Shawn Mendes & Global Citizen Year Partner For New Global Citizen Academy

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@shawnmendes in his own words on why his foundation @shawnfoundation is partnering with us to launch Global Citizen Academy and why he's urging YOU to apply before July 30th! ⠀ ⠀ #EducationOnPurpose #GlobalCitizenAcademy #GlobalCitizenYear #CollegeCanWait #GraduateTogether #ClassOf2020 #ShawnMendes #theshawnmendesfoundation

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Shawn Mendes’ The Shawn Mendes Foundation has partnered with Global Citizen Year to help launch the new Global Citizen Academy. The young singer unveiled the exciting news earlier today, July 14.

According to the website for Global Citizen Academy, this new program is for, “2020 high school graduates worldwide who don’t want to sit this year out. For the impatient optimists who are ready to get in the arena, this is your opportunity to level up with a diverse, international cohort of young leaders like you.”

The Academy will feature diverse classes that will help those students who have no plan to take the year off by providing the best in technology and teachers. You can learn even more about the Academy and how to apply here.

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We’re partnering with @globalcitizenyr to help launch Global Citizen Academy, a leadership experience for high school graduates from around the world to learn powerful & practical skills to help propel their social impact. We’ll be providing $250k in need-based scholarships so tuition fees don’t prevent anyone from participating. For more info please visit globalcitizenyear.org/academy

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