Moving a Generation to Act

1. GA Interns

Our interns don't fetch coffee - they develop the next generation of thinkers, leaders and doers. These high school and college aged students commit to a 6-month program; developing critical thinking, leadership and public speaking skills while leading GA's programs in schools.

2. Action Team

Action Teams are groups of 10-20 students who serve as school leaders and work with GA Interns for 14-weeks, leading their peers through GA's programs.

3. Assembly

Action Team students participate in a school-wide assembly, sharing what they have learned about the need in their community and encouraging their peers to live GA's mantra "Sympathy + Action = Compassion."

4. Fundraising

Each student is challenged to spend 4 weeks fundraising to achieve a school wide goal. Every cent raised is used to fund the schools service project.

5. Group Service Project

Action Team students lead their peers in a group service project. Something to Eat challenges kids to respond to the local need of hunger and poverty. Students package thousands of meals which are distributed to local food banks. Defend Free challenges kids with an opportunity to respond to human rights issues by packing bags filled with basic necessities.

6. Compassion Challenge

Action Team students identify their own personal passions for service and complete their Compassion Challenge by serving at least two hours impacting a need around them- anything from feeding the homeless, to walking animals and assembling bikes for homeless children (pictured here).