Vote for your favorite Teach For American project
Ralph Lauren (of all the companies in the world) is having some sort of a contest whereby a project chosen by vote from among other, somewhat comparable projects wins $25,000. By reading the summaries of each project I can tell that each is pretty revolutionary in their own right and that each have the expressed or implied goal of reclaiming power for young people from society. I am partial to Transform America, which is being officially backed by Take Back NYU. their summary reads accordingly:
Through Transform America, Chester Asher (New York City Corps ’03) aims to empower youth to make significant change in their communities by getting them more engaged in advocacy and policy. Transform America’s approach is to create Youth Councils throughout New York City, made up of a group of middle and high school students who meet to identify issues of importance and directly affect change in their communities. Youth Councils are run out of city council members’ offices, enabling participants to witness the way political change is made. Youth Councils conduct research about issues that affect their communities and draft policy recommendations. These recommendations are made to the city council as well as to school administrations, providing a direct youth voice and allowing youth to have influence in decisions that affect their lives and communities.
Regardless of what I think, just click the link, choose what you will, and take the vote.
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