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Inspire to Lead - My Idea grant student-led project
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The project "Inspire to Lead" was part of America's Promise Alliance and AT&Ts;My Idea grants initiative to engage young people in an effort to keep their peers in school. Idea Leader Iko'tsimiskimaki "Ekoo" Beck (Missoula, Montana) designed the project to give Missoula youth the skills to be leaders in their own community and the ability to create less bullying, less violence, and an increased awareness of the diversity present in the schools so that students feel connected and welcomed in their learning environments.
My Idea Grants - Arbor on Main Mentoring Program (Ukiah, CA)
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Natalie Davis noticed the trend of classmates slowly dropping out of high school every year. Natalie was determined to find a way to offer more support to her peers in the area -- a marijuana-saturated community that is suffocated by poverty and offered few healthy activities for youth.
My Idea Grants - Bridging The Future To Today (Knightdale, NC)
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Adrianna Herring and her peers decided to address the dropout crisis in North Carolina in a fun, innovate way while provoking discussion around teen issues. The teens decided to create a board game that presents kids with choices based on their everyday life challenges and experiences.
My Idea Grants - Beats, Rhymes, Life Studio (Oakland, CA)
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Students at Oakland High School face many barriers to academic success with challenges and stresses of daily life making it difficult to concentrate or be successful in school. The Beats Rhymes and Life Studio project set out to create a space for students to build community, develop skills and talk about life issues.
My Idea Grants - YES! Youth Empowerment Movement (Washington, DC)
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Idea Leader Melis Odabas Geldiay, 15, partnered with fellow student Natalie Cary who had a passion for sharing ways to reduce stress. The students worked with the International Association of Human Values to bring the interactive YES! Program to more DC area schools to expose youth to yoga, meditation, and breathing techniques that are so helpful in combating adolescent stress.
My Idea Grants - The Write Way to Graduation (New York, NY)
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Twenty-five students including Chantal Hylton, 18, produced a special issue of their magazine, New Youth Connections titled "Will You Graduate?" Over 70,000 copies were distributed and included youth-written articles on choosing a school, attendance rates, GED, and obstacles to graduation.
My Idea Grants - TEEN: Teaching, Empowering, Encouraging New Generation (York, PA)
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Spearheaded by Ginia Moorehead,18, and supported by a trusted social worker, TEEN is a character building group for adolescent girls that created a bond that felt like family. As someone who had already dropped out three times, Ginia wanted to make a difference for others through weekly discussions and activities to enhance wellbeing, reduce trauma and support
college and career exploration.
My Idea Grants - Sueña (Brooklyn, NY)
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The Bushwick neighborhood came together for multiple interactions due to the leadership of Idea Leader Abdias Sanchez, 17 and her partner organization El Puente Leadership Center. The group organized a forum reflective of the 5 Promises attend by many including a member of Congress and participated in two Dropout Prevention Rallies on Wall Street and City Hall.
My Idea Grants - Restorative Justice (New Orleans, LA)
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Lucy Tucker, 15, knew that expulsion and suspension rates needed to be addressed in her community through personal observations and her work with local partner, Kids Rethink New Orleans Schools. Lucy's idea was to bring the best in Restorative Justice practices to the system, but she needed to learn from others who used this technique. She organized a group to visit a Colorado community that had made great strides in this area and is now working to implement what she learned in New Orleans.
My Idea Grants - Peer to Peer (Baltimore, MD)
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James Traynham, 20, and his peers at New Lens organized an interactive conference called "Education from the Ground Up" for 100 youth and adult allies. One solution idea from the conference became reality with the Peer Education Initiative. Interested high school students selected a topic they hoped to teach, received training on teaching skills and had the opportunity to lead their lessons in Baltimore City Schools.
My Idea Grants - Mobilizing Young Mobile (Mobile, AL)
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Colton Bradford, 18, worked on a county-wide survey of all high-schools to compare campuses including a student exchange between rural and urban schools. The second part of his focus was the establishment of a GradBuddies program at Satsuma High School to develop peer mentors for struggling students which will be replicated in schools across the county.
My Idea Grants - Occupational Shadows (Indianapolis, IN)
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Alyssa Baraja, 14, wanted to expose young people to specific career fields, especially law and public policy which is the theme of her Shortridge Magnet High School. She organized weekly shadowing experiences for students to observe court proceedings, legal aid, county holding facilities as well as a diverse series of activities for a "Law Week" for fellow high school and middle school students.
My Idea Grants - Project YOU! (Des Moines, IA)
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Shelby Jackson, 18, started a program called Scarlet Mentors to pair juniors and seniors with freshman to keep them on track. In addition to the leadership training and experiences of the pairs, Shelby focused on many service projects as a way to engage students and drawing attention to staying in school.
