The Global Living and Learning Community is located on the 5th floor of Everglades Hall at FIU. This program was created to:

• Exhibit awareness of one's own cultural values, beliefs, attitudes, biases and stereotypes and the impact of these on others.

• Acknowledge and respect the existence of different cultural values, beliefs and attitudes

• Seek knowledge about world history, current events, global economics and sustainability

• Recognize that people’s well-being is interconnected and globally interdependent

• Accept responsibility for active world citizenship

• Practice collective leadership methods that focus on inclusion, collaboration and crossing boundaries

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We hosted bi-weekly dinners featuring guest speakers and social events on the 1st and 3rd Tuesday of each month from 7:00 – 9:00 pm. We engaged in local service in the community (ex. feeding the homeless) and participated in the annual Student Leadership Summit. We grouped up and came together to create a project that promotes global citizenship. My group focused on human trafficking and even brought in a speaker from ERASE Child Trafficking to speak and educate the community. Each group also had a project, presentation, and meal to cook based on a certain geographic region in the world. My group prepared a traditional Egyptian dinner which everyone loved! Living in this community was an incredible opportunity for me. I developed life long friendships with people who share my same perspectives on the world.