GYV alumni circle the globe
November 1, 2011
Since 1979 we have over 4,000 people from over 100 countries that have joined the GYV family. They are leaving LEGACIES of peace, tolerance and justice around the globe.
Keep in touch with each other. Share the GYV experience and the impact it had in your life. Help a young upcoming leader to participate in this summer’s Global Youth Village.
30 Ways to Build Community
November 27, 2010
30 Ways to Build Community
Youth were surveyed and came up with 30 ways to build community at GYV and in their home communities. Everyday at GYV, we strive to build a model of the global community. We remain open to new ideas, assist one another and are flexible when dealing with people from different backgrounds. Let us know what you think and how you build community around you.
- Have mutual respect for everyone
- Strike up a conversation with a stranger
- Carry the “Pay It Forward” attitude
- Offer to help others
- Get to know your neighbor
- Greet others with a smile and kind words
- Establish common goals and values
- Create art together
- Laugh
- Be the one to reach out with a helping hand
- Support your local theater, school, and non-profits
- Share
- Listen with genuine curiosity
- Introduce yourself to someone new
- Volunteer
- Give compliments freely
- Share your dinner table with others
- Hugs
- Connect through music
- Give gifts for no reason
- Smile
- Respect the world around you
- Use friendly dialogue
- Open your mind to new things
- Love
- Be patient
- Celebrate diversity
- Remember the youth need guidance and positive influences
- Coexist
- Make the most you can out of life, now
The Founder’s View
October 17, 2010
We hear the word “global” a lot nowadays: global warming, global economy, global communications network, global thinking. But what does it really mean to be a citizen of the global village? It means striving to live by values that people of all nations share: values of community responsibility, service, respect, justice, and security. It means honing our skills and knowledge while helping our neighbors, too. It means making the most of diversity within the unity of our common humanity.
The Global Youth Village is a hands-on experience in global citizenship. I am confident that you will discover, as so many before you have, that with trust, cooperation and enthusiasm, you can cross barriers of ethnicity and race, gender and religion, and work together for a better world. Come join us for another exciting summer. We’re not only preparing for the future-we’re creating it!
Yours sincerely,
J.E. Rash
Founder and President
Make 2010 a Year of Service
January 15, 2010
Community service projects are the foundation of bridging social barriers. This year we each have the opportunity to serve our neighboring communities by becoming involved in a community project. It is amazing the difference one person can make! National holidays, such as the Martin Luther King Day of Service, provide the perfect venue to get started. Just a few ways you could help out:
• Collecting items for charity such as clothes, food, or furniture.
• Cleaning roadside verges.
• Helping the elderly in nursing homes.
• Helping the local fire or police service.
• Helping out at a local library.
• Tutoring children with learning disabilities.
• Participating in school activities that benefit the wider community.
