S Q's List: International & National Non Profits

This is the official website of Above the Influence. This site, the Above the Influence commercials, and all other Above the Influence ads that you see are created for the National Youth Anti-Drug Media Campaign, a program of the Office of National Drug Control Policy. This campaign is inspired by what teens have told us about their lives, and how they deal with the influences that shape their decisions.
Every teen's life is filled with pressure, some of it good, some of it bad. Our goal is to help teens stand up to negative pressures, or influences. The more aware you are of the influences around you, the better prepared you will be to face them, including the pressure to use drugs, pills, and alcohol. We're not telling you how to live your life, but we are giving you another perspective and the latest facts. You need to make your own smart decisions. We want teens to live Above the Influence.
You might even consider this site an influence. We know how smart you are when it comes to the messages you see and hear. That's great and you should question us, too. One way to do that is to review our sources. The numbers at the end of many of the facts are footnotes. You can click on them to find out where we got the information.
We hope that this site helps you to be more aware of the influences around you, and that you carefully consider the risks when you're faced with tough decisions.

Toastmasters International is a non-profit educational organization that teaches public speaking and leadership skills through a worldwide network of meeting locations.
Headquartered in Rancho Santa Margarita, California, the organization has more than 280,000 members in 13,500 clubs in 116 countries. 
Since 1924, Toastmasters International has helped people of all backgrounds become more confident in front of an audience.

PMI is one of the world's largest not-for-profit membership associations for the project management profession, with more than 650,000 members and credential holders in more than 185 countries. Our worldwide advocacy for project management is supported by our globally-recognized standards and credentials, our extensive research program, and our professional development opportunities.
These products and services are the basis of greater recognition and acceptance of project management's successful role in governments, organizations, academia and industries

Faces of Media is a Non-profit organization designed to educate on the effects of negative media while enhancing self-esteem and leadership skills. Our goal is to raise awareness as well as inspire minds to create media that will leave a positive impact on the world.

Our mission is to start>  a Good Samaritan movement.We do this by creating programs and initiatives that encourage, educate, and inspire people to live like the Good Samaritan.In doing this we are not interested in using manipulation and guilt trips. Instead we seek to walk alongside people who desire to show the love and mercy of Jesus to people in need.We offer a variety of ways to move away from what is comfortable and into the reality of life, where we can begin to bring hope to those suffering from poverty, social injustice, disease, oppression and more.In short, start> can help us become more and more like Jesus and less and less like ourselves.

At RELEVANT, we've recognized the movement of a generation restless to change the world. A generation anxious to use the abundance God has blessed them with to be a blessing to others. RejectApathy.com was borne out of that desire-a desire to live out true compassion and to embrace justice the right way. Reject Apathy is a voice for the movement-a place where like-minded world-changers can connect, dialogue and challenge one another as we work to affect change locally and globally.

The Women's Opportunity Center in Kayonza, Rwanda, will not be a place for victims, but for survivors. When the facility opens in 2013, it will train women who lived through Rwanda's 1994 genocide to help rebuild their country, literally brick by brick.

Free The Children's We Day is more than just one day of celebration and inspiration. We Day is the movement of our time - a movement of young people leading local and global change.Harnessing the energy and passion of a young community of changemakers, We Day brings youth together in an unparalleled setting to show them that they are not alone in their journey to make a difference.Within stadiums full of cheering young people, We Day brings some of the greatest social issues of today to the forefront, and - no matter the cause, no matter the issue - provides ways in which every young person can find their place within the movement to create global change.

Sign or start your own petitions touching on serious issues!  This resource has won many battles!

EVERY THREE SECONDS someone in the world dies from factors related to extreme poverty - 30,000 people a day and 10.5 million a year. the sheer magnitude can be overwhelming, causing people to ask the question, "What can one person do, to possibly make a difference?"
EVERY THREE SECONDS, the documentary from award-winning director Dan Karslake, profiles ordinary people who asked that question and whose work offered profound answers. Each identified an issue that seemed insurmountable - and disproved that with surprising solutions, perseverance and a belief in human decency. Through these shared experiences, audiences will discover the blinding potential in each one of us to do great things to change the world. We hope to inspire a movement and uncover a new wave of change agents and previously untapped resources.

Free The Children is the world's largest network of children helping children through education, with more than one million youth involved in our innovative education and development programs in 45 countries.

For more than 20 years, MENTOR: The National Mentoring Partnership (MENTOR) has been the lead champion for youth mentoring in the United States. MENTOR helps children by providing a public voice, developing and delivering resources to mentoring programs nationwide and promoting quality for mentoring through standards, cutting-edge research and state of the art tools.

Back To The Roots is a social enterprise whose primary purpose is to use our profits and resources to rescue and restore the vulnerable. These are the voiceless children, sex trafficking victims, and other poverty-stricken and enslaved people around the world.

Compassion International exists as a Christian child advocacy ministry that releases children from spiritual, economic, social and physical poverty and enables them to become responsible, fulfilled Christian adults.
Founded by the Rev. Everett Swanson in 1952, Compassion began providing Korean War orphans with food, shelter, education and health care, as well as Christian training.
Today, Compassion helps more than 1.2 million children in 26 countries.

The Foundation for a Drug-Free World is a nonprofit public benefit corporation that empowers youth and adults with factual information about drugs so they can make informed decisions and live drug-free.

KaBOOM! is a national non-profit dedicated to saving play for America's children.
Our mission is to create great playspaces through the participation and leadership of communities. Ultimately, we envision a place to play within walking distance of every child in America

World Vision is a Christian humanitarian organization dedicated to working with children, families, and their communities worldwide to reach their full potential by tackling the causes of poverty and injustice.

Alex's Lemonade Stand Foundation (ALSF) shares the vision of our founder and creator, Alexandra "Alex" Scott-a cure for all children with cancer.
When Alex, who was diagnosed with childhood cancer just before her first birthday, was four, she told her parents she wanted to set up a front-yard lemonade stand. Her plan: to give the money to doctors to help them find a cure.

Launched in late 2004, RFTS, Inc. is the only national non profit pediatric cerebral palsy foundation led by parents.  RFTS is committed to advocacy, education and driving research to serve the needs of children with Cerebral Palsy and those families and care givers involved in their care.

DoSomething.org is one of the largest organizations in the U.S. that helps young people rock causes they care about. A driving force in creating a culture of volunteerism, DoSomething.org is on track to activate two million young people in 2011. By leveraging the web, television, mobile, and pop culture, DoSomething.org inspires, empowers and celebrates a generation of doers: young people (25 and under) who recognize the need to do something, believe in their ability to get it done, and then take action.