Global Citizens Circle

Global Citizens Circle "50 Years of Extraordinary Dialogue: From Grassroots to Global Peace!"

Global Citizens Circle is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that fulfills its objective of uniting people from all ages, backgrounds, races, and genders in order to foster trust through open communication and advance initiatives for the benefit of our communities, countries, and the entire globe. We've hosted tens of thousands of intergenerational participants around the world in hundreds of our Circles and empowered a global learning community of social action. Watch our excerpts from or entire Circles on our YouTube channel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCtSwyQ8mJ14oJ7kV6Sz19fQ/videos

We’re excited to kick off Global Citizens Circle’s 2026–27 Emerging Leaders global cohort, with our friends from Million...
09/30/2026

We’re excited to kick off Global Citizens Circle’s 2026–27 Emerging Leaders global cohort, with our friends from Million Peacemakers. Jonathan Moyal and Yasmeen El-Irani will bring their Nonflict® training to the group. Together, we're supporting the peacebuilders of tomorrow!

Here’s to a new year of conversations, collaboration, and shared learning!

GCC's Emerging Leaders program welcomes young people aged 16–28 committed to making a positive difference in their communities and the world. Interested in joining us?

Register here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfZdAIYgp-fKivDxpgXuaknRaHHRBBHryyWUocItWpOCtpgww/viewform



A big check and a big thank-you! ❤️Global Citizens Circle Board Chair James T McKim recently joined our partners at Revo...
09/29/2026

A big check and a big thank-you! ❤️

Global Citizens Circle Board Chair James T McKim recently joined our partners at Revo Casino and Social House for their Big Check celebration, recognizing the impact of charitable gaming on local nonprofits.

We’re grateful for Revo’s support of Global Citizens Circle and the conversations, connections, and programs that bring our mission to life.

A special thank-you to Ken Darby, Revo’s General Manager, for joining James in the photo, and to Tara L’Etoile and Ryan Pluskis from Revo’s marketing team for helping make the celebration possible!

📸 Photo by Morgan Karanasios

What keeps people from participating in civic life, and what could help change that?On October 14, join Global Citizens ...
09/28/2026

What keeps people from participating in civic life, and what could help change that?

On October 14, join Global Citizens Circle and MCW Global for Shared Future: Closing America’s Participation Gap. We will examine barriers to civic participation, from accessibility and caregiving demands to historical exclusion and unequal access to information.

We’ll hear from Milagros Agustina Arghittu of Voces Jóvenes in Argentina, Thierno Thiam of Tuskegee University, and Zachary Morris of Stony Brook University.

Charles Robbins, MCW Global board member and professor emeritus at Stony Brook University’s School of Social Welfare, will moderate the conversation.

Together, we’ll explore what it takes to make civic participation more accessible and what we can learn from perspectives around the world.

October 14 | 12–1 PM ET
Live on Zoom

🔗 Register today: https://www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticketing/democracy-in-practice?zlinkid=016701b4-1e91-46a1-9ea8-34977db4c0b9

09/25/2026

“The young can run fast, but the elders know the way.”

In this moment, Marguerite Mariama welcomes Esther Avalos into the Global Citizens Circle family and reflects on what it means to guide, support, and make way for the next generation.

It’s a beautiful glimpse into the conversations at the heart of Concentric Circles, a new podcast from Global Citizens Circle.

🎙️ Concentric Circles is coming soon.

Special thanks to: Michael Lockett, Esther Avalos Flores, Marguerite Mariama, Soudie Tahmassebipour, Dee-Dee Darby-Duffin, and Kerri Larkin.

There’s a place for you at the Circle. 🌎For more than 50 years, GCC has brought people together across differences, and ...
09/23/2026

There’s a place for you at the Circle. 🌎

For more than 50 years, GCC has brought people together across differences, and our Circle conversations have always remained free and open to all.

Becoming a sustaining member is a way to help keep it that way.

Whether you join as an Ally, Changemaker, Catalyst, or Visionary, your monthly support helps GCC create meaningful dialogue, support emerging leaders, and build connections across generations and around the world.

Swipe to find your place in the Circle, and join us in sustaining these conversations for the next 50 years.

