Change In Our Communities

Change in our communities

9/13/2015

It is too often taken for granted that the real change happens in our communities. Although states may be regarded for their numbers, people still live in those states. There are real problems and real solutions and it is a real as you and me. If change starts in our backyard, well then what can we do to make sure that change is made?

What do these words mean to you?

What do these words have to do with making change in our communities?

And how can we do all 4 of these things?

Voice

Action

Bravery

Fearlessness

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Change in our communities

8/10/2015

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You are,
a sky full of stars

Have you ever felt like us youth aren't appreciated and valued because well, we are young?

Have you often felt associated with the phrases and words, "too young", "can't make change", "they aren't an adult yet", "he/she's just a baby." (If you are the youngest child like me, you know what I'm talking about) but what I'm REALLY talking about is the fact that youth leadership is not valued as much as it should be because we are "too young" to have a voice or "too young to make a REAL change."

TRUTH IS: We are young, yes. But full of passion, imagination, dreams, and innovative ideas that often tend to fade in other people as they get older. There are more young people than there are of any other age group so if ANYONE has the power to truly change the way things are, it's us.

And we do that both on our own, and together. We may need to learn things along the way, but what life do you know of that doesn't have any struggle in it? Struggle is normal in being a leader and you, yeah YOU who are reading this, are in fact a leader. Everyone has potential including you. Academics matter and by all means work hard. But don't develop the mentality that grades and statistics define you and do not let them withhold you from making the change needed in your community

The reason all of this relates to "Change In Our Communities" is because you have to be:

the voice, advocate, and change of your community.

You have to be the one to say:

"we need to improve this"
"we need to change this"
"this needs to happen and I'm going to work with these people to do so"

I promise you that if you not only speak up, but act (ha! pun because you know "ACT"), you will not hear "you are too young to make a change" ever again. And you sure won't feel that way anymore. It's never too early and it's never too late to make a change that needs to happen in your community.

You shine brighter than others around you (obviously) and just by you reading this, you are already makes a change.

You are a sky full of stars

and in order for the rest of the

world to see you shine, you just

need to get up and

turn on the switch!

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Change in our communities

7/27/2015

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#Efsummit students,
This is for you:

If you could change the

world,

would you do it?

A lot of the Summit was about taking what you learn, and bringing it back to your own community.We can agree that we all had some awesome ideas in mind for our own communities...but the real question is:

did we share them with each other?

Let's talk! Okay so we have these awesome ideas, let's share what they are and what your project was about. If you think "Aww it's not that good" tell us about it anyway. EVERY IDEA COUNTS.
Especially yours (: and because we are all so far away we still have ways to share it.

Ways we can share:

1) Weshare (check out other students' work) : talk about your project in the blog, how you came to your idea and talk about your "next step" video. If you didn't do a project talk about your ideas with someone who has a similar idea to yours or just comment on what people say!

2) Facebook: once the monthly challenges get going off the ground, check this site for those images of people making changes in their community. Plus facebook its a way to connect to people outside of this blog. For example if you really like someone's idea and you have a facebook and so do they, connect and talk about each other's ideas!

3) Instagram: let's say you don't have facebook..that's totally ok! Go on Instagram, follow that person, and connect ideas through direct message!
We want to stay together so let's do it!

Click on the picture to go to that website.

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Change in our communities

Change in our communities

You are, a sky full of stars

Change in our communities

#Efsummit students,This is for you:

You are,
a sky full of stars

#Efsummit students,
This is for you: