Host a Youth Artist this Summer from Brazil!

The Neighborhood Connection Project (NCP) is asking for you to consider this tremendous opportunity from our artistic partner Green Star Movement (GSM) to host a high school student from Brazil. Full information is below. NCP Questions? Please ask. Jac Charlier, jac.charlier@gmail.com or Gina Metelica, gina.metelica@gmail.com.

GSM is looking for homestay hosts for 2 high school students (ages 16-18) from Brazil. The students will have a 14 day program in Chicago focused on exploring community engagement through the arts in the United States. While in Chicago, the youth artists will complete full-time apprenticeships at Green Star project sites. This is a merit based exchange program for students that have demonstrated leadership in their local community, excelled in the classroom and at a Green Star Movement project site(s) in Brazil this past Winter. This program is sponsored by the MacArthur Foundation and the American Consulate in Brazil.

Upcoming Youth Homestay Hosting Opportunities:
July 18 - July 31, 2015 - Brazil-Chicago Youth Exchange Program

Why become a homestay host?
● Forge life-long friendships
● Learn about new cultures, new cuisine, and new languages
● Be a tourist in your own town
● Introduce your kids to bright, motivated, curious international “siblings”
● Meet emerging young leaders making an impact in government, civil society, and innovations abroad (over 300 delegates have gone on to serve as heads of state!)
● Contribute directly to strengthening U.S. foreign relations

If interested in more information please contact Kamelia Hristeva at kamelia@greenstarmovement.org or at 773-793-3676.