November YV National Newsletter 2008

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Youth Venture National Newsletter November2008

In This Issue

Golden OpportunitiesYV Nation

In Y our Neck of the

WoodsVenture Spotlight

YV GlobalQuick Links

GenV.netAbout Youth Venture

YV Mid-Atlantic

YV Mid-West

YV New EnglandYV New York and Virtual

YV National

YV Seattle

YV Digital

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Dear Kristin,

The 2008 Election is here! And so are the results are in from Best Buy's

@15 IM O (In My Opinion) survey- you might be surprised to learn what

teenagers from all over the US had to say about the 2008 presidential

election....

-8 out of10 teens feel like theyaren't heard by adults in general.

-7 out of10 teens said they were

"pessimistic about the future."

-More than 60 percent said thatthe economy is the top issue to

the presidential candidates should

be discussing.

Just last week the presidential candidates, John McCain and Barack

Obama, both made comments regarding @15:

"Because today's teenagers will be tomorrow's leaders, we need to listen

to what this next generation has to say." -Senator John McCain

"I'm proud to support programs like @15 that encourage teens to join the

conversation about the future they want for themselves and for theircountry." -Senator Barack Obama

Best Buy's partnership with Youth Venture continuesto promote youth leadership through the @15

Challenge. In December, 30 Venture Team finalists will

compete in an online youth vote to win 15, $10,000

grant to expand their impact.

Check out the results of the @15 IMO survey andshare your voice (speak up, America!) by joining the

IMO discussion at www.at15.org

Even if you're one of the millions of young people whodon't have a vote you can still be a leader in making

positive social change for yourself and your communitywith help from Youth Venture. Go to www.GenV.net to

learn more.

Sincerely,

Youth Venture
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Golden OpportunitiesTake advantage of these great grants, programs, and scholarships !

Calling Youth Media Producers! YOUTH PRODUCING CHANGE

Armed with digital cameras, computers and their own boundless

creativity -young people across the globe are bravely exposing

human rights issues faced by themselves and their communities.

The Human Rights Watch International Film Festival in partnership

with Adobe Youth Voices seeks youth-produced film, video andanimated media works by youth ages 19 and younger on human

rights issues for its second annual YOUTH PRODUCING CHANGE

program. Selected films will be screened in their New York, London,Boston and San Francisco film festivals in 2009-10.Deadline: December 10, 2008

http://www.hrw.org/iff/2008/submission.html

MTV Exiled- No Need to be Spoiled to Apply.

Live the good life and do good as part of the "Your Turn

to Get Exiled" sweepstakes. The United Nations

Foundation is partnering with MTV to give fans of theMTV hit show, Exiled, a chance to embrace their inner

Angelina - and win two tickets to attend the MTV 2009 Movie Awards and and/or a chance to win

another trip to Africa with the UN Foundation's Nothing But Nets campaign- a global, grassroots effort

to prevent malaria. It's a once- in-a-lifetime opportunity for young people in America to connect withyoung people around the world - their issues, their dreams and their challenges.Deadline: December 31, 2008

http://www.unfoundation.org/global-issues/exiled.html

Scholarship

The Gates Millennium Scholars Program

(GMS), funded by a grant from the Bill &

Melinda Gates Foundation, was established

in 1999 to provide outstanding, low

income African American, American

Indian/Alaska Native, Asian Pacific Islander American, and Hispanic American students with an

opportunity to complete an undergraduate college education in any discipline area of interest.

Continuing Gates Millennium Scholars may request funding for a graduate degree program in one of thefollowing discipline areas: education, engineering, library science, mathematics, public health or

science.

The goal of GMS is to promote academic excellence by providing thousands of outstanding students,

who have significant financial need, the opportunity to reach their full potential. GMS offers leadershipdevelopment programs with distinctive personal, academic and professional growth opportunities

including mentoring services and an online resource center that provides up-to-date information on

internship, fellowship, and scholarship opportunities, as well as graduate and post-graduate resources

and conferences.Deadline: January 12, 2009

http://www.gmsp.org/

2009 Grow ing Up CEO Call for Entries The Initiative for a Competitive Inner City (ICIC)

is now accepting nominations and applicationsfor the 2009 Growing Up CEO program, aprogram which celebrates the remarkable

achievements of young men and women leading inner city companies across the country and around

the world.

