Based in United States

Global Citizen Year

A Non-profit

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Organization Details

Founded in 2008, Global Citizen Year is an international educational nonprofit organization dedicated to empowering youth leadership, which has two programs: Take Action Lab and Academy. The organization aims to connect world innovators and change leaders through top-notch academic and practical projects, cultivating a new generation of global youth leaders to collectively address global challenges, including climate change, disease prevention, education improvement, and poverty eradication. Take Action Lab has a duration of four months, during which participants engage in on-the-ground internships and practices in different developing countries, systematically learning how to address real-world global challenges faced by local communities. Global Citizen Year maintains close cooperation with hundreds of charitable foundations, organizations, and individuals, providing scholarships and financial assistance to all eligible and deserving applicants.

 

Impact Story

As the founder of the Chinese Media Center for Global Citizen Year, I have been promoting the popularization of gap years as a life choice in the Chinese education market, empowering more than 10,000 young individuals. Among these initiatives, I established the first series of forums in China dedicated to the gap year topic: the "Crazy Gap Year Universe" forum series. We invited outstanding young people to share their gap year experiences, empowering numerous audiences and promoting the concept of gap year education to over 30 partner organizations and platforms. Our forums invite outstanding young representatives with gap year experiences from diverse fields to speak and discuss. The aim is to showcase more possibilities for the gap year life choice through the sharing of excellent youth stories and interactive exchanges between domestic and international audiences and guests. We aspire to inspire the next generation to become true "global citizens" and to ignite more inspiration and parks in the exploration of innovative education.

 

In June 2023, the inaugural forum of the Crazy Gap Year Universe series had the theme "We Pause, Stand Firm, and Move Forward." We invited five guests from the fields of technology, law, social innovation, living abroad, and investment to share their exciting experiences. As leaders in the field of gap year life choices, we have achieved remarkable success:

  • Invited 8 outstanding young speakers from over 10 different fields to the forums.

  • Collaborated with 30+ co-organizing and promotional organizations, including the Davos Young Global Leaders community and YSI China. The series received coverage from over 30 institutions, with over 15,000 views on shared posts.

  • Had over 300 attendees throughout the forums.

  • Built a community of over 700 members.

  • Enlisted the support of team members from more than 10 of the world's top universities.

  • Received a 100% positive feedback and recommendation rate from conference attendees.