A few months ago the family and I moved to the Washington, DC area. I'm now helping to build the network of the Leverage Alliance. www.leval.org

In May 2003 I re-submitted a proposal to World Economic Forum (I had done the same in Dec 2002) for a debate between youth there in Davos and in India at the World Social Forum (the two events will happen simultaneously in January of 2004). Last week the WEF turned down the proposal. I'm still waiting for a reply as to why - but insiders tell me that it is because the WEF gets approached with interesting proposals all the time and can only pick the best ones for their needs. I believe in this debate idea. How could we convince them that it meets their needs in a big way?

i just recent wrote a proposal for the world economic forum proposing a video dialogue between youth in davos and youth at the world social forum in porto alegre. they responded. it is too late in the game to organize it for this january, but in 2004 it looks like we can do it! this will be a great opportunity to invite the media and bring the voice of youth to the globlization debate.

There are new ones beginning all of the time:

I just found two more today by surfing the net for "global youth"

The UN Office for Drug Control and Crime Prevention
http://www.undcp.org/global_youth_network.html

The World Conservation Union's Global Youth Reporters Programme
http://www.iucn.org/info_and_news/gyrp/

World Youth Organization on Climate Change
http://www.wyocc.org/

I've listed a bunch at the bottom of this page:
http://www.youthmovements.org/analysis.htm

... more to come ...

Want to see a list of articles and links researching/considering what is happening
to youth around the world and why youth should be involved in decision-making/democracy?

Please add links.

1.
My private set of links http://www.youthmovements.org/articles

2. Innovation Center for Community and Youth Development, "Rejecting the Isolation of Youth--Adults and Organizations Dramatically Benefit"(Preview of article from the Nonprofit Quarterly, Winter 2001). Historically adults and programs excluded young people in program development and decision-making. In the 1990's, people recognized and data indicated that this practice had negative consequences and leaders of all ages began to transform their daily activities and programs. The results have been enormously positive and have powerful implications for many organizations and the sector as a whole. Click here: http://www.nonprofitquarterly.org/youth/rejectingisolation.php

3.
http://www.freechild.org/youth_involvement_main_page.htm
Welcome to The Freechild Project's SIYI. Around the world, there is a powerful movement that gains more momentum every year, and it is called youth involvement. Youth involvement seeks to include the voice of youth throughout society, in communities, governments, and organizations. Through the SIYI I am studying the implications, impacts, and outcomes of youth involvement. Here are some of the resources I have identified in that study. For more information on the SIYI contact info@freechild.org.

4.
http://www.atTheTable.org
Visit At The Table for massive information about youth involvement throughout the U.S., and ideas on how to get youth involved in your area.

5.
Nonprofit Quarterly Editors, "Hampton, Virginia: A City-wide Enabling Environment," (Preview of an article from the Nonprofit Quarterly, Winter 2001). This article highlights not only how one community came to understand the convergence between community health and youth development but also provides some practical suggestions for creating an environment for enabling youth and young adult participation. Click here: http://www.nonprofitquarterly.org/youth/citywide.php

I want to see a comprehensive list of links to International youth funding opportunities. I get asked this question all the time and have too little experience with fundraising to give it an adequate answer. There are so many great resources but no primary linker of them. I think TIG will become that. Here are a few to start:

1)

New Publication Links Youth Organizations to Funding Opportunities The Office of Youth Services' "Sources of Funding for Youth Services" provides a comprehensive and up-to-date look at organizations funding youth services, including opportunities in health care, substance abuse and
technology. Tips on proposal writing are also included.

2)

http://www.doleta.gov/youth_services/maps-founding.asp

The Council of Europe has established special funds providing financial assistance for international youth activities:

http://www.coe.fr/youth/english/EYF/funding.htm

3) Here is a web guide to youth fundraising resources created by YouthActionNet.org which is a project of the International Youth Foundation

http://www.youthactionnet.org/files.fcgi/604_resource_guide.pdf

4) The Africa Youth Foundation, in Germany!??

http://www.ayf.org

5) Applying online:

TIG's ideafund: http://www.ideafund.org

GYAN's awards: http://www.takingitglobal.org/action/yiaa.html

Be the Change $: http://www.peacechild.org/bethechange/default.asp

6) I think the two largest youth funders in the USA are the W. K. Kellogg Foundation and the Pew Charitable Trusts

http://www.pewtrusts.org
http://www.wkkf.org

What more?

www.youngPress.org is an initiative to bring together youth media groups around the world. OneWorld has dome something similar to this for the global NGO community and they just got a big win:

Source: www.comminit.com
http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/wl/oneworld/
Promoting Sustainable Development and Southern Voices Online
November 1 2001, iConnect online. OneWorld International has launched a daily news service on Yahoo! News. The sources for the stories and links are NGOs. OneWorld aims to increase the visibility of its 1000 partner organisations, particularly those from the South. It is the first daily non-profit world news syndication on a major corporate Web portal. The news service focuses on events relating to human rights, world poverty, social justice, the environment and sustainable development.

Here are two interesting articles on the future of journalism. I like 'em. Any others? -Jonah

on web logs
http://www.paulandrews.com/stories/storyReader$122

on open publishing and democratic media
http://www.physics.usyd.edu.au/~matthewa/catk/openpub.txt

Both of them show me that swarms of internet users (probably mostly youth) will create new, open, demcratic media alternatives - mostly via the net, and could perhaps break a media monopoly and traditional power structures. I'm not subversive - the movement is...

Again I have crossed this site:
http://www.training-youth.net

I wonder - does their exist a comprehensive list of online training resources for youth? Perhaps we should create such a resource list here on TIG?

-Jonah

I am in NYC. I am alive. I HAD to write something for the world. I am
ready to help violence leave the earth. Here is my recipe. My tears
have gone. How it is all about healing...

I must stare in the the face of dispair with hope.

All my love,

Jonah

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How do we leave terrorism behind?

The September 11 terrorist attacks on the United States have left
millions in horror and grief. The central nervous system of the global
economy has been paralyzed. It will be a long road to recovery. The
world has changed forever. I believe anyone could become a terrorist,
anyone who is hurt inside.

How can we leave hurt behind?

We must recognize injustice and participate together in healing.
Forgiveness is our greatest healing device.

What can I do?

Be the change that you wish to see in the world. Love as much as you
can. Create a world that works for all.

The existing system for global decision making doesn't work. How can we
change it?

The definition of democracy is "participation of the people in decision
making." Planning must be done by the people, not for the people. Too
few people are involved in decision making. Too many are not able or
not allowed to participate.

Young people are the greatest untapped resource in the world today.
They have idealism and high energy. They rejuvenate institutions and
their allies. They are better connected on the Internet than any group.


The time has come to build a World Youth Parliament that will rest on
the grassroots supports of youth and their allies, will participate in
global decision making, and build world democracy.

The analysis:
http://www.youthmovements.org

Many tools:
http://www.youthlink.org

The Global Coalition for World Democracy
http://www.worldcitizen.org

Ps The chinese character for "crisis" is danger + opportunity.

Wisdom:
http://www.co-intelligence.org