Youth Venture’s News for Young Changemakers provides monthly updates about Youth Venture Inc, funding and award opportunities and Youth Venture teams.

1. News for Young Changemakers April 2010
Youth Venture Updates Golden Opportunities
NYU Be a Changemaker Challenge Six Flags Friends Scholarships
NYU Reynolds & Youth Venture are proud to
announce the 2009-2010 Be a Changemaker
Challenge Best Overall Venture and recipient of
the $10k Grand Prize Award: Cycles from Michelle DoSomething.org and Six Flags
Dugan and Ashley Seiver. Friends are offering six, $1,500
college scholarships to young
leaders. Scholarships will be awarde
based on past, current and planned
Ashoka Future Forum action in the community.
To celebrate Ashoka's 30th year, Ashoka held the Deadline: April 30, 2010
Ashoka Future Forum on April 6th at the Newseum
in Washington, DC. The Ashoka Future Forum
brought together the country's foremost social Founder's Youth Award
innovators to envision the future of our society and
to catalyze large scale positive social change.
Recognizes a young person under 21
who is making extraordinary
contributions to the lives of other
YV Team Spotlight: Write On! For Literacy children. Winner will receive a grant
up to $25,000.
Founded by Dallas Woodburn in 2001, Write On! Deadline: May 1, 2010
For Literacy is a program that encourages kids to
discover self-confidence, expression, and
connection with others through reading and writing. Brower Youth Awards
Write On!'s programs include holiday book drives,
summer writing camps, writing contests and
publishing student writing.
Recognizes youth ages 13-22 in
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North America who have shown
outstanding leadership on a project o
Dallas is working with a YV Mentor to expand the program, she hopes that one day
campaign with positive environmental
every US state will have chapters of Write On! Her mentor is helping her realize this
and social impact. Winners receive a
dream. Could your Venture benefit from the support of a Youth Venture mentor? Our
$3,000 cash prize and trip to San
mentors are skilled professionals with years of experience. If you are interested in the
Francisco.
mentorship program contact us.
Deadline: May 15, 2010
YV Community Panel in San Francisco Greenshields Wins Peps
Refresh
On Saturday, March 6, 2010, Youth Venture held its
first Community Panel in the San Francisco Bay
Area. Seven Youth Venture teams presented their
ideas and answered questions during the
Community Panel at the Goldman Auditorium in the
David Brower Center, Berkeley.
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Partners and Sponsors Congratulations to YV Team
Greenshields for finishing in the top
10 of the February Pepsi Refresh
Project. Greenshields won $25,000 t
develop and test an aerodynamic
shield that will make buses more
energy efficient.
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