN PEACE CORPS VOLUNTEERS, REFUGEES, IMMIGRANTS….AS CLASSROOM
SPEAKERSSPEAKERS

5. Each class will have 4-5 speakers from varied global, religious and ethnic
backgrounds throughout the school year.
*A speaker representing a refugee or immigrant group that has
resettled in Akron
*An international student or scholar speaker
*A speaker representing a diverse faith present in our
community- Islam, Judaism, Bahia, Sikh, Buddhist, Hindu...
Know your community - Know Your World Project

6. Know your community - Know Your World Project
*Teams from each school will partner selecting a
matching country and create a power point presentation exploring: A day in the life
of 6th grader in the selected country.
*Journalistic Interviews– The class will prepare interview questions for the speaker
and will create a video news report and a written news report to share with their
partner class and to post on the Akronist—Akron Digital Media Center—as citizen
journalists.
*Lessons in peaceful change & conflict resolution- A class will represent a
country and be given a scenario that requires the use of diplomatic skills.
* Geography Bee http://www.nationalgeographic.com/geobee/

7. Refugee groups that have resettled in Akron over the past couple of
decades- 350- 450 per year arrive in our community- often from refugee
camps or to because they can not return to their country of origin
Burma, Bhutan, Somalia, Sudan, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, Russia, Ukraine, Iraq,
Serbia….

8. IMMIGRANT GROUPS-IMMIGRANT GROUPS-
• An immigrant is a person who
Comes to live in another country-
Reasons: Education, Job, Better Life, Freedom of
Religion, Join other family members,
In recent decades:
Mexico, India, China, Russia, Ukraine, Philippines,
Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, Serbia, Pakistan
Past groups: Ireland, Germany, Poland, Italian,
Greek, Hungarian,

9. International Students / Scholars at The University of Akron: 1432

10. U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE & GLOBAL EDUCATIONU.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE & GLOBAL EDUCATION
• Invested interest in next generation of citizen diplomats
•Youth Leadership Exchanges
•Young Leaders Professional Exchanges
•Increase in Teachers Professional Exchanges
•Encourage more American Students to Study Abroad
•Encourage educators internationally to interact globally
• http://future.state.gov/
•http://diplomacy.state.gov/discoverdiplomacy/

11. THE WORLD IS OUR CLASSROOMTHE WORLD IS OUR CLASSROOM

12. WHO ARE CITIZEN DIPLOMATS?WHO ARE CITIZEN DIPLOMATS?
Citizen diplomats can be students, teachers, athletes, artists, business
people, humanitarians, adventurers or tourists. They are motivated
by a desire to engage with the rest of the world in a meaningful,
mutually beneficial dialogue.
• DID YOU KNOW THAT IF YOU:
• Work on an issue of international importance;
• Travel on an international service project;
• Host people from other countries in your home, workplace,
school or community;
• Have a passport...
YOU ARE A CITIZEN DIPLOMAT!
http://diplomacy.state.gov/discoverdiplomacy/

13. Encourage your family to host a international student for a short stay or a group
for dinner hospitality
Invite exchange student from your school or a local University to your home or to
an event- school football game, bowling, etc.
Eat at an ethnic restaurant
Learn 1 or more foreign languages
Study Abroad
Time to get your
passport !
How can students be citizen diplomats

14. VIDEO:IRAQ & AMERICAN YOUNG LEADERS
EXCHANGE
http://uscenterforcitizendiplomacy.org/videos
Watch Video of IYLEP participants from the Bozeman group talk about
stereotypes and what they learned through the young leaders program.
Visit www.worldlearning.org for more information. Music by the
Orchestral Movement of 1932.

15. OUR COMMUNITY AS A RESOURCEOUR COMMUNITY AS A RESOURCE
Ethnic and Religious Diversity
International events
• Global Village Festival- Sept. 2015 @ Lock 3 Live
• Cleveland International Film Festival March 2015
• Sharing the Seasons @ Summa Hospitals
• Cultural Fairs & Festivals Northeast Ohio
• International Education Week
• Global Ties Akron International Thanksgiving Dinner
November 2015
• China Week at The University of Akron, Oct. 2015

16. KNOW YOUR COMMUNITY-KNOW YOURKNOW YOUR COMMUNITY-KNOW YOUR
WORLD WEBSITE!!WORLD WEBSITE!!
http://know-your-world.org

17. KNOW YOUR COMMUNITY-KNOW YOURKNOW YOUR COMMUNITY-KNOW YOUR
WORLD ON FACEBOOK & TWITTER!!WORLD ON FACEBOOK & TWITTER!!
https://www.facebook.com/KYCKYW
https://twitter.com/kyckyw

18. Know-your-world.org
or
akroninternational.org
330-972-8296
Michelle Wilson, Executive Director – aifciv@gmail.com
Shannon Anicas, Program Director– shannon.anicas@gmail.com