Top Ten # 3: Have you heard about our GK Guidelines? An essential guideline for GK, is safe space, to be challenged, to grow intellectually and emotionally. Always and especially now, GK-DC's priority is to create community for youth to connect with each other and caring adults.
Top Ten # 2: This fall, Global Kids-DC has engaged over 144 regularly attending youth from across our sites, and 57 youth through our virtual summer programs.
It's time for our 2020 top 10 reasons to celebrate! Since March, Global Kids-DC has provided 1,754 hours of virtual programming to over 220 youth through our year-long and summer programs!
Hey DC Youth!! There's still time to join Global Kids-DC this fall! Check out why you should join GK and fill out our registration survey at tinyurl.com/gk2020interest TODAY!! --
Anacostia High School Ballou Senior High School Bell Multicultural High School MacFarland Middle School and McKinley Technology High School
Global Kids-DC International Changemaker Summit
Thank you to everyone who came to our 4-day International Changemaker Summit, a youth-led virtual summit all about speaking out and taking action!
Did you miss it? Watch our highlights montage below!
GK-DC congratulates the Class of 2020!
For the past two weeks, GK-DC's seniors have been graduating! Congratulations to the Class of 2020 from all of us!
Global Kids DC #GivingTuesdayNow - I Love GK because...
On this #GivingTuesdayNow, we decided to ask GK youth, trainers, and supporters why they loved GK. Share your love for GK and consider donating today at bit.ly/givingtuesdaygkdc
Happy Giving Tuesday from GK friends in Australia!
#ItsGivingTuesdaySomewhere! Global Kids kicks off the annual event a day early (14 hours to be exact) with our Australian partners of the Independent Schools Victoria (ISV). This year, your donation to GK will be matched 2:1 by our Board through a $30,000 challenge grant. Your gift will benefit Global Kids students. Can we count on you to help us reach our goal? http://ow.ly/fQnJ50jMHRt #givingtuesday #philanthropy #giveback #gkallday
Global Kids leaders will be reporting back about their incredible experiences in South Africa TONIGHT (10/11) at the Greater Washington Community Foundation. Come on out and join us from 6-8pm! The trip was made possible in partnership with the Marion Barry Youth Leadership Institute.
We are thrilled to be part of the 2017-18 The Catalogue for Philanthropy: Greater Washington, and to be recognized as one of the best small nonprofits in the DC Metro region.
This February Global Kids Leaders visited the U.S. Department of State, hosted by The Pickering & Rangel Fellows Association (PRFA) to discuss careers in diplomacy. Many thanks to PRFA for such an impactful day!
GK celebrated its Marion Barry Youth Leadership Institute Global Education Program last night at Department of Employment Services and announced the youth who will be selected for this year's travel to South Africa! Check out what the students have accomplished throughout the year!
Jordan Betters on Her First Impressions of Haiti
18-year-old Jordan Betters describes the journey to Haiti and what it was like for Global Gateways DC Summer Institute students as they first arrived.