Global Citizen Journey

NEWS FLASH: planning a US Transpartisan exchange and Liberia project

Learn about unfolding plans for the US Transpartisan exchange and peace making in Liberia

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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:

Our first journey to the Niger Delta is featured in this short introductory video.

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 and our new Burundi project
Learn what’s really happening in Africa today

Philosophy

GCJ fosters journeys of discovery, where people meet heart to heart. 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.
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As a delegate, you’ll live and work with your host country or community 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.

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.

Our next international Journey is planned for Liberia in 2010. Other Journeys will emerge as dynamic new volunteer Project Directors step forward (perhaps you?!). We will be engaging in domestic Journeys in partnership with the Transpartisan Alliance, bridging the political divide that is so challenging and raw in the US. We are also open to finding ways to localize the GCJ experience, by creating bridges with marginalized populations and segments of our community right here where we live.