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Be a Changemaker : How to Start Something That Matters

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Be a Changemaker : How to Start Something That Matters Paperback - 2014

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ISBN: 9781582704647

by Laurie Ann Thompson; Foreword by Bill Drayton

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For teens who wish make a difference in their community or even the world, this inspiring guide empowers them with the confidence and knowledge they need to affect real change. Prompted by engaging youth profiles, step-by-step exercises, and practical tips, teens can start making a difference today.

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Title Be a Changemaker : How to Start Something That Matters
Author Laurie Ann Thompson; Foreword by Bill Drayton
Binding Paperback
Condition Used - Good
Pages 240
Volumes 1
Language ENG
Publisher Simon Pulse/Beyond Words
Publication date 2014-09-16
Illustrated Yes
Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Price on Product - Canadian, Table of Contents
Bookseller's Inventory # 6408261-6
ISBN 9781582704647 / 1582704643
Weight 0.45 lbs (0.20 kg)
Dimensions 8.2 x 5.5 x 0.7 in (20.83 x 13.97 x 1.78 cm)
Age range 12 to 17 years
Grade levels 7 - 12
Reading level 1130
Category Young Adult Misc. Nonfiction
Library of Congress subjects Political participation, Leadership
Library of Congress Catalogue Number 2013044580
Dewey Decimal Code 361.2
Quantity available 1

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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!

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Booklist, 10/01/2014, Page 44
Kirkus Reviews, 06/15/2014, Page 116
Publishers Weekly, 09/29/2014, Page 0
Voice of Youth Advocates, 10/01/2014, Page 95

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