Our Philosophy
“The unexamined life is not worth living.”
Project Agora helps young people "know themselves, become themselves, and transcend themselves.” Agora’s vision is to help our fellows develop their own conscience for the world and a sense of confidence and agency in themselves.
Agora was initiated by world leaders including H.E. George Papandreou, the 182nd Prime Minister of Greece, and Hon. Kevin Rudd, the 26th Prime Minister of Australia. Agora is proud to have a growing list of luminaries serving as mentors, including former heads of state, Nobel laureates, Ivy League scholars, and industry leaders.
Today, this learning community serves more than 200 members from over 50 different cities across five continents, including more than 50 Agora fellows and their parents, as well as more than 50 mentors.
Mission
Agora’s mission is to cultivate within young people a strong sense of self-awareness, self-confidence, and self-love, and to nurture a new generation of global citizens and leaders who see their own fulfillment through creating a more just and prosperous world.
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How do you benefit
As an Agora Fellow, once joins the Agora Thrive Community—a safe, private, and supportive community where you can:
Engage with world leaders—ideate, design, host and participate in Agora master classes—centered major events and topics of shared concern.
Experience liberal arts education—attend seminars led by professors and scholars from the world’s leading universities, explore and connect disciplines, spark curiosity, creativity and critical thinking.
Access a powerful network—receive mentorship from a network of individuals, who shares Agora’s mission and vision, and are ready to inspire and help each other.
Find your spot on the global stage—participate in the flagship in-person program of Agora Grand Tours, experience the world through an itinerary curated by global leaders in government, industry and academia.
Mentorship
Agora values quality over quantity when it comes to curation of learning experience. We firmly believe education is a personal and organic process that demands patience and care. Therefore, one of our primary methodologies is mentorship.
Agora has assembled a unique, intergenerational mentorship system. Each Agora Fellow has access to a multitude of mentors:
Former heads of state
Nobel Laureates and academia
Industry titans
Ivy league educated professionals
Scientists and artists, and many more
For detailed information about each Agora mentor, please visit the page about Agora mentors.
Agora Curriculum
Agora Master Class
Agora curates seminars, lectures and talks, led by diverse Agora network, including former heads of state, heads of international organizations, leaders in policy, industry, academia, as well as prominent artists and scientists.
Agora Grand Tour
Inspired by the centuries-long tradition of seeing, reading, thinking while traveling enjoyed by young Europeans and Chinese alike in classical times, Agora invites global leaders in government, industry and academia to curate for the Agora Grand Tour and accompany fellows along the way.
Agora Mentorship
Through organic, safe, nurturing and lasting mentorship, guided by principles in coaching and the Socratic method, Agora Fellows gain self-confidence, self-awareness, and sense of agency, and embark on a path toward a more fulfilled self and a more impactful member of society.
Agora Workshop
A series of hands on learning opportunities informed by challenges and interests of Agora Fellows. Agora leverages rich and diverse expertise across the Agora network to host personalized learning experience in content and methods.
Agora Challenge
Guided by the principles of project-, challenge-, game-based learning, Agora Fellows are engaged to act on their learning from other curated activities at Agora, such as forming essential habits in physical health, critical thinking, information literacy, meditation and reflection.
For more details, check out sections under Agora Ways.