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Stone Soup Leadership Institute
Youth - Community Leadership
Case Studies
2002 Oakland: Young Heroes + Media
The Institute conducted a four-month program by building public-private
partnerships with schools, civic and community organizations.
• Students at Fremont Media Academy (200) used the Institute's
educational curriculum in language arts classes to learn about people
who became heroes by helping others, meet a local hero and write stories
about heroes. The project radically changed their idea of "who is a
hero" and inspired them to help others.
• Students produced an inspiring video -- Oakland: In Search
of Heroes that was premiered at our Oakland event, aired on local
TV and won a National TV Academy Award.
• Launched Young Heroes of Oakland contest;
• Organized youth-community service projects;
• Hosted Celebration of Heroes: 10 Oakland youth received awards,
college scholarships;
• Created positive about Oakland: prime-time news on ALL Bay Area
TV stations.
• Awardee Damon Witts was featured on KRON-TV's Beating the Odds
-- received $50,000 from viewers towards his college fund.
Now more than ever, our young people need to believe
that one person -- that they can make a difference. They need to see
them on TV and in the news. This project inspired my students and gave
them hands-on experience: finding, showcasing, and becoming -- a hero
in their own community. Together we will stop the violence and build
a better world.
Michael Jackson, teacher, Oakland
1999: Cincinnati: Racially Divided City
The Institute conducted a four-month program including training teens
and community leaders from 25 different organizations. Hosted by the
Smith Family Foundation (SFF) with Big Brothers, Big Sisters, this resulted
in:
• Building bridges among people with different races, political,
economic backgrounds and increased collaboration among diverse people/organizations
to address common goals;
• Connected State Senator with constituency to create apprenticeship
programs and develop youth-police partnerships;
• Students joined Institute's International Youth Council to identify
teens for next book.
• SFF now hosts annual awards event honoring and funding heroes
helping youth;
• SFF has $1.5 million capital campaign for the Urban Appalachian
Council, Cincinnati organization featured in the 1999 Institute.
Marianne Larned and the Institute, made a powerful
and lasting contribution to Cincinnati. The Leadership Training provides
a unique framework for our community to teach our children the important
lesson of helping others and working together to help our city.
Mike Sweeney, Big Brothers Big Sisters Cincinnati
Young Heroes of Oakland interviewed for TV
1999: Teens + Education Curriculum
Institute's educational curriculum
Piloted by Teens: YMCA in 8 states -- Transforming Young Lives in
120 Communities Around the World
Teen volunteers used the Stone Soup for the World education curriculum
with middle-school students to help improve reading skills, stimulate
thoughtful discussions about values and engage them in doing good deeds.
If we can engage more youth in service learning
through Stone Soup for the World we can eradicate the incidence of youth
violence in our homes, schools, neighborhoods and our country.
Antoinette Mensah, Director, Milwaukee YMCA
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2002-2004:The Leadership Institute's
International Youth Leadership Council
The International Youth Leadership Council features young people in Stone Soup for the Teen World who are collaborating on the Youth Leadership Initiative - a multi-faceted, media-oriented grassroots project that will ignite the heroic spirit in millions of young people. The Initiative culminates with a 10-city media tour, our 2nd annual Celebration of Heroes Awards Ceremony in Oakland and the launch of Stone Soup for the Teen World.
The International Youth Leadership project has
great magnitude and affects countless teens. Documentating the human
condition through stories in Stone Soup for the Teen World is an inspiration
and awakening of the power each person has to change the world. I invite
you to help us create a powerful network of teens who share a passion
for service and are inspired by the altruism of others.
Kedar Shah, 18, San Mateo
The Stone Soup Leadership Institute is very important to me personally,
my teachers and school and my city. By working with the Institute I
find encouragement from other teens like me who want to make a difference.
The Stone Soup movement can help cities a lot, especially Cincinnati.
It's a chance to unite people that might not otherwise meet. It's a
chance to build bridges between different backgrounds and schools.
Kristin Dickhoner, 17, Cincinnati
1996-2000: Martha's Vineyard:
Celebration of Heroes
The Institute created a learning laboratory by building public-private
partnerships with schools, civic and community organizations.
• Conducting trainings for educators to use the Institute's education
curriculum in language arts, social studies, community service classes;
• Organizing youth-community service projects
• Hosting annual educational community events
• Catalyzing health care coalition, regional transportation, low-income
housing coalition
• Organizing a year-long Celebration of Heroes program to honor
local heroes for doing good deeds, which culminated with the first "Academy Awards of Service" hosted by Walter Cronkite, an inspiring televised
event with celebrities and musical performers.
The Institute's Legacy Awards:
Carry on the legacy of Mahatma Gandhi, Eleanor Roosevelt, Cesar Chavez,
Dr. King
In 2000, the Institute presented the first Eleanor Roosevelt Award to
17 year-old Jainaba Burton Sundman and the first Dr. Martin Luther King
Award to 14 year-old Jesse Taylor.
Hulas King presents Dr. King Award to Jesse Taylor
In 2002, the Institute's Global Hero Awards included: the Mahatma Gandhi
Award to Muhammad Yunus , the Cesar Chavez Award to actor, Edward James
Olmos and the Eleanor Roosevelt Award to Marietta Primicias Goco.
Walter Cronkite gives Gandhi Award to Dr. Yunus |
