The Center for Global Education offers social justice based study abraod programs in Central America, Mexico and Southern Africa. Programs are focused on engagement with local people, with a particular emphaisis placed on hearing from voices that are traditionally underrepresented and marginalized. The Center also offers short-term international travel seminars for faculty, teachers, professionals, non-profit organizations, community leaders, activisits and the general public. The mission of the Center for Global Education at Augsburg College is to provide cross-cultural educational opportunities in order to foster critical analysis of local and global conditions so that personal and systemic change takes place leading to a more just and sustainable world.