World Savvy Festival

World Savvy Festival is an annual culminating event for middle and high school students participating in the World Savvy Classrooms program! Students spend the day sharing their ideas for changing the world by presenting projects that address this year’s theme of “Breaking Barriers” to tackle local and global challenges. This year we're bringing together hundreds of students to present their projects on today's most pressing issues and celebrate the work they have done!

Attend a World Savvy Festival

This spring, 600 local students and teachers will be attending our two regional festivals. These students will be presenting their Knowledge-to-Action projects that are focused on real-world issues like climate refugees, transgender healthcare, and homelessness.

You can help make a difference in your community by volunteering at one of our festivals below!

*Due to COVID-19, we have cancelled all festivals this spring.

This year, we have 3 main categories of volunteer roles:

Give verbal and written feedback on Showcase Projects throughout our showcase project hall
Facilitate and Score Competition Projects against our World Savvy rubric in a competition classroom
Support Event Operations to ensure the students have a fun and enjoyable experience

“This has been a great experience. Our company is a learning company and our mission is to improve life through learning, so partnering with World Savvy, especially for the festival, was exactly where we want to expend our company’s energy.”

Naomi
Udemy, 2018-2019 Events Sponsor

It's a great opportunity to help make a difference in the world. The quality of the presentations will touch your heart, and the students' enthusiasm for a better future will lift your spirit!"

Dan
World Savvy Festival Volunteer

Students as Changemakers

Tackling Period Poverty in Their Community

After completing their K2A project, For Girls by Girls brought their project to the World Savvy Festival 2019 at Hamline University in Saint Paul, MN. After presenting in front of judges and students, they received 2nd place for the Human Rights category in the Junior Division.

Arranged and Forced Marriage

The Changemakers, a team from Wellstone International High School wanted to bring awareness on arranged and forced marriages in their community. They presented at the festival, proposing solutions to create understanding cross-generationally about arranged and forced marraiges.

Spring 2020 Events Sponsors

Interested in becoming an events sponsor? Your sponsorship will help us build a generation of changemakers while providing fun opportunities for your organization to experience World Savvy. To be a sponsor, please contact Whitney Larson at whitney@worldsavvy.org.

Located in California or Minnesota? Here are the levels and packages we offer – California | Minnesota

Thank you to our current events sponsors!