Global Youth Book
A
Brighter Future?
Global
Issues Through the Eyes of Young People
Gayle Kimball,
Ph.D.
Over 3,700 young people from 72 countries SpeakOut! Future leaders reveal trends in youth culture and identify crucial global issues to reveal how we’re changing and dealing with current issues. The book is in progress, so email the author if you would like to critique chapters or know of youth under 20 who would like to answer interesting questions and be in the book respond to the questions below. I’ll email chapters that spark your interest if you contact me at [email protected]. Here’s the TOC:
Chapter 1 Global Youth Power and Issues
Youth Power; Get to Know Eva, Abel, Sahar and Yuan; International Youth Issues: Urban vs. Rural; The Gap Between Rich and Poor
Chapter 2: The Millennial Generation and their Elders
Teenaging of Culture vs. War on Kids, Youth Generation Characteristics, What Youths Think About Adults
Chapter 3 Consumerism vs. Caring for Others
Media and Common Language, Teen Style, Multinational Corporate Consumerism
Part 2 Youth Activism
Chapter 4: Youth Activism for Equality
Activist Youths vs. Apathy, History of Youth Movements, The 2011 Arab Spring, European Summer, US Fall and Russian Winter Youth Demonstrations 2012 Protests, The Occupy Movements, Change Making Tools: Electronic Networking
Chapter 5 How to Create a Revolution in 18 Days
The Groundwork, After Mubarak Stepped Down, My Interviews with Demonstrators in Tahrir Square, Women’s Role in the Revolution
Chapter 6 Gender Equality
Current Status of Gender Equality, Life For a Traditional Village Teen, Women in Government, Global Feminist Activism, Fourth Wave Feminism
Part 3 Youth Values and Beliefs
Chapter 7 Traditional vs. Modern Values
Life Purpose, Values, Rural vs. Urban, Respect for Elders, Consumerism
Chapter 8 Beliefs about Religion and Spirituality
Suffering, Religious Purpose, Beliefs About God, Participation in Organized Religion, Spirituality
Other Books by the Author:
50/50 Parenting (Lexington Books)
50/50 Marriage (Beacon Press)
Ed. Women's Culture (Scarecrow Press)
Ed. Women's Culture Revisited. (Scarecrow Press, 2005)
The Religious Ideas of Harriet Beecher Stowe. Edwin Mellen Press.
Essential Energy Tools book and 3 videos. (Equality Press)
21st Century Families: Blueprints for Family-Friendly Workplaces,
Schools and Governments. (Equality Press)
How to Create Your Ideal Workplace (Equality Press)
The Teen Trip: The Complete Resource Guide (Equality Press)
Ed. Everything You Need to Know to Succeed After College (Equality
Press)
How to Survive Your Parents' Divorce (Equality Press)
} Greetings from California. I'm writing a book that gives you and other young people around the world an opportunity to say what's on your mind. This is your chance to be heard. Many of you have wonderful suggestions for how to make our world a better to live in, so I'm asking people age 19 and under to respond to 10 questions. I have translations in other language and a draft if you would like to critique and add to it.
See myspace.com/globalyouthviewpoints for the questions and photos of schools and students I’ve visited on three continents. Also see www.facebook.com/#!/pages/Global-Youth-SpeakOut/160382763986923.
(I’ve written other peer-based books for youth, including The Teen Trip: The Complete Resource Guide and How to Survive Your Parents’ Divorce: Kids’ Advice to Kids.) Please also forward to kids and their teachers so they can be part of the global youth book.
Thanks, Gayle Kimball, Ph.D. [email protected]
1. If you could ask a question of the wisest person in the world,what would you ask her or him about life?
2. What bothers you in your daily life? What practice best helps you stay calm?
3. If there was one thing you could change about adults, what would it be?
4. What would you like to change about yourself?
5. What do you like to do for fun?
6. When have you felt most loved by someone else?
7. Why do you think you’re here on earth; what’s your purpose? How are you influenced by global media (TV, Internet, advertisements, etc?)
8. On a scale of 1 to 100, how highly would you grade your school? Why?
9. What work would you like to do when you're an adult?
10. If you were the leader of your country, what changes would you make?
11. Imagine you get to write on a T-shirt going on a trip around the world. What do you want your T-mail to say to people?
What questions are missing that you’d like to answer? Your email. . . . . . .
What first name would you like used in the book to quote you?
How old are you?
Girl or boy?
What city and country do you live in?
