Form an institutional partnership between academia and the non-profit sector

Points of focus:

1)Education:  Teach them something worthwhile. 

...because the school system isn't enough

2)Activity: Make them do something. 

No educational technique is more effective than the real work.

3)Opportunity: Help them get where they want to be. 

All of our campaigns and projects must provide worthwhile, tangible, benefits for participating in the project.

First Campaign:  

Name: Loose Change for Climate Change

A collegian operated fundraising campaign which raises money to put renewable energy on campuses of all grade levels at a price competitive with conventional utility companies.

Objective I: to create leaders for our movement

(Education)Collegian Age students are taught how to lead discussions and mentor their youngers through leadership courses 

(Activity) College students are placed into situations where these skills will be tested and further developed. (what types of activities?)

(opportunity) leading discussions, participating in strategic planning, and learning how to lead and work in small groups are invaluable skills in the workplace. Outstanding leaders in the program will be offered the opportunity to be a part of the permanent staff.

The momentum created by this camapaign will be  channeled into continually escalating civic involvement through the formation of long-lasting partnerships between colleges, grade schools, and community development organizations.(see objective II)

Objective II:  to ensure the movement's continuity by carving out a niche in the pre-existing societal infrastructure. (particularly in the part of the infrastructure responsible for acculturation, social conditioning, and intellectual engagement)

(education) providing educational enrichment modules tailored to fit any need, intensity, or time frame. Clubs, courses, lectures, after-school programs, summer camps, and, where applicable, full-day, full-year, classroom involvement.

(Activity) democracy, justice, leadership, and democracy. creativity, experiential learning. global consciousness, universal compassion. activism. making an impact. wake up! bla blah to be filled in later. COMMUNITY and CIVIC INVOLVMENT IS THE CORE. playing an active role in one's community, approaching the community's problems creatively, and with a strong sense of )))) is the core element to the cirriculum. creativty

(opportunity) act as a long-term change agent for the education system: providing a flexible medium for assisting school communities adapt to societal, macro-economic, environmental, and technological changes and challenges.

Objective III: establish economic independence

(Education) participants gain confidence, insight,  ambition and practical organizational skills by having the opportunity to participate in all aspects of the organization (including economic). Economic Empowerment. They learn firsthand the whole chain of a large organization. Potentially seeding then leading their own organization in the future. study bill mollison's funding the revolution (each organization is part of the Organism or network)

(Activity) (1)Become a supplier of renewable energy, energy auditor, and building retrofitter for the communities we organize. (1) Use pre-existing funds and skillsets to create a non-profit hedge fund. (2)Create an insurance company for non-profit workers.  (2) create a non-profit / humanitarian venture capital fund to spin-off seed companies and organizations.  *Use the profits to maintain the organization.*

(opportunity) Economic Empowerment. 

Objective IV: Make it viral.

Establish Contact with other organizations.

Partner with them. (example of this would be SEAC and the NLC// BCD// City Year)

Give them our ideas.

Publish our ideas.

Make it as visible as possible.

Make it as wide and as strong/long as possible.

Structure and processes

"The Organizm"

See diagram.

to come...

Initiative