Civil Society

is part of international network of anti-trafficking organizations devoted to protect children and end their commercial sexual exploitation. Among its many programs ECPAT-USA works with schools to train students to be advocates in their communities, educating them on the facts, misconceptions and risks of trafficking. https://www.ecpatusa.org

Jeffrey Sachs is director of the Earth Institute at Columbia University and advisor to the UN Secretary-General on the Sustainable Development Goals. This book is an impassioned diagnosis of the US's economic ills, and an urgent call for Americans to restore the core virtues of fairness, honesty and foresight as the foundations of national prosperity. It has been rated one of the year’s best books by Publisher’s Weekly and the Guardian, and he was called by the NY Times Magazine, "probably the most important economist in the world." See also his The End of Poverty: Economic Possibilities for Our Time. (Both are available on Amazon.)

UNICEF High School Clubs are student-driven, and partner with the US Fund for UNICEF to educate, advocate and fundraise for children in 150 countries in the world. Clubs produce benefit concerts, write letters to elected officials, participate in Trick-or-Treat for UNICEF and UNICEF Tap Project campaigns and write school newspaper editorials. Club members can also attend national conferences to share ideas about child survival and human rights issues.

Uses the life, struggles and work of Nobel laureates as role models for children. Program is divided into five groups: Jrs.ages 5-11 explores the childhood of 13 Nobelists; Leaders ages 11-14, explores their adolescence; Ambassadors ages 14-19, confronts issues of peace, violence and social justice in the work of Nobel laureates; Juvenile Justice Programfor youth in prison, addresses issues of gangs, drugs, alcohol, etc. and works toward anger control, reconciliation and leadership; Scholars Program ages 18-25, for those who serve as mentors for participants at Peace jam Youth Conferences. They study international issues connected to the work of Nobel laureates, and are given opportunities for service and research. In addition, Peace Jam is available for presentations: write to jes@peacejam.orgor download a presentation request form from their website.

They bring together youth from opposite sides of the global political divide each summer hosting future leaders at a camp in Maine to foster trust, challenge assumptions and narrow the psychological distance between them. At the Center for Coexistence in Jerusalem, year-round activities reinforce the camp experience. They also publish the Olive Branch Magazine, and, convene high-level int’l youth conferences.