Upcoming events

Building Blocks: Career Development. Career Tips in Use
This Thursday, we are wrapping up our Building Blocks: Career Development series with a session on career tips. Join us to highlight and discuss what career tips were the most valuable to you and share how you have used the knowledge to advance yourself in your professional journey.

Building Blocks: Career Development. Don't Let Grammar Confuse You
Don't let grammar get in the way of your English learning! Join us for a special Building Blocks session where one of our own teammates, Andrii, will go over sentence mechanics, give grammar examples, and share tips for learning English especially for Ukrainians.

Building Blocks: Career Development. Cooler Talk
Cooler talk or small talk makes people feel comfortable before business or serious conversations begin. In a work setting, colleagues usually meet around the cooler for small talk. This type of small talk might not feel natural to everyone and it requires practice to learn what is appropriate across cultures. Join us on Thursday to discuss topics, listening, and conversation practice of cooler talk. See you there!

Building Blocks: Career Development. Insights into International Development Career
Don't miss the discussion about what it's like to work in a very diverse sector, where no two jobs are the same, what skills are sought-after in today's international development sector, and how to manage your career when there is no structured career path.

Building Blocks: Career Development. Ed-Tech Resources for University
What do Turnitin, Citeknight, Quillbot, Netspeak, Grammarly, and Thesaurus all have in common? These ed-tech tools for university have the potential of making your academic career much more successful. Join our Building Blocks session on Thursday to learn more about these resources and how to apply them to your studies to make your research efficient and enjoyable.

Building Blocks: Career Development. Academic Integrity: Plagiarism and A.I.
Plagiarism is a serious offence because it's considered as stealing someone's work and using it as your own. Join us to learn about strategies such as rephrasing and correct citations to avoid your professors from thinking your work was created on ChatGPT.

Building Blocks: Career Development. Journey in Diplomacy with Cynthia Nichols
Cynthia Nichols is the Regional Engagement Specialist at the U.S. Embassy in Kyiv. Join us on Thursday to find out how her expertise in communications helped her on her journey in diplomacy as a representative of the United States. Be ready to join us with your questions about international exchange and foreign service.

Building Blocks: Career Development. Budgeting for Pros
Join us for our next Building Blocks session on Budgeting where we will learn how to use templates on Notion to track your income, expenses, and savings. Gain control over your finances to take a step towards leading a life of success!

Building Blocks: Career Development. Art of the Interview: Get Insightful Answers
Join us on Thursday to learn about the most common questions employers are asking, prepare your answers, and have time to practice! Put your best foot forward and learn the art of the interview!

Building Blocks: Career Development. Side Hustles: Exploring Additional Sources of Incomes
Join the Building Blocks session this Thursday to talk about and discover new ways to line those pockets this winter without leaving the warmth of your home!

Building Blocks: Career Development. WiFi Tribe: Remote Co-Working Around the World
Do you love traveling so much that you start to plan your next trip while you are currently on one? This has become the lifestyle of thousands of digital nomads from over 60 countries who call themselves the "WiFi Tribe". Discover what it takes to become a part of the tribe and learn about their journeys around the world.

Building Blocks: Quiet Quitting
Young people today are embracing the mantra that, "work is not life" by not going above and beyond in their jobs. Come to Building Blocks this week to discuss more about the "Quiet Quitting" phenomena and what employers are doing to counteract it.

Building Blocks: Career Development. Here's To New Beginnings and Resolutions
As the year is coming to an end, we naturally reflect on the highs and lows, the achievements and the hopes we had. After an especially difficult year, it can be even harder to remember those hopes and achievements. Join our final building blocks club session for the year to discuss how the year is wrapping up and what we envision for 2023!

Building Blocks: Career Development. Rough Translation Podcast: Making an Impact at Home
When you are looking for a job, you might find one in an unexpected place. This week, our career development club will be listening to a podcast where Emily Sachar, the editor-in-chief of a community news site in New York, posts a job opening for an editor.

Building Blocks: Career Development. TED Talk: Employee Activism
Join our Building Blocks session this week to watch Megan Reitz's TED talk on a four-point crash course on what employees want from their organizations and how leaders can rise to the challenge of building proactive and productive workplaces where every voice and perspective has the chance to make a difference.

Teachers Training: Beyond the Curriculum. Capstone Project, Monitoring & Evaluation
In our final session, we will be learning from the participants about what they were able to do in their classrooms to educate their students on human rights. We look forward to hearing from you and your students!

