One World Youth Project
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One World Youth Project (OWYP) is a non-profit 501(c)(3) corporation founded in Massachusetts
and currently based in Washington DC. The goal of One World Youth Project is to enhance education towards a more discerning, empathetic and empowered generation of global citizens. In 2009, One World Youth Project launched the One World Hub program, a service-learning program that trains university students to lead a global education curriculum in local middle/high schools, and to connect these secondary school classrooms with partner classrooms in other countries. The One World Youth Project global education curriculum includes the following units: cultural exchange, understanding of global challenges, community mapping, and service-learning.
Since 2009, One World Youth Project has evolved its educational model to train university students as cross-cultural facilitators in middle/high schools within their local community. In 2009, One World Youth Project developed The One World Hub program, a program adaptable to different university campuses, which provides an intensive training in global education for university students worldwide.
In the next phase of the program, university students enter local secondary classrooms as teachers/mentors, to provide area youth with a global skill set.
University students have found that One World Youth Project has helped them to understand the community in which they study. According to Corey Cameron from Georgetown University
, "I think that One World Youth Project is different from the other university mentor programs, because it places such an emphasis on the local secondary school students being the ones who navigate and explain their community to the university students in their own words. One World Youth Project involves a two-way street of knowledge, in which the middle/high school students really educate the university students about what life is like in their community"
Massachusetts
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. It is bordered by Rhode Island and Connecticut to the south, New York to the west, and Vermont and New Hampshire to the north; at its east lies the Atlantic Ocean. As of the 2010...
and currently based in Washington DC. The goal of One World Youth Project is to enhance education towards a more discerning, empathetic and empowered generation of global citizens. In 2009, One World Youth Project launched the One World Hub program, a service-learning program that trains university students to lead a global education curriculum in local middle/high schools, and to connect these secondary school classrooms with partner classrooms in other countries. The One World Youth Project global education curriculum includes the following units: cultural exchange, understanding of global challenges, community mapping, and service-learning.
Origin
One World Youth Project was founded in 2004, by Jessica Rimington who at the time was 18 years old. From 2004 to 2009, OWYP established connections between middle/high schools around the world, to foster cultural exchange between each classroom pair.Since 2009, One World Youth Project has evolved its educational model to train university students as cross-cultural facilitators in middle/high schools within their local community. In 2009, One World Youth Project developed The One World Hub program, a program adaptable to different university campuses, which provides an intensive training in global education for university students worldwide.
Program
OWYP provides a 3-semester service-learning program for university students on campuses around the world. In the first part of the program, students take part in an intensive training course, in which they learn how to teach a 21st century education using the most up-to-date technology tools in classrooms. Students also gain fluency in leading cultural exchange, community awareness and service-learning within a classroom setting.In the next phase of the program, university students enter local secondary classrooms as teachers/mentors, to provide area youth with a global skill set.
University students have found that One World Youth Project has helped them to understand the community in which they study. According to Corey Cameron from Georgetown University
Georgetown University
Georgetown University is a private, Jesuit, research university whose main campus is in the Georgetown neighborhood of Washington, D.C. Founded in 1789, it is the oldest Catholic university in the United States...
, "I think that One World Youth Project is different from the other university mentor programs, because it places such an emphasis on the local secondary school students being the ones who navigate and explain their community to the university students in their own words. One World Youth Project involves a two-way street of knowledge, in which the middle/high school students really educate the university students about what life is like in their community"
Publications
OWYP has written and published two MDG guides:- "Educator's Guide to the Millennium Development" - collaboration with TakingITGlobalTakingITGlobalTakingITGlobal, which is also known as TIG, is a charitable non-governmental organization focusing on global issues by promoting awareness and engagement among global youth. It was founded in 1999 in Toronto, Canada by Jennifer Corriero and Michael Furdyk, who are the Executive Director and...
- "A Guide to MDG Action" - collaboration with Youth Service AmericaYouth Service AmericaYouth Service America, or YSA, is a resource center that partners with thousands of organizations committed to increasing the quality and quantity of volunteer opportunities for young people, ages 5-25, to serve locally, nationally, and globally." YSA has a reputation for supporting and promoting...
See also
- National Youth AdministrationNational Youth AdministrationThe National Youth Administration was a New Deal agency in the United States that focused on providing work and education for Americans between the ages of 16 and 24. It operated from 1935 to 1939 as part of the Works Progress Administration . Following the passage of the Reorganization Act of...
- National Youth Rights AssociationNational Youth Rights AssociationThe National Youth Rights Association is the largest youth-led civil rights organization in the United States promoting youth rights, with approximately ten thousand members...
- Youth activismYouth activismYouth activism is when the youth voice is engaged in community organizing for social change. Around the world, young people are engaged in activism as planners, researchers, teachers, evaluators, social workers, decision-makers, advocates and leading actors in the environmental movement, social...
- Youth engagementYouth engagementYouth engagement is the sentiment young people feel towards a particular person, activity, place or outcome. It has been a focus of youth development, public policy and social change movements for at least forty years.-About:...
- Youth participationYouth participationYouth participation is the active engagement of young people throughout their communities. It is often used as a short-hand for youth participation in any many forms, including decision-making, sports, schools and any activity where young people are not historically engaged.-Coinage:Youth...
- Youth movements
- Youth rightsYouth rightsYouth rights refers to a set of philosophies intended to enhance civil rights for young people. They are a response to the oppression of young people, with advocates challenging ephebiphobia, adultism and ageism through youth participation, youth/adult partnerships, and promoting, ultimately,...
External links
- One World Youth Project official site
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LcxOlMTbTJs One World Youth Project video about the partnered One World Hubs in Georgetown UniversityGeorgetown UniversityGeorgetown University is a private, Jesuit, research university whose main campus is in the Georgetown neighborhood of Washington, D.C. Founded in 1789, it is the oldest Catholic university in the United States...
in Washington DC (USA) and University of Pristina in Pristina (Kosovo)