Unique & United Project
Unique and United invites young people everywhere to explore their identities, challenge assumptions, and harness their creativity to express a vision for a more united world.
Get Your Students Engaged
Our world is facing division, uncertainty, and rapid change.
Young people face an increasingly divisive world, but seek ways to understand themselves and connect with others.
Help young people connect.
Teaching students how to explore their identities and those of others – the traits, experiences, and stories that make them who they are – and learn how celebrating our differences fosters understanding and connection.
Students can be empowered.
Deepening their understanding of the shared humanity between individuals, cultures, and communities empowers young people to discover how unique perspectives can lead to bold ideas that positively impact the world.
How It Works
Students Rebuild empowers young people ages 5-25 to take direct action and see firsthand how they
can make a difference. The project is adaptable and can be scaled from a single lesson to a full year. We
provide free resources to help you teach within whatever time and space you have.
1. Sign Up
Educators or youth leaders sign up their group or class for the project.
2. Explore
Use our free resources to teach students about the issue.
3. Create
Select a creative medium – visual art, writing, performance, digital media, or STEM – and have students express their ideas, thoughts, and solutions.
4. Share
Submit students’ work. Each creative work or student engaged unlocks a $5 donation to global charities, up to $1M.
5. Impact
Creative submissions help raise funds for local and global solutions.
Types Of Creative Work Accepted
Literary Arts (Short stories, essays, and poetry), Performing Arts (Dance, theater, and music), Media ArtsĀ (PSAs, films, and videos), Media ArtsĀ (PSAs, films, and videos), Visual Arts (Graphic design, drawings, paintings, photography, and memes), STEM (Robotics, digital design, and games)
Help Unique & United Project
Help us reach our goal of raising $1M for CARE, Choose Love, Green Horizon Ventures, Homeboy Industries, Kids For Peace, Narrative 4, Open Roads, Ripples of Hope, Search for Common Ground, TREEAMS, and Welcoming America. These organizations are working on the ground to care for the air, land, and water around us.Ā
$1,000,000
Raised of $1,000,000 goal
90,720
Creative expressions
114,574
Youth engaged
Learn more about the partner organizations these funds are helping support.
Need Help Getting Started?
Explore our resources! We have activity ideas, book lists, and standards-aligned curriculum for each element to help you easily implement the Unique & United Project.
Gallery
Get inspired! Check out the Protect Our Planet Gallery to see the creative work submitted by young people around the world.
Origami Pets
Team
John Marshall High School Bears
Reflection
Students made origami pets to unite with acts of kindness to children and seniors in isolation.
Mr. Cesarani’s Self Portraits
Team
Team 232
Reflection
In Mr. Cesaraniās 1st grade art classes, students created self-portraits inspired by the art movement Cubism, as seen in the work of Pablo Picasso. By breaking their faces into different shapes and perspectives, students explored the idea that identity is multifaceted and can be viewed in many ways. This approach helped even the youngest learners understand that there is no single way to represent themselves, reinforcing the message that everyone is complex, unique, and valued.
Unique and United Hands
Team
Valor Heights ChangeMakers
Reflection
In teams we created 13 works of art. The art was hands drawn in Zentangles style
With a pastel background. We traced our hands and some
students chose to
Overlap them. This represented how we each are unique- but we are also
The same. The hands were not colored, they were white and black- representing all hands uniting together:
See what students are creating around the world
Use this map to find other teams participating in the project ā the pins show where teams created their works of creative expression. Click the icons to learn how the programs you helped fund are making a difference.
Frequently Asked Questions
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