In the process of putting together this project
we’ve come
across some associations, companies, and websites that could serve
as great resources for visitors to our site. Some are exclusively
for young people, some were created by young people, some are neither – but
they are all worth a look.
If you would like to suggest a link to be put on this page, just
email links@tyap.com.
RESOURCES FOR YOUNG AMERICANS
Active Element Foundation
- Funds youth organizing and activism across all issues and constituencies,
with an emphasis on low-income youth-led groups that are marginalized
from major funding. Publications include The Future 500, a
comprehensive guide to youth activism and organizing in the United
States.
Global Youth Action Network
(GYAN) - Connects growing community of young people on lin,
and together provide resources to inspire, inform, and involve a
generation in creating a better world. The Global Youth Action Network
is a growing colllaboration among youth organizations in almost
two hundred countries, providing resources and recognition for positive
youth action and facilitating intergenerational partnership in global
decision-making.
TakingITGlobal - Serves
as a resource for youth and organizations working to make a difference.
A virtual community and expansive clearinghouse for today's youth
movement, the site offers discussion boards, a database of thousands
of organizations and events, opportunities, scholarships, internships,
on-line diaries and much more.
International Youth Foundation
(IYF) - One of the world's largest public foundations focused
on children and youth, IYF works with hundreds of companies, foundations,
and civil society organizations to strengthen and expand existing
programs making a positive and lasting difference in young lives.
Currently operating in nearly fifty countries and territories, collaborations
have helped more than 26 million young people gain the skills, training,
and opportunities critical for success. Programs promote the confidence,
character, competence, and connectedness of young people to their
family, peers, and community.
Youth Venture (part of Ashoka) - A national organization that helps
teams of young people (ages ten to twenty) create new ventures (nonprofits,
socially oriented businesses, or clubs) to address issues of concern
in their communities and the world. Youth Venture welcomes all ideas
and application for resources from young people.
Greenpeace Organizing
Term - This semester offers hands-on training for students who
want to become environmental leaders. Students get over 50 trainings
in grassroots, organizing, mediadirect action, and campaign strategy.
Students travel abroad with Greenpeace to meet global environment
leaders.
National Outdoor Leadership School
(NOLS) - The countries premiere outdoor education school with
branches all over the world. Teaching technical hard skills as well
as leadership and interpersonal skills. Matt and Ben went on a NOLS
trip and called it 'a great experience.' We also got the chance
to meet up with Tony, their badass NOLS leader when we passed through
Victor, Wyoming. Tony has the second most time in the field of all
NOLS leaders.
GOOD RESOURCES FOR EVERYONE
Ashoka: Innovators for the Public
- Promotes and develops social entrepreneurship around the world
and has invested in more than 1,200 leading social entrepreneurs
in forty-four countries. Elects emerging social entrepreneurs to
an international fellowship of their peers, and provides financial
support and other non-financial services to grow these enterprises
and assist them in collaborating with like-minded peers around the
world. Programs and materials include learning and youth development,
environment and health, and other initiatives to identify key principles
and successful ideas and strategies, and disseminate them worldwide.
The Natural Step - Seeks
to accelerate global sustainability by guiding companies and governments
onto an ecologically, socially, and economically sustainable path.
The Natural Step works with some of the largest resource users on
the planet to create solutions, innovative models, and tools that
will lead the transition to a sustainable future. An international
organization, Natural Step uses a set of scientifically proven sustainability
principles to transform debate into useful discussion and to drive
innovation to define the emerging field of sustainability and seeding
the foundation for global transformation.
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