My Idea Grants - Project REAL (Chicago, IL)
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Stephanie Mayo, 17, was already engaged in the peer mentoring program with Voices of Youth in Chicago Education (VOYCE) but knew there were other ways to support students. In addition to retreats and other events, Stephanie introduced the concept of a personalized graduation plan for each mentee that would track the progress of students reaching their personally determined goals.
My Idea Grants - Dropping In: Theater as Voice (Albuquerque, NM)
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Calle Treppiedi, 18, reached her goal of having almost 1,000 people experience the play "Dropping-In" written by members of the New Mexico Youth Alliance. Calle organized and toured a company of young actor-activists around the state to encourage discussion about the dropout issue.
My Idea Grants - By Students For Students (Mansfield, MA)
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A group of high school student leaders in Mansfield, MA launched a statewide initiative to engage middle school students in student-to-student conversations aimed at reducing the state's dropout rate. The "By Students for Students" campaign was created by student representatives of the Massachusetts State Student Advisory Council (SSAC).
My Idea Grants - Get it Done! (Akron, OH)
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After surveying her peers and establishing a Facebook group, Kaliah Nash, 18, held a conference of her fellow students, business people, community members, and college students from the educational field to discuss the creation of an ongoing program to raise graduation rates.
My Idea Grants - Glencliff Garden Project Outdoor Classroom (Nashville, TN)
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Lisa Bilavarn, 17, and her fellow school garden club members dreamed big in the designing, planning, and building of their Outdoor Classroom that aims to engage students outside the traditional classroom, improve knowledge of nutrition and healthy foods, and provide youth leadership opportunities. Benefiting from the hard work of many and the support of many partners and experts, the outdoor classroom was recently appraised for $84,000.
My Idea Grants - Griffins Moving Toward Success (Akron, OH)
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Akil-Vuai Gregory, 17, started the school year at Buchtel High School by encouraging 9th grade students to sign a "Commit to Graduate" banner. In addition to other supports, her team planned a Buddy to Buddy to pair 9th grade students to upperclassmen for help with school work as well as social matters.
My Idea Grants - Join Us Under the Big Tent (Houston, TX)
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A national youth-focused conference, Big Tent convened by The Search Institute, occurred in Houston in fall of 2010. Working with Communities in Schools of Houston, Talitha Halley, 18, organized students from four schools to take advantage of this event to meet national leaders, learn effective youth voice strategies, and build capacity among student leaders.
My Idea Grants - Life Changing Technology for Graduation Success (Atlanta, GA)
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Dismayed by the economic downturn and hopeless outlook of many, Isabelle Marsh, 16, partnered with Giving Point to organize Atlanta area students to encourage the life-long habit of giving back to the community. Recruiting students from a wide variety of backgrounds, the group made an impact by creating gardens but also friendships and a leadership network among participants.
My Idea Grants - Vision to Victory (Louisville, KY)
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Five Idea Leaders organized by Raven Jackson, 17, spent nearly 500 hours planning a marketing campaign with the community slogan of Vision to Victory. A large portion of that time was dedicated to organizing a 2-mile Graduation Walk in partnership with the Louisville Urban League.
My Idea Grants - S.T.E.P. Stop the Epidemic Please (Jackson, MS)
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Modeling his work after an inspiring ninth grade teacher, Jonathan Crump, 18, knew that exposure to something that Mississippi youth don't see every day is a great way to keep them interested in school. Students who came to school regularly, improved their academic performance, and maintained good behavior participated in eye-opening trips to rebuild homes in New Orleans, visit a civil rights museum, or attend an NBA game.
My Idea Grants - Graduate Chattanooga (Chattanooga, TN)
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Alexus Smith, 15, teamed up with other Girls Inc. young leaders to create a series of three youth workshops: Why Graduate?, Building A Network of Support, and Getting into College. In addition to the support of teachers and counselors, the workshops stressed the role of parents and planned for their engagement in the sessions as well as students.
My Idea Grants - DRIVE AREME Go Getters (Detroit, MI)
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Several Idea Leaders came together with the ambitious goal of creating a film, soundtrack, and website focused on combating the high school dropout crisis. The group decided to focus on a few of the factors they saw as issues -- teen pregnancy and bullying through social media.
My Idea Grants - Don't Wait, Don't Hate, Participate, Graduate (Hixson, TN)
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Chris Brown, 18, and fellow members of the Chattanooga Teen Board pumped out their dropout prevention messages with presentations, a billboard, t-shirts and videos. In February, 350 students from 8 high schools came together for an all day Youth Graduation Summit where participants experienced a day of learning organized as if they were already college students with classes, seminars, and socials in groups named after college mascots.
My Idea Grants - The Brotherhood (Chicago, IL)
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Eric Clark, 17, organized his fellow African-American male students at Kenwood Academy High School into a group focused on fraternity, responsibility, and creativity. Members of The Brotherhood shadowed college students and toured colleges, held a Male Health Fair, and held workshops on topics like building relationships and understanding parents.
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