- Award Entered:
Best New Project
- Parent Organisation:
Global Youth Leadership Institute, Inc
- Project Host Nation:
United States
- Overview of Project:
Step It Up is open to Step and Dance Teams of all types (Modern, Ballet, Jazz, Hip Hop Urban, Fraternity Step, and Break). We consider all entries that reflect the theme of the contest: Step It Up; Empowering youth to use step and dance as a catalyst for social impact and public service.
The scope of the contest is to encourage innovative solutions that use Step and Dance to increase public service, improve community, accelerate development and drive social change. This project specifically addresses the issue of public service by incorporating it into every phase of the competition.
In the pre-competition phase, teams select from causes such as Environment, Inequality, Health, Poverty, Violence and Education. Teams participate in workshops that include the use of social media in cause marketing, and community service project development as well as sharpening dance skills.
In the judging phase the performance score is 30%, Social and Community Impact is 40% and Online Activity is 30% (Number of people rallied around the cause). During the competition participants answer questions about their cause and project, submit written plans, execute the community service project and create public service announcements all while using Step and Dance to support the cause.
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Heather Domacase: 20 Sep 2010 - 16:33 BST
Step it Up 2010 was a transformative experience for both the young people and adults involved. Step it Up has the potential to be a movement that brings us back to ourselves and the notion that we all have the opportunities and are at times charged to Step it Up in our lives, families, communities and world. The young people who participated as teams/groups definitely came away from this year's campaign with a sense of service and understanding that they can impact the world. This campaign was not an easy one when as a young person you are charged to dance for a cause you want to create change around and part of your evaluation is based on your service idea and implementation. That was the journey the young people came through. There's no doubt that they are phenomenal dancers but the understanding they gained during their journey was that their expression could educate and inspire others. Global Youth Leadership Institute is a wonderful organization committed to the mission of Step it Up and connected with the dance teams/groups during the campaign. I hope to see the great work coming out of Step it Up for years/decades to come. Step it Up is awesome!!!!!!!!!!
Keesha Mishawn: 20 Sep 2010 - 04:45 BST
Step It Up is a spectacular program that makes a difference in the lives of young people. It is amazing to see youth come together creatively to inspire their communities through art, dance and service.
Abigail Quesinberry: 19 Sep 2010 - 02:41 BST
I was fortunate enough to be able to attend Step It Up 2010, and I was blown away by how impassioned the kids were about what they were doing. The room was electric with positive energy. This is an incredible program!
Alicia Morrissey: 18 Sep 2010 - 23:42 BST
The Step It Up program is absolutely phenomenal! I've been to the last 2 final competitions in 2009 and 2010 and to see these kids giving it their all, learning to become leaders and team members, working towards a social cause that they believe in, while empowering themselves was so inspiring to see. This program is innovative, extremely effective for the kids involved and I look forward to continue to seeing it grow and expand every year!