Vision

We cultivate global friendships - changing the world, one relationship at a time.

Goals

1. 1.IHAA provides a living learning community space at affordable rates for over 75 international and domestic students and scholars from over 50 countries per year, living closely and peacefully with others from very different cultures and spiritual traditions. IHAA is also a home away from home to many Fulbright scholars who enrich the local communities culturally and intellectually.
2. 2.IHAA’s programming promoted cultural exchange and taught non-violent communication. The Non-Violent Communication training provides tools for peaceful relationships to our residents. By fostering dialog and engagement at the grassroots level, our peer-to-peer diplomacy can help create a more peaceful and interconnected world.
3. 3.Many of our residents are from low income or war-torn countries (including Palestine, Israel, Ukraine, and Sudan), and our reduced-rate housing defrays the cost of their housing during their exchange program. Still, ten percent of our residents have difficulty paying their rent. To address this, IHAA has created a new donor funded program to offer Rent Assistance to support qualified residents