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Join World Savvy and the Institute for Humane Education as we connect across organizations and sectors to explore education through the lens of changemaking. We’ll talk about successful approaches which are enlivening classrooms, making learning deeply relevant & meaningful, and preparing students to be engaged, joyful changemakers and global citizens, while also networking to deepen our connections with those individuals and organizations working in the sector to advance these goals.

Explore how phenomenon-based learning centers students in the learning process and supports the development of global competence. In this workshop, learners will engage with a design process that enhances the building of equitable and socially and emotionally focused learning environments for all learners. This workshop will highlight approaches taken in the United States and Finland, sharing ways in which the global can be made local and the local made global.

About this event

This webinar will highlight the importance of creating connection in the classroom, and will feature “We Create Together”, a powerful video about using STEM to build community between young people in Northern Israel.

In addition to this video, participants will dive into the corresponding lesson, and explore how to use content as a vehicle to increase student engagement by building connections both with the process and one another.

This session will be lead by: Shumit DasGupta, Professional Learning Facilitator at World Savvy.

60 min virtual session. Suitable for educators grades 5-10.

SESSION PREP

Participates should view We Create Together | Crash Test World (5 mins) prior to this session. If time permits, we also suggest watching the How do we live together peacefully? | Crash Test World collection. (24 mins).

Please review Engaging with the 5 ‘E’s – Google Slides prior to this session.

No other preparation needed.

Join World Savvy and special guests from around the country at this vibrant and celebratory event at The Machine Shop in St Anthony Main. We’ll share stories of impact, testimonials from alumni students and educators, and look forward to the work ahead to accomplish our ambitious vision for the future of education – all with a backdrop of engaging activities, live music, and delicious food and beverage.

When: June 22, 2022, 7-9 pm (Champions Reception from 6-7 pm)
Where: The Machine Shop, 300 2nd St SE, Minneapolis, MN 55414

• Pre-event Champions Reception: Fireside chat w/ Dana Mortenson, CEO and Co-Founder + Special Guests: Fadesola Ojeikere, Cindy Derrane, and Anna Lehn – 6-7pm
• Event Begins: World Savvy Happy Hour and Experience – 7-8pm
• Special Presentation and Toast – 8-8:15pm
• Musical Performance by Dessa- 8:15pm

• World Savvy remains committed to the health and wellbeing of our partners, donors, and staff. Barring any change in COVID-19 conditions and risk category for the Twin Cities community, the following safety precautions will be in place for our 20th Anniversary event:
• Masks are not required, but will be welcomed and encouraged. Disposable masks will be available at registration, and hand sanitizer stations will be placed throughout the venue.
• While we will not be requiring proof of vaccination or booster, we encourage vaccination to keep each other safe, and request that anyone not vaccinated please wear a mask.
• If you are feeling unwell or have been recently exposed to COVID-19, we ask that you please stay home. Please contact us in this event and we can issue a refund (and we’ll miss you!).

We will continue to evaluate the environment, as well as the latest guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and the Minnesota Department of Health, and will adjust or update our safety policies accordingly. Please do not hesitate to reach out to us with any questions or concerns.

Our Musical Guest – Dessa

Singer, rapper, and writer Dessa has made a career of bucking genres and defying expectations—her résumé as a musician includes performances at Lollapalooza and Glastonbury, co-compositions for 100-voice choir, performances with the Minnesota Orchestra, and top-200 entries on the Billboard charts. She contributed to the #1 album The Hamilton Mixtape and the RBG documentary; her track, “Congratulations,” has notched over 20 million streams. As a writer, she’s been published by The New York Times and National Geographic Traveler, broadcast by Minnesota Public Radio, and published a memoir-in-essays (My Own Devices, 2018) in addition to two literary collections. As a speaker, Dessa has delivered keynote speeches and presentations on art, science, and entrepreneurship; guest lectures at universities and colleges across the US; and a TED Talk about her science experiment on how to fall out of love. She’s also the host of Deeply Human, a podcast created by the BBC and American Public Media. Dessa has been covered by Pitchfork, Forbes, and The Wall Street Journal amongst others. The LA Times says she “sounds like no one else.” NPR’s All Songs Considered calls her “a national treasure.” On the stage and on the page, Dessa’s style is defined by ferocity, wit, tenderness, and candor.

