Partner: Jóvenes en Acción

Jóvenes en Acción, a program from the partnership of the Department of State, the Secretaría de Educación Pública (SEP), and various private sector representatives, World Learning and its U.S. community partners hosted sixty-five Mexican high school students ages 15-18 for a five-week educational exchange opportunity in the United States from July 9-August 11, 2011.

Main Program Goals:
-Promote mutual understanding between the people of the United States and Mexico


-Empower participants to utilize their youth leadership and civic engagement skills to become positive forces for social change throughout Mexico


-Equip participants with the tools they will need to successfully implement tailor-made community service projects in their home towns


-Inform participants about how non-governmental organizations and youth leaders approach issues related to gangs, violence, substance abuse, and the culture of lawfulness in the United States


-Improve the English language and cross-cultural communication skills of Mexico’s next generation

Youth participants of Jóvenes en Acción that visited Chicago partnered with World Chicago, a non-profit organization that provides the local community with a unique opportunity to build business relationships and lasting friendships with visitors from around the world.
 

Funders

The Chain of Change is supported in part by Beth Emet Synagogue Tzedakah Fund, Chicago Foundation for Women, Crossroads Fund, Early to Bed, Elizabeth Morse Charitable Trust, Illinois Humanities Council, Leo S. Guthman Fund, McCormick Foundation, Ms. Foundation for Women, Polk Bros. Foundation, Sahara Enterprises, Inc. and Weitz Funds. This project is partially supported by the Illinois Arts Council, a State Agency; a CityArts Program 2 grant from the City of Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs; and the City of Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs Cultural Outreach Program. The Chain of Change project is also made possible by our generous individual donors.