Kyle Taylor 

 

Kyle is a four-year veteran of Youth Venture, a program that supports young people in launching their own social enterprises. In 2003 he started his own team called Operation Outreach: Spring in to Reading and Writing in part, based on lessons learned from reading Savage Inequalities, by Jonathan Kozol. Operation Outreach works to build bridges between college mentors and elementary school children to inspire them to work hard and stay in school. 

 

Kyle graduated summa cum laude with honors from American University. He holds two bachelor’s degrees: in international relations and international entrepreneurship and the other in international media and political discourse. A member of Phi Beta Kappa, Kyle also served as president of student government and president of Alpha Phi Omega, the international community service fraternity. He was a national finalist for the Rhodes Scholarship and will be pursuing graduate work in international politics and communication next year at the London School of Economics as a Rotary Ambassadorial Scholar. He recently completed eight months in Shanghai, China, where he taught English in a state school for children of migrant workers. 

 

Kyle is currently making his way around the world as Youth Venture’s global representative, meeting with young changemakers on five continents while simultaneously documenting their work in words, pictures and film to bring awareness to a global movement that is reshaping our world. The North American leg, from February 10 to March 23, 2008, takes him to 32 US states and two Canadian provinces in conjunction with Staples, Starbucks and MySpace. His journey is being documented on Youth Venture's website and has been covered by the international press, including BBC News and the Times of India.