Thinking Beyond Borders
Thinking Beyond Borders takes 16 graduating high school seniors around the world for 8 months to study global development issues from social, political and economic perspectives. Students study the AIDS epidemic and public health in South Africa, sustainable agriculture in India, public education in China, and clean water issues in Ecuador. While in each country, students live with local families, work with non-government organizations, study with top professors and area experts, and meet with local politicians to create a broad perspective of the issue.
After 6 months overseas, students return to the United States to translate their learning into action. Students meet with representatives from the United Nations, World Bank, International Monetary Fund, Homeland Security and The Grameen Foundation. Students learn how each institution operates and affects development in the US and abroad. Students then create 45-minute multimedia presentations which they share with high schools to raise awareness and with various philanthropic groups to raise money for the organizations overseas. Our overall goal is to create a new generation of leaders who develop the skills necessary to investigate and solve complex global issues. It is a program designed to attack problems at the absolute seed and shape people who will understand the process of creating positive social change in the US and abroad.
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