Source: Lehigh University Description: The Iacocca Institute leads innovative programs that combine immersion in an extremely diverse living community with learning experiences in entrepreneurship, leadership and more. We offer summer programs for adults and high school students from the United States and around the world and custom programs with partner organizations. In partnership with Lee…

Source: Geographical Society Description: The mission of the Geographical Society of Philadelphia is to promote the discovery and appreciation of the many wonders of our world. The society supports world exploration and presents enlightening programs on travel, exploration, geography, science, history and world cultures to our members and the public in the Philadelphia area. Website: www.geographicalsociety.org

Source: Untours Description: Untours started in Switzerland, and has expanded over the decades. There are now Untour programs in 26 different destinations. In each program, guests settle into their community with the aid of a friendly local host, who helps them manage logistics and practical details. Planning, transportation, transfers, and other helpful extras are all included. Untours…

Source: Art Sphere Inc. Description: Our mission is to engage the creative in communities, empower neighborhoods to explore the positives in peoples’ lives, and heal the mind, body, and spirit through art. Art Sphere Inc. nurtures the artist in all of us to be able to think beyond what is possible in our own lives and communities.…

Source: Capoeira Description: The mission of Project Capoeira is to promote intercultural understanding and a sense of community through arts education and social outreach. The organization works to preserve, develop and share Capoeira, a Brazilian art form that combines elements of martial arts, games, music, and dance. Project Capoeira takes a lead role in promoting Brazilian culture…

Source: WTS International- Philadelphia Chapter Description: Transportation YOU is a hands-on, interactive, free mentoring program that offers young women ages 13-18 an introduction to a wide variety of transportation careers. Through the program, WTS chapters work to make a difference in the lives of young girls by offering programs and activities that will spark their interest in…

Source: NEA Foundation Description: We are a public charity founded by educators for educators to improve public education for all students. Since our beginning in 1969, the Foundation has served as a laboratory of learning, offering funding and other resources to public school educators, their schools, and districts to solve complex teaching and learning challenges. The NEA…

Source: Temple University Description: Freely Magazine is a Philly-based multicultural media channel for international students and anyone who shows appreciation for diversity and cultural uniqueness. Our mission is to blur the restrictive boundaries among and between different ethnic groups by providing students with opportunities to raise their voices, share their cultures, and receive specific content that will…

Source: UNESCO Description: It is based on an interdisciplinary approach seeking to involve teachers across curricula in raising awareness of young people of the importance of World Heritage. It strives to incorporate World Heritage into the curriculum as a way of delivering core subjects and transverse themes in the classroom as well as through extra-curricular activities. It focuses…

Source: Juan Castrillon Description: Juan Castrillón pursues doctoral studies in Ethnomusicology at the University of Pennsylvania.  His work is primarily ethnographic, conducting fieldwork among Muslim mystics in Turkey, and Tukanoan shamans from the Northwestern Amazon in Colombia. His most recent film HAVI was premiered at the Musicology Department of Medeniyet University in Istanbul, and at the International House of…