Youthvoice

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  Chang Chang Workshop

  Based on the expertise and the skills of the YouthVoice educators, self-expression workshops were conducted using various IT technologies and media, tools that are not readily accessible to children or youth in rural areas. 265 children participated in 26 programs in five different regions(organizations) including Gwangju Dong Elementary School’s Chunghyo Campus, Suncheon Byeolryang Middle School, Boseong Bulgyo Girl’s High School, Hwacheon Sanae High School, and Geoje Oekan Elementary School. Participating students showed a satisfaction rating of 96% and evaluated the program as a new method of career exploration in that it allows each student to have fun focusing on the activities in the fields of their individual interests.

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  My Time Maker Class

  YouthVoice conducted a one-day workshop for youths to spend four hours of their time solely concentrating on themselves free of material and spatial constraints, and freely expressing themselves by experiencing various mediums with creators. The workshop gave youths the freedom to experiment with four different mediums(pictures, music, photos, and legos) at the same time, and a total of 52 young adults participated in two sessions. 88% of the participants showed high satisfaction of the workshop, and said that it gave them a sense of accomplishment. it was a more meaningful event as it was held together with volunteers from Tongyang Life Insurance.

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  'Green Santa', A Messenger of Hope for Sick Children

  In its third year, Green Santa strengthened its project operations and education programs with YouthVoice. The participating children were able break out of their shells and proudly express themselves, carrying out their own creative works through media. This year in particular, an educational curriculum focusing on collaboration was conducted with the goal of improving the participants’ social competence; it increased the initiative, responsibility and empathy of sick children and their siblings while reducing repression-depression and aggressive behaviors. In the case of parents, a separate parental education showed a reduction in hostile-autonomous/controlling attitudes and parenting stress. Moreover, ‘Imagination Startership’, an educational internship program for young adults, expanded the scope of systemic social support for patients with rare and incurable conditions.

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  YouthVoice IT&ART Workshop

  With the support from Kakao Impact Foundation and personal donations, YouthVoice conducted creative activities education using various technologies and media that are difficult for the culturally underprivileged children/adolescents to access. This year, it met with 75 children/adolescents in various environments through cooperation with a number of partner organizations(Let’s Ko&Mong Network, Jjomul Kingdom Local Children’s Center, Sepuma, Chowol High School).

ChangeON

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  ChangeON Conference

  Following 2018, the 2019 ChangeON Conference was held in Chuncheon along with “Sinn 2019 @Gangwon Chuncheon Social Innovation Festa” hosted by Ministry of Interior and Safety. Under the topic of “Embracing Diversity, Overcoming Fear, Beyond the Familiar Order”, ChangeON started a conversation with 250 participants who came from all over the countryon on how to create a healthy nonprofit ecosystem and how nonprofits can become the principal agent in social innovation. The conference, consisting of a total of three sessions, began with a keynote presentation by ▲Jang Dae Ik, Professor at Seoul National University, College of Liberal Studies and ▲Lee Na-Young, author of . Other speakers included ▲Kim Seung Il, Head of Modu Labs ▲Min Kyung Bae, Professor at Kyunghee Cyber University, College of Culture and Communication ▲Seo Seung Hee, Vice President at Korea Cyber Sexual Violence Response Center and ▲Moon Ah Young, CEO of Peacemomo and ▲ Kim Min Seob, CEO of Jungmiso Publishing Company.

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  ChangeON@

  ChangeON@, a regional version of ChangeON, was held in a total of five cities, including Busan, Jinju, Cheongju, Daejeon, and Wonju, from October to November 2019. This year’s ChangeON@ shared a wide range of local non-profit and media stories with more than 250 participants. Various speakers and participants had the opportunity to share their thoughts and network with each other on the following topics: ▲Media sending mind: secrets of poetry(Jinju), ▲ A small ball launched by a village festival(Daejeon), ▲From interest to relationship(Busan), ▲Why didn’t I know back then?(Wonju), ▲Things changed and unchanged(Cheongju).

