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GNG in the News
Below is a selection of articles and media mentions featuring GNG programs. February, 2006 Buffalo News July, 2005 URBANology Magazine March 21, 2005 Elliot Gold's Telespan
March 17, 2005 Chronicle of Philanthropy March 16, 2005 Education Week May 12, 2004 Atlanta Journal
Constitution (AJC) May 11, 2004 Milwaukee Journal
Sentinel April 13, 2004
Associated Press
February 2004 T.H.E Journal Global Nomads Group Relies on Videoconferencing to Connect Students Worldwide June 20, 2003 Teen Newsweek - Can We Talk? In the aftermath of war, Global Nomads connects students in Iraq with students in Connecticut. June 18, 2003 Education Week - U.S., Iraqi Teens Discuss Aftermath of War In their first communication since the U.S.-led war in Iraq, groups of high school students in Baghdad and in Bloomfield, Conn., spoke to each other candidly early this month. They talked about the war's impact on their lives and about the American occupation, and they wondered aloud about their futures. March 12, 2003 Education Week - 'Project Voice' Enables Teenagers In U.S., Iraq to Share Viewpoints As war between the United States and Iraq looms, small groups of high schoolers in Baghdad and Bloomfield, Conn., spoke to each other last week about their hopes for the future and discovered they shared many similarities. March 10, 2003 Good Morning America - Chris Cuomo, ABC News: Now, you know, it's a great group, Global Nomads Group. What they basically do is they take young people from different parts of the world who wouldn't know each other otherwise and they believe that through familiarity you can breed a bond so that hopefully in the future we don't have the same types of problems we're having right now. Now, this is a simple idea. But as you're about to see, it can have a profound impact. November 13, 2001 Christian Science Monitor - Long-Distance Connections Last week, a group of students at Brighton High School in Boston sat down in their morning class and started a conversation. October 5, 2001 The Today Show - Katie Couric: The tragic link between Oklahoma City and New York City has become a healing connection between teen-agers from two high schools in those cities. In a 90 minute teleconference, students from Southeast High in Oklahoma City hooked up with a group of kids from Stuyvesant High School in New York just blocks from ground zero. And as the discussion ended, one student in Oklahoma closed the 1300 mile gap between them with this final salute. |
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