Global Organization of Youth Cultural Ambassadors (GO-YCA)

GO-YCA is a year-long leadership program for students in the San Francisco Bay Area who have completed CYLA. The program is youth-led. Members plan activities, lead events, and take real responsibility for their community throughout the school year.

GO-YCA is where the work continues. The questions you began asking at CYLA, about identity, culture, and your place in a complex world, do not stop after three days. GO-YCA gives you the structure, the peers, and the space to keep going.

Throughout the year, GO-YCA members accumulate volunteer and leadership hours through meetings, events, and community service. Students who complete 100 or more hours are eligible to apply for the AVSA Bronze award, issued by Volunteer Scholars. WCEO assists with the application process at no additional cost. AVSA is open to all nationalities. No U.S. citizenship required.

Four core values of GO-YCA, As a GO-YCA, you would experience these:

Initiative

主動力

Step forward before anyone asks you to.

Resilience

韌力

Keep going when things get hard.

Collaboration

合作力

Lead with and through others.

Impact

實踐力

Turn ideas into real change.

American Volunteer Service Award (AVSA)

Earn recognition for your service.

Issued by Volunteer Scholars · Open to all nationalities · No U.S. citizenship required

Bronze

100+

hours

Silver

175+

hours

Gold

250+

hours

GO-YCA members who complete the required hours will be invited to apply through WCEO at no additional cost. Hours from CYLA and external volunteer activities may also count

Your journey with WCEO

Step 01

Camper

Chinese Folk Arts Summer Camp

Step 02

TA

Teach and lead at camp

Step 03

CYLA training

3-day leadership conference

Step 04

GO-YCA