Global Citizen Journey

Sweet Crude team returns home

After being detained by the Nigerian State Security Services while filming in the Niger Delta, the Sweet Crude team has been returned home safely. Read more.

Burundi Delegation moved to summer 2009… several openings remain

Apply now to join our amazing group of delegates in traveling to Burundi summer of 2009

Come to the next orientation

Learn about opportunities to volunteer and upcoming Burundi delegation. Monday, May 12, 5:15 to 7 pm. Learn details.

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Who are we?

Global Citizen Journey joins hearts and hands across continents and boundaries. We are a nonprofit organization with a vision of deep, ongoing connections that build understanding and bridge cultural differences with bonds of peace.

Our Mission

Our mission is to answer the question: “How can we create a culture of peace and world stewardship?” We answer that by creating opportunities for this to happen, especially in places that are little known beyond their borders. Take a journey of discovery: circle

Become a citizen diplomat
Be an active peace-builder
Meet your global neighbors
Develop your leadership skills
Help sustain and expand our recently completed Nigeria and Ghana projects
Provide clean water in Bujumbura, Burundi
Learn what’s really happening in Africa today

Philosophy

GCJ trips are journeys of discovery, where people meet heart to heart. As a delegate, you’ll live and work with your host country counterparts, sharing your unique cultural gifts, learning from each other and finding the joy of common human ground.

Together, you’ll complete a community service project and you’ll take part in dynamic workshops on compassionate listening, conflict resolution and other topics to promote cross-cultural communication and leadership development. As a GCJ sponsor or volunteer, you’ll be actively involved in the planning, the learning and the stories that emerge. (Come to an orientation session to find the best way for you to get involved. )

We are dedicated to BEING the change – so we the way we work together is as important to us as the work we do. We invite and treasure the energy and passion of all who join us. We aspire to work in ways that help us each learn and grow, generating new ideas, choice-creating, and transformative – passion, joy, interconnectedness are guiding principles.

GCJ is also dedicated to the idea that as a result of our interconnected global world, we need to hold ourselves accountable for the way our actions affect the climate. We have created a Green Team to assess how our operations affect the environment and to research ways in which we can reduce our impact.