Global citizenship involves working across boundaries with others to address global challenges. It requires thoughtful citizens working as a team to change the world. Boundaries can be around places or identities, and global citizens need skills like cooperation, communication, and critical thinking to cross boundaries and assess projects that help with challenges like those listed on the provided websites. The document provides next steps for developing global citizenship, such as getting to know other citizens, global issues, and oneself in order to determine strengths and interests to apply to project teams or planned acts of global citizenship.

1. Global Citizenship
What is it?
What can we do with it?

2. The Mission
Work together across
boundaries of place and
identity to address
global challenges
Work
together
Global
Challenges
Boundaries

3. Working together
Never doubt that a small group of
thoughtful, committed citizens can
change the world; indeed, it’s the only
thing that ever has.
Margaret Mead
(1901-1978)

4. Boundaries
Which boundaries are
around us?
What do we need to
cross them?

5. Global Challenges
For example…
– http://www.millennium-project.org/millennium/challeng.html
– http://www.wun.ac.uk/challenges
– http://globalchallengesforum.org/topics/

6. Next Steps
What do I need to know?
– Get to know other global citizens
– Learn about global challenges
– Get to know yourself
• How do I react to boundaries?
• Which global challenges do I want to
address?

7. Next Steps
What skills do I need?
– Cooperation
• Teamwork & leadership in globally distributed teams
• Multitasking, task management, project management
• Effective communication
– Crossing boundaries
• Intercultural competencies
• Empathy
– Address global challenges
• Critical thinking
• Assessing and documenting project impact

8. Next Steps
What actions can I take?
– Get involved in
project teams
• http://bit.ly/1nH8jJF
– Plan and do an
“Act of Global Citizenship”
• http://bit.ly/UJXC25

9. Recordings
Find the recordings of the
two sessions here:
– http://bit.ly/1jiOzuL
– http://bit.ly/1wxSQSX