Join this program to access independent social impact internships, immersive global learning, and a trusted pathway for academic credit and peer support.
Offered through a partnership with Omprakash — a Seattle-based global education nonprofit — this program connects UW students with voluntary opportunities in 50+ countries and provides a digital space for shared learning and mentorship throughout the experience. Students will engage in critical dialogue and reflection about the complexities of striving for justice while crossing differences of culture and power and will create a series of digital storytelling posts that document their experiences through lenses informed by our course themes.
The program combines the following elements:
- Volunteer internships with Omprakash Partners — grassroots social impact organizations in over 45 countries around the world, working in fields including education, health, human rights, migration, sustainability, and social enterprise
- Peer-to-peer learning and personalized mentorship within the Omprakash EdGE online learning ecosystem
- Curriculum ‘concentrations’ in thematic areas including Education & Social Change, Global Health, Environmental Justice, Disabilities in a Global Context, Human Rights, Migration & Borders, and Social Entrepreneurship & Innovation
- Periodic webinars and group calls to support community-building and critical reflection
- Digital storytelling to document your ongoing engagement; eventual creation of a digital portfolio to share with loved ones as well as future employers or admissions officers
- Ongoing dialogue and contemplation about your own location within global flows of power and resources — and the implications of this positionality and your current life trajectory