Stories for Change - Involvement opportunities
We are seeking people and organisations passionate about supporting global grassroots youth-led environmental projects to form the organising team for the brand new Stories for Change global online environmental youth leadership program.  

This program will create a global, thriving community of youth environmental changemakers which will drive learning, leadership and impact.  We use visual storytelling to showcase the inspiring grassroots projects that these youth are leading, while developing supportive online communities of practice.  Project and leadership development workshops to support these youth to expand their initiatives’ impact both locally and globally.  A web platform will host their inspiring local change stories, facilitating connections both between participants, and the broader global communities of supporters.  The program will operate on a peer-to-peer, train-the-trainer model, where participants are supported by trainers, youth mentors and micro grants to expand their projects, while deepening their own awareness of the global connections between environment, peace and social change.


PROGRAM GOALS

1. Create empowering and scalable communities of practice amongst youth active in grassroots environmental projects spanning across cultural, geographic, and economic divides.

2. Connect grassroots youth-led environmental projects with supporters across cultural, geographic, and economic divides.

3. Amplify grassroots youth-led environmental projects’ local and global impact.

4. Gather and disseminate knowledge about global youth environmental and ecological peace-building activities.


PROGRAM ACTIVITIES

1. Online workshop program
Develop and run online workshops for peer-to-peer leadership, project development and collaboration amongst participating youth

2. Online platform
Develop an online platform for showcasing and connecting global grassroots youth-led environment projects

3. Project contribution program
Develop methods to strategically support local projects through micro grants and other contributions

4. Partnerships
Leverage regional, media and applied research partnerships with relevant youth, peace and environmental organisations globally to engage with local youth changemaker projects and share their stories


PROGRAM BACKGROUND

The Program is one project under the Rotary Peace Fellowship’s new Social Change Initiative program, being coordinated by current peace fellow Dr Michael Chew, as an extension of the Portraits of Change action-research PhD project.  As such all members of the Core Team will have access to relevant Rotary Peace Fellowship curriculum and associated networks to assist with successfully developing the program.  
Rotary Peace Fellowship - https://www.rotary.org/en/our-programs/peace-fellowships
30s program background video -  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9LGaoS4SsQM


INVOLVEMENT OPPORTUNITIES

As the program is entirely volunteer-run at present, motivated organisers and collaborating partners are the key to running the program effectively during it pilot phase from July-Nov 2021.  There are various ways of being involved:

1. CORE TEAM INTERNSHIPS – for individuals who are inspired by the program and are excited to be involved ~1 day/week to get it off the ground. See Core Team role descriptions below.

2. SUPPORTERS - for individuals who would like to support the program in any capacity, including just being on the e-newsletter to stay in touch with how the program develops.

3. COLLABORATING PARTNERS – for organisations or groups who wish to collaborate with the program.

Further information can be found on the Call for Involvement here:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1U_eSde3_BTKXOJl83eHVcxjuia2K9-Zh/view?usp=sharing

For any other inquiries:
Dr Michael Chew
entropygravity@gmail.com / +61 468 477 874 (WhatsApp/mobile)

If you are interested in being involved, please tick the appropriate box below and the form will take you to the relevant section. Please fill in as much detail as possible.  

Update: Applications for Core Team roles close at 6pm AEST July 27th, however supporter and partner EOIs remain open and ongoing.
 
Thank you to those who have applied already!
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