Exploring Your Passions & Creating Your Own Social Impact Project
Available Sessions
Ready to change the world? 🌎
Alexandria Ocasio Cortez. Malala Yousafzai. Audrey Wisch. You likely recognize these names, and for good reason - they are young activists who have made incredible impacts in the world and inspire us all to dream of a better and more just future.
At Curious Cardinals, we believe you're never too young to pursue your dreams and make an impact. So, for aspiring change makers, activists, and/or humanitarians, this workshop is for you! Join us this week to learn the tools, frameworks, and habits you’ll need to take your social impact project to the next level.
Our mission this week is to not only uncover your passion and desired impact area, but to develop a sustainable and impactful passion project to target your specified issue. We’ll teach you the secrets to designing and implementing your own project, one that will make ripples in your community and beyond.
Over 5 jam-packed days you’ll gain skills like:
- Using Stanford's design thinking framework to identify an issue area you care about
- Honing in to focus on one specific facet within the targeted issue area
- Elaborating a specific and actionable plan utilizing the SMART goals framework
- Gaining valuable insight and feedback from current entrepreneurs and activists
- Sharing your idea with family and the Curious Cardinals community
- Resources to implement your project and a tight knit cohort that extends beyond the end of the sessions
At the end of the week, you will have put together an impactful, effective, and sustainable social impact project that applies everything you learned to make a valuable and meaningful change in your community!
Students will come away with a detailed 12 month social impact project proposal based on the Stanford design thinking framework and utilizing the SMART goals structure. Moreover, students will leave the workshop with the ability to think critically about social issues and the tools necessary to create a meaningful and impactful community impact project.
- Project management & execution
- Executive function skills
- Writing & communication
- Critical thinking
- Research skills
- Topical expertise