Tavis Smiley Foundation
This non-profit program provides leadership training to teens ages 13-18. You can't lead the people if you don't love the people.
You can't save the people if you won't serve the people. Studies show when give an opportunity to learn about leadership at an early age, teens are more likely to graduate high school, attend college and become active and productive engaged citizens.
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08/01/2014
The 50th Anniversary of LBJ's War on Poverty is today. How will you help End Poverty in America's Silent Spaces? http://ow.ly/snVYz
11/11/2013
Young People: Don't let your social media postings mess up your college application.
They Loved Your G.P.A. Then They Saw Your Tweets. More colleges are finding the social media posts of their applicants — and sometimes denying admission as a result.
23/10/2013
46 million Americans live under the poverty line. It’s the second year in a row that more than 1 in 7 men, women and children are struggling in poverty and increasingly many of those affected by poverty are the so-called “working poor.” Last year, the top one percent earned nearly 20 percent of all household income, while the top 10 percent earned more than 48 percent of all household income. This growing disparity is crippling the country. Ending Poverty: America’s Silent Spaces is a four-year national initiative to examine barriers and identify solutions to alleviate poverty in the United States. The initiative will help advance action against poverty by engaging and mobilizing individuals, communities, and organizations to identify innovative and community-based solutions that will inform a meaningful path out of poverty for fellow citizens. One of our goals is to engage one million poverty fighters who are willing to stand up and commit to taking action steps to alleviate poverty. This is America’s movement. I hope you’ll join us. To find out how you can help end the cycle of poverty visit www.tavistalks.com/endingpoverty.
04/10/2013
The Institute for Responsible Citizenship will accept applications for this male leadership program Nov. 15. Three of our alum have participated. We recommend it! http://eepurl.com/FabP1
03/10/2013
"Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined." - Henry David Thoreau
28/09/2013
Use your mind to redefine!
21/09/2013
It's Saturday! A day often chosen for volunteerism. Are you UP making a difference for someone today?
20/09/2013
We love stories about young people making things better for other young people. Check out Kenji Summers helps youth travel the world.
This Man Wants You to Travel the World Meet Kenji Summers, founder of Passport life, who's devoting his life to helping under-resourced youth see the world and engage in global culture.
17/09/2013
We're so proud of her. Congratulations to Y2L alum and Columbia University student Taylor Simone who has released her first CD. She also wrote a theme song for our leadership program. Check out her work here: www.songsfromthefrontyard.com
17/09/2013
Attention Greater Philadelphia Area Youth: Youth Action invites high school and college students to join them for their orientation meeting to commence the 2013-2014 service year. The meeting will be held on Saturday, September 21 at the University of Pennsylvania's Irvine Auditorium building, in the basement floor (G01-Green Room), 3401 Spruce Street, Philadelphia, PA. For more information visit: www.youthactionteam.org
16/09/2013
In the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years. Abraham Lincoln
15/09/2013
Today marks the 50th anniversary of the Birmingham, Alabama church bombing that took the lives of 4 little girls whose chance at future greatness was stolen. Let's remember Denise McNair, Cynthia Wesley, Addie Mae Collins and Carole Robertson. Their deaths helped push the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Earlier this year the girls were awarded the Congressional Gold Medal.
11/09/2013
We Remember.
04/09/2013
Go for your goals starting today!
03/09/2013
Malcolm X famously said, "Education is our passport to the future, for tomorrow belongs to the people who prepare for it today." Best wishes from the Tavis Smiley Foundation for a productive school year to all of our young leaders.
28/08/2013
The dream didn't die with the dreamer. We know young leaders who are now in the forefront for a better America.
28/08/2013
The dream didn't die with the dreamer. We know young leaders who are now in the forefront for a better America.
10/08/2013
CSU Super Saturday Middle and high school students, parents, families and friends: The California State University will have representatives from campuses on site with information about admissions, the application process, courses, majors, campus life, housing, financial aid and more!
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