Marc Kielburger & Craig Kielburger 
Take Action! 
A Guide to Active Citizenship

* Raise awareness * Start a club * Use the media * Make a
difference * Get involved * Choose an issue * Build a team * Have
fun!

Make a difference in your hometown and around the world!

Inspired by the vision, spirit, and activities of thousands of kids
working to improve the lives of others, Take Action! shows how you,
too, can change the world. Authors Marc Kielburger and Craig
Kielburger are the founders of Leaders Today, an organization
dedicated to helping young people realize their fullest potential
and become socially involved. Their remarkable work has been
profiled on Oprah and on many national news shows, as well as in
magazines and newspapers across the U.S. and Canada. Now, with Take
Action!, they provide easy-to-follow guidelines for making a
difference in the lives of people all over the globe.

By following the valuable tips, strategies, and examples in this
book, you’ll get organized and start tackling important issues in
your community, your school, your country, and around the world.
From writing letters and public speaking to planning fundraisers,
preparing petitions, and working with the media, Take Action!
covers all the basics of how to become socially involved-and have
fun at the same time! You’ll discover how you and your friends can
join the fight for children’s rights, get involved in environmental
issues, help those suffering from hunger and poverty, and much
more. You’ll also meet other extraordinary young people like
yourself who turned their thoughts and passion into action and have
made a tremendous impact on these issues.

There are no limits to what you can accomplish. You can be a leader
and help others today-all you have to do is Take Action!

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgments.

A Message from Craig Kielburger.

How to Use This Book.

PART 1: HOW TO GET INVOLVED: THE STEP-BY-STEP PROCESS.

Seven Steps to Social Involvement.

PART 2: THE HOW-TO GUIDE.

How to Use the Telephone.

How to Set Up a Group.

How to Hold a Meeting.

Writing Letters.

Public Speaking.

How to Do a Survey.

How to Write a Petition.

How to Raise Public Awareness and Support.

How to Raise Funds.

PART 3: WHERE YOU CAN GET INVOLVED–EVERYWHERE!

At Home.

At School.

In Your Community.

Working with Government.

PART 4: TACKLING SOCIAL ISSUES.

Human Rights.

Children’s Rights Are Human Rights.

Environment.

Hunger.

Poverty.

HIV/AIDS.

Peace.

More Issues for Social Action.

PART 5: SOURCES AND RESOURCES.

Human Rights.

Children’s Rights.

Environment.

Hunger.

Poverty.

HIV / AIDS.

Peace.

About Leaders Today.

About Kids Can Free the Children.

Über den Autor

MARC KIELBURGER is a Harvard graduate and a Rhodes Scholar in law
at Oxford University. He is the cofounder of Leaders Today.

CRAIG KIELBURGER founded the organization Free the Children, which
now involves over 100, 000 youth in thirty-five countries. Both Marc
and Craig regularly speak and conduct workshops at schools,
community organizations, and conferences.