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Students from accross the U.S. converged in Portland, Oregon for the Global Citizen Corps Annual Leadership Summit. Check out some photos from their week!

America's Next Inspiration:

50 Young Champions for women

White Ribbon Alliance is calling for America's next generation of powerful and inspiring young women to be part of The Women: Inspiration & Enterprise (W.I.E.) Symposium and we need your help. We have reserved fifty seats for young women between the ages of 18-25 and are asking you to encourage young women who you believe are America’s Next Inspiration to apply.

Eight young changemakers will be chosen as winners of our annual Staples Youth Social Entrepreneurship Competition and invited to present at the first TEDxYSE event in Washington, D.C.

Wondering how you can help in the effort to curb climate change? 350.org, an international organization dedicated to finding global solutions to the climate crisis, is offering a number of ways in which kids, students and adults alike can get involved.

Recipient of over 24 international awards including Best Documentary at the Hollywood Film Festival, Garbage Dreams follows three teenage boys and a dream. Situated on the outskirts of Cairo, in a village literally made of trash, the boys belong to a group of 60,000 people called the 'Zabbaleen', or 'Garbage People', who survive by recycling over 80% of the garbage they collect.

Have you entered the Africa RuralConnect Essay Contest yet? This summer, Africa Rural Connect has partnered with the World Policy Journal to give you avenue to express your opinions on broader food security policies in Africa.

Are you a teen who cares about the environment? Or a teen who supports human rights?  There are summer camps for teens who like volleyball or theater or want to lose weight. But what about for youth like you who want to make a difference in addressing issues that are important to you and your community?

Africa Rural Connect, a program of the National Peace Corps Association, in conjunction with World Policy Journal, recently launched an essay contest. Africa Rural Connect wants to hear your insights on how to approach the larger issue of food security in rural Africa. The contest runs from June 1, 2010 to July 31, 2010.

The American Friends Service Committee and National Priorities Project are sponsoring a youth video project to help young people (high school and college age) enter the cost-of-war discussion.