Global Scholar | International Relations Summer Program for High School Students

Join us next July in Washington, D.C.!

Session 1 (Grades 11-12): June 28-July 10, 2020
Session 2 (Grades 9-10): June 28-July 10, 2020
Session 3 (Grades 11-12): July 12-July 24, 2020
Session 4 (Grades 9-10): July 12-July 24, 2020

Global Scholar is an international relations intensive program that builds the knowledge and skills high school students need to make social change on a local and global scale. Through hands-on learning and meetings with leading policy experts, Global Scholar empowers young and emerging leaders to become change makers on their campuses and in their communities.

Recent graduates of the program have gone on to lead student organizations; work for international organizations, the UN, the State Department and more; participate in prestigious gap year and language programs; and enroll at top institutions like Harvard, Columbia, the University of Chicago, McGill University, and more. Most importantly: they’ve developed a deep understanding of their power as leaders, the importance of their voice, and the many pathways for having an impact on their world.

Apply to be a Global Scholar! Spots are limited and applications will only be accepted until the program is full. Check out tuition and scholarship information here.

Join us in Washington, D.C. this summer to:

Explore urgent global challenges including security, poverty, climate change, refugees, immigration, global health, and human rights through seminars with experts working in government, think tanks, non-profit organizations, academia and more. Scholars also meet with embassies and Senate offices.
Build skills to be a bold and visionary global leader. Our popular Action Lab workshops give you advanced training you won’t get anywhere else, focusing on: Systems Thinking and Complex Problem-Solving; Diversity and Inclusion; Strategic Action Planning; Activating your Story, Values and Vision; and Empathy and Dialogue.
Do big things, now. The world can’t wait for your brilliance, and neither can we. Throughout the program Scholars apply knowledge and skills to craft and launch a meaningful project around a timely and critical global challenge, including voting, climate change, immigration, and more.  You’ll refine valuable skills, build your resume, and make a difference.
Launch your global career. Discover careers, schools and opportunities in international affairs through career panels, career mapping, and 1:1 conversations with professionals working in the private, public and nonprofit sectors, as well as representatives from scholarship, fellowship, and study abroad programs. We also visit local universities.
Explore beautiful Washington, D.C. and build inspiring friendships with peers equally motivated to pursue leadership opportunities and careers in public and international affairs. The broader AMP Global Youth family is thousands strong worldwide.

Learn about a typical Day in the Life of Global Scholar and about the Global Scholar curriculum.

Global Scholar 2019 Speakers and Sessions Included:

New York City

Access to Education. Jennifer Rigg, Executive Director, Global Campaign for Education
Unifying the Playing Field: Local and Global Movements to Advance the Right to Education. Ford Foundation
Understanding the United Nations and the Sustainable Development Goals. Charlotte Platt and Johan Rifai, UN Foundation
Challenges to Global Health. Doctors Without Borders
Water Access. Annalise Bourgeois, Charity: Water
Financing for International Development. Oliver Schwank, Senior Economic Advisor, United Nations
Global and Nuclear Security. Karim Kamel, Carnegie Corporation
Careers in International Affairs. Sampson Oppedisano, The New School and Aisha Mitchell, Global Health Corps
Understanding Immigration Challenges. Ella Nimmo, Cabrini Immigrant Services
Protecting and Promoting Human Rights: Women’s and indigenous Rights. Fadimata Walet Inorene, Save the Children and Grace Fernandes, STAND Now
Journalism and Digital Privacy. Jennifer Valentino Devries, The New York Times
Interfaith Organizing and Action. Frank Fredericks, WorldFaith

Washington, DC

Perspectives in Human Rights. Bama Athreya, Brookings Institution
Youth & Global Health. Nicole Gill, Advocates for Youth
Conversation with Ambassador Liberata Mulamula. Ambassador Liberata Mulamula, Former Tanzanian Ambassador to the US
Protecting and Promoting Human Rights: Women’s and indigenous Rights. Fadimata Walet Inorene, Save the Children and Grace Fernandes, STAND Now
Embassy of Cameroon
Nuclear Security. Ambassador Bonnie Jenkins, Brookings Institution
Access to Education. Jennifer Rigg, Executive Director, Global Campaign for Education
The United Nations and Sustainable Development Goals. Taylor Gates, UN Foundation and Anna Mahalak, Youth Engagement Manager, United Nations
Understanding the World Bank. Nadia Merdassi, Program Officer, World Bank
Embassy of Belgium
Immigration and Refugees. Josh Utter, Jesuit Refugee Services
Global Poverty and Inequality. Ken Patterson, RESULTS JRS
Climate Change. Tan Copsey, Climate Nexus
Careers in International Affairs Panel I. Mo Alem, Young Invincibles, Parul Agarwal, World Bank and Briana Suarez, APSIA
Careers in International Affairs Panel II. Brionne Dawson, US Chamber of Commerce, Mariya Ilyas, US Department of State, Gordon Wong, ONE Campaign and Briana Suarez, APSIA
Climate & Security. Neil Bhatiya, Center for a New American Security
International Development in Africa. Kwaku Nuamah, American University
Global Poverty and US Foreign Assistance. Gordon Wong, ONE Campaign
Visit to the US Department of State. Deborah Schneider and Jasmine White Gibson, US Department of State
Global Security. Greg Gershuny, Energy and Environment Program, Aspen Institute, David Forscey, Cyber and Technology Program, Aspen Institute and Jonathan Price, Aspen Strategy Group, Aspen Institute
Supporting Children and Ending Hunger. Rachel Merker, First Focus
Embassy of Colombia
Embassy of Niger. Ambassador Abdallah Wafy, Embassy of Niger
Mexican Cultural Institute. Sebastian Corrales, Public Relations Officer, Embassy of Mexico
Frederick Douglass House

<h2>More about us </h2> Founded in 2006, AMP Global Youth created Global Scholar as an immersive global leadership program for young achievers eager to build a more just and sustainable world. Based at American University in Washington, D.C., this small, selective program informs and empowers young global leaders – right in the city where policy gets made. Global Scholar is a program of AMP Global Youth, which was founded in 2002 by students at Yale with the goal of helping students explore the US role in the world following 9/11. AMP Global Youth has 15 years of experience empowering youth to understand and speak out about global issues. More than 100,000 students have participated in our various programs. Throughout the years, Global Scholar alumni have continued to engage with our rapidly growing network of global student leaders. <a href="https://ampglobalyouth.org/global-scholar-impact/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Read more about Global Scholar’s impact here.</a> <a href="https://ampglobalyouth.org/global-scholar-apply/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Join us this summer!</a> Spots are limited and applications will only be accepted until the program is full. <a href="https://ampglobalyouth.org/global-scholar-cost/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Check out tuition and scholarship information here.</a>

Meet our program directors, Vanessa and Karen

Contact us to learn more: call 202.709.6172 or email globalscholar@aidemocracy.org.