The Power of Young People

The recent pandemic has only amplified the existing academic challenges faced by marginalized groups in America. This week’s guest, Daxton Gutekunst, believes there is no one better to help young people in need than other young people. Listen now to hear how Daxton’s organization, KidByKid, is addressing educational disparities and bridging divides between youth in his community through free tutor...

What can college students do to address homelessness in their communities? The Backpack Project aims to answer this question by not only distributing backpacks in their hometown of Athens, Georgia but by spreading their successful model to other college towns around the country. Join us this week to hear how something as simple as a backpack, filled with essential toiletries, food, clothing, and m...

Join us this week to hear from the student advisors of New York City's Department of Youth and Community Development. These young leaders have created a Youth Town Hall series to develop the youth agenda that will inform policy, practice, and programs across the city on issues like policing, systemic racism, education equity, and more.

What happens when you combine social-emotional and leadership development with the performing arts? You get Global Girls, Inc. Join us to hear how students are creating and staging original works that not only entertain, but also unpack, challenge, and heal. Spirited, soulful, and authentic productions evolve from conversations around first-person narratives. As themes emerge, songs, improvisation...

Atlanta isn't just the home of CNN and Coca-Cola, it's the home of VOX ATL, a youth-led nonprofit dedicated to the youth-voice movement. Join us this week to hear how VOXATL is bringing together teens from diverse backgrounds to create a stronger, more equitable community through leadership and uncensored self-expression.

Join us this week to meet the young leaders behind Generation Ratify, a youth-led movement to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment and advance gender equality in the United States. Hear how young people are creating an intersectional feminist revolution that empowers and advocates for the full equality of young women, non-conforming, non-binary, femme, and Queer folx.

How can you impact education equity in your school and community? You inspire students to discover the magic of STEM while introducing them to concepts, ideas, and a new way of thinking. At STEM Kids, their goal is to mentor and support students of color and give them the tools to succeed in the future as the next generation of visionaries and innovators.

What will it take to create a more just and peaceful world? Join us this week as we explore youth leadership and service-learning with PeaceJam. Discover how young people are affecting change in every corner of the world and how each of us has the ability to unleash our inner Peace Laureate.

Ocean Heroes New Orleans has been working hard towards plastic pollution solutions in their community! OHNOLA is a group of local students aged 10-18 who came together in the Spring of 2018 and have made significant strides in removing plastics from their community. Join us this week to meet two members of the Ocean Heroes team and hear their stories of how they are changing the world, one piece o...

On September 1, the Born This Way Foundation, co-founded by Lady Gaga and her mother Cynthia Germanotta, launched the #BeKind21 campaign, an invitation for each of us to practice kindness towards ourselves and each other. Join us this week to meet Channel Kindness Advisory Board Members, Keely and Spencer. Hear their inspiring stories and learn how you can not only take the #BeKind21 pledge but cr...

What does service-learning look like globally? How is it supported and fostered across Latin America and beyond? Join us this week to learn about CLAYSS, an organization that was born to accompany and serve students, educators, and community organizations that develop or want to implement educational solidarity globally.

What do you instill in young people that they have the power to change the future? You bring together youth from diverse backgrounds and cultures with the purpose to improve the quality of life in the world by developing skilled, ethical, and sensitive leaders. Join us this week to meet youth leaders from the California Association of Student Councils. Here how they are tackling important issues b...

Service-learning is a powerful instructional strategy that engages young people in meaningful service to their communities while developing their academic, civic, social-emotional, and leadership skills. Join us this week to meet service-learning expert Shira Woolf Cohen, founder of Innovageous, who will share her knowledge and expertise to bring service-learning to your schools, classrooms, and a...

What does it take to change the world? Join us this week to meet Lina Al-Tarawneh, the founder of Green Mangroves and speaker at the 2021 UN Climate Change Conference in Milan, Italy. Joining Lena is a global educator and Qatar Foundation International education team member, Jennifer Geist. Jennifer will share her insights into service-learning and creating spaces for youth to share their voices a...

Join us this week to hear from two young leaders from Diversify Our Narrative. A youth-led grassroots organization whose mission is to fight to be anti-racist and encourage a productive dialogue on race and identity among our student bodies through the inclusion of racially diverse, anti-racist texts in USA Schools; to work towards racial justice, educational equity, and community power. If you ar...

Join us this week as we celebrate Lights On Afterschool with students from the Propel Student Action Team from the Pennsylvania Statewide Afterschool Youth Development Network. The Propel Action Team is a scholar centered high school youth leadership group that meets regularly throughout the school year to discuss, strategize and address issues affecting scholars both in their schools and communit...

Join us this week to talk about the many concerns facing today's youth and how the youth leaders at Youth Matter are taking action for the hundreds youth most at risk of not reaching their full potential, especially youth in low-income communities. Hear how they are fighting to ensure that every young person knows that someone cares about them because they matter — youth matter.

Join us this week to meet the founder of Hand4Hand Global, a youth-led organization that connects and inspires the young generation from around the world. He has led over seven service projects to support over 3,000 people. Aditya is also the founder and president of the Artificial Intelligence club at his high school. His mission is to empower students to explore AI and its intersection with a di...

Each year the Gloria Barron Prize for Young Heroes honors 25 outstanding young leaders who have made a significant positive impact on people, their communities, and the environment. Join us in this two-part series were we celebrate and learn from these amazing youth leaders who are truly changing the world. Visit https://barronprize.org/ to meet all the young heroes.

Each year the Gloria Barron Prize for Young Heroes honors 25 outstanding young leaders who have made a significant positive impact on people, their communities, and the environment. Join us in this two-part series were we celebrate and learn from these amazing youth leaders who are truly changing the world. Visit https://barronprize.org/ to meet all the young heroes.

There is no job more important than ensuring today's youth are prepared to lead their adult life with spark, confidence, passion, and care! In this episode, we will bring together youth and adults to talk about how to best ignite passion in youth that leads to exploring interests, gaining skills, and mindsets that help them succeed in life! Hear from current 6th grader Ruby Cohen about her creativ...

Join us this week to meet the leaders from Rise Challenge Illinois. This program, a partnership between Environmental Education Association of Illinois, Earth Force, Federal Emergency Management Agency Region 5, and the Association of State Floodplain Managers Foundation, engages students in exploring their local communities to identify real-world environmental issues and develop solutions and act...

What does it take to provide water to school communities in Ethiopia, Nicaragua, Haiti, Jodhpur, Kenya, Malawi, and the Navajo Nation of New Mexico? Join us this week to meet sisters Ella and Mabel the founders of Sisters4Water. They are artists and activists devoted to changing the world. Joining them are their partners from H2O for Life, the creators of a service-learning opportunity designed to...

Join us this week to hear from Isabella Hanson, the creator of a national poetry competition on equality. Learn how she is harnessing the power of youth voices to take action on issues of race and equity around the world.

Join this week's show to learn how the Clinton Global Initiative University is Inspiring the next generation of student leaders and global innovators. Learn how each year, thousands of undergraduate and graduate students from across the country and around the world apply to participate in CGI U’s year-round community of learning, leadership, and action — beginning with a global meeting where parti...