global youth allies

We, at TTC, believe that a strong antidote to fear, depression, apathy, and despair is the discovery of empowerment through taking action for something one feels deeply about, and working with others for positive change.

When young people begin to identify and deconstruct their issues they begin to see how they are interconnected with global issues. Often, out of this realization an excitement is born and a passion to take action for change. This adds meaning to their lives, and creates responsible citizens and an empowered sense of self in an interdependent world.

In 2001, the Daughters Sisters Project, the mother organization of Teen Talking Circles, and a group of teens from our project awarded Tenzin Tetsen Choklay, a young Tibetan activist, $100 and a proclamation from the Mayor of Bainbridge Island for his efforts on behalf of the Tibetan people living in exile in India. This seemingly small gift, reaching across the globe, had such powerful, positive repercussions for Tenzin, that Global Youth Allies was born.

today, we support the following in various ways

Full Woman, a empowering multi-media project consisting of portraits of women of all ages worldwide for distribution to women's and girl's serving organizations worldwide. Due out in late 2009 or early 2010.

The Shambhali Trust, an organization supporting Dahlit girls and women in Jodhpur Rajastha, India. In 2007, we facilitated a Girls and Women's Talking Circle. A short video of this will soon be viewable from this site.

The Setrawa Project, a school for village youth, Rajasthan, India

African Youth Parliament, a program for impoverished children and teens in Togo, Africa.

Casa de la Imagination, a youth center, Yelapa Jalisco, Mexico

we have underwritten and/or supported the following

Global Uprising: Stories from a New Generation of Activists, a book, published by New Society Publishers (2001), used as a textbook in many high schools, colleges and universities world-wide.

Global Uprising: A 10-week study of the book, Global Uprsing, at the Seattle Girl's School; and a 6-week study of the book at Colorado Springs School District middle school.

Earth Activist Training, a permaculture design course

A film on the Huichol Indians in preparation for a youth exchange program to create a teen talking circle in the San Andrea Mountains bringing young people together to share cultural awareness with this tribal people.

Women & Youths Empowerment, a nonprofit in Lagos, Nigeria.