Youth

Youth Civic Engagement KC

Kansas City Area School and Youth Groups are Invited to take advantage of powerful opportunity for youth develolpment and leadership

AFSC's Youth Civic Engagement work in Kansas City had a great year and we are looking for groups to collaborate with for programs for 2013-2014. We anticipate that after this year's excellent experiences we will have many more requests from groups wishing to participate next year, so contact us soon.

KC Youth Lobby in DC

Youth from the Whatsoever Community Center, KCMO made lobby visits to the offices of Congressman Cleaver and Blunt as part of the national screening and advocacy actions at the "If I Had a Trillion Dollars" Youth Film Festival. (To view a gallery of photos from the event, click here.)

Youth represent Kansas City at the “If I Had a Trillion Dollars” National Film Festival in Washington, D.C. 

KC "If I Could Change the World" Spoken Word Youth

KC "If I Could Change the World" Spoken Word Youth Performed at The Writers Place on March 23, 2013

American Friends Service Committee’s (AFSC) “If I Could Change the World” Spoken Word project is getting attention all over the Kansas City area. AFSC Program Coordinator Ira Harritt and Peace Interns Joshua Smith, Isabella Fassi, and Pearl Webb, carried out the project to encourage and engage young people in social action. The project was conducted in collaboration with The Writers Place and area spoken word artists.

KC IHTD Presentation

AFSC Peace Interns Pearl Webb and Isabella Fassi conduct an If I Had A Trillion Dollars youth film training at Paseo High School

The Intern will work with AFSC staff and volunteers to support Kansas City AFSC peace campaigns and engage youth from after-school, faith, and high school settings in creative peacemaking and social change (e.g. If I Had A Trillion Dollars youth Film Festival and the If I Could Change The World Spoken Word Project). Activities will focus on: increasing activism; promoting understanding of militarism and economic injustice; exposing ways corporations and the 1% control U.S.

Jasmine with reporter

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Believing All is Possible (BAPS) participant Jasmine shows a photo of her father to a reporter inside the West Virginia Capitol Building in Charleston, WV.

Photo: Beth Spence

“I want to share with you a little bit about my life because I hope that maybe if I speak up, people who make the decisions that affect so many people’s lives will listen.”