Global Village Project OUR WORLD

Inspiring dreams & creativity

2017 ANNUAL REPORT

Annual Report 2017 1 Head of School Albert Einstein argued, “Imagination is more Amy Pelissero, Ph.D. important than knowledge.” While we cherish knowledge at Global Village Project, we also understand that imagination inspires creativity and enables us to turn dreams into realities.

2 Global Village Project Yet, research shows that students have even greater increases in academic performance, college-going rates, college grades, and holding jobs with a future with access to arts education. We maintain that our students deserve access to arts education and experiences and that these are crucial to their success. Dreamers started Global Village Project in 2009. This year at GVP, we focused on 1) strengthening our They imagined and created a space specifically programs and seeking more data to inform and help us for educating refugee girls. Today, Global Village improve them, 2) expanding our impact, and 3) developing Project is sustained by a creative, committed, and and deepening our partnerships. We continued our work compassionate community of support and is still to permanently integrate music, drama, and visual arts as the only school in the United States dedicated to part of our model of holistic education. Partnerships and serving and designed to meet the unique needs collaborations with arts organizations in the 2016-2017 school year provided students with learning experiences of refugee teenage girls with limited English and that incorporated music, movement, visual arts, voice, interrupted schooling. drama, literacy, and performance. Students were supported In 2016, a troubling UNHCR report on refugee education and stretched as learners, artists, and dreamers. In the underscored the value and imperative of our mission at pages of this report, you will read more about the power GVP. The research showed that globally, refugee children of arts integration and education and their potential to are 5 times more likely to be out of school than children change teaching and learning for refugee young women who haven’t experienced displacement; only 22% of locally and globally. Also, we continued to develop more refugee adolescents access secondary education; and comprehensive approaches to assessment, which only 1% of refugees access postsecondary education. included assessing aspects of social and emotional Refugee education is a critical component of any long-term learning for the first time. In this school year, we used solution to the global refugee crisis. interpreters to survey our parents and crafted and piloted Since our inception, Global Village Project has served as our first student surveys. a learning space for refugee young women from around The results of these surveys, alongside the academic the world and has committed to developing an innovative growth and progress we witnessed, reaffirmed the strength educational model in which the arts play an integral role. of our program to empower students to take risks, create, For refugee learners, arts integration provides an invaluable collaborate, connect, and build confidence. Malala medium for expression, experience, and empowerment Yousafzai said, “Let us make our future now, and let us and allows for a more holistic approach to education— make our dreams tomorrow’s reality.” Your support for our attending to the social, emotional, creative, physical, and school and students is changing the future for our girls at intellectual needs of our students. It facilitates connections GVP and for others around the world. Thank you for helping across cultures and content areas, helps students connect us dream a better world and future, one girl at a time. new knowledge to what they already know, and fosters relationships and shared experiences. Arts approaches Warmly and with deep gratitude, encourage an orientation towards strengths rather than deficits and provide space for pluralistic ways of learning and multiple perspectives. For schools such as ours, where students face enor- Dr. Amy mous challenges to education, arts are often pushed to the side and dismissed as unimportant or even wasteful. Americans for the Arts (2017) reported, that access to arts education for students of color is significantly lower than for their white peers, and has declined for three decades.

Annual Report 2017 3 OUR WORLD

BEGINS WITH 42 students A GIRL… (22 new and 20 returning)

GVP students range in age 2016-2017 from 11-17 Student Snapshot When a student arrives at GVP • she is 13 years old (on average) 11 countries of origin: 15 languages: • she speaks 2-3 languages Syria, Burma, DRC, French, Kinyarwanda, Bhutan, Eritrea, Swahili, Sango, Lingala, • she comes from 1 of 11 Somalia, Afghanistan, Kirundi, Amharic, African or Asian countries CAR, Ivory Coast, Arabic, Dari, Somali, • she has missed an average of Burundi, Iraq Karen, Matu Chin, 3 years of school (and up to 6) Burmese, Nepali, Malay • she has been in the US for less than 2 years

Each year at GVP • she has an average attendance rate of 96% • she gains an average of 1.8 years of growth in reading and in math • she goes on over 25 experiential learning trips around • she takes 1 overnight learning trip to a 4-H Center • she attends more than 70 drama classes and 70 music classes

