Amizade 25: Saturday Night Highlights
Over 200 people gathered together and beautifully modeled our mission, inspiring empathy, linking with each other, and catalyzing new ideas…
Archive for October 1, 2019 | Amizade
Alternative Break in the Amazon: Get to Know Santarém
In May 2019, Sierra Viands traveled to Brazil to serve and learn with Amizade as part of a group from…
A Tree Grows in Williamson: Seeking Sustainability in Appalachia
This article was originally published on The Fulbright Program blog and is republished here with their permission. Back in May,…
Announcing the fourth year of Fulbright-Amizade in Appalachia
We are thrilled to announce that Amizade and the Fulbright Program, the U.S. government’s flagship international educational exchange program, will…
BCA joins the Fair Trade Learning movement!
It couldn’t be called a movement if we were standing still. Announcing a huge step forward for Fair Trade Learning….
Seeing myself for the first time
In 2010, Ruby Maddox, a student majoring in Public Policy in Urban Communities and Political Science, wanted to connect her…
My Stretching Latin Adventure
Recently, Amizade Ghana alumna and Virginia State University student Verlisha Brandon went on her first ever solo expedition outside of…
Believe in the power of global education
On November 27th, Amizade participated in Give Big Pittsburgh, the annual day of giving in the city of bridges organized…
GSAA’s Inaugural Cohort
The Amizade team is excited to share that we’ve have chosen our first cohort for the Global Social Action Accelerator. We…
Breaking stereotypes
In this blog post, Ian Fields, born and raised in Williamson, West Virginia elaborates on how important is for our…