The American Forum for Global Education is a private, non-for-profit organization, founded in 1970.

For over thirty years, the American Forum has been nationally recognized for providing leadership and assistance to school systems, state departments of education, and colleges and universities, by initiating hundreds of programs and developing educational materials, teacher training seminars and publications to guide and implement these programs.

These hundreds of programs, delivered to thousands of educators nationwide, are focused on giving young Americans a global perspective as an accepted part of their educational background. It is the goal of the American Forum that the young people of the United States will achieve an understanding of global issues, of cultural differences and similartities, and of the connections which exist in their daily lives between their actions - and those of their country - and others taking place in all parts of the globe, from east to west and north to south.

Our Mission

Promoting the education of our nation's youth for responsible citizenship in an increasingly interconnected and rapidly changing world.

Our Activities and Services

• A forum for exchange of ideas and practices on content and direction of global education
• A source for global and international education materials for classroom use and professional development
• Consultations to schools and school communities for existing global education programs and those planning to "internationalize" or "globalize" the curriculum
• Professional development programs for teachers and administrators
• Study tours for educators, students and adult learners

• Global Systems including economic, political, technological and ecological
• Human Values and Cultures including ethnicity, nationalism and multiculturalism
• Global Issues including human rights, sustainability, peace and security Issues
• Regional and Country Studies including:
  
  • Africa
    
  • The Americas
    
  • East Asia
    
  • Europe
    
  • South Asia
    
  • The Middle East

Charlott Anderson
Debra Andrews
Joseph Blaney
Christine Brown
Fronçoise Cestac
James R. Compton
Peter Eiø
Charlotte K. Frank
Pranay Gupte
Sheldon Hackney
Wilfred D.Koplowitz
Tedd Levy
Priscilla Lewis
Theodore Lobman
Margaret Lonzetta
CatherineMcNamee CSJ
Howard Mehlinger
John Richardson
William Schaufele, Jr.
Robert Sullivan
Lynn Williams

Harlan Cleveland
Theodore M. Hesburgh CSC
Marjorie W. Longley

Adelaide M. Schlafly

Franklin Wallin