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 Initiatives

1. Afterschool programs
2. Spotlight on our Diversity
3. Community Education (Newsletter + Social Media)
4. Summer Camp weekly activities
5. 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

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.