HOW DO I IGNITE A LOCAL YOUTH MOVEMENT?

- Becoming A Local Youth Voice - Connecting AIESEC To Our Local

Communities - Igniting A Local Youth Movement

S U M M E R S T E E R I N G T E A M 2 0 1 5 | A I E S E C U N I T E D S TAT E S

CON T E XT

AIESEC is still the world’s “best kept secret” Disconnection between ER activities & day-to-day operations

The Steering Team came together to discuss what it would look like if we connected our ER strategies with issues facing our local communities to spark youth movements.

HOW DO I, AS AN LCP, SPARK A MOVEMENT?

What if we centered our exchange operations around the issues facing our local communities & collaborated with organizations already tackling them?

E X A M P L E

Over the next few slides, we have shown examples of issues in our local communities that exist today and possible collaborations

SAN LUIS OBISPO

Main Issues: 1. Diversity 2. Environmental Sustainability 3. Social Justice - LGBT rights,

Feminism 4. Poverty - Homelessness

Collaborations:

APPALACHIAN STATE

Main Issues: 1. Sexual Violence 2. Environmental Sustainability 3. HIV AIDS 4. Poverty 5. Entrepreneurship

Collaborations:

MICHIGAN

Main Issues: 1. Entrepreneurship 2. Minority Rights

Collaborations:

1. Pinpoint the major issues facing your community 2. Find organizations already trying to tackle these issues.

3. Connect the issues with exchange 4. START A MOVEMENT :)

W H AT ABO UT YO U R LO C A L R E A L IT Y ?