Work with experienced human rights advocates in Cape Town, South Africa or climate experts in Penang, Malaysia who are addressing the global challenges that matter most. Expand your global perspective and sense of purpose with our apprenticeships, cultural immersion, and dynamic curriculum. Make friends and mentors for life and become part of a network of changemakers from across the world. Develop the skills, network, and insights to create an impactful future.
REAL-WORLD EXPERIENCE TO TACKLE REAL-WORLD ISSUES
Our research-backed curriculum and apprenticeships with local organizations will help you explore your place in the world, decipher the systems you aspire to change, and figure out how to get started.
TURN INTENT INTO POSITIVE IMPACT
Your journey as part of the fight for global social justice begins here. Develop the lifelong skills needed to turn your potential into responsible and sustainable action. You’ll expand your awareness – about the world and yourself – while building resilience, empathy, and agency with a community of peers and mentors dedicated to change.
JOIN A GLOBAL COMMUNITY OF CHANGEMAKERS
Tilters explore issues from diverse perspectives together with new friends, mentors, and our onsite team. You’ll discover how your visions for the future connect, expand and inspire, while becoming part of a lifelong alumni network.
TAKE ACTION LAB: AUGUST & FEBRUARY
Take Action Lab: Environment & Sustainability: Be at the forefront of environmental and sustainability efforts while living in Penang, Malaysia, the beatiful island off the mainland. You’ll work side-by-side with organizations advancing sustainability, protecting nature, and building climate-resilient communities.
Take Action Lab: Human Rights: Live, work, and learn in Cape Town, South Africa, a vibrant, multicultural, and historically layered city. You’ll apprentice with organizations advancing universal human rights through food security, education, women’s rights, youth empowerment, and services for refugees and migrants.
August & February semesters include Foundations: Thinking As a Global Citizen (4 weeks virtual orientation) and in-country apprenticeships (3 months).
Eligibility: High school graduates, ages 17-21
TAKE ACTION LAB ACCELERATOR: JUNE
For enrolled university students, live, learn and work in vibrant Cape Town, South Africa or Penang Island, Malaysia! Spend your summer apprenticing with local organizations as part of a global cohort in a transformational nine-week program. With Take Action Lab Accelerator, you’ll help advance human rights or environment & sustainability work while gaining valuable experience.
The Accelerator include Foundations: Thinking As a Global Citizen (2 weeks virtual orientation) and in-country apprenticeships (7 weeks).
Eligibility: Enrolled university students who have completed at least one semester, ages 17-22
IN-COUNTRY
Students will work with a local organization 4 days a week, attend Learning Connects with their cohort, and attend the Culture Series planned by our expert programs team. Students live in shared housing with other members of the cohort, all with a private bedroom.
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Take Action Lab Tuition: $21,000 USD
Take Action Lab Accelerator Tuition: $10,500 USD
Tuition includes a daily living expenses stipend. We are proud to offer need-based financial aid.
Semester: February, June, and August
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