Global21

Global21 is a network of student-run international affairs magazines at premier universities around the world.

History

Originally called The Globalist Foundation, Global21 was established by a group of undergraduate students at Yale University in 2005. Global 21's early growth was spurred by a $50,000 grant from the Yale Entrepreneurial Society, awarded through the Society's business plan competition. Since then, Global21 has expanded rapidly and currently has chapters at 10 universities in nine countries. In 2008, Global21 also held its first conference, in Istanbul, Turkey. This conference brought together leaders from each Globalist chapter to discuss expansion plans and Global21 future direction.

Mission

In its mission to connect students from around the world who are passionate about international affairs, Global21 seeks to use its network to create a practical tool for dialogue that will produce greater international cooperation and understanding in the future. Through article exchanges, an international blog, and worldwide conferences, Global21 helps high-achieving students hone the skills necessary to excel in business, non-profit, journalism, and government work, with the hope that these students will graduate from university with the drive and ability to tackle the global issues we will face in the future.

Structure and Activities

While each Globalist chapter has its own editorial and executive staff, the Global21 network is governed by an Executive board based at Yale. By working with students at universities around the world, Global21 continues to develop new chapters and provide financial and editorial assistance to existing ones. Each of these chapters, in turn, publishes its magazine on a quarterly basis. To connect worldwide Globalist chapters, Global21 sponsors article exchanges, joint magazine publications, global issues forums, and a yearly journalism contest, as well as publishes a blog of perspective pieces from Globalist writers.^[1] In 2008, Global21 also held an international conference in Turkey to bring together leaders from each Globalist chapter to discuss their progress and the future of Global21. Global21 will host its next conference in August, 2011 at the Yale campus in New Haven, CT.

Additionally, in 2009 Global21 partnered with the Tony Blair Faith Foundation to sponsor an essay contest on the role of religion in the lives of young people.^[2] Executive Director at that time Lita Tandon participated in a panel discussion with Tony Blair and Yale President Richard Levin.^[3]

Chapters

As of 2011, Global21 has established Globalist chapters at the following universities:

• The Yale Globalist, Yale University^[4]
• The Cambridge Globalist, University of Cambridge^[5]
• The Mexico City Globalist, Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México^[6]
• The Peking Globalist, Peking University^[7]
• The Sydney Globalist, University of Sydney^[8]
• The Toronto Globalist, University of Toronto^[9]
• The Jerusalem Globalist, Hebrew University^[10]
• The Cape Town Globalist, University of Capetown^[11]
• The Paris Globalist, Institut d'Études Politiques de Paris^[12]
• The London Globalist, London School of Economics^[13]
• The South Australia Globalist, University of South Australia
• The Oxonian Globalist, University of Oxford^[14]
• The Rio de Janeiro Globalist, Ibmec

References

External links

• Global21
• Global21 Blog