Our challenges are interconnected

“Education gives us a profound understanding that we are tied together as citizens of the global community, and that our challenges are interconnected.” Ban Ki-moon, UN Secretary-General

As I move to the next stage of my inquiry project in Greece, I've spent the last two weeks researching the final pillar of my framework for an ecosystem of belonging and welcoming. Learning in community and working together to achieve a common goal are essential building blocks of feeling a sense of belonging. 

During my research at over forty schools in Athens, Patras, Crete, Thessaloniki, and Chalkidiki, I've collected strategies Greek educators use to create belonging through collaboration. Students collaborate in classrooms and schools collaborate across international borders. 

My process as I catalog these strategies is to synthesize and simplify so any educator can utilize, adapt or be inspired. In my process, creating infographics is an essential step to boil complex ideas down into a digestible product.