Building Blocks: Career Development. Rough Translation Podcast: Portugal, Paradise for Remote Worker
National Public Radio (NPR)'s Rough Translation podcast series goes around the world exploring what it's like to work in different countries. In this session, we will listen to parts of the podcast to learn why thousands of digital nomads have moved to Portugal in search of a better work-life balance.

Teachers Training: Beyond the Curriculum. Cultural/Media/Intellectual Property Rights
Article 19 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights states that everyone has the right to freedom of opinion and expression. Join our class next Monday to explore what impact this has on cultural, digital media, and intellectual property on an individual and societal level.

Building Blocks: Career Development. Crafting a Career Action Plan
Deciding on your career can be a daunting task. How can we be sure we are making the right decision? Join us on Thursday for our Building Blocks session on developing a career action plan. We will discuss the 8 easy and effective steps to get you closer to your goals.

Teachers Training: Beyond the Curriculum. Religious Freedom and Educational Rights
Whether you believe in a higher power, have a spirituality or not, everyone has the right to freedom of thought, conscience, and religion. Join us next Monday to learn what these freedoms are and how we can maintain their protection. With the power of education and teaching tolerance, we will be able to envision and work towards a more tolerant world.

Building Blocks: Career Development. Rough Translation Podcast: Failing at Work
Humans make mistakes and there is a club in Mexico that meets to discuss just that. We fail at work, but that doesn't mean we are failures. Join us for this Building Blocks session where we listen to a podcast where people share stories of the blunders they have faced at work and talk about our own.

Teachers Training: Social Rights — Health, Women, Child
The concept of human rights today is shared globally and as such forms a basis for the international community of states, international organizations and social movements, all of which regard themselves as members of international society. Let's find out why and discuss the reasons why social rights are a crucial topic and what our role is as educators to communicate this information to impact our own communities.

Building Blocks: Career Development. Career Journey of Family Counsellor
In this week's edition of Building Blocks, we will have the pleasure of speaking with American family counsellor, Alyssa. Join us to discuss her decision to pursue this career and her journey as a student and professional. Learn about the kinds of services she provides and how she brings comfort and aid to families around Michigan.

Teachers Training: Economic Rights — Freedom from Poverty, Work Rights
What is the best way to protect our choice of where we work, what profession we choose, fair wages, limitation of working hours, and safe and healthy working conditions? To learn about them, of course! This is the first step to ensure our human economic rights are protected. Join us on Monday to discuss what economic rights are exactly and what we can do besides learning about them to protect them.

Building Blocks: Career Development. Worker's Rights
As we approach the 110th anniversary of the U.S. Department of Labor, join us to learn about how workers' rights became law in the U.S. and where we are today. How do workers' rights in the U.S. compare to other parts of the world and what are Americans doing to improve them?

Teachers Training: Civil Rights — Law & Fair Trial
The right to vote, a fair trial, government services, public education, and using public facilities are examples of civil rights ensured to all Americans by law. To make sure our rights and our future generation's rights are protected, we must teach ourselves and our students about them! Let's learn about how we can teach our students about these topics to keep them informed and safe.

Building Blocks: Career Development. Multicultural Workplace
Embracing cultural diversity in the workplace is an important first step for businesses that want to be competitive on an international scale. How do we eliminate our negative assumptions and stereotypes to focus on the more creative and innovative results that it brings? Join us this Thursday to discuss the benefits and challenges of cultural differences in the workplace!

Teachers Training: Civil Rights — Law & Fair Trial
The right to vote, a fair trial, government services, public education, and using public facilities are examples of civil rights ensured to all Americans by law. To make sure our rights and our future generation's rights are protected, we must teach ourselves and our students about them! Let's learn about how we can teach our students about these topics to keep them informed and safe.

FLEX 2023-2024: Все, що потрібно знати про програму
Хочеш провести наступний навчальний рік в Америці? Наші друзі з Програми обміну майбутніх лідерів (FLEX) нещодавно відкрили прийом заявок та запрошують старшокласників до участі! Приєднуйся до вебінару 7 жовтня о 17:00, щоб дізнатися більше про умови програми, хто і як може подати заявку, розібрати типові помилки при заповненні онлайн-форми, а також поставити питання співробітникам та випускникам FLEX. Сподіваємось, ти ж не відкладатимеш все на останній момент? Відбір на програму триває до 13 жовтня!

Teachers Training: Beyond the Curriculum. Religious Freedom and Educational Rights
Whether you believe in a higher power, have a spirituality or not, everyone has the right to freedom of thought, conscience, and religion. Join us next Monday to learn what these freedoms are and how we can maintain their protection. With the power of education and teaching tolerance, we will be able to envision and work towards a more tolerant world.