Global Citizenship Global Citizenship What is a global citizen?

2  Is aware of the wider world  Has a sense of their own role as a world citizen A Global Citizen is Someone Who:

3  Respects and values diversity A Global Citizen

4 A Global Citizen has an understanding of how the world works:  economically  politically  socially  culturally  technologically  environmentally

5  Is outraged by social injustice A Global Citizen

6  Participates in and contributes to the community A Global Citizen

7  Is willing to make the world a more sustainable place A Global Citizen

8  Takes responsibility for their actions. A Global Citizen

9  The world we live in is unfair, unequal, and unsustainable.  Global citizenship promotes the challenging and changing of this. Why Global Citizenship?

10  We live in a diverse society and Global Citizenship gives people the tools to counter ignorance and intolerance within it. Why Global Citizenship?

11  We live in an interdependent world and Global Citizenship encourages us to recognize our responsibilities towards each other.

12 Why Global Citizenship?  We live in a rapidly changing world and Global Citizenship is about flexibility and adaptability as well as about a positive image of the future.

13 Why Global Citizenship?  Global Citizenship acknowledges that we have power as individuals: each of us can change things and each of us has choices about how we behave.  Individually and collectively, we can make a difference!