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!
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.
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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.
The Sustainable Development Goals (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.
The Sustainable Development Goals (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.
The Sustainable Development Goals (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.
The Sustainable Development Goals (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.
The Sustainable Development Goals (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.
