The teen guide to global action how to connect with others (near & far) to create social change
Tells the stories of inspiring change-makers and provides practical tools you can use to get involved.
| Main Author: | Lewis, Barbara A., 1943- |
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| Format: | Downloads eBook Books eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Minneapolis :
Free Spirit Pub.,
c2008.
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| Online Access: |
Go to Downloadable eBook Here. |
Table of Contents:
- Introduction: What's happening around the world?: Jyotirmayee Mohapatra: Young woman from India works to improve the lives of girls and women through education
- Why more youth today are involved in service and social action
- How to use this book
- Make your difference
- 4 steps to global action: Find your cause: Iqbal Masih and Craig Kielburger: Young Canadian starts an aid organization in memory of a Pakistani youth who spoke out against child labor
- Research your cause
- Plan your action: Standing up for their rights: Students in Poland and textile and mine workers in the United States protest violations of their human rights
- Take action
- Connecting with others: Why work with a group?
- Should I join a group or form my own?
- Joining a group: Benjamin Quinto: New York City teen advocates for youth representation at the United Nations and founds a youth organization
- Forming a group
- Human rights: What are the facts?
- Keep it local: Address injustices in your community: Cindy Perez: Kansas honors student helps to open up higher education opportunities for immigrants
- Florence Nabayinda Babumba: Young woman from Uganda advocates for youth who have disabilities
- Take it global: Promote the rights of people around the world: Wojciech Gryc: Canadian teen founds a human rights organization to honor his sister
- Zach Hunter: Seventh grader from Virginia begins an organization devoted to ending modern-day slavery
- Hunger and homelessness: What are the facts?
- Keep it local: Volunteer in your neighborhood to help those in need: Ilona Seure: Dutch teen helps youth who are homeless in Amsterdam
- William and Patrick Stoudt: Pair of brothers from New Orleans, Louisiana, spring into action after Hurricane Katrina
- Take it global: Help provide food and shelter for people around the world: Mihiri Tillakaratne: California teen helps Sri Lankans in the aftermath of a deadly tsunami
- Nastassia Marina Bondarenko-Edwards: Australian teen works with youth in need living in Brazil
- Peace and friendship: What are the facts?
- Keep it local: Promote tolerance in your school and community: Not in our town: Chicago youth protest hate-crime toward Muslim Americans in the wake of 9/11
- Juan Uribe: Colombian teen and the Children's Movement for Peace work to end years of war
- Take it global: Foster peace and understanding across borders: Olive branch: Teens from Afghanistan, Israel, Palestine, Cyprus, Egypt, India, Pakistan, Jordan, and Turkey seek reconciliation through writing
- Annalise Blum and Katharine Kendrick: Two high school students from California work to help people affected by genocide in the Darfur region of Sudan
- Michelle Divon, Lana Ayoub, and Tara Ogaick: Three teens from the Middle East meet in Canada and prove that people from conflicting regions of the world can get along
- Index
- About the author.