If the United States is to compete successfully on a global scale, people must refocus parenting in order to help children grow up ready for tomorrow's increasingly complex and multi-cultural global economy. Children must become global citizens: open-minded, resilient kids ready to see global interconnectedness as both opportunity and welcome challenge. People must come together as communities to raise global children. The idea of "raising global children" is the subject of an interactive book that the author and a colleague have been researching for the past two years--and plan to publish this fall. Their intention is to create awareness and issue a call to action to American families across all income levels and geography. They offer proven parenting strategies for raising global children--strategies that are not just "nice to have" for understanding other cultures and people, but critically necessary to harness a world of opportunities beyond borders. A key component to "Raising Global Children" will be its dynamic, interactive component known as The "Community Board." The CB is a next-generation technology that combines the best of social media tools with old-fashioned grass roots community building. Participants will be able to share information and follow the discussions of interest to them because the CB is curated with an intuitive organization that allows members to quickly extract information they want. Topics can be organized by geography, age and even congressional district so as to gather members around local issues. The Raising Global Children CB will enable people to share ideas and exchange information that may be as simple as tips for traveling with children to more complex organizing and mobilizing groups across the country to impact national legislation. It will be designed by parents and for parents seeking to open up a child's world to a future bright with global possibilities. (Contains 3 notes.)