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In Memoriam of Dr. Carolyn Williams

It is with profound sadness that we announce the passing of Carolyn Williams, close friend and supporter of the Global Citizenship Alliance, who died at the age of eighty-one in her home city of Detroit, Michigan. In 1996, Carolyn was named the fourth president of Bronx Community College and the first woman to hold this position from which she retired in 2011, after fifteen years of dedicated service to the College and to the wider community of the Bronx and beyond. Under her leadership, BCC redoubled in size and quality while she never tired of firmly placing the success of her students at the center of all her efforts. Her commitment, coupled with the energy and grace of a real Motown native, earned her nationwide recognition and the respect and affection of her colleagues. Carolyn was one of the founding members of the Global Citizenship Alliance (GCA) when, together with a group of about ten of her peers at the helm of community colleges across the U.S., she attended a seminar in Salzburg in the summer of 2004 which became the launch pad for the program’s lasting advancement. Read more

“Some Reflections on a Very Unique Program: The Global Citizenship Alliance”

Peter I. Rose* Nearly two decades ago, Dr. Jochen Fried proposed to bring American undergraduates to Austria, mostly, but not exclusively, from community colleges and Historically Black Colleges and University (HBCUs) to address issues such as the dilemmas of diversity in our society, problems relating to climate change and other environmental issues, and matters of class, status, power and politics, and also to compare and contrast what we do in the United States with what goes on in other countries. It was an enormous challenge.  Undaunted, Jochen and his colleagues, Astrid Schroeder and David Goldman, put their shoulders to the wheel and gave ample credence to the expression “Where There’s a Will, There’s a Way.”  They had the will, and, with written proposals, oral presentations, and the peaked-curiosity of presidents and deans, they paid visits to a number of institutions of higher education such as Miami-Dade in Florida, the City University of New York and its array of four-year and community colleges, and San José State University in California, and found receptive audiences and support for the program. Within a year or two a growing consortium of institutions began facilitating the travel of selected students to Salzburg where they would work, study and interact at the Rococo palace known as Schloss Leopoldskron .Not long after, the first groups of ”fellows” (as all who attend the program are called) were joined by those from many other schools from the same states and also from Texas, Kentucky, Illinois and other places in the mid-West. Read more

Homeland Earth - A Campaign to Promote Planetary Awareness

"(T)he globalisation push of the last decades has connected all people on all continents and of all nations in a complex way and brought them into an indissoluble relationship with each other. Thus, whether we like it or not, an earthly community of destiny has come into being. (…) But many people and nations lack awareness of this earthly community of destiny. Especially in times of crisis, every nation retreats into itself and seeks its salvation in national solo efforts (…)" "What we need is a worldwide public opinion that represents a planetary awareness and is strong enough to influence the policies of states and international bodies in this direction (…) we must also develop the awareness that we are citizens of Homeland Earth and act accordingly. This is the idea of our international campaign "Homeland Earth." Heimatland Erde | ASPR The Global Citizenship Alliance supports this Heimatland Erde (Homeland Earth) campaign of The Austrian Study Centre for Peace and Conflict Resolution (ASPR), which was founded in 1982. The GCA encourages all of its partner institutions and alumni to familiarize themselves with the campaign for Homeland Earth and to consider supporting it by signing the appeal for this campaign, disseminating its manifesto and participating in events related to the campaign.

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