4 Global Village Project WHO DESERVES AN EXCELLENT EDUCATION.

GVP piloted a social and emotional learning (SEL) survey with graduating Form 3 students in April 2017. We found: Program Innovation For the first time, GVP offered students 4 online learning programs for individualized support to meet growth goals. 100%of students agree… “I plan to graduate from high school GVP expanded the women’s health program and believe college is important for to include 16 sessions, Menstrupedia books, my future” counseling classes, and health and hygiene kits for all students. Curriculum included newly developed pre-and post-assessments. “It is easy for me to share my ideas

and what I think at GVP.” GVP added college campus experiences to our high school readiness program. GVP “I like trying new things at GVP.” students had 3 college trips to Mercer University, Kennesaw State University and State University. “I like learning about people and places that are different from me.”

Annual Report 2017 5 SHE PURSUES HER DREAMS SURROUNDED BY GVP’S COMMUNITY OF SUPPORT…

Parent Engagement At conferences in March 2017, 95% 6,876 of parents completed a survey with interpretation to assess their satis- hours faction around academics, commu- hours of service were provided nication, parental engagement, and by 121 volunteers and 10 interns safety/respect at GVP. managed by GVP’s new Commu- • 100% of parents say they feel nity Engagement Associate welcomed and respected by GVP staff. • 100% of parents would recommend GVP to other parents and families.

Volunteerism Growing Partnerships • 10 interns from Kennesaw State • Decatur/Dekalb YMCA provided University, , summer camps at no charge Georgia State University, and to students and in-school fitness Agnes Scott College worked with classes for the first time. teachers and development staff. • GVP hired more than 25 interpreters • 5 undergraduate education from partner refugee serving majors from Berry College agencies including IRC, New completed a practicum American Pathways, Lutheran experience focused on multicul- Services, and Catholic Charities tural education in diverse for our students and families on contexts. enrollment and conference days. Providing • 60 academic mentors supported Transportation 87 current GVP students and Our buses helped to increase alumnae in high school and college. Connecting engagement with our families Communities and the wider community, • Over 200 community members allowing transportation participated in the 5th Annual for conferences, to a concert Connecting Communities Walk, at Decatur Library, and the most attended to date. GVP Performs! • GVP girls met their Senator, Elena Parent, toured the , watched a naturalization ceremony, and sang for attendees at the Coalition of Refugee Service Agencies’ New Americans 6 Global Village Project Celebration 2017. ...AND HER ACCOMPLISHMENTS INSPIRE GLOBAL CHANGE.

Alumnae success in high school and beyond • 5 GVP alumnae graduated from high school in May 2017—bringing our total of high school graduates to 26. • 1 alumna, studying pre-med at Agnes Scott College, was recognized as a 2017 Goizueta Foundation STEM Scholar. • 1 alumna at Druid Hills H.S. won an award for excellence in 9th grade Mathematics in spring 2017. • 1 9th grade alumna at Redan H.S. was recognized for overall outstanding academic achievement in spring 2017.

More than 130 million girls are out of school. Globally, refugee children are 5 times more likely to be out of school. Work of Only 22% of refugee adolescents access secondary education and 1% Global of refugees access tertiary education. GVP is the only school in the country Importance specifically for refugee girls. 94% of GVP students who complete the program are in secondary, tertiary, or continuing education or have graduated high school. 75% of GVP’s high school graduates are enrolled in college.

Sharing Our Innovation • In 2016-17 GVP staff attended 5 local, national, and international conferences and gave 5 presenta- tions and one key note speech. • In March 2017, GVP hosted 6 visitors from Greece’s Ministry of Education through the U.S. State Department. They came to learn more about community building and social-emotional learning among refugee students.