🔗 Become a sustaining member: https://www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticketing/global-citizens-circle-individual-sustaining-memberships

Peace is something we build. 🌎🕊️Today, on the International Day of Peace, we recognize this year’s theme: “Invest in Pea...
09/21/2026

Peace is something we build. 🌎🕊️

Today, on the International Day of Peace, we recognize this year’s theme: “Invest in Peace: For Everyone, Everywhere, Every Day.”

At Global Citizens Circle, we believe peace begins with how we show up for one another. By recognizing our shared humanity, every conversation can become an investment in peace.

For more than 50 years, that’s what we’ve worked to create, one Circle at a time.

How will you invest in peace today?

There’s always room for one more at the Circle. 💛If GCC has inspired you, challenged your thinking, or connected you wit...
09/18/2026

There’s always room for one more at the Circle. 💛

If GCC has inspired you, challenged your thinking, or connected you with new ideas and people, we hope you’ll add your voice and join the Circle.

Becoming a Sustaining Member means more than supporting this work. It means participating in it. Your monthly commitment helps bring diverse voices together, nurture emerging leaders, and ensure our programs remain open and accessible for generations to come.

Join us: https://www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticketing/global-citizens-circle-individual-sustaining-memberships

Introducing the Shared Future Dialogues. 🌎Democracy is not a finished system. It is a living practice we must continuall...
09/17/2026

Introducing the Shared Future Dialogues. 🌎

Democracy is not a finished system. It is a living practice we must continually renew together.

Shared Future Dialogues is a new three-part civic platform from Global Citizens Circle and The Bergman Family Foundation/ Global, bringing U.S. democratic challenges into conversation with global perspectives and moving from understanding toward action.

We begin on October 14 with Shared Future: Closing America’s Participation Gap, exploring why gaps in civic participation persist, what it would take to close them, and what we can learn from around the world.

📅 October 14, 2026
🕛 12:00–1:00 PM ET

Registration is now open: https://www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticketing/democracy-in-practice?zlinkid=016701b4-1e91-46a1-9ea8-34977db4c0b9

Stay tuned as we introduce our discussion leaders and share more about the first Dialogue in the weeks ahead.

Democracy is something we practice. 🌎On International Day of Democracy, we’re reflecting on the importance of meaningful...
09/15/2026

Democracy is something we practice. 🌎

On International Day of Democracy, we’re reflecting on the importance of meaningful participation, dialogue, and making space for people to help shape their shared future.

This idea is at the heart of our new Shared Future Dialogues series, created in collaboration with MCW Global. Together, we’ll explore challenges facing democracy in the U.S. alongside global perspectives, creating space to ask difficult questions and move from understanding toward action.

Join us for our first dialogue:

Shared Future: Closing America’s Participation Gap
October 14, 2026
12:00–1:00 PM ET

We’ll explore why gaps in civic participation persist, what it takes to close them, and what we can learn from around the world.

Register to join the Circle: https://www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticketing/democracy-in-practice?zlinkid=016701b4-1e91-46a1-9ea8-34977db4c0b9

Stay tuned as we share more about the Shared Future Dialogues and our first conversation in the weeks ahead.

Nadine B Hack

New on GCC Voices: It’s All About the People What makes someone feel connected to an organization, believe in its work, ...
09/14/2026

New on GCC Voices: It’s All About the People

What makes someone feel connected to an organization, believe in its work, and want to be part of what comes next?

For GCC Board Member Mielle Marquis, the answer is simple: the people.

Introduced to Global Citizens Circle through fellow Board Member Soudie Tahmassebipour, Mielle found a community of people whose leadership, experience, humor, heart, and commitment to change have shaped her own connection to GCC.

In It’s All About the People, Mielle introduces us to some of those who have made an impact on her, from Eleanor Dunfey-Freiburger and Theo Dunfey to Phoebe de Larrabeiti, Nadine B Hack, Sean O’Kane, and James T McKim, and reflects on what each brings to the Circle.

But her reflection is about more than any one person. It’s about the relationships that turn an organization into a community and make people want to keep showing up.

As Mielle writes:

“For me, it’s the people that make up the heart and soul of an organization and inspire participation and philanthropy.”

Get to know some of the people behind the Circle and read Mielle’s full reflection, It’s All About the People, on GCC Voices: https://www.globalcitizenscircle.org/gcc-voices

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