Global Engagement Summit is now accepting International Delegates Applications until December 15, 2009 and American Delegate Applicants until December 30, 2009. APPLY TODAY If you are an international citizen and are currently enrolled in, recently (within 1 year) graduated from, or will soon (within 1 year) be enrolled in an international university, please apply to be an International Delegate. Contact international@theges.org or american@theges.org with any questions.

Intensive training, effective collaboration, and expert guidance... sounds a bit like GES's model for "creating a community of the next generation of global change leaders."  Now expand that to a 10-week summer institute where 25 young social entrepreneurs undergo rigorous and practical training including personal & entrepreneurial skill development, intensive collaboration & work-shopping, and involved guidance from mentors.  Their model: attract social entrepreneurs, unite and incubate them, finance their endeavors.  Another perk of the institute is that they provide website ...

Sanitary pads are leaving the realm of Kotex commercials, hushed women’s conversations and the deep recesses of purse pockets. For women in Uganda, they have become the difference between hope and desperation. Tune in for today’s "The Oprah Winfrey Show" as Oprah delivers a call to action for all women.  Inspired by the New York Times best-selling book "Half the Sky" by Pulitzer Prize winners Nicholas Kristof and his wife, Sheryl Wudunn, this eye-opening hour reveals powerful stories of women overcoming ...