Hope Youth Leadership Programs

Our work with youth is at the center of building community for the future.

Learning in Community 2009. Photo: Bruce Silcox

The voices of youth at Hope are making major contribution towards change in their community. Through regular youth activities we are nurturing leaders:

Learning in Community
A community literacy program for children ages 6-9 where children thrive and learn in a community environment. LIC’s approach to developing literacy skills involves family and peer-based relationships, supporting children and parents to create and participate in home and community-based learning environments.

Youth in the City (Youth ages 10-14)
A mentorship program for adolescent youth with a focus on civic engagement action projects. Youth come to multi-week sessions throughout the year which focus on leadership, community, and acting effectively out of their talent and voice as they successfully accomplish projects together.

Teen & Young Adult: Leadership, Organizing and Art
Our work with teens and young adults creates leaders through organizing, visual arts, music, dialogue, and performance. All of these opportunities emphasize the development of skills around leadership, teamwork, and responsibility – for projects and for each other- and using your voice to advocate for yourself and your community. The context is always about being part of and contributing to community

Our work with youth is part of our larger vision for sustaining a healthy, diverse community for the long-term.

Inspiring Youth to Transform Their Communities

PeaceJam is an international education program built around leading Nobel Peace Laureates who work personally with youth to pass on the spirit, skills, and wisdom they embody. The goal of PeaceJam is to inspire a new generation of peacemakers who will transform their local communities, themselves, and the world.

Since its launch in 1996, more than 600,000 youth have participated in the PeaceJam program creating and implementing
almost one million service projects. Over 150 PeaceJam youth events have taken place in over 10 different countries throughout the world.

Hope Community is working closely with PeaceJam partners, University of Minnesota and youthrive to create a community-wide service initiative that links the volunteer activities of youth with the Nobel Laureates’ Global Call to Action.

Rigoberta Menchu Tum has been confirmed as the PeaceJam 2010 Nobel Laureate. PeaceJam weekend will be April 24th and 25th, 2010.

Get Involved
For information on how youth may participate in the April PeaceJam conference, contact Callie Aguilar of youthrive at (651) 224-3066 or callie@youthrive.net.

Photo: PeaceJam hand-off between the West Side Citizens Organization and Hope Community at the PeaceJam SLAM held on October 24th, 2009.

Hope Youth Leadership Programs

Hope Community Hosts the PeaceJam Community Wide Service Project 2010

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