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Recent Updates from the Field
An exciting first Quarter
By Romina Laouri - Global Fellowship Manager, May 13, 2009 11:07 AM
Things have been very exciting for Youth Venture and our team is in full planning mode for our summer activities.
For the third consecutive year, Ashoka's Youth Venture® and Staples Foundation for Learning® are proud to sponsor the Staples Youth Social Entrepreneur Competition that was open to all Youth Venture teams from around the world. Our finalists were just recently selected and they are from: Argentina, Brazil, France, Germany, India, Mexico, Thailand and U.S.A. Check out the finalists and their projects. Our great team of judges will now select the five winning teams that will be flown to Boston to participate in the National YV Summit and attend the YSE Award Ceremony. At the ceremony, one team will be presented the Excellence Award, along with a prize worth $5,000! The four remaining teams will each receive a $500 cash award. The winning teams will also receive an array of additional prizes.
The Youth Venture team is also planning our second National YV Summit which is taking at the end of June, in Boston. Youth Venture has teamed up with Boston University, MIT and Harvard who are each hosting different activities throughout a four-day educational and fun gathering of more than 150+ young people from all over the US and around the world.
We have an exciting summer ahead of us so stay tuned!
For the third consecutive year, Ashoka's Youth Venture® and Staples Foundation for Learning® are proud to sponsor the Staples Youth Social Entrepreneur Competition that was open to all Youth Venture teams from around the world. Our finalists were just recently selected and they are from: Argentina, Brazil, France, Germany, India, Mexico, Thailand and U.S.A. Check out the finalists and their projects. Our great team of judges will now select the five winning teams that will be flown to Boston to participate in the National YV Summit and attend the YSE Award Ceremony. At the ceremony, one team will be presented the Excellence Award, along with a prize worth $5,000! The four remaining teams will each receive a $500 cash award. The winning teams will also receive an array of additional prizes.
The Youth Venture team is also planning our second National YV Summit which is taking at the end of June, in Boston. Youth Venture has teamed up with Boston University, MIT and Harvard who are each hosting different activities throughout a four-day educational and fun gathering of more than 150+ young people from all over the US and around the world.
We have an exciting summer ahead of us so stay tuned!
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Year-End Update
By Cameron Blevins - National Development Coordinator, December 16, 2008 05:46 PM
2008 has been an exciting year for Youth Venture. Over the summer, we held our inaugural Youth Venture Summit, which brought together over 100 young Venturers to Washington D.C. to meet one another and participate in a weekend-long series of workshops and activities. Youth Venture also partnered with several sponsors, including Best Buy, Staples, MTV, and Nike to hold important competitions for young people to participate in.
Over the course of the year, Youth Venture has launched 200 new teams encompassing close to 1,000 young people. Along with standard seed grants, Youth Venture has provided them with one-on-one counseling, access to an online network of young changemakers through our website, and critical resources to expand their ideas. Additionally, 2008 witnessed a hugely successful series of competitions designed to help young social entrepreneurs. Youth Venture partnered with Staples in October to produce a record turn-out of over 500 entries. Meanwhile, our current Best Buy @15 competition will give fifteen winners $10,000 to transform their dreams into realities.
In an article on youth social entrepreneurism and Youth Venture, Nicholas Kristof of the New York Times writes, “Young people have often been engaged in social movements, of course, but today’s activists are younger than ever. More important, these kids aren’t just protesters but rather are “social entrepreneurs,” pioneering clever ways to “give back” just as a business entrepreneur fills a market niche.”
Youth Venture continues to rely on your generous support to build a movement of young changemakers capable of transforming themselves, their communities, and the world. Please provide us with any feedback on how we can better go about achieving this goal.
Over the course of the year, Youth Venture has launched 200 new teams encompassing close to 1,000 young people. Along with standard seed grants, Youth Venture has provided them with one-on-one counseling, access to an online network of young changemakers through our website, and critical resources to expand their ideas. Additionally, 2008 witnessed a hugely successful series of competitions designed to help young social entrepreneurs. Youth Venture partnered with Staples in October to produce a record turn-out of over 500 entries. Meanwhile, our current Best Buy @15 competition will give fifteen winners $10,000 to transform their dreams into realities.
In an article on youth social entrepreneurism and Youth Venture, Nicholas Kristof of the New York Times writes, “Young people have often been engaged in social movements, of course, but today’s activists are younger than ever. More important, these kids aren’t just protesters but rather are “social entrepreneurs,” pioneering clever ways to “give back” just as a business entrepreneur fills a market niche.”
Youth Venture continues to rely on your generous support to build a movement of young changemakers capable of transforming themselves, their communities, and the world. Please provide us with any feedback on how we can better go about achieving this goal.
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