Each year, twenty-five US and five international CEOs, all under the age of 21, are chosen as winners

of this unique award. As Growing Up CEOs, these young leaders receive an all expenses paid trip to

Boston for the Inner City 100 Summit and join a community where they can network, share best

practices, and develop new ideas about entrepreneurship.

If you know of an outstanding young CEO who deserves to be recognized, please click here. The

deadline for nominations is December 31, 2008. Nominations will not be accepted after this date.

If you are an outstanding young CEO who wants to build your network and your company, please clickhere. Applications will not be accepted afterthe deadline. All international applicants must have a valid
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passport at the time of application.

Deadline: January 31, 2009- US, December 31, 2008- I nternational

http://www.icic.org/site/c.fnJNKPNhFiG/b.3441497/k.907D/Growing_Up_CEO.htm

Want more information about scholarships, programs, and grants? Many more are listed on

GenV.net. Check out the following links: Opportunities for Venturersand Grants and Scholarship

Opportunities for Venturers.

YV Nation

Global Entrepreneurship Week

For one week, November 17 - 23, 2008, millions of young people around the world will join a growingmovement of entrepreneurial people to generate new ideas and to seek better ways of doing things.

Engaging young people in school, at home, on the web and at work, dozens of countries are coming

together for the first time to host Global Entrepreneurship Week - an initiative to inspire young people

to embrace innovation, imagination and creativity. To think big. To turn their ideas into reality. To make

their mark.

Global Entrepreneurship Week will connect young people everywhere

through local, national and global activities designed to help them

explore their potential as self-starters and innovators. Students,

educators, entrepreneurs, business leaders, employees, non-profit

leaders, government officials and many others will participate in arange of activities - online and face-to-face - to harness theenergy of social networking, to connect people taking action in their

local and global communities and to celebrate entrepreneurship

across the globe.

Through this initiative, the next generation of entrepreneurs will be

inspired and emerge. In doing so, they will begin to acquire the knowledge, skills, networks and values

needed to grow innovative, sustainable enterprises that have a positive impact on their lives and the

lives of those around them. Get involved in Global Entrepreneurship Week here.

Fall Competitions

The Staples YouthSocialEntrepreneur Competition and the Best Buy @15 Challenge with Youth

Venture application processes are now closed. YV is currently tabulating the results of the finalists.Check www.GenV.net regularly for updates.

Visit GenV.netto find out about other exciting programs that Youth Venture is sponsoring!

Change is inevitable.Change is constant. ~Benjamin Disraeli

Change your thoughts, and youchange your world. ~Norman Vincent Peale

Education is the most pow erfulweapon which you can use to change the world.~ NelsonMandela

In Your Neck of the WoodsGeorgia& Massachusetts

Nike opened their newest store in Atlanta, GA on November 1. The Atlanta store is one of several that

will promote the Gamechangers "sport for social change" initiative, which Nike is launching with help

from YV. Nike Gamechangers is the search for the heroes of tomorrow, young athletes who use sport to

BEAT the issues that they care about most.
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Kayla, from Team Ultimate, was flown to Atlanta, GA for thegrand opening of Nike's newest retail store. Kayla and her

Venture were showcased during the event as a result of her

inspiring and impressive efforts to teach athleticism, leadership

and the importance of team work, confidence, and self-respect,

through the sport of Ultimate Frisbee. For periods of 8 weeks ata Girls Inc. of Worchester, MA, Team Ultimate holds weekly

mentoring and team-building sessions for inner city preadolescent

girls. Kayla and teammate Amanda have already reached

dozens of girls in their community since launching Team Ultimate in 2006, as a result of Youth

Venture's partnership with United Way of North Central

Massachusetts and Mount Wachusett Community College.

