Reality Tours

August 31, 2012September 3, 2012
The contentious and often dramatic debate over immigration reform that has played out in America's streets and the halls of Congress has largely failed to address the root causes of migration.Global Exchange has a special perspective to offer travelers who want to understand Mexican migration from the inside.
September 7, 2012September 15, 2012
The division of Korea in 1945, the Korean War which spanned from 1950 to 1953, and resulted in the separation of the Korean peninsula, are some of the events that have left deep wounds in the people of both nations and continue to influence relations with North Korea. Further straining the region are the United States’ military presence in South Korea and North Korea’s nuclear development program which have brought it much attention in recent years.
September 8, 2012September 16, 2012
This is a Food Sovereignty Tour brought to you by Food First/the Institute for Food and Development Policy in partnership with Global Exchange Reality Tours. Guided by local expert guides as well as a Food First policy analyst, you will gain rare access to rural communities, through the eyes of local farmers and sovereignty activists working for food and climate justice in the Basque Country, Euskal Herria.
September 22, 2012October 6, 2012
Is the threat of war the best response to Iran’s nuclear program? Is the US media’s portrayal of Iran accurate? How do Iranians feel about the US government and people?
October 1, 2012October 10, 2012
After three decades of warfare, Afghanistan continues to strive towards reconstruction, despite weaning support for the NATO-backed government and the Taliban insurgency. Within this challenging environment, Afghan women are taking reconstruction, coupled with creating social change, into their own hands.
October 26, 2012November 4, 2012
We invite you to join Global Exchange for a very special "Fair Olive Harvest" Reality Tour. The Israeli-Palestinian conflict has ensued for sixty years, while Israel's forty plus year occupation of the West Bank and Gaza Strip is the longest in modern history.
October 26, 2012November 3, 2012
On this delegation, participants will have the unique opportunity to be in Oaxaca during the Day of the Dead/Dia de los Muertos celebration, a festival dating back to the Aztecs. As a result of neo-liberal economic policies, Oaxaca exports a large number of migrants every year to northern Mexico and the United States.
Custom Tour
October 27, 2012November 3, 2012
November 12, 2012November 21, 2012
Join Honduras Solidarity Network Emergency Delegations!
November 15, 2012November 25, 2012
2011 has witnessed massive movements and uprisings around the globe, from the Occupy! movements in the US, to the movements for Democracia Real Ya! in Spain, and the massive protest and assembly movements in Greece. Common to all these movements is their use of horizontal democracy and the occupation of physical space in which to create new democratic forms. They all began with a No! - a refusal to accept a crisis - and at the same time many yeses, with the creation of alternative forms of relating and being.