While the bulk of our youth work is focused on the Midwest region, the Will Steger Foundation is also committed to engaging and empowering youth leadership on the national stage. This includes access to policy makers and high profile leaders in the non-profit/for-profit sector and academia, information and resources related to climate legislation, and opportunities to participate in national conferences and trainings.
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Will Green Jobs be YOUTH jobs?
Written by SustainUSJust in case our 5 years of swarming state capitals decked out in green hard hats, running campaigns calling for more jobs in clean energy, and vowing to only vote for candidates who support renewable energy companies hasn’t made it clear — youth really want more green jobs.Written on Friday, 22 July 2011 14:13 Read 9997 times Read more... -
Power Shift 2011: Empowering, Transforming, Building a Movement
Written by Abby Fenton, Youth Programs DirectorWhere does the power of effective organizing begin? Is it born in the seed of a brilliant idea? Does come from the voice of our loudest leaders? How is it that a small group of committed citizens can indeed change the world? Marshall Ganz would argue that the power is…Written on Monday, 11 April 2011 07:30 Read 16240 times -
Youth Launch Summer of Solutions Across the Nation
The power of the Millennial generation is not that we have Facebook or that we know how to use it. It's that growing up in a networked world is allowing us to imagine and equipping us to implement people-oriented coordination of real-world action at a massive scale. At the center…Written on Wednesday, 23 March 2011 12:56 Read 13854 times Read more... -
Grants Through Climate Generation Program
Written by Abby Fenton, Youth Programs DirectorWhat would you do to address climate change if money wasn't an obstacle? For many young people passionate about the environment, ideas are not what's lacking. It's the means to make these ideas a reality that stands in the way of effective leadership and implementation. Of course there is mentorship,…Written on Monday, 10 January 2011 15:16 Read 20155 times Read more...
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