December 19, 2011: FELT Club, GP Boston’s 1st Annual Holiday Party, click here for more information
December 9-15: GP interviews 70 youth applicants in New York and Boston for its new cohort of 2011-2012, the largest number of applicants ever yet seen in Global Potential!
December 10, 2011: Six GP Youth win Ashoka’s Youth Venture $1000 grants!
December 2 and 3: Ignite your Inner Voice and a Call to Action Film Festival in Boston! Click here for more information
October 2, 2011: Thank you to the MA Outdoor Volunteer Experience theMOVE
Who said Global Potential stopped doing community service when we came back to the U.S. after travelling?:) To the contrary! GP continues to be involved in its local communities! Today GP youth picked harvested carrots and collard in Lincoln, MA, to be able to feed 140 families with Food for Free project. Thank you to theMOVE for this beautiful collaboration with us today. This is how the world continues to get better! Collaboration! Work on the farm! Getting outside of your comfort zones and doing GOOD!
October 2, 2011: Global Potential Featured in Let’s Talk Magazine
“The Global Potential summer travel abroad program fully engages its participants in the community of their placement. In talking with Parker Shea, Summer 2011 Community Outreach Coordinator as well as Daniel Alfaro and Daniel Martinez, GP Youth Leader graduates in 2011, it’s easy to see how incredible the summer experience must truly be. The three chimed in enthusiastically about how going to Nicaragua and the Dominican Republic had drastically changed their world view and thereby induced personal growth.” CLICK HERE TO READ MORE
September 17, 2011: Recognized by Nicaraguan Community of Massachusetts
Sarah Gogel, co-founder of GP, recognized by Nicaraguan Community of Massachusetts on Nicaraguan Independence Day: “Este diecisiete de septiembre pasado, la ciudad de Boston, capital del Estado de Massachusetts fue escenario del treceavo acto de izamiento de la bandera de Nicaragua.”
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September 2, 2001: Former Youth Facilitator of GP in batey Cuchilla, Dominican Republic, raises awareness and funds for latrine project
It is not atypical that enriching experiences also occur among GP youth facilitators and staff. They get inspired alongside our youth to also create change. This is exactly the case of Christine McReynolds who when she came back with GP a second time this summer 2011 as a youth facilitator, realized alongside her community friends in Cuchilla that latrines were an issue of urgency. She has committed to raising funds for this Latrine project. You can find out more information about this here