Annual Report 2017 7 ARTS music and poetry. Through INTEGRATION these experiences, stu- dents are stretched and HIGHLIGHTS empowered to become leaders and change mak- ers. PFG Program Director and teaching artist Susie Slam Poetry at GVP Purcell sums up the power Over the last three years of these experiences, “They Alliance Arts for Learning became bolder listeners, Institute has provided GVP speakers and writers. They Arts are integral to teaching and learning at GVP. students and staff with used strong voices to tell opportunities to work with important stories from their Weaving art in all of its forms through the curriculum teaching artists in residence. hearts. Each girl showed growth in leadership and provides students with ongoing authentic Leading up to National Poetry Month in April, GVP responsibility for her experiences that give them tools to express them- students participated in a own learning by the end of the year.” selves in different ways, understand and interpret Slam Poetry program with Artist-in-Residence and their own and others’ lived experiences, and learn acclaimed poet Theresa Art meets Davis. Students honed their community outreach that creative pursuits and curiosity are a part of poetry reading and writing In February 2016, GVP innovative thinking that will help them be successful skills and performed hosted a theatrical screen- original poems about their ing of a new documentary in school and life. Music, performing, and visual arts lives, values, and dreams at film After Spring at Regal act as a means for students to display and perform the Authors’ Tea. Theater in Atlanta. The film focused in on the stories their strengths, knowledge, and identities. Synchronicity of Syrian people living in Art at GVP is the ultimate vehicle of self Theater’s Playmaking the Zaatari refugee camp in for Girls project Jordan. The documentary’s expression that transcends linguistic Since 2015, Synchronicity directors and producers and and cultural barriers and creates Theater’s Playmaking for led a Q & A session after Girls (PFG) teaching artists the film. This special event a community of trust and understanding have conducted weekly allowed GVP to share information, advocate for both in and out of school walls. GVP’s classes for GVP students that culminate in powerful refugees in our community, focus on art is dynamic and evolving and could performances. This collab- and share information about refugee education. not have been developed without long-term oration is designed to build community while assisting partnerships among teaching artists and art institutions. the girls in discovering and strengthening their own unique voices through writing, acting, movement,

8 Global Village Project Making Music in Macon The In March 2017, GVP stu- dents traveled to Macon, Georgia for a day filled Arts with music education and Americans for performances made pos- sible by the Georgia Music the Arts (2017) Foundation, GPB Macon, reported: Lisa Love, Ms. Elise, Ms. Joyce, Ms. Jacque and “In my country, a cadre of volunteers. “Students engaged most of my peo- The day began with GVP in arts learning have ple are shy and students performing for and higher GPAs and afraid to speak with the Mercer Singers, standardized test in public. When Mercer University’s primary my sister and I touring ensemble. Students scores, and lower came to GVP, we performed a GVP version drop-out rates. learned to have of Otis Redding’s hit song The Department of confidence.” “Respect” in the rotunda GVP alumna from of the Tubman Museum for Education reports Burma, graduated high school 2016 an audience that included that access to arts Redding’s daughter, Karla education for students Redding-Andrews. Later, of color is significantly students toured the mu- “My favorite part seum’s collection to learn lower than for their of music class more about Harriet Tubman white peers, and has was when we go and African American art. declined for three and perform for They ended the day learn- other people and ing to play the djembe, a decades. Yet, research tell them our West African drum. shows that low story and what socio-economic- we have learned.” Great Silent Grand- GVP alumna from status students have Afghanistan, start- mother Gathering ing high school in In September 2016, the even greater increases fall 2017 host- in academic perfor- ed a staged reading of The mance, college-going Great Silent Grandmother “Singing is Gathering by Sharon rates, college grades, important to me Mehdi, “a story for anyone and holding jobs with because it just who thinks she can’t save a future (with access makes me feel the world.” The story was to the arts). 88% of so special about presented by esteemed being in this playwright Pearl Cleage Americans believe world. Some- and directed by Patrick that arts are part of times is makes McColery. The reading a well-rounded me so happy.” culminated in a perfor- GVP alumna from mance by the Global Village K-12 education.” the Central African Republic, starting Project Chorus in which high school in fall they led attendees in singing 2017 “This Little Light of Mine.” Annual Report 2017 9 FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

Statements of Financial Position FOR FISCAL YEAR 2017 (ENDED JULY 31, 2017)

ASSETS 2017 2016 Current Assets: Cash and cash equivalents $927,300 $805,250 Contributions receivable 10,331 38,850 Government grant receivable 8,283 4,033 Prepaid expenses 22,622 18,282

Total Current Assets 968,536 866,415 Property and equipment — net 159,207 180,165

