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It is endorsed by the contest criteria of the National Association of Secondary School Principals and is designed to foster patriotism by allowing students the opportunity to voice their opinion in a three- to five-minute essay based on an annual theme. Historically, the Voice of Democracy theme (chosen by the VFW Commander-in-Chief annually ...
The Do the Write Thing Challenge (or DtWT) is a writing program for junior high students organized by the U.S. National Campaign to Stop Violence. [1] [2] [3] Intended to reduce youth violence, the Do the Write Thing Essay Challenge Program began in 1994 as a local program in Washington, D.C. and expanded in 1996 to other cities.
The foundation established the award in 1989, as an essay contest for juniors and seniors in 4-year accredited colleges in the United States. The contest "challenges college students in the U.S. to submit essays on the urgent and complex ethical issues that confront us in the modern earth."
On Dec. 7 at North Henderson High School, 11th grader Citlally Diaz, 17, was honored for winning one of just four $3,000 scholarship grand prize awards out of thousands of entries across the country.
The United States Senate Youth Program (USSYP) is an annual scholarship competition sponsored jointly by the U.S. Senate and the William Randolph Hearst Foundation. After a testing and interview process, two high school students are selected from each state, the District of Columbia , and the Department of Defense's overseas educational ...
The YMCA Youth and Government program was established in 1936 in New York by Clement A. Duran, then the Boys Work Secretary for the Albany YMCA. [5] The program motto, “Democracy must be learned by each generation,” was taken from a quote by Earle T. Hawkins, the founder of the Maryland Youth and Government program.
Other International youth rights organizations include Article 12 in Scotland and K.R.A.T.Z.A. in Germany. In Malta, the voting age has been lowered to 16 in 2018 to vote in national and European Parliament elections. [12] The European Youth Portal is the starting place for the European Union's youth policy, with Erasmus+ as one of its key ...
The Youth Voices on China online video contest was launched in 2014 and was one of the 1990 Institute's signature education initiatives to foster better global awareness among young people and inspire them to think deeply about U.S.-China relations. The contest offered $30,000 in cash and prizes and was open to residents age 13–25 in the U.S ...