Social Justice

02 Nov

Posted at 13:33h in Advocacy, Business, Community, Education, Empathy, International Development, Leadership, Peace, Philanthropy, Social Enterprise, Social Justice, Volunteering, Young People, Youth by
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Empowering Future Young Leaders from Urban and Rural Areas around France and the World My name is Amy Faulkner and I am currently interning at YES Akademia— a small for-social-profit global grassroots organisation— during my year abroad from the University of Cambridge, which I am spending in Paris....

17 Oct

Posted at 17:28h in Infrastructure, International Development, Philanthropy, Poverty, Social Justice, Volunteering, Young People, Youth by
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This International Day for the Eradication of Poverty, Noah Cleary shares what his experience with Builders Beyond Borders has taught him about making a difference Builders Beyond Borders, or B3, is a non-profit organization that engages high school and college students in local and global community...

07 Sep

Posted at 12:56h in Children, Community, Education, Social Justice, Uncategorized, Volunteering, Young People, Youth by
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This International Literacy Day, Dan Winch shares his experience volunteering at a school that ensures poverty does not prevent children from receiving a quality education. Johannesburg. For many Westerners, the name is synonymous with danger. This is a justly deserved reputation, and not one that many South...

11 Aug

Posted at 19:25h in Advocacy, Children, Education, Empathy, Leadership, Music, Philanthropy, Social Justice, Volunteering, Young People, Youth by
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Unlocking Cognitive Empathy, Compassion, Acceptance and Tolerance Among Youth: Music and the Young Heart A couple of years ago, my work with students across 15 schools in New Delhi to implement the Right to Education Act, which protects the right to quality education for students from disadvantaged backgrounds,...

05 Aug

Posted at 11:00h in Advocacy, Exploitation, Freedom, Homelessness, Philanthropy, Poverty, Social Justice, Volunteering, Young People, Youth by
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Inspiring and Releasing Every Christian Student to Pursue the Biblical Call to Social Justice. A few years ago, several students in Oxford grew frustrated by the inaction and lack of passion for justice that they saw around them – in light of the injustice they’d seen...

21 Jul

Posted at 13:03h in Business, Community, Exploitation, Freedom, Microcredit, Philanthropy, Poverty, Social Enterprise, Social Justice, Women by
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Lessons from my Internship at the Grameen Bank in Bangladesh Grameen Bank was founded in 1983. However, its story began seven years earlier in 1976. Muhammad Yunus, then an economics Professor at the University of Chittagong, decided to experiment with the notion of extending small amounts...

18 Jul

Posted at 18:45h in Advocacy, AIDS, HIV, Leadership, Peace, Philanthropy, Policy, Poverty, Social Justice, Volunteering by
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Happy Monday and Happy Mandela Day! In 2010, the United Nations officially inaugurated July 18th (Nelson Mandela’s birthday) as an international day for keeping Mandela’s legacy alive through service to our communities. Nelson Mandela devoted 67 years of his life– at great personal expense– to the struggle...