TOTAL ASSETS 1,127,743 1,046,580

LIABILITIES AND NET ASSETS Current Liabilities Accounts payable and accrued expenses 44,490 10,165 Total Liabilities 44,490 10,165 Net Assets Unrestricted 1,025,790 923,691 Temporarily Restricted 57,463 112,724 Total Net Assets 1,083,253 1,036,415 TOTAL LIABILITIES AND NET ASSETS 1,127,743 1,046,580

Statements of Activities

REVENUES, GAINS, AND SUPPORT Contributions $726,046 $866,894 Government grant revenue 59,610 55,999 Special events (net of direct cost of benefit to donors of $14,994) 219,894 195,615 Interest and dividends 858 1,080 Net assets released from restrictions — Total Revenue and Support 1,006,575 1,119,588

EXPENSES AND LOSSES Program Services 669,729 560,732 Supporting Services Management and general 101,591 91,512 Fundraising 188,417 129,048 Total Expenses 959,737 781,292 Loss on sale of donated stock — 32 Total Expenses and Losses 781,324 635,290 Change in Net Assets 46,838 338,264 NET ASSETS AT BEGINNING OF YEAR 1,083,415 698,151 NET ASSETS AT END OF YEAR $1,083,253 $1,036,415

10 Global Village Project Key Sources of Support

2017 2016

$528,044 Individuals

$515,642

$250,200 Foundations $19,994 Corporations

$395,063 Foundations & Corporations

$106,298 Organizations & Associations (Incl. In-Kind Contributions)

$47,047

$59,610 Government

$50,999

$55,278 GA Tax Credit Program (Net)

$51,517

Total Revenue & Support 2017 Major Event & Campaign Revenue (Gross)

$238,420 Tribute to Education

$64,273 GA Gives Day

$59,582 GA Tax Credit Program $1,006,575

$877,035 $18,998 Connecting $769,534 $1,119,588 Communities Walk 2017 2016 2015 2014

2017 Total Expenses $$959,737 2017 Program Expenses $669,729 7% 10% 70% Insurance & Other Management & General Program Services 10% Classroom 63% Salaries & Benefits

9% Student Services

20% 11% Fundraising Occupancy

Annual Report 2017 11 Board Chair Ellen Dotts

Dear Friends of GVP,

Whenever I talk about Global Village Project, the first thing I mention is how aptly named this unique school is as it truly does take a village of supporters like you (volunteers, mentors, and donors) giving selflessly of your time, talent, and treasure to provide refugee girls and young women, with interrupted schooling, the education necessary to pursue their dreams. Your ongoing investment in GVP is sincerely appreciated.

We have just completed year two of our 3-year Strategic Plan and are pleased with the strides made in our three areas of focus: Achieving Program Excellence, Increasing Impact & Influence, and Ensuring Organizational Health. As a Board of Directors, our theme has been one of Ambassadorship, as we have focused on spreading the word about this amazing school to further expand our base of supporters and help ensure GVP’s long-term financial sustainability. GVP’s Annual Tribute to Education raised a record amount of funds, 50% of which came from new donors. Going forward, we are focusing on increasing the number of sustaining donors to provide a more consistent financial foundation to enable GVP to continue to be an innovative model for refugee education globally.

We hope you have enjoyed reading about the accomplishments and achievements GVP and its students have made in the past year, knowing that you have been an integral part of the success.

