Students Call for Social Change empowers young people to express what’s on their mind and call the public to action. Through a series of courses at Union College and through independent projects, participants write and publish blogs and books to inspire the change they wish to see in their world. I the process they become published authors.
The books in this series are sold on Amazon and all proceeds are donated to C.O.C.O.A House, an after-school mentoring program in Schenectady, NY. We keep the price of the books low ($9.50). Anyone who can’t afford the book, can e-mail GenerationNow@union.edu for a complimentary copy.
This initiative is driven by the belief that we need to hear the voices of today’s young people—who we are calling Generation Now. What is on their minds? What concerns them? What have they experienced? And what change do they wish to see in their lives? By spreading their words through the largest book distribution platform in the world, we hope to connect individuals of all ages and from all parts of the world, build community through personal stories that come from the heart, and, over time, build a movement meant to emphasize the importance of people-centered and fearlessly courageous change.
This effort is focused on the concept of the “everyday changemaker.” The term—driven today by the Ashoka organization and Case Foundation—implies a sense of agency over one’s own life and the communities in which we live. “Everyday changemaking” comes from a deeply human and honest place of meaning-making and civic purpose that begins with us.
The creator of this project, Christine Henseler, a professor at Union College, NY, hopes to inspire the next generation of changemakers by providing them with a safe community to support authentic self-reflection, with the design thinking tools to work through their ideas, with the skills to research and write effectively, with the know-how to use the power of self-publishing technology and social media, and with the courage to call others to action.
If you would like to contribute in any way, just e-mail GenerationNow@union.edu.
The books in this series are sold on Amazon and all proceeds are donated to C.O.C.O.A House, an after-school mentoring program in Schenectady, NY. We keep the price of the books low ($9.50). Anyone who can’t afford the book, can e-mail GenerationNow@union.edu for a complimentary copy.
This initiative is driven by the belief that we need to hear the voices of today’s young people—who we are calling Generation Now. What is on their minds? What concerns them? What have they experienced? And what change do they wish to see in their lives? By spreading their words through the largest book distribution platform in the world, we hope to connect individuals of all ages and from all parts of the world, build community through personal stories that come from the heart, and, over time, build a movement meant to emphasize the importance of people-centered and fearlessly courageous change.
This effort is focused on the concept of the “everyday changemaker.” The term—driven today by the Ashoka organization and Case Foundation—implies a sense of agency over one’s own life and the communities in which we live. “Everyday changemaking” comes from a deeply human and honest place of meaning-making and civic purpose that begins with us.
The creator of this project, Christine Henseler, a professor at Union College, NY, hopes to inspire the next generation of changemakers by providing them with a safe community to support authentic self-reflection, with the design thinking tools to work through their ideas, with the skills to research and write effectively, with the know-how to use the power of self-publishing technology and social media, and with the courage to call others to action.
If you would like to contribute in any way, just e-mail GenerationNow@union.edu.
