The Catalyst Program

We are very proud to have three CATALYSTs (California Taking Action for Learning through Youth Service Teams) in the Dons Net Café; our CEO-Ana, VP of Sublimation-Juan, and VITA Volunteer Jesus. A CATALYST serves as a changemaker and a leader for service learning. CATALYSTs meet at yearly retreats to discuss plans and reflect on service in education in order to change policy in order to make better schools in California. There are 16 CATALYSTs in the State of California.

The first CATALYST retreat will be held in San Diego. The goals for each CATALYST are:

Learn more about yourself within a service learning setting
Recognize values and have the ability to work well in new situations.
Learn useful organizational skills.
Become conscientious when dealing with diversity
Increase the development of citizenship skills so that students make a difference in the local, state, national, and world communities

What is Project CATALYST

For the past six years, Youth Service California (YSCal) has sponsored statewide networks of high school leaders to promote youth service at the local, regional, and state level.

Project CATALYST pulls together a select team of high-school students from every region of California, provides leadership and public relations training, and seeks to catalyze a youth-led movement to promote service-learning. During their one year ambassadorships, these diverse youth promote service-learning to their peers, communities, and the media.

For more information about this amazing program and to nominate your own CATALYST see www.yscal.org.

The Catalyst Program

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