Warm Regards,

Ellen Dotts, Board Chair

12 Global Village Project Our Generous Donors August 2016 – July 2017

*2017 Georgia Tax Credit Program (Apogee Scholarship Fund) participants

$20,000 and Above Mary Lou McCloskey and Karen and Andrew Manidis The Sunny Knoll Fund Carolyn and David Gould Joel Reed Karen Leary of the CFA Cheryl Davis and Kurt Kuehn Nickolas Downey Kate Jean Gaffney The UPS Foundation Diana Getz and Carl Mitchell* Niki Paris and Myron Kramer // Katherine Anhalt and Thomas H. Pitts Trust Imlay Foundation Paris & Associates // Kramer Tom Pennella Trinity Presbyterian Church Lynn and Michael Tompkins* & Associates Kathleen Kelly Katz and Trish Kennedy* Merancas Foundation Penny and Tom Clements Robert Katz* Vicki and Eric Ginter* Waterfall Foundation Ravi and Sumathi Ramachandran Kathryn and Kyle O’Day* Zane Blechner Richard C. Munroe Foundation Kristin Birkness* $10,000 - $19,999 Sally Williams Blanco Lara Zaller $500 - $999 Amy Durrell and Russell Currey* Sophie Michel and Andy Laura Weakland and American Immigration Lawyers Ana Kolar Alikabash Katina Asbell Association Anke and Christian Fischer Wells Fargo Foundation Leslie Lipkin Anne McDaniel Bradley Currey Jr. and Linda and Brian Smiley Betsy Box Sally Currey $1,000 - $4,999 Lisa and Charles Taylor Catherine Ann Perry CAA Foundation Ailene Phillips Trust Little Shop of Stories Cheryl Rolley* Connie Bryans and Donna Alex and Tom Pearson* Liz and Sam DeSimone* City of Decatur Gensler // Bryans Family Amy and Brandon Pelissero* Lois and Lucy Lampkin Dorothy Engsberg Foundation Angela and Samuel Weiland Foundation Elaine Crowell Debra Kline Ann and Thomas Bates* Marcia and Daniel Klenbort Enid Hunkeler Ellen and Kevin Dotts* // ISHR Barbara Carlson Margaret Baldwin and Fidelity Bank - Decatur Branch Group Betsy Eggers and Jack Honderd* Paul Pendergrass Finke Family Foundation Ida Alice Ryan Charitable Trust Bright Wings Foundation Mary and Wendell Reilly* Foundation Beyond Belief Johanna Chapin and Steve Carole and Howard Ory* Mary Ryan and Henry G. Funkaramajama Band Heckler* // Accelebrate Carolyn and William Branch Kuhrt Foundation Gagan Sahni Margaret and Richard Higgins* Charlotte and Guy Pfeiffer Melitta and George Brandt* Jagdish Sheth Natalie and Steven Huyghe* // Charlotte and John Byrum Michael Rubin Jane Saral CORE International Consulting Corinne and Jeff Houpt Michelle and Don Kuperman* Jannean Bello Pia and Karim Ahmad* Courtney and Stephen Robinson Mona Reiser Armstrong Jean and Elizabeth Smith Scott Hudgens Family Danna and Doug DiNapoli and John Armstrong John and Jan Douglas Foundation David Root Morli Desai and James Schroder* Family Fund Stuart and Eulene Murray Debbie and John Benson Numan Waheed and Judith Shaklee Foundation Decatur Craft Beer Festival Caline Juardi Jumana and Gregory Sue Wooldridge Decatur Rotary Club Olga and Roy Plaut Rosshandler The Dobbs Fund of the CFA Delta Community Credit Union Patrick Family Foundation Kathy Hancock Diana Barrios-Pardo and Patty and Gerry Hull Kenneth Dutter and $5,000 - $9,999 William Kane* Patty and Tim Webb Calvert Johnson* Arthur M. Blank Family Dorothy Craft and Todd Evans Rachel Leonard KP Reddy Foundation Fereydoun Taslimi Rachel Miller Krista Gilliam Benedicte and Michael Cooper Frances Robinson Roane and Sherwin Loudermilk La’Kerri Jackson Dawn Walker Gause Foundation Roy W. & Maureen