action manual - what is NGC?
New Global Citizen's mission is to mobilize young people in the United States to help solve the world's biggest problems. Our programs motivate high school students in the United States to ask "Why does half the world live in poverty? Why don't 1.2 billion people have access to clean water? Why do 1,200 children die every hour from preventable diseases?" Young people want answers and we want to be part of the solution. America's “Millennial” Generation (born 1980-1995) is the wealthiest, most connected and most diverse generation in our history. There are nearly 71 million people under the age of 25 in the U.S. and we collectively control over $211 billion in spending annually. We represent nearly every country, religion, and language on earth. Over 95% of this country's high school students make regular use of the internet to chat, email, and connect with friends and family worldwide. Given all these factors, young people are uniquely poised to tackle the world's greatest problems.
New Global Citizens exists to harness this potential. We believe that this generation - in partnership with communities around the world - has the power and will to end global poverty. Using the ten major global challenges as a framework, we have created clubs to educate, train, inspire and mobilize high school students for a life-long commitment to global change. As members of a Global Action Club , young people become educators, philanthropists, and advocates to support grassroots projects around the world. In the 2007-2008 school year, there will be over 75 Global Action Clubs around the U.S.—in the San Francisco Bay Area, Los Angeles, Chicago, and New York. In Phoenix, clubs will be run in partnership with Youth Re:Action Corps. Current club members are working to educate, advocate and raise funds for vetted projects that combat child labor, lack of access to water, and the AIDS pandemic, to name a few. New Global Citizens' participants are proving that young people are an essential part of the answer to the world's greatest challenges. More information on who is NGC is available here. |
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