Our Mission
ENGAGE (the Educational Network for Global and Grassroots Exchange) is a coalition of returned study abroad students that transforms the study abroad experience into lifelong connections and cooperative action between peoples and social movements working towards a just and sustainable world.
Background
A growing number of US-based study abroad programs are offering students the opportunity to learn about issues of social justice, human rights, and environmental sustainability in a global context. Further, these programs are directly connecting their students to communities and social movements who are working to create another world. ENGAGE emerged from the energy of these study abroad students when they returned home, as they struggled to answer challenging questions:
As students, how do we work in our home communities towards social justice and sustainability? How do we remain connected to, and work alongside, the communities and social movements that inspired us while abroad? How do we turn our education into action?
Who We Are
Students formed ENGAGE in 2001 in order to link the struggles of Thai communities to communities and organizations in the United States. Our experiences illustrate how former study abroad students can organize themselves in order to affect change both in the United States and abroad. Since 2001, ENGAGE has grown into a broader network of students, study abroad programs, and communities working collectively to link social movements throughout the world. ENGAGE is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization.
ENGAGE's GuideStar report is available by
clicking here.
How to Get Involved
Follow the links at above and at left to learn more about the ENGAGE organization, how you can
join in our activities and programs, and how you can
support ENGAGE.
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