International Visitor Program
Global Youth Leadership Program - 2008

Interested in empowering youth? Broaden your horizons and perspectives by hosting a student or teacher in your home!

Serbian Student with Roosevelt High School Students Interviewed by KPLU Reporter- October 2007

2007 Youth Programs
2008 Youth Program
Youth Program Scrapbook

Since its inception, the Global Youth Leadership Program has brought students and teachers to the Puget Sound region from countries such as Brazil, Indonesia, Serbia, Morocco, Korea, Albania, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, Jordan, and other countries throughout North Africa and the Middle East. Programs include homestays, mentoring, school visits, and intensive project work on topics such as grassroots democracy, ethnic tolerance, youth leadership, international understanding through art, political leadership, and volunteerism.

2008 Programs

In 2008 the Global Youth Leadership Program will continue to work to empower youth leaders from around the globe through the following projects:

U.S. Brazilian Embassy Youth Ambassador Exchange Project: January 17-24, 2008
The World Affairs Council partnered with Delphi International, World Learning and the U.S. Embassy in Brazil to bring 6 Brazilian Youth to Seattle. These Youth Ambassadors worked on projects focused on youth leadership and empowerment.

Developing Leadership and Civic Responsibility: February 2-7, 2008
The World Affairs Council partnered with the Phelps-Stokes Fund and the U.S. State Department to bring 8 students from Jordan to Seattle to develop leadership skills and examine cross-cultural concepts of social responsibility through workshops and observation of the 2008 primary elections.

ASEAN Youth Ambassador Program: June 14-28, 2008
The World Affairs Council partnered with Meridian International and the U.S. State Department to bring a group of 11 students from Indonesia to examine the political and economic relationship their country has with the U.S. and to engage with Americans their own age. They also presented a program of traditional Indonesian song, dance and dress.

See photos in the IVP Scrapbook

U.S. Congress-Korean National Assembly Youth Exchange Program: July 23–26, 2008
In partnership with Meridian International Center, Korean university students visted Seattle through the U.S. Congress-Korean National Assembly Youth Exchange Program. While in Seattle their program focused on increasing their knowledge of U.S.-Korean relations, the U.S. foreign policy precress, civic particiaption, volunteerism, and community activism.

See photos in the IVP Scrapbook

If you are interested in sending a youth program to Seattle, please contact Ms. Chrissy Hyde, Deputy Director, IVP, at (206) 441-5910, ext. 313 or contact us by e-mail.