T. Vandiver Lenore and Gordan Berman EZ Agape Foundation Ginger and Miles Smith* Charitable Fund Lenore Vanderzee Fatemeh and Moe Davoudi Ginger Schmeltzer and Hans Ruth Hough Li Liu Firouzeh and Shahrokh Rouhani Utz // The Combine Sally and Peter Dean Lyn Rogers-Haney and Georgia Music Foundation Heidi Deringer Sarah O’Leary and Michael Perry* Kenneth Haney Hamond Family Foundation Homrich Berg Sheryl Blechner Martha and Barry Berlin Jane and Wayne Thorpe* Illinois Tool Works Foundation Simon Porter Martha Katz and Jolley Foundation International Women’s Club Stacy and Scott Elder* Marshall Kreuter Kate Christman of Atlanta Susan Palasis and Mary Wyche Lesesne and Linda Kay and John McGowan Irina and Michael Goodman* Bryan Philbrook Arthur Lesesne Lois and Larry Curry Jane and Alan McNabb Suzanne and Alvin Townley Meera Sripathy and Lynn Goldowski and Janet Abraham Suzie and Ricky Jacobs Sam Muppalla Sam Schwartz Jennifer Hayes Sylvia and Joe Williams Melissa Miller Marjorie Cooper Jim McMahel and Chris Jenko Tamara and Ken Bazzle Michael & Jessica Whitman Mark C. Pope III Foundation Julia and Adam Levy* // The Indigo Group at Family Foundation Marsha Scott and James Long* 30 Point Strategies Morgan Stanley Neil Garvin* Mary Allen Lindsey Branan Kabbage The Jane Project Rachael Gilman Foundation Annual Report 2017 13 Catherine Barfield Celia and Bailey Pope Charlotta Norby Chelsea Guyer Cheryl and Robert Leydon Cheryl Johnson Chris Burgess Christopher Hogg Cici and David Nowland Cindy Stark Reid Claire Trunnell Cynthia Blakeley Cynthia Drake Cynthia Edwards David Herak* David Valentine Dawn Francis-Chewning* Deborah and Kevin Polston Deborah Early Deborah Marlowe Deneshia Patterson Denise and Laura Reidy-Puckett Denise de La Rue Diana Evans Berman Dina Burg Donald Griffith Doris Lee Doris Reidy Eliana Hirano and James Mayer Elizabeth Church Elizabeth Gartman Elizabeth Gregory Elizabeth Kiss Ellen Porter and Ann Pearce Emily and Jim Tillman Erin and Stephen Alred* Eve Poling FABU Face Spa Farah and Rick Chapes Felicia Guest Frances and Tony Ayoub Frances Millians* Frederick Shellman Gail and Clark Goodwin Gayle Gellerstedt and Bill Funk Giacomo Negro Gillian and Gareth Joyce Rachel Zick Almonese Williams* Ayesha Nawazuddin Girl Scout Troop 26405 Rhonda Mullen Amy Cromwell Beatrice Divine Glenn Carroll Roxanne and Benny Varzi Amy Guillotte and Ben Johnson* Beth and Bradford Vaughan Han Pham and William Ratcliff Sally Larrick and Amy Lettes Beth Crompton Hannah Ruth Weber Lawrence Scahill* Amy Robinson Bethanne Jenks Harriet Feinberg Sarah Robinson Anandhi Bharadwaj Betty Ho* Heather Haveman Sharon Bloom Andrea Ward Beverly Armento Hersh Vardhan Agarwal Tammie Cummings Andrew Jones Beverly Key Hershene Borrin Thomas and Renee Brillante // Ann Abrams Bobbi Kay Hilde Gilroy Decatur Eye Care Ann and Thomas Rhodes Bonnie Robb Holly Neil Ann Whitley Bradley Killaly Huie Design $100 - $499 Anne-Marie Sparrow Brenda and Jim Laughlin Ilia Dichev Alexandra Rodgers Arumbi Subramaniam Butter and Cream Intel Corporation Alicia and Joerg Biebernick Asbury Memorial United Buy & Sell Differently Jack Meizlish Alissa Anderson Methodist Church Carol and Woody Bartlett Jackie and Randy Halstead Allison Adams Atlanta Track Club Caroline Miklosovic Jacqueline Rosenthal Allison Taylor Audrey Rogers Catherine and Ken James Padgett Williams-Foskett

