By David Gallup
“Being a part of a World Citizen Club helps
students have a better understanding of the different issues our world faces today. They
have a chance to come up with different solutions and ideas and learn from one another.”
—Semawit,
World Citizen Club Member
As the school year begins, the World
Service Authority (WSA), along with its co-sponsor Citizens for Global
Solutions (CGS), is launching World Citizen Clubs on college, university, and
high school campuses around the world. The WSA and CGS are nonprofit
organizations that promote world citizenship, universal human rights, and
global structures of law for a peaceful, just and sustainable world.
What is the World
Citizen Club Program?
WSA and CGS encourage students to advance the mission of
world peace through world citizenship and world law. The World Citizen Club
Program, a grassroots movement, engages teens and young adults in world
citizenship education and activism, inspiring students to become world
peacemakers.
Individual World
Citizen Clubs will endeavor to
1. Advocate and Educate
2. Build Community
3. Support awareness of and respect for universal rights and
world citizenship
Students in World Citizen Clubs will engage in educational, service,
and social events and projects that promote world citizenship, world peace, and
human rights. Clubs will provide students with the
opportunity to take local
action on global issues.
How to Create a
World Citizen Club
Creating a World Citizen Club on campus is a simple process.
Students speak with their friends and classmates to find potential club
members. They find a faculty advisor, draft a club constitution, register their
club with World Service Authority, and promote the club at the beginning of
each semester during club and student activities fairs. Once the club is
launched, students schedule periodic meetings, events and projects to engage
club participants and the wider school community in world citizenship
activities.
Examples of Club
Events and Projects
●
heritage food potluck
dinners
●
world trivia nights
●
cultural celebrations
●
global music and dance
performances
●
speakers on human
rights, international law, and peace issues
●
refugee assistance
through food drives and advocacy campaigns
●
film and documentary
screenings
Benefits for
Students
●
network with experts
in the international community
●
interact with students
from other parts of the world
●
engage academic
learning outside the classroom
●
acquire multicultural
competencies, a top priority for employers
●
make a difference in
their communities and the world
For More
Information
Visit the Club’s website: www.worldcitizenclub.org.
Students, faculty and staff will find tools and materials to create a World
Citizen Club on their campus. The website includes guides and information such
as a 5-page Club Start-Up Guide, which explains the benefits of the club, how
to create a club, and suggested events, projects and programs. Sample club
constitutions, terms of behavior, brochures, and promotional flyers are also
available at the website.
Contact Us
We look forward to hearing from students who are interested
in starting clubs on their campuses. Please email us at info@worldcitizenclub.org.
