Hi I'm William the Farm to Fork SDG Hub Ambassador
I am a freshman in high school currently attending an international school in Paris. Passionate about the environment and more specifically, sustainable agriculture; it was natural for me to enter in the Teens Dream Contest to express my dream : reducing food waste. I have been fighting food waste by measuring the amount of food wasted at my canteen and raising awareness through presentations. I wish to pursue my dream through the creation of this dream hub.
2017 Winners
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Teens Dream 2017 Video Contest Winners
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Congratulations to all of our 2017 Video Contest Winners. Scroll down to view all of the winning videos. Winning submissions are listed below.
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Congratulations to all of our 2017 Teens Dream Winners below! And, to Jacqueline Mendoza of California our 2017 $500.00 Grand Prize Winner!
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Congratulations to all of the 2017 Video Competition Winners
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2017 Personal Videos
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2017 Community Videos
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2017 Global Videos
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Personal Dreams
Porter Christensen - Utah, USA
My dream is that through my creative works of storytelling and making films I will be able to unite the world to address goals like discrimination, poverty, and violence.
Cyril King - Connecticut, USA
My dream is to to rise up and fight for equality of all people, but specifically people of LGBT+ who are discriminated against who often live in fear, sadness, depression and wanting of acceptance. I want to give them hope.
Victor Corja - Virginia, USA
My dream is that my home country of Moldova could have more international aid and support to help it have stronger institutions and be free of corruption.
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Community Dreams
Mar Torrent & Laia Font - Spain
My dream is that during Christmas people will use responsible light consumption, avoid buying useless presents, and recycle wrappings, to address responsible consumption and production because we live in a world where consumism rules.
Ryann Chalmers - California, USA
My dream is for my community to help address the stigma around mental health and that we can work together to help people who struggle with mental health issues.
Pramudito Harjo Widodo - Indonesia
My dream is that kids in my country of Indonesia will break the loop of poverty by offering everyone a free education so they can have better jobs and a better life than their parents.
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Global Dreams
Jacqueline Mendoza - California, USA
My dream is for the entire world to be aware of life below water and what damage we are causing to the lifeforms underneath.
Maria Drăgoi - Romania
My dream is to convince everyone that non-formal education and experimental learning is vital to educate more effectively.
Jonathan Yun - Connecticut, USA
My dream is that people will be able to see past the comfort of their lives and environment and to places where we sometimes forget exist, like the ocean.
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Turkish American Television (TATV)
Award-winning TATV programs are aired throughout the Washington D.C. metropolitan area cable televisions. The production facilities are provided by Fairfax Public Access (FPA) in Fairfax, Virginia. TATV’s dedicated and enthusiastic volunteer staff has been producing TV shows since 2005. TATV has been carrying out its mission of delivering educational, engaging, and entertaining programs on art, culture, lifestyles, music, dance, health, wellbeing, science, and technology. For more information please contact: info@turkishamericantv.org
Adri's Education Mentor Connection!
By Teens Dream 2016 Winner, Adri Rosario
I was recently a winner in the Teens Dream competition for my video on improving education. Thanks to Teens Dream, I was set up with a mentor, Mr. Jim Abbot, who lives in my state of Georgia. Mr. Abbot has taught both in high school and college and has his Ed.M. in Teaching and Curriculum from the Harvard Graduate School of Education. I could not have been more honored to work with such a distinguished individual. My mentor meeting with Mr. Abbot turned out to be one of the most refreshing conversations I have ever had. Immediately, it was clear that we share the same passion for education. Discussing topics that my brain has marinated on for years with a professional who has experience in the field was priceless. Mr. Abbot allowed me to express my opinions on education in general, and there was a dynamic back-and-forth between us as we shared what we have both observed and encountered in our respective schools. He also guided me into considering my personal future as when he prompted me to think of my own classroom, 15 years from now. It is exciting to know there is motivation for change both from my end, in the youth perspective, and in the experienced perspective. The meeting furthered my motivation to dedicate myself to working on this issue. I am incredibly grateful both to Mr. Abbot and Teens Dream for giving me this opportunity and helping me accelerate my dream.
Why is it Important to Empower Teens to Dream?
Submitted by Pablo Guarneros, 2016 Teens Dream Submitter from Mexico on Quality Education
Growing up, I constantly heard older generations affirm that “teenagers are lazy” or that “teenagers think they own the world, yet they know nothing.” This deeply affected me because whenever older people would have conversations about global issues, I was meant to sit quiet, not say anything, and never formulate my own worldview. Furthermore, whenever I told an older person about my dreams, they would just shrug them off as “teenager nonsense”. They told me that, one day, I would come face to face with reality. “That is when you will would learn about how the world truly works,” they said.
But here lies the dilemma: if I am told that I need to come to terms with reality by waiting, then there is no opportunity to enact change and formulate reality on my terms. What if those dreams I had before they were tossed out by older generations could come to change the way society functions?
