Youth Activist Kollege
Attention Amnesty International Students:
Get your YAKtivist groove on!
July 13-16, Marymount University: Arlington, VA
 The Youth Activist Kollege is an annual summer event for up-and-coming Amnesty leaders. High school and college students from around the country are selected each year to attend a four-day human rights camp where they receive the essential skills and training needed to lead their Amnesty groups to a year of kickin' activism.
This is a great opportunity to converge with youth activists from all walks of life to develop hands-on skills, including recruiting new activists, planning powerful events, advocating for human rights, and energizing and diversifying Amnesty's student movement.
Apply now!
Please carefully review the following instrcutions before you apply:
The application process
Please complete all parts of the online application form, supply one letter of reference.
Your application consists of these three things:
- Personal data
- Completed short essay questions
At the Youth Activist Kollege we bring together interested and motivated student and youth leaders. YAK is a place where people from different backgrounds and with different skills and interests learn together as well as from each other. We expect you to answer all of the questions, but we don’t expect everyone to answer each question with the same amount of detail. Rest assured this is not a test!
- A letter of recommendation
Download a recommendation form to give to your recommender (or pass the link to them in an email). Choose a faculty advisor, group coordinator or another individual who knows you well and can highlight your leadership skills and characterize your commitment as a human rights activist.
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About the selection process
Participants will be selected based on criteria that allows for balance and diversity in level of education, gender, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, socio-economic background and geographic location. Please note that there are some limitations, which include
- Only one person from the same AI group may attend YAK as a participant.
- Most applicants should not hold a formal AI volunteer leadership position beyond that of group coordinator.
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Deadline
The candidates admitted to YAK will be notified by April 27 so travel arrangements can be made without delay. If selected to participate, you will receive a follow-up packet including a parental consent form (for students under 18) or a participant agreement (for students 18 and older) and forms to indicate emergency contacts, travel arrangements, special medical conditions and dietary needs.
If you need funding for travel or to participate in the Youth Activist Kollege, please complete the Subsidy Assistance Section. Please tell us exactly how much you can pay and how much you will need. We may not be able to meet all requests, so applicants are strongly encouraged to also seek funding from school and other community sources, e.g. local service clubs, place of worship, etc.
All application materials should be turned in no later than April 10, 2006 to:
Amnesty International USA
Attn: Nicole Driano
600 Pennsylvania Avenue SE, 5th Floor
Washington, DC 20003
Email
fax: (202) 546-7142
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Letter of recommendation
Fill out the letter of recommendation form and give it a faculty advisor, Amnesty group coordinator or another individual who knows you well.
Download the recommendation form. »
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Subsidy application form
The participation fee for YAK is $110 for Amnesty members and $125 for non-members. (The non-member price includes a year membership to Amnesty International USA.) In addition, participants must pay for their own travel costs. Payment is due AFTER acceptance. More payment information is included in the follow-up packet.
No applicant will be turned down on the basis of financial need. Amnesty has limited funds to provide scholarships. If you require financial assistance, please fill out the subsidy application form and send it in with your application.
Fill out the form. »
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Contact
Do you have a question about the application form or process? Please contact Nicole by email or call 202-544-0200, ext. 320.
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