A new chapter at Global Citizen Year
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 […]
Our First Ever DEIA Progress Report
Download the Report A Letter from President & COO, Erin Lewellen Throughout our organization’s history we have been on a journey to deepen our understanding and commitment to DEIA work. In the past year, we’ve made significant strides toward enriching this commitment, and are now at a moment when living our values means it […]
Global Citizen Year receives breakthrough $12M investment from MacKenzie Scott
OAKLAND, CA: Today, Global Citizen Year announced a $12M grant from MacKenzie Scott and Dan Jewett, the largest gift in the organization’s history. The organization will use this gift to kick off the New Leaders Fund, a $50M campaign to launch a critical mass of diverse leaders worldwide who are equipped to build a more […]
Update on 2021-2022 Global Citizen Year Fellowship
UPDATE: March 2021 After careful consideration, we announce that we will not operate our Fellowship in the 2021-2022 academic year. Again this month, we analyzed the data to assess the viability of running our global Fellowship beginning in January 2022. Despite promising signs in some parts of the world and increasing access to vaccines in […]
Announcing new partnership with Schmidt Futures to Launch “Rise” Program
Over the last year, we’ve worked closely with the team at Schmidt Futures to inform the design and launch of their new initiative to unlock youth talent globally. Rise, an initiative of Schmidt Futures and the Rhodes Trust, is the anchor program of the Schmidt Futures’s $1 billion philanthropic commitment to identify and support global […]
How We Built This: Launching Global Citizen Academy
In April I faced one of the hardest leadership decisions of my life. Amidst a surging pandemic, our team made the difficult call to suspend our Global Fellowship for 2020-21. We knew, even then, it would not have been aligned with our values to send Fellows into host communities during a global health crisis. But […]
Shawn Mendes Foundation Partners with Global Citizen Year to Launch Global Citizen Academy
JULY 13, 2020 – GRAMMY nominated, multi-platinum singer/songwriter Shawn Mendes has launched an initiative through the Shawn Mendes Foundation (SMF), seeking to inspire and empower his fans and today’s youth to bring about positive change in the world and advocate for causes they care about. Today, Shawn and SMF are partnering with the nonprofit organization […]
Global Citizen Year Founder/CEO on Black Lives Matter
Dear friends, The compounding crises of the last few months have been disorienting and heartbreaking, impacting each of us in such different ways. The events of the last week have brought some of those differences to the fore, and I’ve struggled to find the right way to express the outrage and anguish I feel — […]
Global Citizen Year Statement on Black Lives Matter
We stand in solidarity against systemic racism, white supremacy and the ongoing oppression of the Black community. We denounce and will work actively against the systemic and institutional racism that underpins the murders of Ahmaud Arbery, George Floyd and Breonna Taylor and countless other lives lost. We join in the national call for justice. We […]
Global Citizen Year Launches Accessible Gap Year Alternative
Global Citizen Year, a non-profit committed to normalizing a new—and better—path from high school into young adulthood today announces the launch of Global Citizen Year Academy. Global Citizen Year Academy is an intensive leadership experience, equipping 2020 high school graduates with powerful and practical skills for a lifetime of social impact. With colleges and universities unlikely […]
