Project Pengyou Celebrates the launch of National Chapters and the “We are all #Pengyou” Campaign with Inaugural Pengyou Day, Nov. 20th!
November 20: a nationwide network simultaneously mobilizes to jump start a campaign promoting international friendship!
Held on a Thursday during the State Department’s International Education Week, our inaugural Pengyou Day was a rousing success. With the help of our nationwide Project Pengyou chapter teams as well as our signature partners, Asia Society and the Committee of 100, we celebrated building friendships between Americans and Chinese while trying to deepen engagement and mutual understanding through the launch of simultaneous events across the country!
Project Pengyou Chapters from Maryland to Colorado shared food during potluck dinners, culture by presenting Chinese calligraphy and tea traditions, geography through jeopardy-style game nights and visual installations, personal stories, photos and more.
Check out all the Pengyou Day events here.
Pengyou Day also launched the “We Are All #Pengyou” campaign which seeks to create cultural understanding through the simple act of sparking conversations. Teaching one friend or relative a single word in Chinese and sharing it with your network online or offline creates ripples which spread and multiply, and with over 800 posts on social media and the innumerable one-on-one interactions, those ripples can have a massive impact, propelling the movement forward to create real and measurable change for the future.
Our gallery of photo highlights from Pengyou Day events across the country can be found here!
Also, be sure to watch our new Pengyou Day Trailer to feel the energy and meet many of our Leadership Fellows!
Team Pengyou would like to extend a HUGE THANK YOU to those of you whose participation and support made Pengyou Day possible.
Pengyou Day Participating Chapters and Partner Organizations:
Project Pengyou Arizona State University Chapter
Project Pengyou Burlington County Chapter
Project Pengyou Creighton University Chapter
Project Pengyou Eagle Chapter （Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University)
Project Pengyou Georgia Institute of Technology Chapter
Project Pengyou Grinnell College Chapter
Project Pengyou Harvard Chapter
Project Pengyou Horace Mann School Chapter
Project Pengyou Lewis & Clark College Chapter
Project Pengyou Medgar Evers College Preparatory School Chapter
Project Pengyou Montclair Kimberley Academy Chapter
Project Pengyou New York University Chapter
Project Pengyou Pomona College Chapter
Project Pengyou SUNY Geneseo Chapter
Project Pengyou Saint Ann’s School Chapter
Project Pengyou St. Olaf College Chapter
Project Pengyou Swarthmore College Chapter
Project Pengyou Texas A&M International University Chapter
Project Pengyou University of California Berkeley Chapter
Project Pengyou University of Colorado Boulder Chapter
Project Pengyou University of Maryland Chapter
Project Pengyou University of Mississippi Chapter
Project Pengyou University of Oklahoma Chapter
Project Pengyou University of Rhode Island Chapter
Project Pengyou University of South Florida Chapter
Project Pengyou University of Tennessee at Knoxville Chapter
Project Pengyou University of Virginia Chapter
Project Pengyou University of Washington Chapter
Project Pengyou University of Wisconsin – Madison Chapter
Project Pengyou Valparaiso University Chapter
Project Pengyou Washington State University Chapter
Project Pengyou William & Mary College Chapter
Other Participating Schools and Partners
Asia Society Confucius Classrooms
Bard High School Early College Newark
Warren Wilson College Study Abroad
Thanks again for all of your support, and keep looking for updates for what’s to come!