This page is composed of five parts: (1) ways to support Learning Life generally, then ways to help with our three communities: (2) the DMV Democracy Learning Community, (3) the Family Diplomacy Initiative, and (4) Citizen Diplomacy International, then (5) recognition of Learning Life’s organizational partners, past and present.   

WAYS TO SUPPORT LEARNING LIFE 
I Like Learning Life1) Follow/Like Learning Life

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2) Donate to Learning Life

Help Learning Life grow by making a 100% tax-deductible donation of $100, $250, $500, $1,000, or whatever you can afford, today.  Donate online today by credit card or bank transfer.

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3) Join the Democracy & Diplomacy Community

The Democracy & Diplomacy Community or DDC is the overarching community giving you access to all three of our communities.  The DDC supports Learning Life’s work advancing democracy and diplomacy, and enables you to learn, network, and share your own work.   

4) Intern with Learning Life

Throughout the year, Learning Life accepts resumes from high school, college and graduate students worldwide interested in interning with us remotely, or hybrid if you are in the Washington, DC area, where Learning Life is based.  Interns help with training, communications, outreach, research, writing, design, and more, and in so doing, gain experience in our innovative, grassroots work in democracy, diplomacy and education.  Learn more. 

5) Serve on one of Learning Life’s Boards

Learning Life has a Board of Directors, Board of Advisors, and an Advisory Council.  If you have substantial work experience in management, fundraising, finance, accounting, communications, marketing, strategy, democracy, diplomacy, international or informal education, and/or building learning communities, click on the links above to learn more about serving on one of our boards.  

WAYS TO SUPPORT THE DEMOCRACY LEARNING COMMUNITY (DLC)

The DLC is a growing association of individuals and organizations in the Washington DC or DC-MD-VA (DMV) area working to make democracy more fun and inclusive.  The DLC does this by connecting professionals, publics and policymakers via social events, products, services and spaces that nurture fun, learning, networking, collaboration and wider, deeper citizen participation. Learn more. 

(1) Subscribe to the DMV Democracy Dispatch

In 2025, Learning Life is launching an email DMV Democracy Dispatch that will, monthly for 10 months per year, serve up free of charge: (a) upcoming DC area events, new publications, and other news, (b) profiles of local democracy leaders, and (c) interesting democracy facts, insights and images.  Subscribe here.    

(2) Join the DLC Linkedin Group

The DLC Linkedin Group allows you to connect with others interested in protecting and advancing democracy in the Washington DC area, and share your related calls to action, publications, events, news, programs, projects to a wider audience.

(3) Participate in a Democracy Dinner  

Our Democracy Dinners gather in-person DC area professionals and students working or volunteering in democracy-related fields to share their work, network and learn with an eye to building the DLC in metro DC.  Click the RSVP link at the top of the Democracy Dinners page, linked above, to join us at an upcoming Dinner.

(4) Take Part in the DMV Democracy Festival

Launched in October 2024, Learning Life’s annual DMV Democracy Festival involves DC area youth, adults, families, local organizations and volunteers in games, arts, discussions, a youth assembly, a democracy market, and more.  Learn more, and get involved.  

(5) Sponsor the DLC 

For as little as $250 for individuals, and $1,000 for organizations, you can sponsor the activities and growth of the DLC.  Learn more.  

WAYS TO SUPPORT THE FAMILY DIPLOMACY INITIATIVE (FDI)

FDI is an ambitious, long-term, grassroots effort to connect, train and empower a growing international corps of volunteer family diplomats (FDs) to advocate for families and a more caring world at local to global levels. Learn more.

(1) Subscribe to the Family Diplomacy Dispatch

In 2025, Learning Life is launching an email FD Dispatch that will, monthly for 10 months per year, serve up free of charge: (a) upcoming family diplomacy discussions online, (b) profiles of families and family diplomats worldwide, plus (c) interesting international facts, insights, and media to better understand families, and how they can be empowered for a more caring world.  Subscribe here. 

(2) Join FDI on Facebook

Our FDI Facebook Group connects you with thousands of people worldwide who care about family, and provides FDI dialogue notices plus information of interest about family life worldwide.  Join here. 

(3) Sponsor Family Diplomacy

Sponsors support the maintenance and growth of the FD Dispatch, the FDI Facebook group, and the live, monthly FD Dialogues.  Learn more about sponsoring FDI.

(4) Host a Diplomacy Dessert

Diplomacy Dessert hosts volunteer to invite their friends, family and/or colleagues to their home on a weekend afternoon for 2-3 hours to learn about and discuss Learning Life’s Family Diplomacy Initiative with founder, Paul Lachelier, online or in-person.  Learn more.

WAYS TO SUPPORT CITIZEN DIPLOMACY INTERNATIONAL (CDI)

CDI gathers diplomacy scholars, students, professionals, and volunteers every three months online via Zoom to share news and presentations on CD research and practice, local to global, with an eye to building a vibrant global CD sector for a more participatory, equitable and sustainable world.  Learn more.

(1) Subscribe to the CDI Bulletin

Since 2020, Learning Life has issued the CD Bulletin quarterly to provide news, publications, resources — and new in 2025, citizen diplomacy researcher and practitioner profiles — free to anyone interested in the growing field of international citizen diplomacy.  Subscribe here. 

(2) Attend CDI Meetings

Attend CDI’s quarterly meetings live via Zoom to network and learn about the research and practice of citizen diplomacy, from sports, dance and culinary diplomacy, to city, science, health, religious and business diplomacy.


(3) Teachers: Connect You  & Your Students

Teachers and students worldwide can attend, take part in discussions, and in some circumstances present at CDI meetings, plus access our growing database of CD publications, authors, and organizations.  Learn more.

(4) Connect with CDI on Facebook and Linkedin 

CDI’s Facebook group and Linkedin group allow you to network, learn and share CD-related articles, books, events, programs, funding, requests for collaborators, etc.

(5) Sponsor CDI

Want to help build a vibrant global citizen diplomacy sector?  Sponsor CDI’s work to network and inform citizen diplomacy scholars, students, practitioners and interested observers.  Learn more.

Whatever way(s) you decide to help Learning Life above, thank you for your support!

Our Organizational Partners

Learning Life depends on individual donors and organizational partners to make our work possible.  We thank the following past and present organizational partners with whom we have worked or continue to work.  For more information about partnering with Learning Life, click here.

Allied Telecom Group
BB&T Bank
Collectif pour la Promotion des Groupes Vulnérables (Senegal)
Columbia University Center for Career Education
Community Colleges for International Development
CyberPeace Institute
DC International Student House
DC Tutoring & Mentoring Initiative
Eisenhower Institute at Gettysburg College
FUSALMO (El Salvador)
Georgetown University Medical Center’s Community Health Division
#ListenFirst Coalition
Marymount University-Political Science Department
Open Gov Hub
Public Diplomacy Council of America
University of California-Washington Center

“Being a part of Learning Life connects me with people all around the world. I love the opportunity to be friends with people beyond my physical reach and to learn about their lives, their knowledge and their experiences.” -Haydee Lopez, USA

Learning Life provides equal opportunities to all volunteers, interns and applicants without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, marital status, amnesty, or status as a covered veteran in according with applicable federal, state and local laws.  This policy applies to all terms and conditions of volunteering and interning, including, but not limited to, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.