Here are stories about young people who looked around and saw a problem that needed a serious fix. They believed they could make a difference, and, in spite of lots of opposition, they actually went ahead and did it! These stories are about young people making a difference on issues around social justice.
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Bridging
the Gap, Lisa Chikarovski , A
Teen
Editorial Board member. -
"Fighting racial prejudice in Australia.." |
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Project
Reach Youth, Leba Rubinoff - "The
young people have amazing skills and amazing
dreams, but they don't always feel that what they
want to do is possible." |
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CASC
(California Association of Student
Councils), Jenna Carli -
"...because of the experiences I had, I got to open
my eyes to the 'bigger' [global] picture at
an earlier age." |
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About-Face
, Kathy Bruin - "...the way women
were shown in advertising...they got thinner and
thinner!" |
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Transforming
Communities, Poorva Pandey, Carly
Davidson, Laurel Kellner and Carmel Adkisson
- "It was a wakeup call to figure out that 1
in 3 teenage girls are abused!" |
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International
Student Activism Alliance (ISAA), Ben
Smilowitz - "If we don't speak up, lawmakers
will speak for us!" |
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Todos,
Hugh Vasquez - "...this fire was burning
inside, that I had to do something about the world
and the injustice that was around me." |
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The
Special Olympics - an international
organization that believes people with mental
retardation benefit physically, mentally, socially,
and spiritually through sports training and
competition. |
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The
Youth Commission, Alexander Jhin
- "...government cannot do many
things...grassroots is definitely the way to
go." |
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Niño
Art, Alexa Van Daam - "...the art
has just crept in and won't go away. And I realize
it's just a part of my life... It's what makes me
happy. And I realize that I can't live without
it." |
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Student
Environmental Action Coalition,
(S.E.A.C.), Chris Ford - "...if
you keep on saying you don't have time for this
eventually you're not going to have what you
have." |
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Raza,
Victor Gonzalez - "...you don't have to be
in a gang to be cool." |
