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Registration Announcement The 2nd Annual Global Citizen Leadership Training Course: An online course for young and mid-level development professionals (October 19- December 11, 2015) The Global Citizens’ Initiative (TGCI)** welcomes applications for its annual global citizen online leadership training course. This professional development course is intended to build the global citizen leadership skills of young and mid-level development professionals. Over an eight-week period participants will strengthen their abilities to address urgent development issues in human rights, gender equity, the environment, poverty reduction, good governance, and global peace and justice. All participants will receive access to online expert seminars and discussion groups, a content-rich Instructional Guide, and an eBook –Global Citizenship: A Path to Building Identity and Community in a Globalized World. In addition Premier Plan participants will have access to weekly online tutorials from expert mentors and be paired on course assignments with a partner from another country. Course faculty include: Ron Israel, Executive Director of the Global Citizens' Initiative; Ash Hartwell, Associate Professor of International Education, University of Massachusetts, Richard Lockwood, Adjunct Professor, Heller School, Brandeis University, and Liz Long, global business entrepreneur. To learn more about the TGCI Global Citizen Leadership Training Course, click here. To register for the course click on the course link on the TGCI website: www.theglobalcitizensinitiative.org. Many of the participants in our course come from countries in conflict, and cannot afford to pay even the low tuition rates that we charge. Therefore we have set up a scholarship fund to help these participants with tuition. If you wish to contribute to this fund please click on the scholarship link under information about our course on the TGCI home page: http://www.theglobalcitizensinitiative.org. **TGCI is an international non-profit organization that builds the skills of people and organizations together to address global issues.