GLOBAL YOUTH FORUM

Global Youth Forum continues to be our most popular program, bringing in students from around the world to discuss global issues, explore innovative ways to solve problems and develop their leadership, cultural competency and diplomacy skills. Our 2020 Global Youth Forum will be located back at our hometown of Kansas City, Missouri from July 19 to 23.

New for 2020: The PTPI President's Reading List

Welcome to the 2020 PTPI President's Reading List. This year, for the first time, we've advanced the Global Book Club to more closely align with our mission and vision and provide a year-long experience in culture, travel, education and global citizenship. The reading list this year includes a diverse selection of books and multimedia that will enrich and inspire you to embrace the adventurer within each of us and to see the potential impact that cultural exchanges and humanitarian service adds to many lives. Join us in our facebook group to talk about what you're reading! Click the graphic to access the full reading list including descriptions of the books. Join our Facebook Group HERE.

SCHOOL & CLASSROOM

Bring the world to your classroom! The first step toward a more peaceful tomorrow is investing in children today. This completely free modern-day pen pal program offers teachers around the world resources, projects, and global connections with teachers and PTPI members to support the development of globally-minded and culturally-competent students. The School & Classroom Program (SCP) is a completely free service that matches your classroom with another classroom from across the globe. While you teach global history and tell stories about adventures in a land far, far away, you can build friendships for your students with others from these very lands. By registering your class, you will be matched with a classroom of similar age and size. You'll receive an SCP guidebook that will help you to build a curriculum that fits the needs of both classrooms. Through pen pal relationships and shared projects, your students will develop global mindedness and exposure to amazing cultures and traditions. This amazing program is very adaptable and can be as simple or in-depth as a teacher chooses for their students. Register in the fall to be matched with a partner classroom from a "far away land" for the school year. Sign up for the School & Classroom Program here or contact Laurie Arellano at (816) 531-4701 for details!

2019 Theme: Creating Connections due December 1st.

Global Youth Murals allows K-12 students, ages 4-18, from around the world to express their unique global perspective through art. This year's theme "Creating Connections" asks young people to explore outside our current paradigms and consider how we can enhance international understanding through activities, engagement and experiences that will help make each of us a humanitarian, a peacemaker or an educator. To be considered for an award, submissions should arrive at PTPI World Headquarters in Kansas City, USA no later than December 1st. Additional information and submission instructions are in the Global Youth Mural guidelines.

CLICK HERE FOR THE GUIDELINES

JOYCE C. HALL SCHOLARSHIP

The Joyce C. Hall College Scholarship is possible through funding provided by a direct bequest from Mr. Hall when he passed. This program not only illustrates the importance of the People to People's mission to Mr. Hall, it is also a symbol of the longstanding partnership between Hallmark and People to People International. Each year, up to five scholarships are awarded to university students who have shown a commitment to the mission and values of PTPI. CLICK HERE TO READ MORE