Generation Global Newsletter - Issue 2, 2025
Generation Global
Welcome to our Q2 2025 newsletter!
The second quarter of 2025 has been an exciting time of connection, collaboration, and growth at Generation Global.
From celebrating Earth Day with over 900 young people in 23 dialogues, to expanding our in-person impact across schools in India and the UAE, we’ve seen the power of dialogue come alive, in classrooms, communities, and online spaces.
We launched a new topic on Leadership, empowering students to reflect on the values and skills needed to lead with empathy and purpose. Our Youth and Educator Advisory Groups brought diverse voices to the table to shape future programme development, while the Educator Meet-up offered a space for professional learning and exchange on upskilling strategies.
We also had the honour of engaging with global education communities through events like GESS Saudi Arabia and the Nord Anglia Student Summit in the U.S., where our team highlighted the role of dialogue in creating inclusive, future-ready learning environments.
Thank you for being a part of our growing global community. Read on to explore the stories, voices, and impact from this quarter!
Best,
The Generation Global Team
Celebrating Earth Day through Earth Day Dialogues
Between April 21 to April 25, we organised 23 virtual dialogues on the topic of Climate Change, in honour of Earth Day 2025, bringing together 920+ young people from 15 countries, including Armenia, Rwanda, Pakistan, Turkey, and the UK. During the dialogues, students shared firsthand experiences of climate impacts in their communities, exchanged innovative solutions, and strengthened their global citizenship skills through active listening and respectful communication.
One participant from Indonesia reflected:
“I learned that the impacts of climate change vary greatly in each country - from long droughts to frequent floods - and realized that, even though the impacts differ, we are all facing the same challenge. It motivated me to start taking small actions, like reducing plastic use and saving electricity, and to inspire others around me to care more about the environment.”
👉 Interested in joining our future events? Explore our events page to see what’s coming up.
Plan Ahead: July - December 2025 Video Conference Schedule Now Live!
Ready to explore global issues and engage in intercultural experiences in the next semester? The latest video conference schedule is now available on the Ultimate Dialogue Adventure, featuring 18 topics. Whether you’re an educator planning ahead or a student eager to connect with peers around the world, now’s the time to get involved.
👉 Educators: Log in to review the schedule and book sessions for your students.
👉 Students: Complete a module and book your next video conference experience.
Building Global Citizens: School Visits in India & UAE
This quarter, our partnership team brought in-person dialogue workshops to classrooms across India and the UAE, sparking meaningful conversations on global citizenship.
In India, we visited 7 schools across Delhi-NCR, Haryana, and Punjab, reaching over 2,000 students with our engaging, reflective sessions. These schools include including DBRA ASOSE Kashmiri Gate, Bhavan Vidyalaya Panchkula, Sacred Heart Moga, Delhi Public World School Noida, Gurukul the School, GD Goenka Public School Model Town Delhi and the DCM group of schools.
In the UAE, we connected with 5 schools and engaged with more than 260 young people, including Our Own English High School Al Warqa, Al Sedra Private School, GEMS Modern Academy, The International School Choueifat Sharjah, The Millennium Dubai.
These visits also fostered valuable connections with school leaders and educators who are committed to creating globally minded learning environments.
👉 For any partnership enquiries or if your school would like an offline/online dialogue workshop, send us a message.
Educator Meetup
In April, 147 educators from 22 countries came together for our global meet-up focused on enhancing professional development and upskilling. The session explored how teachers are growing their skills, individually and institutionally, through powerful tools, courses, and practices. The participants enjoyed the session’s relevance, networking opportunities, and value in learning something new.
👉 Stay tuned to our Educator Events page for future events.
Youth and Educator Advisory Groups: Co-Creating a More Inclusive Generation Global
Generation Global’s Youth and Educator Advisory Groups convened this June, bringing together perspectives from across the world to inform programme development.
In sessions hosted by Lorenzo Raffio and Lisa Petro, 22 young people from 8 countries shared insights on their experience with the programme, explored how AI could support dialogue, including a new AI Companion Tool currently being tested, and proposed creative ways to keep peers engaged through new interactive dialogue activities. On the educators’ side, 14 teachers from 11 countries reflected on how they integrate Generation Global into their teaching, its alignment with their curricula, and the types of support or professional development they would find most valuable.
These regularly held advisory sessions, bringing together the voices of learners and educators from diverse backgrounds and countries, each with unique experiences of the programme, help Generation Global continue to evolve in response to their needs.
👉 Interested in joining an advisory group? Keep an eye on our website and emails for future opportunities.
Explore What It Means to Lead – New Topic Leadership Launch
Leadership isn’t about titles—it’s about actions that inspire, include, and bring people together. Our new Leadership topic invites young people to explore leadership as a skill that can be developed at any age.
Through real-world examples and practical dialogue-based activities, learners will deepen key skills like active listening, reflection, critical thinking, and questioning - all essential to becoming a confident, value-driven leader.
👉 Students can explore this new module and grow their leadership skills on the Ultimate Dialogue Adventure.
👉 Teachers can review the topic and assign it to learners via their Teacher Dashboard.
Participation in GESS Saudi Arabia
Lucy Hayter, our Director, represented Generation Global at GESS Saudi Arabia from 26–28 May, where she delivered two sessions - one on intercultural dialogue and another on equipping young people with future-ready skills. The event brought together global education leaders to discuss topics including AI, safeguarding, leadership, lifelong learning, and youth agency. Her participation helped raise the profile of our work to schools and school networks in the Middle East region in global citizenship education.
Nord Anglia Student Summit in Texas, United States
In June, our Education and Quality Lead, Lisa Petro, attended the Nord Anglia Education Student Summit to lead an inspiring session on the power of dialogue as a force for social change. Students explored how dialogue goes beyond conversation - it’s a tool for building empathy, inclusion, and meaningful community engagement. Through practical strategies and interactive activities, students learned how to apply dialogue skills to lead on the issues that matter most to them.
Blog: The World in a Video Conference – Kshirin’s story with Generation Global
What started as simple curiosity led Kshirin, a student from India, on an extraordinary journey across borders and ideas - through 63 video conferences with peers from around the world. In her reflection, she shares how meaningful conversations helped her grow from a curious participant to a confident global citizen, learning to listen, understand, and care more deeply about the world.
👉 Read her inspiring story and discover the power of dialogue to connect and transform.
Recorded Teacher Webinar: Deepening Dialogue - Helping Students Communicate for Greater Understanding
Looking to foster deeper understanding and more meaningful conversations in your classroom?
This recorded webinar explores how dialogue, when used as an instructional strategy, can transform learning by promoting reflection, respect, and inquiry. You’ll learn how to support learners in engaging in real conversations and reaching mutual understanding through consistent practice.
👉 Watch the recording and discover how to strengthen your teaching with deeper dialogue.
“Being in the Educator community of Generation Global makes me feel well because I meet with other teachers worldwide, we share views, and how we understand things differently. And I come to understand others’ views about social things or general issues that we used to encounter as people. And we look for solutions.”
“I’ve always believed that young people have the power to shape our world—and Generation Global is a platform that makes youth inclusion real. Many in our generation feel isolated or stuck in our phones, without safe spaces to talk freely and be heard. Generation Global has helped students like me build real connections and communication skills through online intercultural dialogues”
- Manmohan, student at Sacred Heart School, Moga, Punjab, India