14 Global Village Project James Wade Marion and Jim Godfrey Sari Marmur Jamie and Loring Brown // The Marisela Cola Sean Burson ZBR Group at Morgan Stanley Mark Gams Sehwe Village Percussion Jamie Mirabella Mark Gandomkar Shallini Mehra Jamilah Rashid Mark Willoughby Shan Cooper Janet and Bruce Barrickman Marsha Gilbert Shari Rabin Janet Kibler Marta Hatzell Shawn Ouweleen Jeanne and Waller Dalton Mary and Bill Moon Shelley Rogers Jeanne Tomanek Mary Ball Shelly Fine Jennie Rodriguez Mary Elizabeth Saye Shimmy Mob Decatur Jennifer Downs Mary Harrison SooGin Ma Jennifer East Maryann and Peter McGuire Steve Greenfield Jennifer Lund Maureen Guillotte Sue Hampton Jenny Streeter Melissa Williams and Susan Alongi Jerry Brillante Wilbur Lam Susan Grant* Jill Joyner Michael Stimpert Susan Kupferberg and Jim Null Michael Zowine // The ZBR Richard Mitchell JoAnn Lynen Group at Morgan Stanley Susan Reardon Joanna Colrain Michelle Gould Susan Rose Joerg Matthiessen Michelle Page Suzanne Wakefield and John Ashley Miles and Nicole Cook Michael Shapiro John Kanan Millie Wright Terri Bagen John Plunkett Molly Embree Terry and Charles Epstein John Preval Morningside PC Terry and Doug Eberhart Jon Reese Nan and Britt Pendergrast Theresa Teague Jonellen and Lou Heckler Nancy Bordelon Thiruvengadam Ramanathan Joy Lynn Fields Nancy Cheal Tim Bryson Judith Horton and Nancy Hamilton Times 3 Patrick O’Neill Nancy Hostetter Tracy Hixon Judith Lipshutz and Nancy Roth Remington and Trinity Mercantile & Design Ted Duncan* Thomas Remington* Valerie Alston Judy and Patrick McNarny Nancy Wells Vanhvilai Douangchai Julia Emmons Nandini Ajaykumar Venkat Tadanki Karen and Clay Scarborough Nina Hafitz Venugopal Shivram Kathleen Minnix Patricia and Nolan Leake Vicki and Philip Bolton Kathy Griffith Patricia and William Minihan Wendy Lenz Kecia Murphy Patricia Kilduff Wesley Longhofer Keith Donnelly Patricia Robinson* William Mitchell Kelly Gunter Patrick Powers Winifred Pearson Kudzu Antiques Paul Saeger Zakia El Omari Laura Dickerman and Paul Varian Bill Seward Pierre Chalaron Laura Kennedy Pooja Sabharwal Laura Phillips Publix Lauri Markowitz Rachel Milito Lauriece Forstner* Ramesh Subramaniam LexTechs of Atlanta Real Salon Linda Hilsenrad and Rebecca Tripathy Jonathan Pierce Rita and Donald Rudzinski Lindsey Collett RJ Simonds Linnea Nelson Robbin and David Marcus Lisa Ezzard Robert Fink Lisa Tedesco Robert Kazanjian Lisbeth Hydrick Roberta Moore Lorrie Dallek Robin and John Fortuna Lucia and Thomas Sizemore Rosa Arriaga Lynn Grant Rose Rudd Lynn Haremski Ruth Dearden Mai Cavalli Ruth Schmid Manette Messenger* Ruthzee Louijeune Marcia Kochel Sacra and Rex Vaughan Margaret Brownlee Sally Chase Maria and Peter Novak Sally Shaffer Marianne and Dale Dhillon Sally Wylde and Britt Dean Marie and Christopher Sandra and Simon Miller Marquardt Sangeetha Ekambaram Annual Report 2017 15 Special Partners & Cornerstone In-Kind Contributors Society Members Academe of the Oaks Thank you, Cornerstone After Spring, Directors/Producers Ellen Society Members, for Martinez & Step Ching your shared commitment Agnes Scott College Alliance Theatre to our vision of ensuring Atlanta International School GVP students have Berry College access to the education Café Alsace necessary to pursue CHRIS 180 their dreams. Coalition for Refugee Service Agencies Decatur Family YMCA Pia Ahmad Decatur Presbyterian Church Janet Barrickman DeKalb School for the Arts Connie Bryans Emory University Undergraduate Global Penny Clements Health Organization Ellen Dotts Fermata Partners / CAA (Creative Artists Amy Durrell Agency) Sports Donna Gensler Foojee Diana Getz Georgia State University Steve Heckler Graphic Solutions Group Natalie Huyghe Marcia Klenbort Interfaith Children’s Movement Debra Kline Kennesaw State University Dept. of Ana Kolar Theatre & Performance Studies Nichea Paris Leon’s Full Service Marsha Scott Lisha Johnson Little Shop of Stories Lorrie Dallek Photography New American Pathways Sara Blakely Foundation/SPANX Shimmy Mob Sierra Club Snack in a Backpack/Glenn Memorial UMC Synchronicity Theatre/Playmaking for Girls The Bow Weevils The Conundrums The Jane Project The UPS Foundation YALE Women 4 U Catering

