Pre exchange activities:
Prior to departing for the United States, the students will be taking a survey of the services available to them in each of their communities via a series of activities. The activities will have them do such things as consider the cost of sending a package at a predetermined weight from their local post office, if the prices are published on the wall, are the hours of operation and the names of people in the offices made available, etc. Activities such as these would be done for a number of different services.
Program Schedule
GLOBAL CONNECTIONS AND EXCHANGE PROGRAM
STUDENT EXCHANGE, JULY 1030
TENTATIVE AGENDA
TUESDAY, JULY 10 ARRIVAL, PHILADELPHIA
Students arrive and check into hotel in Philadelphia
WEDNESDAY, JULY 11 ORIENTATION AND TEAMBUILDING
AM Orientation
PM Teambuilding and diversity
Welcome dinner
THURSDAY, JULY 12 GOVERNMENT, DEMOCRACY AND CIVIC ENGAGEMENT
AM Visit to Friends Select School
Roundtable discussion on civil society
PM Citizen rights vs. responsibilities
What is the role of government vs. role of citizens?
Spheres of citizen action: local, national and global
FRIDAY, JULY 13 LEADERSHIP AND CIVIC EMPOWERMENT: THE AMERICAN EXAMPLE
Walking tour of Philadelphia with a focus on nation building, civil society and leadership.
SATURDAY, JULY 14 REFLECTION
AM Reflection on program thus far
Role of government and citizens: take-home exercise
PM Free time
SUNDAY, JULY 15 TRANSFER TO WASHINGTON, DC
Travel to DC and check into new housing
MONDAY, JULY 16 CIVIC INVOLVEMENT
AM Bridging the gap between service, activism and politics
PM Visit and workshop on civic involvement at the American Red Cross headquarters
TUESDAY, JULY 17 COMMUNITY SERVICE AND SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP
AM Civic involvement through community service
Social entrepreneurship: Ashoka (Bill Drayton/Tia Johnston)
PM Meeting with community service organizations
WEDNESDAY, JULY 18 LEADERSHIP
AM Discussion: Take-home exercise on leadership
Discussion: What makes a leader? Who are the leaders in your community?
Elements of leadership
Youth leadership
PM Roundtable discussion with youth leaders
THURSDAY, JULY 19 COMMUNICATION STRATEGIES FOR LEADERS
AM Public speaking
PM Visit and interviews at Voice of America or other media organization
Post Exchange activities:
After the students return to their homes they will be expected to fill in the gaps of their own countries public services through the Internet. Students will visit and interview people at a select group of public services in their communities. RI will help them set up free domain names, which we will link to from our site. On that site the students will input information about the service details in their communities. The idea is to make visible certain information that is currently not available to most people, thus inhibiting opportunities for corruption and improving development.
Participants
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