Our Thousand Youth March for Humanity — the nation’s first mass children’s march against bullying
As the Humanity Project nears our 18th birthday, we’d like to share a fact you may not know: Since our founding in 2005, we have never paid anyone a salary. We think that’s quite a record for an organization that has accomplished all that we have.
We have created from scratch several acclaimed programs, including I Care, Antibullying Through The Arts and Humanity Club. And we’ve offered them for free, reaching tens of thousands of children and adults. We organized and led the nation’s first mass children’s march against bullying, our Thousand Youth March for Humanity. The Humanity Project has made many dozens of our own original videos for kids and grownups as well as original music, stories, blogs and podcasts. We currently have two websites, our main site at thehumanityproject.com along with our site for parents of teen drivers at thp4parents.com … We’ve a social media following in excess of 10,000 people and our main website attracts visitors worldwide every day of the year, folks who want to learn our inspiring message. Hundreds of those visitors have signed our Pledge For Humanity, promising to treat others and themselves with respect in their daily lives. We could go on … and on. But we hope the point is clear: The Humanity Project has made a difference.
We couldn’t have done this without our great sponsors, including State Farm, The Our Fund Foundation, Children’s Services Council of Broward County, Google and others. They help us pay the essential bills. But those bills do not include paychecks. Our founder and president, our board members, our volunteers, our teachers and guidance counselors and students — everyone works without a salary. Small stipends to defray expenses are sometimes given, but they are very small indeed. Typically, $500 or less. And they are awarded carefully, very few and far between.
This history is part of the reason the Humanity Project consistently earns the Candid Gold Seal of Transparency from GuideStar, the respected national organization that oversees nonprofit integrity. We are very proud of that history. And we hope to continue doing what we do for many years to come, instilling greater respect for the goodness and inherent value of humanity. “Equality For Each, Respect For All.” That’s the Humanity Project.
