At OneWorld Now, students build the skills and perspectives to move through the world with confidence, curiosity, and agency. Through language learning, leadership development, and study abroad, they discover new possibilities for their future—and their power to shape it.

But opportunities like these are still out of reach for too many young people.

For over 24 years, community support has made OneWorld Now’s programs accessible to students from communities that have historically had the least access to global education opportunities. Together, we can help more students build language fluency, global perspective, and the confidence to lead in an interconnected world.

Why this matters

The world needs leaders who can communicate across differences, build understanding, and navigate complexity with empathy and confidence.

Those skills are built through experience: learning another language, stepping into unfamiliar environments, understanding what your community needs, connecting across cultures, and discovering your own power.

That is what OneWorld Now makes possible.

When students have access to global learning opportunities, they gain confidence and widen their perspectives. They begin to see themselves as change makers who can move through the world with purpose, possibility, and impact.

The challenge

Global education is life-changing, but access to it has never been truly equitable. Study abroad and immersive language instruction remain out of reach for most families, and the students who benefit most are largely those whose families can pay.

OneWorld Now is changing that. OWN serves students from communities of color, immigrant and refugee communities, families facing economic hardship, and households where the student will be the first to attend college. For many of them, OWN is where that journey begins: language skills, global experiences, and a widening sense of what's possible.

OWN keeps programs accessible through need-based scholarships and sliding-scale tuition, but tuition covers only a fraction of what it takes to deliver high-quality language instruction, leadership development, and study abroad opportunities.

Your gift makes up the difference, ensuring that access to international education isn't determined by what a family can afford, but by what a student is ready to do with it.

What your gift makes possible

When you give to OneWorld Now, you help make global education more accessible, more equitable, and more transformative. With your support, students can:

study critical world languages in accredited classes
build confidence through leadership development workshops
deepen their understanding of other cultures and communities
participate in language, leadership, and study abroad that broaden their sense of what is possible
develop the skills to lead in school, in community, and in the wider world

Make your gift today and help connect our world, one leader at a time.

Connecting Our World, One Leader at a Time

Support global education rooted in student agency, access, and possibility.