Gracias! Merci! Danke! Arrigato! Chi chi!
Over 3,700 young people from 72 countries SpeakOut! Future leaders reveal trends in youth culture and identify crucial global issues to reveal how we’re changing and dealing with current issues. The book is in progress, so email the author if you would like to critique chapters or know of youth under 20 who would like to answer interesting questions and be in the book respond to the questions below. I’ll email chapters that spark your interest if you contact me at [email protected]. Here’s the TOC:
Chapter 1 Global Youth Power and Issues
Youth Power; Get to Know Eva, Abel, Sahar and Yuan; International Youth Issues: Urban vs. Rural; The Gap Between Rich and Poor
Chapter 2: The Millennial Generation and their Elders
Teenaging of Culture vs. War on Kids, Youth Generation Characteristics, What Youths Think About Adults
Chapter 3 Consumerism vs. Caring for Others
Media and Common Language, Teen Style, Multinational Corporate Consumerism
Part 2 Youth Activism
Chapter 4: Youth Activism for Equality
Activist Youths vs. Apathy, History of Youth Movements, The 2011 Arab Spring, European Summer, US Fall and Russian Winter Youth Demonstrations 2012 Protests, The Occupy Movements, Change Making Tools: Electronic Networking
Chapter 5 How to Create a Revolution in 18 Days
The Groundwork, After Mubarak Stepped Down, My Interviews with Demonstrators in Tahrir Square, Women’s Role in the Revolution
Chapter 6 Gender Equality
Current Status of Gender Equality, Life For a Traditional Village Teen, Women in Government, Global Feminist Activism, Fourth Wave Feminism
Part 3 Youth Values and Beliefs
Chapter 7 Traditional vs. Modern Values
Life Purpose, Values, Rural vs. Urban, Respect for Elders, Consumerism
Chapter 8 Beliefs about Religion and Spirituality
Suffering, Religious Purpose, Beliefs About God, Participation in Organized Religion, Spirituality
Other Books by the Author:
50/50 Parenting (Lexington Books)
50/50 Marriage (Beacon Press)
Ed. Women's Culture (Scarecrow Press)
Ed. Women's Culture Revisited. (Scarecrow Press, 2005)
The Religious Ideas of Harriet Beecher Stowe. Edwin Mellen Press.
Essential Energy Tools book and 3 videos. (Equality Press)
21st Century Families: Blueprints for Family-Friendly Workplaces,
Schools and Governments. (Equality Press)
How to Create Your Ideal Workplace (Equality Press)
The Teen Trip: The Complete Resource Guide (Equality Press)
Ed. Everything You Need to Know to Succeed After College (Equality
Press)
How to Survive Your Parents' Divorce (Equality Press)
} Greetings from California. I'm writing a book that gives you and other young people around the world an opportunity to say what's on your mind. This is your chance to be heard. Many of you have wonderful suggestions for how to make our world a better to live in, so I'm asking people age 19 and under to respond to 10 questions. I have translations in other language and a draft if you would like to critique and add to it.
See myspace.com/globalyouthviewpoints for the questions and photos of schools and students I’ve visited on three continents. Also see www.facebook.com/#!/pages/Global-Youth-SpeakOut/160382763986923.
(I’ve written other peer-based books for youth, including The Teen Trip: The Complete Resource Guide and How to Survive Your Parents’ Divorce: Kids’ Advice to Kids.) Please also forward to kids and their teachers so they can be part of the global youth book.
Thanks, Gayle Kimball, Ph.D. [email protected]
1. If you could ask a question of the wisest person in the world,what would you ask her or him about life?
2. What bothers you in your daily life? What practice best helps you stay calm?
3. If there was one thing you could change about adults, what would it be?
4. What would you like to change about yourself?
5. What do you like to do for fun?
6. When have you felt most loved by someone else?
7. Why do you think you’re here on earth; what’s your purpose? How are you influenced by global media (TV, Internet, advertisements, etc?)
8. On a scale of 1 to 100, how highly would you grade your school? Why?
9. What work would you like to do when you're an adult?
10. If you were the leader of your country, what changes would you make?
11. Imagine you get to write on a T-shirt going on a trip around the world. What do you want your T-mail to say to people?
What questions are missing that you’d like to answer? Your email. . . . . . .
What first name would you like used in the book to quote you?
How old are you?
Girl or boy?
What city and country do you live in?
Gracias! Merci! Danke! Arrigato! Chi chi!