Who are we?
Who are we?
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The Global Language Initiative is a youth-operated organization acting as a platform for young people all over the world to learn languages and explore other cultures.
GLI connects active language learners with people who speak that language fluently. Students are able to cultivate their language skills while volunteers can volunteer simply by talking to someone--all online, from the comfort of their own homes! The GLI team is currently focusing on forging links between English-speaking volunteers — who want to learn about other cultures and obtain volunteer hours — and students who are improving their English language skills. After prospective participants fill out an application form and participate in an interview process, we will connect them with a conversational buddy (another teenager!) who has compatible interests.
Through international communication, volunteers will discover new cultures, and students will improve their speaking skills and learn more about a different culture.
Our Mission — increase relativism, fight ethnocentrism, and increase diplomatic relations through facilitating language learning and international communication.
WHAT DO WE WANT TO DO HERE? ABOUT THE ORGANIZATION AND ABOUT US
WHAT DO WE WANT TO DO HERE? ABOUT THE ORGANIZATION AND ABOUT US
The Global Language Initiative (GLI) was started to combat worldwide discrepancies surrounding teen language education. By providing a platform for cross-cultural interaction and the resources needed for mastering a lingua franca, GLI hopes to arm the next generation of world citizens with the tools necessary to combat ethnocentrism, thereby promoting diplomacy.
GLI started as one teen’s dream of improving her own language education and has spread to incorporate a team of students passionate for world change, scattered throughout the world! Join us and make our dream a reality!
Alaina is a GLI team leader and co-founder from the United States of America. Her goal is to promote international diplomatic relations by stimulating relativism through providing educational resources for learning a lingua franca and an outlet for intercultural interaction. Alaina is a National Security Language Initiative for Youth (NSLI-Y) alumni and US State Department Youth Ambassador. She has experience teaching English to Ukrainian teens–through volunteering in the Ukrainian non-profit ENGin–and is a Russian language learner. You can contact Alaina through info@globallanguageinitiative.org or listen to her podcast Global Teens’ Radio.
"Language is a crucial component to promoting diplomacy. GLI aims to break down the ethnocentric barriers surrounding international communication–fostering relativism in the next generation of world leaders." — Alaina
"Language is a crucial component to promoting diplomacy. GLI aims to break down the ethnocentric barriers surrounding international communication–fostering relativism in the next generation of world leaders." — Alaina
Sage is a GLI co-founder and team leader from the United States of America. His primary objective is to cultivate cross-cultural awareness and connection so that people around the world are able to draw strength and wisdom from one another as they attempt to create change. Sage is a US State Department Youth Ambassadors Program alum. He also has extensive experience in community outreach and DEI work, having assisted in changing the previously racially-contentious names of his school and community at large and as he is actively operating a couple of minority student alliances, alongside other endeavors in that area. You can contact Sage via email at sage.jones@globallanguageinitiative.org
“True change is only possible through cooperation. The world needs more young leaders, and those leaders need one another to succeed, the purpose of GLI is to connect them." — Sage
Daryna is GLI’s design and outreach specialist from Ukraine. Her aim is to break stereotypes about the motherland, to form a proper image of Ukraine in the international community, and to promote intercultural understanding among young people. At the age of 16, she became a Young European Ambassador in Ukraine. Daryna has a huge amount of experience in Project & SMM Management: since she was 13 years old, she has organized various projects related to ecology, gender equality, literature and others. You can contact Daryna through Instagram or Facebook. Daryna runs all of GLI's social media accounts and recruitment; she can be reached at outreach@globallanguageinitiative.org
"GLI is our loud statement that we need to go beyond the box and start exploring other countries from the inside, not from the media. Only through mutual understanding and the absence of chauvinism will we be able to achieve the desired peace which is now at stake." — Daryna
"GLI is our loud statement that we need to go beyond the box and start exploring other countries from the inside, not from the media. Only through mutual understanding and the absence of chauvinism will we be able to achieve the desired peace which is now at stake." — Daryna
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