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Get Engaged Conference

Not a Traditional Academic Conference
Growing a network of young social entrepreneurs and change agents who are actively using the liberal arts as a tool to develop solutions to challenges in their communities.

Empowering Young Leaders of Change

  • Photo by Xenia Muth.
    About the Conference
    The Get Engaged Conference brings together students from across the world to develop community leadership skills and collaborate on solutions to local and global challenges. Workshops focus on leadership, public speaking, networking, social media, community partnerships, innovation and creativity, fundraising and grant writing, and emotional intelligence.
  • Global Engagement Fellows
    Global Engagement Fellows promote and coordinate thematic civic engagement projects across international network institutions. Fellows have developed and sustained a civic engagement project and demonstrated leadership skills and a desire and aptitude for working with others.
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Get Engaged 2021

Get Engaged: Student Action and Youth Leadership Conference, April 10-11, 2021
Photo: 2019, Budapest, Hungary, Get Engaged Conference

Get Engaged: Student Action and Youth Leadership Conference, April 10-11, 2021

Unity Beyond Borders

The eighth annual Get Engaged: Student Action and Youth Leadership Conference brings together undergraduate students to strengthen a global network of leaders and innovators who are working with community partners to develop solutions to local and global challenges.  The conference exposes students to a wide range of ideas and experiences to help them lead community-based projects more effectively. Get Engaged is a venue for sharing experiences, learning new skills, honing leadership styles, and networking with international peers. 

Who is eligible? 
This year we have two tracks available:
1) Students who are actively engaged in community based work and
2) Students who want to develop and enhance leadership skills in community engagement. 
Students from OSUN member institutions are eligible to apply for the virtual international conference. The conference is an inspirational and practical space that encourages young people to grow into their role as agents for change. 

Application Deadline is February 26
Learn more and apply

Get Engaged 2020

What Is Resilience?

What Is Resilience?

2020 Virtual Conference

The seventh annual “Get Engaged: Student Action and Leadership Conference” took place virtually on Saturday, March 21, 2020. The conference brought together 41 student leaders from across the global network of partner institutions. Participants asked, “What is resilience?”—discussing how change-makers can connect and engage going forward, as we adapt to the seismic cultural shifts caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.

 

Get Engaged by the Numbers

Get Engaged by the Numbers

  • 47
    Students
  • 415
    Project Team Members
  • 5,200+
    People Impacted
  • $7,275
    Microgrants

Support for Alumni/ae Projects

  • Microgrants
    Microgrants are awarded to Get Engaged alumni/ae to deepen or initiate student-led engagement projects or to connect two or more projects across the international network.

2020 Microgrant Winners

Dana Abu-Kash, Al-Quds Bard College
The International Court of Justice in Palestine

Mays Abuatwn, Al-Quds Bard College
Intra Pal

Wisdom Kalu, Ashesi University
Code4All

Zar Sarmast, American University of Central Asia
Afghanistan Politics on the Verge of Transformation

Homayoon Sarwari, American University of Central Asia
Photography Training (Dikundi Province)

Dilshod Hamroboev, American University of Central Asia
Summer Camp on Project Management

Nurmukhamad Turkbaev, American University of Central Asia
South Youth Association

Pilar Petropoulos, Bard College Berlin
Pankumenta

Oceanne Fry, Bard College Berlin
Shore

Hani Portner, Bard College Berlin
Condom Fairy

Alina Kanashenka, European Humanities University
Keep In Touch

Anhelina Shablouskaya, European Humanities University
EHU Student Network Initiative

Daniil Sarakula, European Humanities University
Never Forget

Vu Duc Huy, Fulbright University Vietnam
Youth Engagement Training Initiative (YETI)

Leadership

Cammie Jones, Bard

For more information, email us at:
[email protected]