Solving this dilemma is the reason why we need the Teens Dream competition. Through my participation this year, I formulated my own opinion and ultimately, a unique solution, on how to increase the quality within education facilities. By making a video, I was pushed to engage in a global debate rather than sit quietly hoping older generations would bring the change I wanted to see carried out. Thus, I considered my opinions with more validity and my role in society with more importance.
Today, I am working out the details to the solution I proposed in my video. Hopefully, I will prove the older generations wrong and help them realize that teens’ dreams are worth a listening.
Teens Dream Education Hub Launched at Earth Optimism Summit!
Submitted by Catherine Meadows
For the 2015 Teens Dream Video Competition, my partner Kylie and I submitted a video on our dream, education for all women. After being selected as one of nine global winners, Kylie and I were propelled into activism to pursue our passion by serving as Teen Ambassadors for Teens Dream's SDG Hub on education. Together, we are working to create an online, collaborative platform for youth around the world to connect around their dream of education. The goal of the SDG Hub is to provide mentors and resources to teens in order to incubate their passion and validate their aspirations.
I now serve as the 2017 Global Co Lab intern, and I recently flew from my hometown of Cold Spring, Kentucky to attend the Earth Optimism Summit in Washington, D.C. to promote Teens Dream and launch our SDG Hub. The connections I formed while in D.C. during salons, presentations, and networking are invaluable resources for me as a teen aspiring to enter a career in global peace building and diplomacy. Teens Dream has offered me support and encouragement in my dreams, and I hope to perpetuate its mission for youth around the world.
Kylie and I serve as Teens Dream's Education Hub Ambassadors. With the support and advice from Shanyn Ronis, the Education Global Access Program's Founder and Executive Director, we have launched a SDG Hub on Education. Kylie and I are both passionate about advocating for equal access to education around the world. This SDG Hub is a virtual collaborative platform for teens like us to connect from all over the world to incubate our passion for education. The SDG Hub will provide mentors and resources to youth to aid them in the pursuit of their dreams.
Join us at https://teensdreamcolab.org/dream-hubs/
2016 Winners
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Teens Dream 2016 Video Contest Winners
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Congratulations to all of our 2016 Video Contest Winners. Scroll down to view all of the winning videos. Winning submissions are listed below.
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Congratulations to all of our 2016 Teens Dream Winners below! And, to Elena Beer of London our 2016 $500.00 Grand Prize Winner!
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Congratulations to all of the 2016 Video Competition Winners
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2016 Personal Videos
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2016 Community Videos
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2016 Global Videos
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Personal Dreams
Charlie Werner and Harrison Segal - Califonia USA
Our dream is to encourage people to pick up one piece of trash a day, which would have a massive impact on our environment. This video raises awareness about how the environment is affected by people littering, especially in coastal areas.
Austin Anthony Cofrancesco - Connecticut USA
My dream is to create peace and justice between police forces and citizens. I want my dream to come true because there are so many stories about how balck people are being treated wrongly by police.
Sophia T. Alfred - Maryland USA
My dream is to help break the shackles of the political, social, and economic inequalities designed to censor creativity and block potential by entertaining (creating music and dancing to it). I hope to give young people everywhere the inspiration, motivation, and support to nationalize and globalize their culture and voice.
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Community Dreams
Adrianna Rosario - Georgia USA
My dream is to improve education, beginning with my community. There are many ways education fails students of varying learning-types, but I think the solutions are out there.
Henry Max Paterson - New Zealand
My dream is to get New Zealand's rivers back up to the standard they were twenty years ago. Our rivers are filled with high levels of Nitrates and E. Coli, and over 90% of our low lying rivers are classified as polluted so few of our rivers are now swimmable with most completely dried up.
Sanjana Shah - California USA
My dream is to use my technical skills to bridge the gender gap, so that girls are not under-represented in the programming field. I started mentoring young girls when I was in my middle school and I feel that by doing that, I have the potential to make a difference.
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Global Dreams
Elena Beer - London, UK
My dream is to save the environment by means of responsible consumption and production. The steps are little for the average person yet with everyone taking them, the staircase leads us to a much healthier world!
William Boucher - France
Our dream is that one day, there will be zero food waste. This dream is connected to the twelfth sustainable development goal, responsible consumption and production as responsible consumption means zero food waste.
Elizabeth Dearden-Williams - London UK
My dream is that inequality in the world and the focus on our differences will be reduced to such a level that peace, nonviolence and justice will come more naturally to us as world citizens.
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Arlington Independent Media (AIM)
Arlington Independent Media (AIM) is a nonprofit membership organization and community media center in Arlington, Virginia. We provide training and access to media technologies, and facilitate the creation of video, audio, web and digital content. AIM is committed to cultivating the voices in our community that might otherwise not be heard.
LearnServe International
LearnServe International equips high school students from diverse backgrounds with the entrepreneurial vision, tenacity, confidence, and leadership skills needed to tackle social challenges at home and abroad.