Peace First
Project Title
For sharing and disseminating stories of youth leadership and advocacy
Date
Sep. 13, 2018
Duration
15 months
Description
Young people across the country have the most at stake in the education system, but they are frequently left out of important discussions that impact their learning in classrooms and schools. Peace First is a nonprofit organization that invests in young people’s ideas, providing them tools and skills to connect with other young leaders in order to improve their schools and communities. During their latest Peace First Challenge, Peace First, with Corporation support, worked with young people directly to create a national platform for integrating their voice and developing their project ideas to improve their schools and communities. With further support from the Corporation, Peace First will share and disseminate the powerful stories of youth-led change collected through their national platform as well as through their network of young people with a multi-phased, multi-faceted storytelling campaign that will elevate and amplify the social change young people are creating together with their adult allies, further strengthening a growing community of young leaders.
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Project Title
For a project to set up a new digital platform and design a challenge for outreach to schools to empower students and elevate their voice as stakeholders in their communities
Date
Sep. 07, 2017
Duration
9 months
Description
Peace First, a nonprofit organization, increases opportunities to elevate student voices in their communities and prepare them for leadership. With support from the Corporation, Peace First will launch its new Peace First Challenge – imagined as a “science fair” for social innovation – by engaging tens of thousands of young people across America in civic engagement projects that would impact its student participants and their communities. In a pilot implemented in early 2017, student leaders tackled critical social issues such as school bullying, food poverty, and education disparities. The Peace First Challenge across America will equip young people to understand education issues in their communities, design and implement solutions, and share their insights through a digital community of young change-makers.