GlobalYouthConnect.org
Title
Global Youth Connect: Acting Together for Compassion, Human Rights & Responsibility
Description
"How can we expect things to get better if we don't take responsibility for making them better? The work of individuals together can add up to a powerful force for change."
In 1997, young people and leaders in the fields of human rights and genocide prevention gathered together, intent on finding new ways to prevent the crimes against humanity then ravaging the former Yugoslavia, Rwanda, and other zones of conflict around the world. As a result, a group of international young leaders bonded together to build an organization whose goal would be to prevent such atrocities from occurring in the first place.
The answer was clear: the key to preventing massive violations of human rights and protecting basic freedoms lies in organizing the world's youth to take action. Thus, Global Youth Connect (GYC) was born. Today, our programs and activities are challenging youth to work to transform the world around them.
