Teens Rising To End Extreme Poverty : An Innovative Social Entrepreneurship Program For Teens
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Founding Story
Team
Carmel
Jud
Rising International
United States, CA, Santa Cruz
United States, CA, Salinas
Friends and family, Individuals, Foundations, Businesses, Customers, Other.
San Benito, San Mateo, Santa Cruz, Santa Clara, Monterey, Other.
“Everyone comes to our high school trying to help us. Rising was the first to tell us we could help others.” Said Tina from Alisal High School. Most Rising teen entrepreneurs tell us that they didn’t know that they had the power to affect change. Participating in our program gives them a channel for exercising their empathy, and expanding it locally and globally.
Our teen entrepreneurs learn to acknowledge and talk about some of the biggest issues faced by the world today, such as human trafficking and genocide. While many people look the other way, our teens learn to effectively share and act on their passion for the issues that mean the most to them, and ultimately inspire empathy and action in others.
We’ve implemented a variety of programs at schools including:
Castilleja Independent School for Girls – Developed a jewelry design workshop that enabled students to co-create a pendant with women rescued from brothels in India
Alisal High School - Developed a youth social entrepreneurial training course
The Harker School – Launched our first student lead Rising Club
UC Santa Cruz - Co-founded the groundbreaking course, Social Change
Our primary challenge is the lack of paid staff. Just 2 full time, and 2 part time members oversee the local entrepreneurial program, and the global program in 25 countries. The remainder consists of volunteers and interns. With this grant, we could add more highly skilled staff members including a full time local program director, teen outreach recruiters and training facilitators. In addition, we plan to recruit working business mentors from the home party/direct sales industry. We have a strategic plan to recruit at least 20 seasoned home party professionals in the next year.
encouraging philanthropy, building leadership skills, storytelling, immersion, collective problem-solving, identifying shared values and differences, instilling courage, enabling action.
6-12, 13-17, 18-35.
Comments
Carmel, what a brilliant idea!
Congratulations. Innovative, Smart, 21st Century thinking!
Two things:
1. Would you be able to check what we do. www.pstarfish.org
2. Is there a possibility we can have you as a speaker via the phone to speak to smart blind/disabled professionals from 5 countries to hear your journey and vision.
Thanks/Subs
This is a great model for addressing poverty globally and recognizing the role of women in economic development. Creating markets for products is fulfilling a real need for women in the global south. It is not clear, however, how this project addresses the social and economic issues faced by women and girls in the Salinas Valley, where the average annual income for a farm laborer is about $14,000. More work to be done to make this project relevant and aligned with the needs of the local community.
Thank you! Yes, will check out your site now and would be honored to speak to the amazing professionals you work with!
Rising Teens To End Extreme Poverty is a fantastic opportunity for youth to learn how to be entrepreneurs. Congrats on the great project! Global Majority Team.