“Making a Difference” with Greggory Cannady from One Voice 4 Change

Each week on “Making a Difference,” our host, Wayne Veldsman, interviews people making a difference in their community. Today, Wayne had the pleasure of talking with Greggory Cannady from One Voice 4 Change.

One Voice 4 Change is a nonprofit whose vision and mission is to bring equal learning opportunities to children by creating worldwide educational partnerships that inspire learning and global citizenship. They work with students in Belize, Peru, Kenya, Nigeria, Brazil, England, and the U.S. Their projects are student driven, teacher facilitated and industry inspired.

To learn more, check out www.onevoice4change.org.

How does your company inspire others?: We provide the platform for students to design their own learning, for teachers to not teach, but to facilitate (that’s a different skill set) and for industries such as NASA, Lockheed Martin, and others to mentor students in STEM fields, plus they see their future work force at the middle school and high school level. We have inspired through hundreds of collaborations and our main goal is to create relationships rather than content. Students need caring adults to step up and recognize that our education system is no longer working and to listen and empower our youth. Our future depends on it.

What are your biggest goals in the next 6 to 12 Months for your business?: Receive funding Continue our Martian Greenhouse project. Begin our CubeSats for Peru project in January. Develop our CubeSat vision for students with the Michaelis Foundation, expanding into Brazil.