UIC Global Learning Community

Opportunities to explore Africa this summer right here in Chicago!

Exciting African Women's Entrepreneurship Program Showcase on July 22nd featuring gourmet food products, cosmetics, jewelry, accessories, stylish clothing and home décor made by women entrepreneurs from Africa! Sign up for this free event on WorldChicago website.
http://www.worldchicago.org/all-event-list/awep/

We are also still looking for homestay hosts for our French Speaking Pan-Africa Youth Leadership Program for August 13-22. Please share!

http://www.worldchicago.org/pan-africa-youth-leadership-pr…/ Homestay hosts still needed August 13th - August 21st

Opportunities to explore Africa this summer right here in Chicago!

Exciting African Women's Entrepreneurship Program Showcase on July 22nd featuring gourmet food products, cosmetics, jewelry, accessories, stylish clothing and home décor made by women entrepreneurs from Africa! Sign up for this free event on WorldChicago website.
http://www.worldchicago.org/all-event-list/awep/

We are also still looking for homestay hosts for our French Speaking Pan-Africa Youth Leadership Program for August 13-22. Please share!

http://www.worldchicago.org/pan-africa-youth-leadership-pr…/ Homestay hosts still needed August 13th - August 21st

CONTROVERSY + 1: Pope Francis's encyclical argues that climate change results from human activity AND that it is especially damaging to the world's poor.

This semester, our attention in the GLC Seminar turns to an idea known as "Just Sustainability," which asks how our ideas on the environment also relate to social justice concerns.

http://america.aljazeera.com/watch/shows/inside-story/2015/6/the-pastor-and-the-planet-pope-asks-world-to-fight-climate-change.html

The pastor and the planet: Pope asks world to fight climate change | Al Jazeera America Francis’ comments on the environment strike a nerve with some US presidential candidates

BEING GLOBAL offers great opportunities for travelers. It can also be very helpful for your mental health. Find out more!

Didn't learn a second language as a kid? No worries. Here's why you might want to learn one anyway. Plus, one big reason to send your favorite kid to language class NOW.

COLD WAR(s): We're currently in the planning stages for next fall's GLC Seminar, and one of the questions we will consider is "Cold Wars": What exactly IS a "cold war," and what countries might be involved in a cold war?

The term "cold war" has sometimes been applied to the relationship between North Korea and South Korea. This intriguing video and interactive website offer an illuminating view of North Korea. 

Six Days in North Korea A photographer parts the curtains on one of the world’s least-known places and brings back pictures of a country that is defined for many by mystery and war.