WAC Global Connections Club

Welcome to the Global Connections Club for Youth coordinated by Global Classroom. Middle and High School students are welcome to join the club to connect with their peers interested in world affairs from a variety of locations, languages, and cultures to discuss global current events; connect the local to global; and learn about opportunities to strengthen their cultural competence skills to become globally-engaged citizens!

BENEFITS TO JOINING:

• It’s free!
• You’ll meet other engaged youth from a variety of locations, languages, and cultures at monthly meetings via Zoom (currently planned for the second Tuesday of every month beginning January 2023.)
• You’ll get support to participate in World Affairs Council and other community events and activities, including the World Citizen Essay Contest and the Global Competence Certificate Portfolio.
• You’ll work with other youth to think about ways to Take Action and make a difference in your community.

If this sounds interesting, please submit the WAC Global Connections Club Interest Form  prior to registering. (Students, Parents/Guardians, Community Members, Teachers and other Educators can all use this form, and we’ll add you to our email list.)

Global Classroom is seeking a new student leader to join our Global Classroom intern for the remainder of the 2024-2025 School Year! Please reach out to gc@world-affairs.org, if interested! 

LEADERSHIP TEAM 2024-2025

Riya Kalra, Global Classroom intern, is a rising sophomore at Wellesley College majoring in Economics and minoring in Mathematics. Riya aspires to attend graduate school for economics and pursue a career broadly in international economic policy. At Wellesley, Riya serves as the outreach chair for the Indian Student’s Association and the Wellesley College Democrats where she works to connect the on-campus community with those in the greater Boston area to facilitate social and political engagement.

Previously, Riya has worked as a research intern at Genocide Watch and as an outreach intern for the Dr. Kim Schrier for Congress campaign. At Genocide Watch, Riya’s work focused specifically on the Guatemalan Genocide, and she authored and published a report documenting the history on impact of the genocide. At the Schrier campaign Riya worked to connect the campaign with leaders in the Asian-Indian community to boost South Asian outreach and ensure that voices in her community were being heard.

Riya’s passion for international politics and international economics started in her sophomore year AP World History class. Exposure to robust international relations (IR) curriculum in high school pushed her to join the Global Classroom program where she hopes to pay her positive experiences forward and inspire the next generation to pursue the ever-important field of IR.

UPCOMING GCC SCHEDULE