The Global Forum for Civic Affairs (GFCA) is a CSO that builds international understanding and friendship by focusing on the intersections of education, new media, and civic engagement in and between the U.S., China, MENA nations, and international allies

We co-host international workshops and produce educational media to help thought-leaders model healthy communication and cooperatively cut through disinformation and propaganda to change how people interact with information.

The United States and China are in position to influence notions of democracy, nationalism, citizenship, human rights, environmental priorities & natural resource use, serving as the media generators and health care providers for billions of consumers worldwide for the foreseeable future. We believe the fate of the 21st century hinges on the success or failure of the U.S.-China relationship or, as one co-founder put it, “We’re dancing on a knife’s edge.”

At the Global Forum, our collaborations are founded on reciprocity, mutual respect, & trust-building. We partner with organizations and individuals in the United States and China to create healthier relations— peaceful relationships whose discourse is as open & fair as its practices are just.

OUR WORK

We are optimistic about the future. We support five concurrent strategies to advance progress for U.S. and China relations. Our bodies of work are diversely committed to cross-cultural research, advancing collaborative skills, and serving community practitioners.

Our strategies are guided by data and measurable outcomes. We measure success both in the size of our aspirations and our ability to build accessible communities of practice.