Creating a Path to Global Citizenship

This presentation or workshop is designed for those who are serious about global engagement. Prior international experience is helpful but not required. Prerequisites include a heart for service and a desire to be a life-long learner.  Through the  hands-on workshop version, participants will 1) discuss the complexities of crossing cultures and international development work, 2) identify their own learning style and begin seeking opportunities which stimulate personal growth and 3) begin to explore their own path to global citizenship, utilizing intuition, connections and personal goals. Carrie Wagner is the author of Village Wisdom: Immersed in Uganda, Inspired by Job, Changed for Life).

Carrie uses her 20 years of international experience to inform and inspire audiences to seek global citizenship. She is a native of North Carolina and worked with Habitat for Humanity International (HFHI) for 11 years, serving in Uganda for three years, in South Africa for threeyears and as International Training Director. Her experience covers the spectrum of grassroots community development to international development and coordination of training programs in Africa, Latin America, Europe and Asia.  Carrie and her husband and two sons left the US again in 2012, for a family sabbatical, to live in Peru and Ecuador for the year.  The experience was documented in the family blog, GoGiveLearn.com. She has recently returned from this immersion experience and has much to share regarding global citizenship and re-entry.  (Carrie is based in North Carolina.)

Carrie shares some thoughts on Global Citizenship here:

Here is an article about Carrie’s work in TAPAS.

Here is a link to Carrie’s interview on livestream. (Note: An ad will roll prior to the recorded interview.)

Feedback on Carrie Wagner:

“Carrie Wagner is an inspiration and engaging speaker with a good personal touch when approach her audience on the subject of international education.” 

Dr. Baogang Guo, Director of International Education, Dalton State College (Georgia)

“Thank you so much for what you’ve contributed to our program at OMS! The presentation was excellent… I really felt like they absorbed even more than I had anticipated from your talk! Some were even able to retell the meaning of “immersion” and they really understood the service “connection” piece. Teachers also commented on how much they enjoyed the presentation.”

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“I can’t tell you how much I got out of your class last night! I am inspired and have materials in hand to take take my next steps!! I truly hope our grant goes through, I would love to work with you and learn! Thank you! Thank you!!”   

Middle School Teacher in North Carolina

“Wagner is a dynamic speaker who not only engages the audience to think about what has transformed or shaped their lives, but inspires us  to consider opportunities to take action in being a good citizen, whether locally or globally.”

Laura Branan, Youth Coordinator, St. Matthew’s Episcopal