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Top 5 Youth Entries (Ages 24 and under)

EnvisionWith.Me – Justin Harris, 15; Durham, NC
Harris hopes to create the world’s first professional social network for teenage entrepreneurs....more
Self-Esteem Magazine, For Girls by Girls – Jasmine Babers, 16; Rock Island, IL
Love, GIRLS Magazine-- for and by girls -- features girls’ accomplishments and teaches them marketing, sales and photography skills.... more
Both Hands – Bentrice Jusu, 20; Trenton, NJ
This art program for Trenton teens provides mentorship from older kids who successfully avoided the pitfalls of high crime and drop-out rates in their community.... more
The P.U.S.H. Project: Education and Recreation for a Better Tomorrow – Ryan Dalton, 23; New Orleans, LA
Dalton wants to create educational and athletic camps for youth in underutilized parks in New Orleans’ 8th Ward to help reverse the effects of poverty and violence.... more
NOLA Eye Care – Anushka Das, 20, of New Orleans, LA and Aleena Ashary, 19, of Irvine, CA
These teens designed a program to provide free, comprehensive eye care to New Orleans public elementary school students in communities still recovering from the devastation of Hurricane Katrina.... more

California Youth Innovation Award

Employing People With Autism in Art and Animation – Dani Bowman, 17; La Canada Flintridge, CA
This high-school student with high-functioning autism founded Powerlight Animation Studios to employ other youth who have autism in visual arts.... more

Youth Ambassadors Award

Measuring Impact of Afterschool Programs for City Children – Angela Cammack, 20; Sacramento, CA
Cammack proposes a study to measure and share the impacts of high-quality after-school programs that help children excel in school and life.... more

Top 3 Adult Ally Entries (Ages 25 and over)

Education is not for sale…. – Anastasia Tsiligianni; Greece, Athens
Tsiligianni proposes that more – if not all – universities should provide free courses, housing, food and health care for students.... more
Youth Empowerment Project – Christopher Judge; Denver, CO
Judge designed YEP to teach young “philanthrepreneurs” the foundations of running non-profit organizations, including goal-setting and accountability.... more
Meet YES! – Diana Manee; Asheville, NC
Youth Empowered Solutions (YES!) encourages organizations and businesses to incorporate youth as staff, volunteers, and board members.... more

Audience Choice Award

EnvisionWith.Me – Justin Harris, 15; Durham, NC
Harris plans to create the world’s first professional social network for teenage entrepreneurs.... more

Storm Water Management

Storm water management is a key facet of urban planning and environmental management. As impervious surfaces like concrete and asphalt replace natural, pervious surfaces like grass and forestland...

Julia Battocchi

Lessons of Katrina

https://www.facebook.com/NolaEyeCare After Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans faced one of the biggest healthcare crises of all time. With the closure of Charity Hospital, many families that relied on...

Anushka Das

Youth for Smart Food

The Roo HC Center will be spending the coming months building a coalition of think tanks, food organizations, and youth groups to take a stand on our nation's largest food-based legislation...

Rajiv Narayan

On Campus Mental Health

Students at universities should have access to unlimited on-campus psychotherapy in order to receive adequate and convenient mental health care. While many universities include the cost of university...

Grant Heskamp

Health Women, Healthy Tribes

We will be working with the Cherokee Reservation or the Lumbee tribe in North Carolina to improve access to health care and counseling for Native American women on the reservation. Our desired...

Katie Reilly