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Global Citizen Year: Creating Transformative Experiences for Young People on the Cusp of Adulthood
2023-03-03
by Denver Frederick The following is a conversation between Erin Lewellen, CEO of Global Citizen Year, and Denver Frederick, the Host of The Business of Giving. Read or Listen on Denver-Frederick.com/ Denver: One of the most innovative and forward-thinking nonprofit organizations to come into existence over the past 15 years is Global Citizen Year. It’s also an...
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Designing Programs that Develop Global Citizens with Erin Lewellen
2023-02-10
Erin Lewellen is the CEO of Global Citizen Year, a non-profit that is addressing our current global challenges by changing the composition, operating system, and impact of the next generation of changemakers. She joins host Mike Palmer in a conversation about how transformative experiences abroad can shape the pathways and perspectives of rising leaders. Listen...
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Global Citizen Year Pioneered A New Educational Pathway, Launching Next Generation Of Global Leaders
2022-12-23
by Cheryl Robinson | Contributor Societies are no longer just locally interconnected. What happens thousands of miles away affects people worldwide. Global issues cannot be resolved by one community or country. People must begin leadership development at a young age to ensure continued growth within their communities. The fate of humanity rests on our ability...
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Academy Impact Report
2022-12-13
How do students benefit from an experience like Global Citizen Year Academy? We asked Harvard University researchers to help us measure the impact and… WOW. Take a look at our impact report to see how students showed significant growth in everything from happiness and mental health to project management and collaboration. We’re feeling proud of...
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In Her Own Words: Erin Lewellen learned about the power of ‘we’
2022-10-27
By Ellen Sherberg, Bizwomen Contributor The pandemic cut off a myriad of programs designed to help youths around the world. Erin Lewellen, CEO, Global Citizen Year, found herself having to find out her team could continue to reach out to young people — and how to keep her employees together. View Article on BizJournals.com “I...
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It’s not impostor syndrome if it really looks like this
2022-10-26
Erin Lewellen, the CEO of Global Citizen Year, maintains that this label is a way of shaming, and perpetuates the very type of oppressive leadership we need to change. View Article on FastCompany.com On my first day as CEO of Global Citizen Year, I looked in the mirror and did not see a CEO looking...
Read MoreA new chapter at Global Citizen Year
2022-05-02
Dear friends, After 12 years building and leading Global Citizen Year from a seed of an idea to the thriving institution it’s become, the time has come for me to pass the baton. I’m enormously proud of what we have built, and we wouldn’t be here without your support. Today, we have a network of...
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Chobani’s secret to scale: Tap into community
2022-04-05
In this Masters of Scale episode — featuring a cameo by Abby Falik — host Reid Hoffman explores the power of community in an interview Chobani Founder & CEO, Hamdi Ulukaya. Your local community can be the power behind an epic scale story — because smart community investment always maximizes returns. Listen to the...
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Launching the Next Generation of Global Leaders with Abby Falik
2022-04-04
Abby joins host Mike Palmer to talk about what led her to found the organization and what it’s been like leading it through these challenging times. She describes Global Citizen Year’s mission to create a new generation of global leaders who learn through travel experiences after high school and before college. It’s all about using...
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