Along with Youth Venture, US Nike retail "Athletes" (employees) willbegin engaging thousands of youth like Kayla and Amanda in theirlocal communities through sport and social change. Through this

process each store will begin to launch Youth Venture teams built

on the biggest and best ideas that youth generate to improve theircommunity through sport. Check out other sports Ventures like

Team Ultimate and learn more about the YV-Nike partnership here.

Access your neck of the woods~ New England,Minneapolis, New York, Seattle, DC,Virtual~toshare ideas, seek advice, and stay informed as to what is going on in your broader community

to help to grow and sustain your Venture.

Venture Spotlight Starring:

Transform America ~ New York, NY

Transform America, a social justice coalition that creates collaboration opportunities among student

groups, community organizations and non-profits; held their second annual Social Justice Park Party

event in Fort Greene Park in Brooklyn, NY on Saturday, October 25th.The event was celebration andgathering to promote social justice, recruit activists, and advance their campaign for better education

in NYC.

The goals of the Park Party were to educate and recruit members to Transform America's cause and

help increase their Venture's visibility in order to reach their objectives of making college affordable,

recruiting 100 mentors, creating 25 new Youth Councils and developing a mission statement for the

Department of Education.

Transform America recognized Youth Venture as an important part of their success by inviting us to

participate in the Park Party. The event also included free BBQ, a graffiti wall, fashion show, break-

dancing competition and musical performances featuring Jahstix,Ra Hendrix, Spiritchild and more!Join their cause and practice similar efforts for your own

Venture's success by visiting www.transformamerica.org

Shout Out

Above It is a hangout in the virtual world ofTeen Second Life where teens can have fun while

learning about drugs and substance abuse.Weekly DJ dance parties and other events will feature

games and activities that teach about the dangers of drug abuse.The Above It Venture Team, ledby Justin, a middle school student from Staten Island, New York, decided to create the Venture after

noticing that their peers are often unaware of how drugs can harm their bodies.

Above It held an official launch party bash on November 1st in their newly constructed space in Teen

Second Life. Roughly 50 teens from around the world came to dance, chat, and learn about the missionof Above It.

Congrats, Above It, on your successful launch party! Welcome to the YV community!

Check out this Team at www.genv.net/en-us/team/above_it

Submit your Venture to [email protected] for considerationin future Newsletter

issues.

Learn about changemakersand Venture Teamsjust like you.Compose an Action Planto star t

your ow n Venture. Chat with other Venturers via Forums.
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YV Global

Argentina

The first Southern Cone Avancemos gathering took place from September 23rd to 28th in

Chapadmalal, in Buenos Aires province. The gathering took place within the frame of the Annual Week

for the Rights of Young People, which convoked 800 youth from all over Argentina and other Latin

American countries.

The main goal of the Avancemos gathering was for participants. Moreover, the event sought to foster

the global movement starting from the regional level. During 6 days, eighty Venturers from 15 citiesin Argentina and Chile had the opportunity to meet, talk, play, discuss and reflect about their

experiences.

During various sessions, participants had the chance to sharetheir experiences as young changemakers, advance their

Ventures and discuss the important role young people play in

our society. Additionally, they exchanged ideas and concerns

with two Ashoka fellows, Julio Vacaflor, who led a

memorable workshop on communication, and Jorge Strada,

and discussed with them the challenges of being a young

changemaker and of scaling up their Ventures.

By the end of the gathering, people felt motivated, excitedand very proud of being part of a global youth community

that really believes in the power of young people to bring

about social change. Throughout the event, participants kept

repeating very strongly, "YES, WE CAN!" One participant said,"It is a relief to know that there are many other people on the

same path, trying to build a better, more human world where we would all like to live. It is beautiful to

see that people from all over the world are sharing what they do, what they dream, what they want."

The positive energy was SO strong and it was reflected in a song written to thank Ashoka

Avancemos for giving them the opportunity to dream and to do, and for making them more aware of

their power as young changemakers.

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November YV National Newsletter 2008