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Join us at the at the City Club Seattle Colleen Willoughby Youth Civic Education Awards on November 15 to celebrate the winners and participate in a lively exchange of ideas about best practices in youth civic education. Ashoka Seattle will have a table with resources to get involved in our Youth Venture program–a premier program for [...]
Continue Reading →Are you interested in volunteering? Or are you already volunteering with us and just want a little wine and cheese? Then come to our Volunteer Night on November 8, 5:30-6:30pm at our new home in Pioneer Square (directions below)! This is a meet-and-greet style event for new and current volunteers, and will include an orientation [...]
Continue Reading →Check out the photos from yesterday’s Be a Changemaker event! If you missed out you can still donate online! Practically half of Seattle turned out for Ashoka Seattle’s 3rd annual ‘Be c Changemaker’ event. 5 youth venture teams were set up to greet guests as they arrived: Seattle Spirit, Post Cards from Farr Away, [...]
Continue Reading →Ashoka Seattle is proud to again partner with the 2012 Social Innovation Fast Pitch competition! (SIFP). Youth Venture teams began creating and honing their five minute pitches all the way back in June. After the dust settled from the Quarterfinal competition on September 5th, seven teams remained. Those seven will all be competing next Wednesday, [...]
Continue Reading →Originally article can be found here or here: http://www.forbes.com/sites/ashoka/2012/06/18/three-insights-from-seattles-young-entrepreneurs/ See the video from the showcase here Top 3 lessons from Ashoka Seattle Youth Venture Showcase 1. Young social entrepreneurs see big potential in small things. For example, one girl sold bracelets to raise money for her initiative. She couldn’t charge much for each bracelet, but she could sell [...]
Continue Reading →Over 84 youth led social ventures participated in the second Ashoka Seattle Youth Venture Showcase last evening at Cleveland High school. That’s a record for anybody who is keeping track. In addition there were over 500 guests that actively ‘invested’ and selected winners. 36 teams represented Cleveland High School, and 48 teams came from over [...]
Continue Reading →Youth Ultimate Project (YUP) won 1st place in our February Showcase! Read their story below, and RSVP for the Youth Ultimate Project fundraiser dinner and silent auction this Sunday, June 3. ————– Two years ago, Chris Trinh and four of his high school friends sat in a living room to outline their summer plans. “We started with the very [...]
Continue Reading →75+ high Seattle school teams showcase, seek funding for social ventures May 31st – Ashoka Seattle Youth Venture Showcase Contact: Jill Eikenhorst (jeikenhorst@ashoka.org) Register for the Event: http://www.ashokaseattle.org/showcaseregistration/ When: May 31, 2012, 5:30pm-7:30pm Where: Cleveland High School 5511 15th Ave S. Seattle, WA 98108 Ashoka Seattle Youth Venture helps young people launch and lead their [...]
Continue Reading →For Cleveland senior David Coven, getting accepted to college was the easy part. Tackling the rising cost of college tuition, on the other hand, was a far bigger challenge. Like millions of students who apply to college each year, Coven scoured scholarship websites and student loan programs to help fund his education. “[As students] we [...]
Continue Reading →As of today there are only 5 spots available for the July session of the Youth Venture Summer Camp! Space is limited but the doors the camp will open for you and your venture are endless! The camp lasts five days and gives youth the chance to come up with their own ventures with the [...]
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