Youth Social Entrepreneurship

Opportunities for Youth

2nd International Conference for Youth Empowerment and Transformation into Sustainable Development:  20-22 October 2009, Kampala, Uganda

360º Exploring Community:  11 - 17 July 2009, Ytterjärna, Stockholms län, Sweden. For youth aged 18 to 25 who want to create a positive social change in the world.

James Dyson Award:  Enter now for a chance to win £10,000. Deadline: 6/15/2009 extended to 7:00am EST Monday 29th June.  Open to product design, industrial design and engineering university level students.

ideablob: Monthly prize of USD 10,000 awarded to entrepreneur idea voted best.

Do Something Grants (formerly Plum Grants):  Weekly prizes of $500 for young U.S. & Canadian social entrepreneurs.  These grants are given to people under 25 who have recently created a sustainable community action project, program or organization and need $500 to further the growth and success of their program.

[more youth opportunities]

 

Global X Video Interviews

About youth social entrepreneurship:

Bill Drayton - Bill Drayton tells Global X why the largest group of social entrepreneurs who have been selected to become Ashoka Fellows (450 out of 2,400) concentrate on children and young people: "What really matters is whether children master applied empathy, and whether young people (12 to 20) master empathy teamwork leadership and become change makers" through extra-curriculum activities such as tutoring services, help hotlines or community radio stations.  "Those who don't master applied empathy will be marginalized, and if there are children who didn't have a chance to develop these skills, it's our fault, not theirs!" adds Bill Drayton. 2008-12-2

Serving youth:

Sebastien Marot - founder of Friends-International is a social enterprise that works with marginalized urban children and youth, their families, their communities and societies to build better futures for them, 2007-08-22

Ann Cotton - founder of CAMFED, an international organization dedicated to eradicating poverty in Africa through the education of girls and the empowerment of young women,  2007-10-22

Young social entrepreneurs:

Matt & Jessica Flannery - the young couple that launched Kiva, the online micro-lending venture, 2007-09-04

Kjerstin Erickson - founder of FORGE, she is 24 years old. She is a student at Stanford. And in her spare time, she works in three refugee camps in Zambia, helping 60,000 refugees build better lives.

[more youth interviews with Acumen Fund Fellows such as Keely Stevenson and Jocelyn Wyatt]

 

New Entrepreneurs Podcast Series

Lucas Welch – Lucas Welch received an Echoing Green Fellowship in 2004 to launch Soliya, a global network of young adults and empowering them to bridge the divide between the "West" and the "Arab & Muslim World."

Michele Kotler – Michele Kotler received an Echoing Green Fellowship in 1998 to launch the Community Word Project and send artists into classrooms and train teachers to help students get their voices heard through art.

Kyra Bobinet – Kyra Bobinet received an Echoing Green Fellowship in 1998 to launch Vision Youthz, an organization that seeks to transform the lives of incarcerated children.

Kara Bobroff - Kara Bobroff received an Echoing Green Fellowship in 2005 to establish the Native American Community Academy, an urban academy helping Native American youth.

Farajii R. Muhammad: Farajii R. Muhammad received an Echoing Green Fellowship in 2006. He co-founded the New Light Leadership Coalition at age 19.

Sissy Trinh:  Sissy Trinh received an Echoing Green Fellowship in 2002 to launch the Southeast Asian Community Alliance (SECA) in Los Angeles, where she helps the younger generation deal with poverty, gangs, and a mediocre school system.

Coming soon - New Entrepreneurs with MBAs without Borders.

[more youth podcasts with Returned Peace Corps Volunteers]

  

Discussions

Universities as Agents of Change, 2009-04-07, Hosted by Marina Kim, Erin Krampetz and Lennon Flowers

The Gap Year: Passion for Social Change, 2008-04-09 Hosted by Seth Green

Bringing The World Home: From Study Abroad to Social Action, 2007-07-24 Hosted by Seth Green

Global Youth Volunteerism: Pitfalls and Potentials, 2007-06-12 Hosted by Jonathan Marino and Nathaniel Whittemore

How do I make a difference?, 2007-04-17 Hosted by Seth Green

Young Social Entrepreneurs and Global Change, 2007-02-27 Hosted by Seth Green

Engaging Youth to Be Social Entrepreneurs, 2006-05-24 Hosted by Paul Lamb

Fundraising for K-12 social entrepreneurs [80%] by RandomMom, 2008-02-13 11:46"RandomKid believes in the "Power of ANYone."  Any RandomKid CAN change the world.  Through RandomKid, children have joined together to fight pediatric cancer, AIDS, and help individuals in their own communities.  They're building a school in Cambodia!  And so much more (see www.randomkid.org/impact.asp).
...Regarding the RandomKid water project:  "(Kids) are the ones who can change the world because they have not learned that they can't."    You may read more of what he had to write here:  http://edbrenegar.typepad.com/leading_questions/2008/02/water-for-life.html 
RandomVideo of teachers and 4th graders who funded a South African water pump:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q1vg_hSVx1c

Blogs  

Forging Ahead:  Kjerstin Erickson was 20 when she launched FORGE. She didn't have a business plan. She didn't have a revenue model. She didn't have connections. And she didn't have a penny. But she now works in three refugee camps in Zambia, helping 60,000 refugees build better lives. This is her story.

Global Engagement Summit:  Northwestern students blog live from the 2008 Global Engagement Summit.

Sagar Gubbi: Sagar Gubbi is techie by profession, an entrepreneur by spirit, a writer by interest, a traveler by ambition, but a fun-loving guy at heart. Based in Bangalore, he is writing about sustainable enterprise initiatives that have the power to bring economic development to the base of the pyramid.

Berkeley Bottom Line 2008: UC Berkeley Haas Business School graduate students Mike Lee, Roxanne Miller, & Omar Garriott blog from the 2008 Skoll World Forum

Alyson in Africa: Princeton in Africa Fellow Alyson Zureick blogs on her year in Sierra Leone and the numerous grassroots initiatives for social change.

Interesting Blog Mentions:

Forging Ahead, 2008-3-24, The Moral of the Story is...
From Tribeca to Tanzania, 2008-02-16, Post Office Offers Girl Child Insurance
Sagar Gubbi, 2007-11-19, Maya Organic
 

Jobs

Summer Search, Executive Director, San Francisco, CA
International Youth Foundation, YouthActionNet Program Coordinator, Baltimore, MD
Citizen Schools, AmeriCorps and Recruitment Specialist, Boston, MA
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Wiki Resources & Information

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