Transportation/Visas
- If selected to attend W2W 2022, you must obtain your passport and secure a visa interview as soon as possible. Participants should look to apply for a (B-2) tourist visa. You DO NOT need to have a passport to complete this application.
- If selected, participants are responsible for obtaining their own travel and airport transit visas. Some participants may need to obtain an airport transit visa - a visa required to wait for a few hours at the airport’s international transit area.
- Empower Peace will provide international participants with an acceptance letter detailing where you will be staying and what Empower Peace will be providing. Your acceptance letter will be needed for your visa interview to travel to the US.
- Empower Peace will greet all participants at Logan International Airport in Boston and bring them to the program. Participants will be fully responsible for transportation to and from the airport in their home country.
- Empower Peace WILL NOT accommodate any requests to extend a participant’s stay in Boston or the United States. All participants must depart Boston on their scheduled flight from Logan International Airport.
Housing/Meals
- All participants will be housed in dorms at Massachusetts College of Art and Design in Boston, Massachusetts, USA during the entire program.
- Participants will have at least one roommate from another country. Participants are not allowed to make roommate requests or switch rooms.
- Bathrooms are shared.
- Participants will be living in an all-female floor in the college dorm with Empower Peace participants and staff. The dorm building area is shared by other students (non-conference participants).
- Participants are expected to abide by all Empower Peace and dorm rules. Rules will be provided in your check-in materials if you are selected as a delegate.
- All meals, including snacks, are provided by Empower Peace. Halal food will be available on a limited bases. We will do our best to accommodate your needs. Please indicate if you require Halal or Kosher food or if you have any food allergies (ie. gluten, nuts, etc.) in health section of the application.
Health Insurance
Empower Peace will provide all international participants with basic travel/health coverage. IMPORTANT: Participants will be responsible for any charges/co-pays associated with a medical visit. Coverage will begin on the day they begin travel to the United States and will end on the day they return home.
Financial Responsibilities
Program Fee: $3,800 per participant (does not include airfare)
Program Fee includes:
- Lodging
- Food - All meals, including snacks
- All conference materials
- All conference related activities and ground transportation during the program
- All costs connected to speakers, and conference development and implementation
- Basic Health Coverage (for all international participants)
For planning purposes, the following costs are NOT covered by the program fee and are the responsibility of the participant and/or sponsoring agency.
- Costs associated with securing passports
- Costs associated with securing visas – travel and airport transit (approximately $160 USD)
- Costs associated with travel – transportation to and from the airport in participant’s home country/state, luggage fees
- Incidental costs
- Health insurance deductible and/or outstanding balances not covered by health insurance – should the participant require medical care or hospitalization
We encourage everyone to apply even if you cannot afford the program fee.
There are limited scholarships available for qualified applicants. We strongly encourage ONLY those candidates that are in need to apply for a scholarship.