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Students have been recruited from their local middle schools during their 8th grade. Participating middle schools of the DDCE’s Neighborhood Longhorns Program provides educationally disadvantaged youth with the resources to build a strong academic future. The initiative is designed to help them develop skills in cultural proficiency, entrepreneurship, civic leadership, team building, and global citizenship.
Passports, Completed!
The first initiative towards sending a group of 9th graders to China was giving them access to a passport. 100 participating students were given free passports! To have the opportunity to study abroad during their freshman year of high school in 2020.
“Providing eighth-graders with passports allows them to see beyond their current situation, dream big and reimagine possibilities for themselves and their communities,” says Devin Walker, director of the Austin Future Leaders Initiative. “Passports are like the gift that keeps on giving.”
After completing the program over the course of the 8th and 9th grade, students will have the opportunity to study abroad in Beijing, China in the summer of 2020. Dovetailing with the DDCE’s undergraduate Maymester course, Social Entrepreneurship in the U.S. and China, the 10-day trip will provide a rich curriculum of experiential learning.
According to a 2017 report from the Institute of International Education, only 10 percent of U.S. college students study abroad and more than 70 percent identify as white. Leonard Moore, vice president for diversity and community engagement, has led each trip over the past six years with the goal of giving students of all racial and economic backgrounds access to study abroad opportunities.
You can give these students a once in a lifetime opportunity! Let's get them to China this summer!
With your donation, you help our students get a step closer to China. Thank you for your contribution, you will receive a Socia Media shout out and access to the trips daily blog!
With your donation, you helped our student’s housing accommodation for a night. Thank you for your contribution, you will receive a Social Media shout out and access to the trips daily blog!
With your contribution a student will have the ability to stay near the Great Wall of China and experience the beauty it has to offer. Thank you for donation, you will receive a social media shout out, access to the trips daily blog, and a group picture of the students!
With your contribution a student will be able to get the required Visa and be a step closer to this one in a life time experience. Thank you for your donation; you will receive a social media shout out, access to the trips daily blog, a group picture, and a special invitation to a DDCE event.
With your contribution a student will be high up in the sky, making their way to China! Thank you for your donation; you will receive a social media shout out, access to the trips daily blog, group picture, and a special invitation to a DDCE event, and a thank you letter from one of the participant students.
With your contribution a student will have full accommodations to attend the trip. This includes attendance, flight, program fee, and Visa. Thank you for your donation in allowing a student to be part of this journey. You will receive a social media shout out, access to the trips daily blog, group picture on a 16x20 canvas, and a special invitation to a DDCE event, and a thank you letter from one of the participant students.
With your contribution 5 students will have full accommodations to attend the trip. This includes attendance, flight, program fee, and Visa. Thank you for your donation in allowing a student to be part of this journey! You will receive a social media shout out, access to the trips daily blog, group picture on a 16x20 canvas, and a special invitation to a DDCE event, and a thank you letter from one of the participant students. Most importantly we would like for you join a dinner with two of the students after their trip to China.
