Be a Changemaker: How to Start Something That Matters (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781582704654)

Empower yourself in today's highly connected, socially conscious world as you learn how to wield your passions, digital tools, and the principles of social entrepreneurship to affect real change in your schools, communities, and beyond.

At age eleven, Jessica Markowitz learned that girls in Rwanda are often not allowed to attend school, and Richards Rwanda took shape.

During his sophomore year of high school, Zach Steinfeld put his love of baking to good use and started the Baking for Breast Cancer Club.

Do you wish you could make a difference in your community or even the world? Are you one of the millions of high school teens with a service-learning requirement? Either way, Be a Changemaker will empower you with the confidence and knowledge you need to affect real change. You'll find all the tools you need right here--through engaging youth profiles, step-by-step exercises, and practical tips, you can start making a difference today.

This inspiring guide will teach you how to research ideas, build a team, recruit supportive adults, fundraise, host events, work the media, and, most importantly, create lasting positive change. Apply lessons from the business world to problems that need solving and become a savvy activist with valuable skills that will benefit you for a lifetime!

Author: Laurie Ann Thompson
ISBN-10: 1582704651
ISBN-13: 9781582704654
Publisher: Simon Pulse/Beyond Words
Language: English
Published: 09/16/2014
Pages: 240
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.73lbs
Size: 8.75h x 5.75w x 0.89d

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 8
Point Value: 10
Interest Level: Middle Grade Plus
Quiz #/Name: 168922 / Be a Changemaker: How to Start Something That Matters

Award: Cybils - Finalist
Award: Moonbeam Children's Book Award - Gold Medal Winner

Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 06/15/2014
Voice of Youth Advocates 10/01/2014 - Recommended - Better Than Most
Booklist 10/01/2014 pg. 44
Publishers Weekly 09/29/2014 pg. 101
School Library Journal 11/01/2014 pg. 138