16 Global Village Project 2017 Board of Directors

Ellen Dotts, Chair Myron Kramer Partner, ISHR Group President, Kramer & Associates, P.C.

Debra Kline, Vice Chair La’Kerri Jackson President, Business Wise Inc. Global Diversity & Inclusion Manager, UPS Irina Goodman, Treasurer Senior Managing FP&A, Asbury Automotive Linda Kay McGowan Group Retired Vice President for Programs/ Constituency Liaison, Centers for Steve Heckler, Secretary Disease Control President, Accelebrate, Inc. Bonnie O’Neill Pia Ahmad Retired President, O’Neill & Associates Nonprofit Consultant & Founding Trustee, MedShare International Connie Bryans Philanthropist Amy Pelissero, Ph.D. (Non-Voting Member) Sally Dean Head of School, Global Village Project Retired Investment Banker Han Pham Buck Dixon Attorney/Corporate Strategy and Social Attorney, Troutman Sanders, LLC. Enterprise, Hotshot Inc.

Natalie Huyghe Ginger Schmeltzer International Business Executive, Principal, GDS Advisors, LLC Humanitarian Logistics Specialist Sue Wooldridge Ana Kolar PNA Construction Technologies Principal, AK Advisors, LLC

2017 Advisory Board

Gwen Benson, Ph.D. Associate Dean of the College of Education Ron Martin at Georgia State University Community Development Executive

Betsy Box JD McCrary Director, The Bedford School Executive Director, International Rescue Committee – Atlanta Walt Drake McCurdy & Candler, LLC Bill Moon Retired Principal, International Commu- Ayanna Hill-Gill nity School Head of School, Atlanta Girls’ School Mark Pope Elizabeth Kiss, Ph.D. President, Graphic Solutions Group President, Agnes Scott College Rev. Dr. Todd Speed Julia Levy Senior Pastor, Decatur Presbyterian Former Director of Finance & Development, Church Global Village Project Ted Terry Mary Lou McCloskey, Ph.D. Mayor of Clarkston Past President of TESOL; Writer and Lec- turer; Staff Development Specialist, Global Village Project

Annual Report 2017 17 The mission of Global Village Project Our vision is to ensure that all is to develop a strong educational foundation refugee girls with interrupted schooling have for each student within a caring community access to the education necessary to pursue using a strengths-based approach and their dreams. intensive instruction in English language and literacy, academic subjects, and the arts.

2017 Staff

Amy Pelissero, Ph.D. Michelle Kuperman Head of School Mentor Coordinator

Erin Alred Rachel Miller Development Associate Director of Philanthropy

Amy Berry Teni-Ola Ogunjobi Newcomer Teacher Community Engagement Associate

Marjorie Cooper Denise Reidy-Puckett Science Teacher & STEAM Coordinator Operations Manager

Anne Garbarino Linda Smiley ESOL/ELA Teacher & Literacy Coordinator Math Teacher

Neil Garvin Suzanne Townley Long-term Social Studies Substitute Teacher Social Studies Teacher

Amy Guillotte Elise Witt Assessment Coordinator Artist in Residence

18 Global Village Project “The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.” – Eleanor Roosevelt

Annual Report 2017 19 WE DREAM A WORLD Global Global Village Project, Inc. (GVP) is a 501(c)(3) Village Project special purpose middle school for refugee girls and young women with interrupted education. With an approach focused on students’ strengths and resources, we aim to demonstrate how adolescent English Language Learners with limited and interrupted education can be highly successful students and empowered citizens. Located in Decatur, Georgia, GVP serves approximately 40 students between the ages of 11-18 each year. Students pay no tuition and transportation and lunch are provided free of charge. An additional 62 alumnae are served through GVP’s mentor program. GVP aims to provide an exemplary model of excellent and equitable education for newcomer refugee learners.

Global Village Project Global Village Project @GVPgirls @globalvillageproject www.globalvillageproject.org P.O. Box 1548, Decatur, GA 30031 404.371.0107

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