Youth Venture’s vision is a world of everyone a changemaker through a global culture of young people initiating positive, lasting change.
Youth Venture’s mission is to build a global movement of young people being powerful now, changemakers now. This is the foundation for an everyone a changemaker world, the key factor for success for every society, organization and person.
Imagine what a difference it would make in the strength and creativity of society if millions more people developed the self-confidence and the capacity to be changemakers. We believe that it is critical that people learn early on in life that they can lead social change. By launching a venture, young people learn the important skills of leadership, entrepreneurship, teamwork and empathy, as well as other practical skills, as they form a team and go through the process of planning and running a social venture together. Young people also learn that they are powerful changemakers, and they will likely continue to take initiative and lead again and again throughout their lives.
In enabling this transformative experience for thousands – and someday millions – of young people, Youth Venture is building a critical mass of young changemakers who are changing the world by redefining the youth years as a time of initiative and community leadership.
Youth Venture’s ultimate goal is a society-wide redefinition of the youth years. As more and more Venturers start social ventures in their communities, it will become the norm for young people to be changemakers. Once youth leadership becomes the norm, then society – young people and adults alike – will come to expect the youth years to be a time of initiative, leadership and positive social change. In the future, the proportion of the population who are changemakers will jump dramatically, ultimately leading to our vision of everyone becoming a changemaker.