GlobalPittsburgh creates economic and educational opportunities for all by building global connections and enhancing international awareness throughout the region.  

     
GlobalPittsburgh offers you the opportunity to be involved in this global community.

Individual and Family Membership for U.S. Citizens and Globally-Minded Fans of GlobalPittsburgh

Benefits:

• Participating in GlobalPittsburgh CONNECT activities
• Inviting internationals over for hospitality dinners
• Hosting internationals for short or long homestays
• Homestay guests can be international leaders here for professional programming, visiting scholars, students who need a place for few days until they find permanent accommodations, and English as a Second Language (ESL) students
• Free and discounted tickets to cultural events
• Invitations to receptions and events with international visitors
• Invitations to quarterly networking events
• Special member rate for GlobalPittsburgh’s Annual International Dinner
• Recognition as a GlobalPittsburgh Network Donor Member (optional)
• Being a citizen diplomat

CLICK HERE for a list of upcoming member activities.

Annual fee for GlobalPittsburgh membership: $40 for individual and $50 for family membership.

CLICK HERE to register online or call 412-392-4513.

Hospitality Dinners

Hospitality dinners are a unique opportunity to get to know emerging leaders from around the world in a relaxed atmosphere – your own home – and visiting professionals are always grateful for the opportunity to experience American hospitality.

Large delegations are normally separated into pairs so that each host will have just a couple of visitors and their interpreter if an interpreter will be required.  You are welcome to invite whomever you wish to attend the dinner with the delegates.  The dinner should be whatever your family would normally serve and doesn't need to be fancy, catered, or be something that the visitors would eat in their home countries.   The visitors are usually very eager to try American foods such as hamburgers, hot dogs, steaks, pastas, vegetarian dishes, etc.  However, some of GlobalPittsburgh’s visitors may have dietary restrictions due to religious beliefs, but you would be informed of that well in advance.

Who is able to provide a Hospitality Dinner?

Everyone is invited to provide hospitality dinners regardless of the size of your home, your ability to speak a foreign language, or the makeup of your family.  The diversity of American family life is something we hope our visitors will experience and appreciate. We want them to see we don’t all live in mansions, though some of us might, and that we don’t all live with our spouse and two children; some of us are retired, single, or have parents, or grandkids, living with us. If you do happen to have kids, hospitality dinners can be a great opportunity to introduce your children to new cultures and people.

A few of our hosts are naturalized citizens who had been welcomed by GlobalPittsburgh’s hosts upon their arrival in Pittsburgh, and now they have joined as hosts to have the opportunity to share the warm experience they themselves had received.  

Hospitality dinners are also a great way to meet people from a country that you’d like to visit one day or have a curiosity and interest about.

A member who provides hospitality dinners will be able to make new internationals friends and contacts in other countries and help shape foreign policy one hand shake at a time.

Homestay Hosts

Members have opportunities to provide homestays for international visitors who then have a more personal experience of the life and culture of the US because of it.  You’ll gain insights into the culture and country of your visitor, creating friendships that can last a lifetime.  Many current US members have praised the homestay experience as extremely enriching, enjoying the sharing of ideas with their guests.  Homestays can be both compensated and volunteer depending on the program.

ELS Center Homestay program

US hosts are able to provide a homestay for visiting English as a Second Language students.  The goal of the program is to provide an interesting cultural and educational experience for both the student and the host family. The more interaction between the host family and the student, the more enriching the stay will be for both.  Hosts for ELS Center homestays are compensated.

More information on hosting students who will attend the ELS Center can be found at www.pciv.org/HostFamilyHandbook.pdf

For more information on how you can participate in this program, please contact info@globalpittsburgh.org or call 412-392-4513 or join online by CLICKING HERE.