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City Club: Youth Forum Council Applications Now Available
Do you know a high school student interested in current events, diverse points of view,
team projects and leadership opportunities? Encourage them to apply for
The City Club Youth Forum Council. This is a great way to give a voice to the youth of Northeast Ohio.
For an application for the 2010-11 Council, please contact
Cleveland Orchestra Youth Orchestra
Auditions generally take place at Severance Hall in May and are about 10 minutes in length.
An audition application and requirements list can be downloaded by clicking the links below. To receive audition
materials by mail (brochure, application and orchestral excerpts),
please contact the Youth Orchestra manager at (216) 231-7352,
Click here to preview the Youth Orchestra Concerts
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The award winning Contemporary Youth Orchestra (CYO) is a
non-profit organization dedicated exclusively to the study and performance of
contemporary orchestral literature. Founded in 1995 by Music Director Liza Grossman,
CYO is the first and only youth orchestra of its kind in the country. Since its founding,
the orchestra has expanded its membership to include representation from
over 40 schools in Northeast Ohio and its surrounding regions.
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Creative Activist Toolkit This website from the Creative Visions Foundation provides
a variety of tools for middle-school, high-school, and college students to hone their skills:
Creative Visions is an international organization devoted to tapping the power of
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Engineering magazine online: Engineering: Go for It! or eGFI is an online magazine for
middle- and high-school students created by the American Society of Engineering Education aimed at showcasing
innovations in engineering – for example, algae-based fuel, a skyscraper with rotating floors,
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ETC, founded in 1984, is a 3 week program which provides highly motivated students (aged 14-18) with a concentrated summer training
experience that is challenging and inspiring.
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HALF THE SKY MOVEMENT
Sometimes, a tiny gesture can inspire huge change. Encourage others to join the movement by taking one of these three actions:
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Spread the word via social networking.
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Tell a friend and share the email below.
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Download images and use on your blog, web page or add to your email signature.
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Miley Cyrus & Youth Service America Launch Global 'Get Ur Good On'
Grants for Young Volunteers. Miley Cyrus recently partnered with Youth Service America to
create Get Ur Good On, a social network that brings together youth to support each other in their mission
to do "good" in their communities: www.GetUrGoodOn.org. Upload videos that show how you made a difference in your
local, national, and global communities.
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Global Youth Leadership Institute: Middle through High School Students
GYLI mission is to nuture collaborative leadership and to assist schools in their missions to
inspire responsible young people. Cultural Awareness, Personal Leadership, Sustaining the Earth.
GYLI Summer Institute for middle through high school students are offered in various locations
throughout the world (Costa Rica/India Institute for Student Leaders).
Key questions: Who am I in a multicultural context? What is my role as a leader in solving global
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Global Youth Service Day is an annual campaign that celebrates and mobilizes the
millions of children and youth who improve their communities each day of the year
through service and service-learning. Established in 1988, GYSD is the largest service event in
the world and is now celebrated in over 100 countries. On GYSD, children and youth addres
the world’s most critical issues in partnership with families, schools, community and faith-based
organizations, businesses, and governments.
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Generation Green: The Ultimate Teen Guide to
Living an Eco-Friendly Life by Linda Sivertsen and Tosh Sivertsen,
Grades 7 & up, Ages 12 & up. We all know about the Earth's environmental crisis, but there is
someone who can truly make a difference: you. If you text your friends or chat with them online, download music
to your iPod, or toss bottles and papers into recycling bins, you're already more eco-savvy than you think.
It's just as easy to do even more to help save the earth, and Generation Green shows you how.
It doesn't matter if you can't vote or drive. Your efforts -- big or small -- will contribute to saving the planet.
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National Green Education Foundation
Waste-Free Snacks & Lunches: combined totals will be tallied and posted on the GEF website on Earth Day
Energy Reduction Challenge: Students will audit their classrooms, find energy leaks and correct them to reduce
Idle Free Week: Encourage all parents and bus drivers to turn off their ignitions when wait time is longer than 20 seconds.
energy consumption at school and at home.
Lights-out Classrooms:Teachers are encouraged to turn off the lights.
Walk/Bike/Carpool Week:Students and their families will make a concerted effort to walk, bike and/or carpool for the week.
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Maltz Museum of Jewish Heritage: WHAT WILL YOU DO TO STOP HATRED AND
DISCRIMINATION? After disease, humanity's deadliest scourge has always been hate...
hate has killed hundreds of millions. It knows no season and no limit. It is irrational
and it is deadly. It is in us all. And it will live forever - unless we choose to stop it.
The Maltz Museum of Jewish Heritage challenges students in grades 6-12 to take
personal responsibility to combat hatred, discrimination and intolerance by participating
in the Stop the Hate: Youth Speak Out! essay contest. Please visit the museum's website
Museum of Jewish Heritage is pleased to announce the third annual Stop The Hate! Youth Speak Out essay
contest for students in grades 6-12; students in seven Northeast Ohio counties are eligible to win $100,000 in
college scholarships and prizes. This important initiative supports our mission to build bridges of appreciation, tolerance and
understanding between persons of all religions, races, cultures and ethnic backgrounds.
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Pennies for Peace, an international service-learning program with tens of thousands ofparticipants around the globe. Pennies for Peace gives you the tools to open your world and empower
communities through education in Pakistan and Afghanistan! Pennies for Peace receives Mom’s Choice Award.
WATCH Pennies for Peace video created by Students News Action Network:
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PlayPumps International’s mission is help improve the lives of children and their
families by providing easy access to clean drinking water, enhancing public health, and
offering play equipment to millions across Africa. Help us spread the word about Campaign:
can create your very own fundraiser for PlayPumps International. For addtional info:
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Sierra Student Coalition: Whether you're brand-new to activism or you've been
organizing for years, the Sierra Student Coalition offers many ways to plug into the youth clean energy movement:
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Serve.gov: This website is a new portal for Americans to find your own ways to serve in your
own communities. Just choose your keyword - "education," "environment," or whatever interests you - and type
in your zip code to see what opportunities our partner organizations have in your area. Americans are putting
their own country back on the right track, be a part of it.
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Teens for Planet Earth: T4PE is a social networking site for teens who want
to protect our planet. Choose a project, connect with others, and make a difference.
Green Quiz: You tell people you care about the planet, but are your actions matching your words?
Take this fun quiz to find out how well you're doing now, and also get some ideas of more things you
can do on your own. Once you know how you score, move on to Projects to find out how to do a sevice-learning
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Youth Service America 
100 Ways To Make A Difference In Your Community:
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GAP YEAR PROGRAMS: A Gap Year is a period between high school and the beginning of college.
Crossing Borders Global Studies (Scandinavian Seminar runs programs in Denmark)