Ollybolly

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  Operating the Cultural Diversity Picture-book and Educational Materials Website

  In 2019, Ollybolly posted various results of the Diversity Korea project sponsored by Google.org (89 cultural diversity education curricula, research reports on the effectiveness and further tasks of Diversity Korea’s education program, stories from the Diversity Korea project to enhance sensitivity to cultural diversity in the Korean society, etc.) on its website. In addition, it further refined its training material service by supplementing data collection and accumulation functions, and correcting related errors.

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  Conducting Teacher Training Sessions and Developing Educational Curriculum

  A total of 618 people participated in cultural diversity training and lectures throughout the country including Seoul, Incheon, and Pyeongtaek. The training target group was expanded to include not only current elementary school teachers but also prospective elementary school teachers still in training for their education degrees. The cultural diversity teachers’ study group worked hard to develop cultural diversity activities tailored to students’ levels. Seven elementary school teachers from Seoul, Incheon, and Yongin developed more than 20 education curricula using Ollybolly picture books on themes such as difference, peace, gender, anti-bias, and multiculturalism, and 183 elementary school students participated in the programs. In addition to cultural diversity issues such as peace, respect for life, multiculturalism, and religion, the project produced a number of educational cases and results, each varying on its target class, subject, and educational method, thus, enhancing the practicality for future use in each learning field.

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  Introducing an Example of Cultural Diversity Education

  The growing social interest to the value of diversity has led to many opportunities for Ollybolly’s values and programs to be introduced. In June 2019, examples of cultural diversity education using Ollybolly picture books were presented at the “Google Arts, Culture & Education Meeting” to more than 100 people in the field of education. In addition, Ollybolly was introduced as an example of cultural diversity contents, highlighting the importance of cultural diversity education at the “Cultural Diversity Education and Media Forum for Children” held at Asia Culture Center, and at “Cultural Diversity Research School Performance Sharing Meeting” hosted by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism. Furthermore, Ollybolly was introduced overseas as a Korean cultural diversity project, when its website link banner was shared on RAINBOW, a multicultural picture book and education group in Japan with a high interest in Ollybolly.

Nonprofit Startup Incubation Program

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  A Call for Applications for the Nonprofit Startup Incubation Program

  For a month in September 2019, nonprofit startups who were to participate in the incubation process were recruited. Though the period of incubation was not long, the program targeted non-established teams or nonprofit organizations less than three years old who aim to grow into nonprofit startups in the future. Despite it being the first year, there was a high amount of interest and participation to the programs; out of 87 applications, a total of six teams were selected through careful document screening and in-depth interviews.

  1. ■ Univalli (Enhancing the media capabilities of independent and nonprofit press that guarantees college students’ right to know)
  2. ■ Media Noon (Media experiments to peacefully transform discrimination and hate and spread peace culture)
  3. ■ Wall:Daam For Change (Movement education design that transforms life and environment for people’s wellness)
  4. ■ Today Good Action (Behavioral suggestions for ordinary individuals to create positive communication and change)
  5. ■ menTory (Discovering local stories and resources with youth in rural areas and college students from urban cities)
  6. ■ WNC (creating various venues of participation to talk about women’s lives through culture and arts)
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  Nonprofit Startup Incubation Program Orientation

  An orientation for mutual networking was held for all parties involved in the incubation process: the teams participating in the incubation program, Daum Foundation, and Community Chest of Korea. During the three-day orientation held in Paju-si, Gyeonggi-do, teams and participants introduced one another, shared questions about each other’s activities, met with senior activists form nonprofit organizations, and discussed the directions of development.

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  Launch of the Nonprofit Startup Website(http://www.npostartups.org)

  An official website for nonprofit startups was launched to introduce the incubating program, and to share information about the participant teams and resources.

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  Pilot Program for Prospective Nonprofit Startup Participants

  With the start of the nonprofit incubation program, an experiment was conducted to discover a ‘preparatory group’ who can imagine and create nonprofit startups in the future. This year, “Pre-Exploration Club” was carried out with Seoul Association of Social Workers; it was a program for social workers who have a deep understanding of and interest in social issues and who are seeking for a transition in their life and work. The participants spent four weeks together and shared their reasons on the necessity of change, as well as on how to initiate change.