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How Students Shoulder-to-Shoulder Uses Field Studies to Inspire Ethical Leadership

How Shoulder-to-Shoulder Uses Field Studies to Inspire Ethical Leadership

Our Story and Our Mission In the face of the pressing problems that exist in the world, we created Shoulder-to-Shoulder in 2007 to give students an avenue to explore real-world answers to a pressing question: “What can we do?”  What began as a program with one school, 30 students, and three NGO partners has grown…


A panel discussion featuring several B:Corp leaders from Colorado, moderated by leadership expert and author Jennifer Simpson. The conversation will explore how impact-driven businesses, organizations, and schools can collaborate within their communities—and beyond—to serve as a powerful force for good. B:Corp Panel

What is Ethical Leadership and Why It Matters

What is Ethical Leadership and Why It Matters What does it take to inspire a new generation of leaders who make decisions not only for personal gain but also for the greater good? This is the essence of ethical leadership—a style of leadership that prioritizes integrity, responsibility, and a socially conscious purpose.  Leadership is simply…


Shoulder-to-Shoulder alum and member of the Board of Directors Emmanuel Daudu, hosting a student session at the Ethical Leadership Forum in Vail, Colorado, 2024.

Defining the Alumni Network

Featured Image: (L-R) Shoulder-to-Shoulder alums Carter Thomas, Mollie White, and Emmanuel Daudu co-host a student session at the Ethical Leadership Forum in Vail, Colorado, 2024. Mollie White and Emmanuel Daudu also serve on the organization’s Board of Directors. Defining the Shoulder-to-Shoulder Alumni Network: Building Ethical Leadership After the Initial Field Study  For Shoulder-to-Shoulder alumni, the…


Shoulder-to-Shoulder works with businesses to support local students in immersive field study experiences abroad.

Business Spotlight: Pinnacle Mountain Homes

In our modern society, two things are true: Businesses can have a profoundly positive effect on society.   Young people respond to moral examples. Shoulder-to-Shoulder is weaving these truths together. Our partnership with the socially conscious Pinnacle Mountain Homes, based in Frisco, Colorado, perfectly illustrates this concept. Pinnacle Mountain Homes is far from your average construction…


Culture of Safety: How Students Shoulder-to-Shoulder Keeps Teens Safe on International Service Learning Trips in Costa Rica

Culture of Safety: How We Keep Teens Safe on International Service Learning Trips

Culture of Safety: How Students Shoulder-to-Shoulder Keeps Teens Safe on International Service Learning Trips International travel can be a life-changing experience for students, opening their eyes to different cultures, lifestyles, and social challenges. However, safety should always remain a top priority when young people engage in field studies studies abroad.  At Students Shoulder-to-Shoulder, a safety…


Top ten reasons teens choose Students Shoulder-to-Shoulder to travel abroad

The Top Ten Reasons Teens Choose Students Shoulder-to-Shoulder

The Top Ten Reasons Teens Choose Students Shoulder-to-Shoulder As travel programs become more available for teens worldwide, Students Shoulder-to-Shoulder has stood out as a preferred choice for those seeking meaningful service with unique global experiences.  The organization attracts hundreds of student applicants yearly, with over 1,200 enrolled in the past decade, thanks to its blend…


Students Shoulder-to-Shoulder adventure leadership programs for high-school students in Kenya

The Best Trips for High School Students to Develop Leadership Skills

Leadership skills are a crucial piece of the college application puzzle. While high school classes prepare you academically, leadership programs equip you with the real-world tools to succeed outside the classroom. Field Studies that foster ethical leadership skills require opportunities for students to experience, process, and reflect on how leaders address the problems of tomorrow….


Hope In The Challenge

One Big Idea: Today, school leaders attend to a broad influence of mental health issues in their school communities; the challenge is finding the time and resources  to address what’s upstream, where today’s problems were once in a more manageable, nascent form, and where tomorrow’s challenges simmer.     Why It Matters:  Another wave of research connects…


COP26 Addressing the Wrong Crisis

COP26 You might know that COP stands for Conference of The Parties.  The parties are nations who met to sign a treaty that was ratified in 1994.   From the UN website: “For nearly three decades the UN has been bringing together almost every country on earth for global climate summits – called COPs. “…


Podcast Episode: Maggie and Nicole

Listen On: Spotify | Apple | Google In this episode, we get the privilege to speak with Maggie Chang and Nicole Alleyne, who are both graduates of the Asheville School and participated in Shoulder-to-Shoulder courses. The Asheville School has partnered with Shoulder-to-Shoulder for over ten years.  Maggie and Nicole discuss how the lessons they learned…


The Power of Communication

IPI’s College Scholars Program Among the poor in Kenya, income and quality of life aren’t much better for those who complete high school compared to those who don’t. To overcome poverty, further education is needed after high school in order to obtain vocational skills or professional credentials. The IPI College Scholars Program (ICSP) supports promising candidates…


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Our Teachers Are Our First Ethical Leaders

There is no social institution further upstream of all our challenges than schools.  Pause for a moment during these opening days, and you will see in our schools the entirety of our next generation, all in various stages of preparation to participate, even to lead, our democracy, our world.    How this next generation will…


Podcast Episode: Christiana Beveridge

Listen On: Spotify | Apple | Google In this episode of the podcast, we get the chance to speak with Christiana Beveridge who is a Shoulder-to-Shoulder alumna and member of the Executive Board. Christiana serves as a Medical Director at Oak Street Health, a career which she says was inspired by her experiences with Shoulder-to-Shoulder….


Looking Forward to Summer 2022

As Summer 2021 comes to an end and thoughts turn to planning for next summer we wanted to let you know that when the world opens for safe travel, Students Shoulder-to-Shoulder is ready. Risk management is central to Students Shoulder-to-Shoulder programming and we are currently developing guidelines alongside our partners. While we can not predict…


Podcast Episode: Mark Wilhelm

Listen On: Spotify | Apple | Google In this episode of the podcast, we get the chance to hear from Mark Wilhelm, who is a businessman and father to three children who have participated in Shoulder-to-Shoulder courses. In this episode, we dig into how Mark was instrumental in the founding of Shoulder-to-Shoulder. Executive Director and…


The Shoulder-to-Shoulder Podcast

Shoulder-to-Shoulder is a community of partners working together to inspire and support ethical leadership. In this podcast series, we will be sharing inspirational stories from the people that make up this community.   Listen On: Spotify | Google | Apple


Podcast Episode: Lauren Morehead

Listen On: Spotify | Google | Apple In this episode of the podcast, we speak with Lauren Morehead, who has been a part of the Shoulder-to-Shoulder community in many different capacities. As a student, Lauren participated in both the New Orleans and Nepal courses, but her involvement didn’t stop there. Today, Lauren is an active member of the Board…


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