Our Mission

Global Ties Akron strengthens academic, corporate, organizational, and personal links between Northeast Ohio and the world.

Our Vision

• Global Ties Akron will be recognized community-wide for developing international connections that benefit the Greater Akron community.
• The Greater Akron community will understand and recognize the importance of Citizen Diplomacy.

Our Values

• Representative – Global Awareness, Appreciation of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Diplomacy
• Collaborative – Skill and Knowledge Sharing, Communications, Defining Mutual Goals
• Professional – Result oriented, Dependability, Integrity, Initiates New Ideas

Our Impact

In 2021, Global Ties Akron hosted 8 virtual delegations of international leaders from 44 countries made up of 122 participants on topics ranging from Women Entrepreneurship to Cultural Outreach for Museums.

Our global education programs connected with 540 local students, 13 educators, 3 refugee cultural heritage presenters, and 12 students and educators from the Museum of Kikinda, Serbia bringing the world into the virtual classroom and engaging our community virtually too through our Global Threads Online Magazine project and Milkshake Man Book-  random acts of kindness project. 

One of our first returns to in-person events, our International Thanksgiving Dinner, welcomed 80+ people to Exchange House where our Peace Pole was installed during the summer of 2021.