The power of 1.8 billion
1.8 billion. Chances are that you are one among this youth community. Beyond this massive statistic, what does each person represent and what is the verse that young people contribute to this world on fire — this world of constant change?
We see each and every young person as a carrier of hope, innovation, empathy and changemaking.
This #YouthDay — and every day — we do not only call on young people, but also the employers, parents, and teachers that support youth to amplify changemaker spaces where young people can lead, work in teams, create and make impact for the many, not the few. We call for a world where ALL young people — regardless of gender or age or zipcode — #LeadYoung.
Step into a story and take action on #YouthDay and every day
Twitter chat 12 August
Join our #YouthDay #TwitterChat take-over of @Ashoka w/ @OneYoungWorld @UNYouthEnvoy Friday! https://www.oneyoungworld.com/chat-leading-youth-organisations-international-youth-day
Get inspired and collaborate!
Below we have shared some videos, images and links to some of our favorite stories featuring youth-led narratives and changemaking in action.
We invite you to read, share these proofs with your networks, and join us in building an ‘Everyone a Changemaker’ world with us! The posts below are ready for copying and pasting to Twitter and Facebook…
This #YouthDay, we call for a world where ALL youth have the chance to #LeadYoung & be changemakers: https://twitter.com/Ashoka/status/763744079784112128
In her teens, @JerooBillimoria started a global movement. Share your #LeadYoung story this #YouthDay: https://twitter.com/Ashoka/status/763744079784112128
How our young people grow up now impacts ALL our futures. Join the movement. WATCH:http://bit.ly/1rKawNF
See how students & educators @AshokaCMschools in Spain build spaces for being the change: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SqALWa40NJM @AshokaSpain #LeadYoung
As a teen, Celal started his changemaker journey for equality for disabled youth http://huff.to/299Jp6Q @AshokaTurkiye @HuffPostImpact
“Changemaking is important because it defeats this danger of living life with an unrealized potential.” #YouthDay: http://bit.ly/29e4Lig
“Our passion for learning disappeared” so this 17 y/o did something about it @TEDx @AshokaSpain http://bit.ly/29mwiR7 #YouthDay
This 17 year-old organized Madrid’s 1st-ever @TEDx for Youth, by youth using empathy, teamwork & leadership. Share: http://bit.ly/29mwiR7
‘If you have an idea — make it happen now,’ says Katie, teen changemaker. More from our @MalalaFund series:http://mala.la/1YLyXoD #YouthDay
“My mother told me, ‘You must be willing to fail at something if you really believe in it.’” See: bit.ly/206jSO8 #AshokaYCouncil #youthday
If peer to peer #wellbeing practices aren’t promoted, there will be no safe landscape for #changemaking bit.ly/1Rwv2I1 #youthday
Youth formed a global team of teams to collaborate — instead of competing — on #MakingMoreHealth bit.ly/1Rwv2I1 @Boehringer #youthday
How should companies, universities & youth build effective partnerships valuing youth-led change? #YouthDay See: bit.ly/2b8XDsn
“There is beauty in knowing your world. Ask ‘why?’ Do not be afraid to ask questions.” Abdirrahim, Somalia: bit.ly/1EiD0E7 #youthday
“A changemaker has courage to not follow a pessimistic view, to say no & take initiative,” says Nuhamine: bit.ly/1EiD0E7 #youthday
Teens from our changemaker program w/ @AACountySchools take on #pollution, #discrimination,#homelessness: https://www.youthventure.org/next-generation-changemakers-anne-arundel-county #YouthDay
