Travel to Morocco this Summer!
The 2015 Morocco Language & Leadership Summer Institute with OneWorld Now! will take high school students on a life changing journey to develop intercultural leadership skills, explore Moroccan and Arab culture through home stays and historical sites, and learn Arabic language. OneWorld Now! has 12 years’ experience sending students in our Global Leadership Program abroad. This is the first year they are opening their summer study abroad programs to students who are not enrolled in their academic year program. Read more about the program. The application is due on March 31.
Student-planned and student-led, the OWN Get Global Youth Conference is designed to empower youth and young social entrepreneurs to take action on important global issues.
Get Global 2015 – April 25 at the University of Washington
OneWorld Now! Seattle and OneWorld Now! Hawai‘i will come together to present dynamic workshops and inspiring “OWN Talks” to foster meaningful and intentional dialogue about the intersection of social justice issues, global issues, and the role of youth. OWN Get Global will also feature a global fashion and talent show. Lunch includes cuisine from around the world. This event is for high school students and is one of few conferences in the nation that is organized and facilitated exclusively by high school youth!
Student workshops will fall under the following categories:
- Climate Change
- Consumption and Consumerism
- Global Health
- Governance
- Human Rights
- Peace and Conflict
- Population and Carrying Capacity
- Poverty
OWN Get Global will be a free event for registered participants. Registration closes on April 24, 2015. OWN Get Global will take place on Saturday, April 25, 2015 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the University of Washington Seattle Campus at the Ethnic Cultural Center (3931 Brooklyn Ave NE, Seattle).
Learn more at OWN Get Global 2015.
