Since 2005 21st Century Society for Children's Rights & Education EIN 20-2469680
21st Century Society
The idea for the 21st Century Society for Children's Rights & Education grew out of the collaboration of Dr. Dorothy McClellan & Nikola Knez. From their study of democratic nation building emerged the notion that the best way to secure world peace and democracy is to create an educated, open-minded leadership class among the next generation of youth. The International Conference on Youth & Education for the 21st Century carries forward this long term project. While a Fulbright Scholar 2002-2004 in Croatia, Dr. McClellan & Mr. Knez, filmmaker and President of the Croatian Society for Children's Human Rights, founded and created the 21st Century Society for Children's Rights & Education, Islands of World Youth and World Youth Leadership Camps.
A Vision for Education & Youth
Central to our mission is the belief that the best way to secure world peace and promote democracy
is to create an educated, open-minded leadership class amongthe next generation of youth.
Our Themes:
* The Place of Youth in the World
* One Family: Relations Between Children - Parents - Teachers – Society
* The Earth & Me: Relations Between Humans and the Planet
* What I Want To Be: The Individual & theWorld of Work (emotional, economic, and environmental stability)
* Invention & Innovation in Science, Technology, Education, Business, and theArts
Our Objectives & Activities
1. To develop world consciousness about the importance of building communication and relationships between
children - family - schools - social institutions.
2. To build awareness of the importance of developing a healthy relationship between humans and the planet.
3. To establish Islands of World Youth, World Youth Leadership Camps, aWorld Youth Democracy Movement.
4. To enhance innovations in education, proposing new teaching methods,transfer of knowledge, and so on.
5. To cooperate with organizations, schools, higher education institutions,NGOs and individuals around the world to promote children's rights and duties, democratic expression and understanding. Our collective work focuses on establishing children's place in the world based on principles of freedom, reciprocal love and truth. We aim for the qualitative advancement of thechildren themselves, and also of the lives of people in the community in mutual harmony with nature and all living things.
6. To enhance the development of extra-institutional activities (ethical, moral, ecological, democratic, creative, humanitarian).