June 5th, 2017
World Environment Day and the U.S. Decision to Leave the Paris Agreement
World Environment Day was developed by the United Nations in 1974 to encourage worldwide awareness and call for action for…
March 23rd, 2017
GCC 2017 Global Youth Summit Wrap-Up
Since its founding in 2001, Global Concerns Classroom (GCC) has been inspiring US high school students to become informed and…
October 13th, 2016
International Day for Disaster Relief 2016
The International Day for Disaster Relief is observed annually every 13th of October. This year, the Day will focus on…
September 8th, 2016
International Literacy Day 2016
Truly imagine that you could not read these words right now. What do you think you would be doing instead?…
August 19th, 2016
World Humanitarian Day 2016
I’m a human; does that make me a humanitarian? A humanitarian, as defined by Webster’s dictionary, is a person promoting…
July 13th, 2016
Learn in a Flash: Sustainable Development Goals
You may have heard of the Sustainable Development Goals and Millennium Development goals mentioned in class or in the news….