AWAKE is committed to finding ways to foster inspired leadership, motivation for creating positive change and cross-cultural understanding in the younger generation. One of the ways we do this is through offering young people the opportunity to use their strengths and skills to serve others. Since AWAKE’s inception in 2005, we have participated in a number of service projects and international conferences on and are planning more including:

SOS: International Youth Leadership Summit in Bangkok, Thailand:

In June 2006, four AWAKE representatives attended Seeds of Spirituality: International Youth Leadership Summit, the first youth summit to address the environmental, humanitarian and political issues of the world from a spiritual standpoint. AWAKE’s representatives joined with young leaders from around the world in meeting objectives such as creating a operational plan and meeting agenda to be presented as the Global Youth Leadership Summit, enhancing the depth of spiritual dimension in the minds of international youth leaders, and creating and nurturing an international youth leader’s network.

International Interfaith Congress in Kashi, India:

In November 2006, three youth from AWAKE presented speeches at the International Interfaith Congress organized by H.H. Sai Maa, Humanity In Unity and Mahatma Gandhi Vidyapith University. This congress gathered professors, politicians and peace advocates from around India and the world to share how we can manifest a world in which all faiths, spiritual beliefs, cultures and races are honored and celebrated.

Service Projects in Northern and Southern India:

In the winter of 2007, fifteen youth traveled throughout India (Kashi, Bangalore, and Calicut), serving in humanitarian projects distributing vitamins and anti-parasite medication to school children, distributing food rations to rural families, offering pensions to widows, and serving free meals to over 2,000 of people.

Visit Vitamin Angels for more information: http://www.vitaminangels.org/

Student Peace Alliance National Conference:

In Oct 2007, AWAKE sponsored two young people to attend the first ever Student Peace Alliance Conference in Waltham, Massachusetts, which brought together 300 student and youth leaders from around the country to build and define the national youth movement for a U.S. Department of Peace.

AWAKE Day of Service:

AWAKE members from across the country joined in the first annual AWAKE Day of Service on Saturday, March 28th, 2009. Each member offered some form of service on this day in celebration of AWAKE’s anniversary. Members participated in service ranging from walking with service in their hearts-with a focus to serve all they met in some way, creating a more energy efficient living environment, cleaning up public community grounds, and making art and playing music with residents of a local nursing home.

Future Service Projects organized by AWAKE:

Pine Ridge Reservation Service Trip Fall ‘09:

AWAKE is collaborating with Rediscovery Four Corners to organize a 5-7 day service trip to the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota in the early fall of 2009.

Visit Rediscovery.org: http://rediscovery.org/

India Service Trip Winter ‘09:

AWAKE is collaborating with Humanity in Unity and Vitamin Angels to organize a trip to northern India in Feb ’09 to distribute vitamins and vital nutrition to children in need as part of the Vitamin Angels campaign to eradicate Vitamin A decadency on the planet by the year 2020.

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Volunteer within Our Movement!

We welcome you to join our volunteer team of inspired, motivated and fun-loving young people by offering your creativity, ideas, and skills as an AWAKE volunteer.

We are looking for young people to volunteer their time in the areas of marketing, event planning, fund raising, community building and humanitarian project coordination.

If you are interested in gaining and implementing valuable leadership and organizational skills as an AWAKE volunteer contact Lindsey at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it to apply.