Global Education
YWCA South Florida's Global Education Initiative Cultivates Critical Thinking and Cultural Awareness Among Youth
The Global Education initiative aims to create aa space to think critically about the relationship among diverse cultures (within and outside the South Florida communiityy), as well as too critically discuss the relationship between humans and the world we live in.
Core Components
Cultural awareness and appreciation for diversity
Understand local-global connections and challenges
Understand what encompass social justice
Discuss and model students’ roles (recognizing, having language, and acting upon unfairness)
YWCA South Florida Global Education Initiative
By embedding global education into YWCA programming, our students are given opportunities to practice and hone skills that they can use within the context of their future academic and professional pursuits.
By embedding global education into YWCA programming, our students are given opportunities to practice and hone skills that they can use within the context of their future academic and professional pursuits.
Afterschool programs
Spotlight on our Diversity
Community Education (Newsletter + Social Media)
Summer Camp weekly activities
Global Education Clubs
Designed for Middle Schoolers (6th-9th graders)
45 minutes once a week
6-week sessions commitment
Online or in-person format
The program has engaged students in
The UN Global Sustainable Goals
The value of multiculturalism
How youth can tune in their passions to face global challenges
Critical thinking and media literacy skills
Empowering Global Minds: YWCA's Education Initiative
The Global Education initiative at YWCA aims to create a space to think critically about the relationship among all diverse people and their cultural awareness. Students in YWCA’s after school and summer camp programs experience Global Education weekly, practicing skills they can use within the context of their future academic and professional pursuits.
Being an informed and engaged member of the global community is important for humans of all ages, so we are introducing the Global Education Moment. Each month on the blog, we will share about our Global Education theme and provide resources and activities to practice.