Knowing yourself — Who am I?
Participants explore their strengths and values, discover their unique gifts, and clarify the purpose they want to bring into the world.
Youth
Youth leadership for the New Earth Rising.
Young people are not simply inheriting the future. They are pioneering it. For 35 years we have prepared young leaders for a new era — one that calls for unitive thinking, collaborative action, and a deeper understanding of our shared humanity.
The other is also us. One Earth. One breath. One destiny.
I Who am I?
We Who are we together?
One One human family
The Training
Five modules. One journey.
The same three movements that shape everything we do — reflect, connect, act — unfold here as a leadership journey from I, to We, to One.
Connecting with others
Dialogue, active listening, empathy, conflict transformation. Trust is built across cultures and differences — and it holds.
Understanding our world
Learning to think beyond separation. Seeing challenges from many perspectives, and solutions that benefit the whole.
Creating change
Leadership practiced, not preached: teamwork, facilitation, creative problem-solving, project design, shared decisions.
Serving the whole
Every participant designs or joins a project that answers a real need in their community. Small. Local. Real.
Unitive Thinking
The capacity to see connections rather than divisions, possibilities rather than limitations — the well-being of the whole alongside the flourishing of each person.
How We Learn
Not a curriculum. A practice.
Small-group dialogueMentoring & coachingCross-cultural exchangeExperiential learningReflection & contemplative practiceCreative arts & storytellingSystems thinkingCommunity action projectsInternational youth partnershipsOngoing peer support
What Participants Gain
You leave with more than skills.
- A deeper understanding of yourself — and your life's purpose.
- Practical leadership and collaboration skills.
- Real experience designing and running a community action project.
- Friendships across cultures and a global network of peers.
- The confidence to lead with wisdom, compassion, and courage.
- A commitment to a world that works for everyone.
At Children of the Earth, leadership is not something you learn. It is something you live.
The library
Spiritual Activism Handbook
A practical guide for young people who want to change something — exercises you can do alone or with others.
Begin with one thing near you.
Join a chapter, start one, or bring the training to your community. The flame is still being passed.