Create Now Honored by the British Council and Volunteer Service Organization

Create Now is thrilled that we have been selected by the British Council (a 75 year old agency) and Volunteer Service Organization (VSO) to participate in the first-ever multilateral Global Xchange, which connects youth and community activists from six countries: USA, France, UK, South Africa, Sierra Leone and Rwanda. Our Founder and Executive Director Jill Gurr is now in Durban, South Africa from January 17 - February 6, 2010, spending three weeks collaborating with other leaders to exchange best practices, and to explore cross-cultural approaches to serving at-risk youth. In March, they will all travel to Belfast to spend three weeks together working on community projects. Jill is one of the first five Americans to ever participate in the British Council's Global Xchange. Keep up with this exciting project through the Global XChange Blog.

Through Global Xchange, Create Now will also select a youth between 18-24 years old who, from June to December 2010, will spend three months in Belfast and three months in South Africa where they will intern with youth organizations. They will work with youth from all of these six countries to learn how to make this a better world. We're extremely grateful to the British Council and VSO for this amazing opportunity.

Be sure to follow Jill's blog posts as she shares regular updates, photos and news about her incredible journey.

Create Now is a 501 (c)(3) non-profit organization founded in 1996 that helps transform the lives of high-risk and at-risk youth through creative arts mentoring, education, resources and opportunities. We’ve reached almost 20,0000 of the most troubled youth in Southern California during the last thirteen years.