News For Changemakers                                                                              March 2010 

Venture Interview Series: Running for A Reason & TeenLit

For Katie, Julia and their brother Sam, community service is a family thing. They received seed funds from Youth Venture in 2005 to launch Running for A Reason.  The trio recently started work on a second venture, TeenLit. Both projects use community action to help underserved children. We check in for an update.

Golden Opportunities

2010 Youth Venture Summit

Join YV's Annual Int'l Gathering July 15 to 18

Kohl's Kids Who Care Program Ten National Winners Receive

$10,000 Scholarships Deadline is March 15

Int'l Children's Peace Prize

Winner Receives Prize Money for Related Projects

Deadline is April 1

5 New England Teams Selected as @15 Finalists

Finalists for the @15 Community Impact Challenge have been selected.  Winners include five New England teams: Climate Action Club, Empower Our Youth, Listen Up!, MINGA and T.G.I.F.  Check out all 15 finalists and see how they will compete for over $32,000.

Jenny: In Her Own Words

As Editor-in-Chief of JJ Express Magazine, Jenny uses her passion for writing to inspire youth around the world.  Jenny describes why she started her venture with brother Jack.

Ashoka Community

Updates

"Revelation To Action"

Changemakers Competition

Green Mountain Coffee and Ashoka team up for $50,000

in prizes for top innovation

Deadline is April 21

Several YVers joined the

Tech4Society celebration in Hyderbad, India

Check out AshokaTech for stories, blogs and podcasts from the event

Around New England...

MINGA, a venture from Newton, MA, is in the running for a $25,000 Pepsi Refresh Grant to educate youth about the child sex trade.  Help MINGA and Vote! Sarah and Jane of the recently launched venture Two Spring Chicks featured in the Concord Monitor. Chloe and Alex of Climate Action Club are in the Lincoln County News for their new venture First Here, Then Everywhere. Nashoba Publishing spotlights the Youth Venture partnership with United Way of North Central Mass.

Ashoka's Healthy Mothers, Strong World Changemakers Competition 16 Young Champions of Maternal

Health receive prizes totaling almost$600,000

Deadline is March 17

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