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Announcing the Design for Change 2017 Winning Team!!!
Washington Elementary from Sandpoint, ID and their project to address youth suicide in their community... Learn More
Washington Elementary from Sandpoint, ID and their project to address youth suicide in their community... Learn More
How It Works
Young people from around the United States do projects in their community that not only improve lives but help them build their character. Learn more...
Design for Change is a simple framework:
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FEEL
Empathy
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imagine
Creativity
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do
Initiative
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Share
Reflection
We empower
To Help Young People Be The Change
We do this through...
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training
In person or online training for teachers and mentors on the DFC approach so they can get start projects with their students in just hours.
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curriculum
Dozens of easy to use activities for different age groups, each 30 or 60 minutes long and focused on specific 21st century skills.
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support
Easy to use web portal including project management tools, case studies with impact analyses, webinars and a handy toolkit to get started easily!
I very enthusiastically support Design for Change USA because it powerfully mobilizes the wisdom and energy of youth to strengthen communities. It both develops key capacities and ethical commitments in youth and has the potential to improve communities in countless ways.
- Rick Weissbourd
Senior Lecturer on Education, Harvard Graduate School of Education
They have really taken to the FIDS model, and even use it to help resolve conflicts in the classroom/on the playground, and solve problems at home. It is wonderful to see how empowering this is for children.
- Erin Threlfell
Teacher, United Nations International School, NY
This experience is the type of activating experience that our students can really grab on to, and really feel inspired by, and continue to develop projects that impact their community…because once one project is implemented and students see the way they can impact their community, it becomes something they continue to want to do!
- Tara HarringtonTeacher, Teach for AmericaDesign for Change USA 2013 Winning Team