National Youth Advocacy Coalition (NYAC)
www.nyacyouth.org
NYAC is a social justice organization that advocates for and with young people who are gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, or questioning (GLBTQ) in an effort to end discrimination against these youth and to ensure their physical well being.
National Youth Leadership Council
http://www.nylc.org
Increasing the capacity of schools and communities to engage young people in active learning and service.
The Praxis Project
www.thepraxisproject.org
The Praxis Project is a national, nonprofit organization that builds partnerships with local groups to influence policymaking to address the underlying, systemic causes of community problems. They help local groups hold institutions and governmental agencies accountable by designing community-based plans, conducting research, developing media strategies and developing policy initiatives – to achieve sustainable results. Their goal is to build power at the local level to increase the capacity of communities to become effective advocates so that they are leaders and catalysts on the legislative and policy decisions that affect their lives.
PeaceJam Northeast
www.NextGenLeaders.org
The PeaceJam Foundation offers education programs based on the lives and works of leading Nobel Peace Prize winners who share their spirit, skills and wisdom with youth around the world. Through learning about the inspirational stories of these master-peacemakers and then spending time with them, youth become committed to positive change in themselves, and being a force for change in their communities and the world.
Random Kids
http://www.randomkids.org
Empowering kids to realize the infinite value of who they are right now and their unique power to make the world a better place because of it.
Running Start
http://www.runningstartonline.org/
Running Start is a nonprofit organization dedicated to inspiring young women and girls to run for political office. Their goal is to increase the number of women in the United States who serve in elected office by planting the seed early that women are needed in politics. Their training programs emphasize that political leadership is an attainable and exciting goal for young women to pursue.
ServiceVote 2008
ServiceVote is Youth Service America’s campaign to engage young people in the political process, beginning with voting. Building on the significant recent growth in both youth volunteering and voting, ServiceVote 2008 challenges young people to think critically about how they can affect the issues that they work to address through service by participating in the political process and provides opportunities for them to participate in the presidential election.
ServiceVote 2008 will provide:
SoundOut
www.soundout.org
A national non-profit resource center working with schools, education agencies, and community organizations to promote student voice in school.
Taking IT Global
http://www.takingitglobal.org
An online community that connects youth to find inspiration, access information, get involved, and take action in their local and global communities.
U.S. Public Service Academy
http://www.uspublicserviceacademy.org/
The U.S. Public Service Academy will be America’s first national civilian university, a flagship institution designed to build a “more perfect union” by developing leaders of character dedicated to service in the public sector.
YouthActionNet
http://www.youthactionnet.org
A dynamic website created by and for young people, YouthActionNet spotlights the vital role that youth play in leading positive change around the world.
Youth Activism Project
http://www.youthactivism.com
The Youth Activism Project is an organization that encourages young people to speak up and pursue lasting solutions to problems they care deeply about.
Youth at the Table: Building the Movement for Youth in Decision-Making
www.atthetable.org
The At the Table initiative aims to promote youth involvement in governance and decison making.
Youth in Action Cross-Age Teaching
http://www.ncjrs.gov/html/youthbulletin/9907-2/contents.html
Youth as teachers! Youth teaching people either younger or older than themselves.
YouthNoise
http://www.youthnoise.com/
YouthNoise's mission is to inspire and empower young people everywhere to catapult their passion and idealism into movements to sustain the planet. They are a self-descirbed "activist haven, a socially conscious sanctuary" and provide a forum for youths to write, to learn, to think, and to act.
- YouthNoise has launched a Personal Sustainability Challenge, and we would like to invite your youth project participants to submit their work. We will be distributing over $4,000 worth of prizes to youth whose projects exemplify creativity, ingenuity, and measurable positive impact on the environment. Additionally, your projects will stimulate ideas and conversation among our global youth community. This allows your work to resonate through a community of socially responsible teenagers and young adults.
Youth Venture
http://www.youthventure.org
Envisions a world in which society recognizes, and young people commonly demonstrate, that youth have the ability to bring about lasting positive change in their communities.
YouthXChange
http://www.youthxchange.net/main/home.asp?quickviewer=19
This website and the related guidebook are intended as a tool kit to assist youth groups, NGOs and teachers to help raise awareness on Sustainable Consumption and empower youth to put the theory on sustainable lifestyle choices into practice.