Go follow Dessa on social media!
Twitter: @dessadarling
Facebook: Dessadarling
Instagram: @dessa

Champions Reception Panelists

Fadesola Ojeikere Cindy Derrane Anna Lehn

Our Sponsors

We would like to thank our generous event sponsors:

Event Sponsors

We would like to thank our generous event sponsors:

Christine & Jon Galloway

William Laven & Christine Pielenz

Kathy Dean

David Hansen & Trish King

Jenniffer & James McLean

Kenton King

Amr Razzak & Jane Hsiao Razzak

Jessica & Matt Scherer

KK & Doug Neimann

Rich & Carrie Higgins

Sam Reid & Emily Puetz

Pat Armstrong

Rob Lawrence

Katy Foster & Michael Lubenow

Join us for our third World Savvy Changemakers Series event, Supporting Youth-Led Systems Change featuring young changemakers Cole Stevens and Talia Moreno from Bridgemakers: Youth Leading Change. They will join Youthprise Vice President Marcus Pope and World Savvy CEO and Co-Founder Dana Mortenson for a dynamic conversation that identifies the critical elements of a successful youth partnership.

On Wednesday, January 12th, 2022, at 4 p.m. CT (2 p.m. PT / 3 p.m. MT / 5 p.m. ET), we will host a dynamic discussion, Supporting Youth-Led Systems Change. The discussion will feature Cole Stevens, co-founder and Vice President of Bridgemakers, will be joined by Bridgemakers’ Production Director, Talia Moreno, and this live discussion will welcome Marcus Pope of Youthprise while World Savvy’s own Co-Founder and CEO, Dana Mortenson, will moderate the conversation.

World Savvy is thrilled to announce our second Changemakers Series Event with journalist, author, and Solutions Journalism co-founder David Bornstein! On September 22nd, David will sit down with World Savvy CEO and Co-founder Dana Mortenson to talk about his groundbreaking work with the Solutions Journalism Network.

World Savvy works to help young people know more, care more and do more to improve their communities and address global challenges, and David and his work with SJN are foundational assets to enable this change. His work re-imagines media and journalism as focused on the changemakers, the solutionaries and the individuals and groups charting a path for positive change. This trailblazing work in our current climate of polarization could not be more timely or critical for engaged citizenship.

David Bornstein is a co-founder of the Solutions Journalism Network, which seeks to legitimize and spread the practice of solutions journalism: rigorous reporting that examines responses to social problems. He has been a journalist for 26 years and currently co-authors the Fixes column in The New York Times. His books include How to Change the World: Social Entrepreneurs and the Power of New Ideas, The Price of a Dream: The Story of the Grameen Bank, and Social Entrepreneurship: What Everyone Needs to Know. He lives in New York.

Join investigative journalist and author Amanda Ripley as she sits down with World Savvy’s Dana Mortenson to discuss conflict, empathy, collaboration across differences, and how we can create a more peaceful, multicultural world.

Amanda Ripley is an investigative journalist for The Atlantic and other magazines and a New York Times bestselling author. She’s spent her career trying to make sense of complicated human mysteries, from what happens to our brains in a disaster to how some countries manage to educate virtually all their kids to think for themselves. Her first book, The Unthinkable: Who Survives When Disaster Strikes—and Why, was published in 15 countries and turned into a PBS documentary. Her next book, The Smartest Kids in the World—and How They Got That Way, was a New York Times bestseller. Amanda’s most recent book is High Conflict: Why We Get Trapped and How We Get Out, published by Simon & Schuster in April 2021.

We are excited to announce that we’ll be hosting a virtual open house on Thursday, February 25! Come meet our new staff members, learn more about World Savvy’s programs, and even play some trivia and win prizes!

EVENT UPDATE
March 10, 2020

The health and wellbeing of World Savvy Festival scholars, educators, and volunteers is our top priority. Due to the growing concern around the coronavirus (COVID-19), and in alignment with the best practices laid out by the CDC, WHO and other relevant entities, we have made the difficult decision to cancel the Bay Area World Savvy Festival 2020, which was scheduled to take place on March 27 at Mills College.

[arrowlink hyperlink=”/bayareafestivalupdate/”]Read our full statement here[/arrowlink].

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Part pep rally, part global summit, the World Savvy Festival is an annual culminating event for middle and high school students participating in the World Savvy Classrooms program. The day-long event brings students from different schools together to share and get feedback on their research and action plans to address global and local issues. Students also engage with each other through a mini design challenge.

The SDGs offer educators a framework for their scholars to better understand global issues and to engage as problem solvers. This hands-on workshop will offer educators the opportunity to explore resources to enhance and support teaching the SDGs.