Youth members of Jer's Vision: Canada's Youth Diversity Initiative have started a new project called: VISION News.  VISION News celebrates diverse events in the National Capital Region that often go unheard of. One of a kind, this news show allows youth to talk about the issues of diversity and discrimination in a new way, that gives the the opportunity to learn about issues, engage in new communities and celebrate all persons.   

The purpose of this project, initiated by a small group of conscientious teenagers, (Team Gaia), is to help other young voices, our own ages, affect change, by motivating, and educating people everywhere on the topic near and dear to our hearts: healthy eating.

Youth Mic, WKCR 89.9 FM New York A teen radio program airing since June of 2005. With the technical support of fantastic WKCR staff, high school and middle school-aged Youth Mic producers create a weekly, live, half-hour talk show on issues important to teens, from Spoken Wordand Poetry to Pet Peeves to Metal Detectors in Schools. Listen: Monday nights from 9-9:30pm, live on 89.9FM New York or streamed on www.wkcr.org. All of the shows are also archived on our website at www.wkcr.org --> Archives --> Youth Mic Archives.

The San Antonio East Side neighborhood is plagued with issues of poverty, low-wages, environmental contamination and few positive activities for youth. The area lacks resources like libraries, recreational facilities, grocery stores or banks.

OASIS was created to address the lack of science literacy that plagues middle school students in the nation.

The mission of TeensLead, L.L.C. is to connect New Orleans area students and incoming volunteers to beautification and service projects in New Orleans; and to further develop individual leadership skills. We intend on achieving this through three goals. 1) Connecting local high school students with service projects in New Orleans. Most New Orleans high school students require service hours to complete their high school education. TeensLead will not only supply service requirements through separate service projects, but re-acquaint local students with their community.

When a tsunami wreaked havoc on Indonesia two years ago, the tragedy struck home. I, too, live in a disaster-prone community. Tsunamis, earthquakes, and volcanic eruptions are all highly plausible occurrences. I wanted to do something to ensure that if a natural disaster struck my community, families would be prepared. I looked for materials that would instruct young children on what to do and what to expect in an emergency. I checked the library, wondering if there were any storybooks about natural disasters, but found none.

Beaches are extremely polluted places, so I have been working to clean our local beaches almost every week. I also hosted the International Coastal Cleanup for our local beaches and several community cleanups. We remove all kinds of garbage like plastics, cigarette butts, bottle caps and other very detrimental items like rope, 6 pack rings, oil containers. These items endanger our wildlife and every piece of garbage disposed of properly may save animals, birds or fish from dangerous entanglement or perhaps indirectly improve our health.