Leaders 4 Social Change Leaders 4SC is a summer workshop for middle school (rising 5th to 9th grade) students on leadership, communication, decision-making, and advocacy. Our goal is to train the next generation of civic leaders: members of a community who actively participate in society. The program saw immense growth throughout the past two years. […]
To our staff, students, supporters, and the wider community, we want to loudly reaffirm that Black Lives Matter. We must not remain silent as our struggling, hurt, and much too flawed democracy continues to oppress, subjugate, and murder its Black citizens. As the leaders of an organization committed to healthier, more equitable democracies: democracies that […]
United 4 Social Change has a number of exciting programs coming up this spring and summer for students of all age groups. Whether students and parents are looking for one-day activities, a virtual camp, online courses, or public speaking competitions, U4SC has excellent opportunities for students to stay engaged and develop new skills during this […]
https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-u4sc039s-online-youth-programs I am urgently hoping to secure support for us to keep helping the massive influx of students and teachers that have come to us in the past few days to cope with the overnight scrambling of the education system. We are a local (501c3) nonprofit that runs affordable civics educational activities for youth. We […]
Dear families, I first want to extend my sympathies and condolences, and offer my solidarity to everyone all around the world whose lives have been upended by the global health crisis these past few months. We realize that parents and students have many difficult decisions to take in the coming weeks, and part of that […]
I started working at U4SC in June of 2018. Since then I have gone from doing tasks like fixing little things on the website and answering student inquiries to writing curriculum for a new program or onboarding others for one of our other programs in my year and some odd months at U4SC. The experience […]
My experience with U4SC has been terrific. Over the summer I was connected with a great group of people, grew in many ways, and acquired a sense of accomplishment after working. This being said, when I was offered an opportunity to continue at U4SC, I was more than thrilled to be able to continue. Working […]
Thanks in part to the Harvardwood Heroes grant, we were able to greatly expand our workshop offerings and presented to almost 1,250 students since May 2018! We were able to keep our budget-low by partnering with other nonprofits and educational institutions to host our workshops. Students participated in a variety of interactive workshops that centered on building […]
