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The YP4 fellowship (heads up, college students!)

Mon, 22 Sep 2008 10:11:51 -0400

Make change today. The Young People For (YP4) fellowship is a leadership development program focusing on identifying, engaging and empowering young progressive leaders.

Santropol Roulant is an award-winning community organization founded and run by young people in Montreal. We bring people together across generations and cultures through an innovative approach to meals-on-wheels, and by engaging youth to take an active role in their community. Santropol Roulant uses food as a vehicle to create trust and build bridges between individuals in a city where isolation among the elderly is the highest in Canada.

WWF has launched Earth Hour 2008, a global initiative in which cities and communities will turn off their lights for one hour to symbolize their leadership and commitment to finding solutions for climate change.

The flagship participants in the WWF-led event on March 29, 2008 are: Aalborg, Aarhus, Copenhagen and Odense, Denmark; Brisbane, Canberra, Melbourne and Sydney, Australia; Chicago, USA; Manila, Philippines; Suva, Fiji; Tel Aviv, Israel; Toronto, Canada. More cities from around the world are ex...

The YP4 National Summit (2006)

Wed, 12 Dec 2007 11:45:23 -0500

From January 13-17, 2006, Young People For (YP4) convened the second annual National Summit for Progressive Leaders and Activists in Washington, D.C. There, 165 Young People For Fellows engaged in four days of issues and skills trainings, networking receptions, work group sessions and plenary sessions.

Learn more about YP4â€™s opportunities for young progressives at www.yp4.org.

Biola ONE Campaign Leader

Wed, 24 Oct 2007 04:54:11 -0400

We need somebody who wants to get a dedicated group of people together to go after the ONE Campaign and get Biola on the map in their Campus Challenge!

It doesn’t take exceptional leadership or skill to get a group going; all it takes is someone willing to do the work. You’ll work with the SJM leaders and meet with them as the group progresses.

Rock on. Josh Penman SJM