Young Changemakers Find Their Voice at the Nord Anglia Social Impact Summit

From a student in Amman teaching online lessons to peers in a village near Petra, to a student in Guangzhou leading a March for Hope, young people across the world are finding creative ways to make a difference in their communities.

These were just some of the stories shared at the Nord Anglia Education Social Impact Summit in Houston, which brought together students and teachers from across its network of 80 schools in 37 countries to develop their leadership skills and explore real-world challenges linked to the Global Goals.

Project Everyone’s Education team joined the summit to help students and educators strengthen one of the most important tools for creating change: storytelling. Working alongside AIESEC volunteers, students built their own personal ‘story towers’ using Lego before pitching their stories to one another.

Houston-based LaMecia Butler also joined the programme, encouraging educators to find the ‘spark’ within their own social impact journey and shape it into a compelling story that could engage key stakeholders.

Everyone at the summit had a story to tell. Our role was to give them the tools and confidence to tell it.

Storytelling has the power to engage, influence, teach and inspire. It helps us make sense of the world around us and, importantly, gives us the ability to change it.