Girls for a Change has had many opportunities to participates in international dialouges with groups from around the world through our ongoing partnership with Montana Center for International Visitors.

In August 2011, Girls for a Change members met with a group from the Iraqi Young Leaders Exchange Program and a group from Chicago.  During their visit, the group discussed what the world they want would look like and captured visual representation to make a presentation to show the group.  Before the end of the day the entire group then discussed how to create the world they want in their own community.

GFAC core girls with visitors from Iraq and Chicago

In January 2011, Girls for a Change core committee members had the opportunity to meet with Student Ambassadors from Brazil. The students discussed cultural similarities and differences and how they create the world they want through volunteering. The group created their own Bill of Human Rights and discuss what they are currently doing or begin doing to create the world they want.

GFAC core girls and Student Ambassadors from Brazil

In the fall of 2009, the girls met with a group of girls from Pakistan. The girls were college students studying on an exchange to MSU, and spent an afternoon at Thrive with members of the core committee. At the meeting, the girls discussed cultural similarities and differences and made a collage together on what it means to have a voice.

Also in the fall of 2009, a visiting group of professionals from Bangladesh requested a meeting with members of Girls for a Change to discuss community approaches to poverty and youth issues. The girls prepared a presentation on local non-profits and discussed their own experiences as American high-school students.

Members of the core committee with visitors from Bangladesh.

 In 2009, members of the core committee met with a group of teenagers from Algeria for a cultural exchange.

Core committee member Risa talks with a visiting Algerian girl.

Core committee members participate in small group discussion with teenagers from Algeria.

Also in 2009, a women’s delegation from South and Central Asia requested to meet with members of the core committee for a roundtable discussion.

Core committee members Mallory and Deborah pose with members of the delegation.

Girls and women participate in cross-cultural dialogue with delegation from South and Central Asia.