High Resolves was founded in 2005 by Mehrdad Baghai author of The Alchemy of Growth[4] and his wife Roya.[3] High Resolves started as an experiment in Baghai's son's school in Sydney, Australia, and had expanded to at least 350 Australian schools by 2018,[3] having engaged more than 200,000 Australian students since its inception.[5]
In 2014 the Australian Council for Educational Research conducted an independent evaluation of the programs and found:[1] "High Resolves is meeting its intended purposes, namely it is effectively engaging and helping to empower young Australians to take part and be active in their communities".
Collective Action: a series of High Resolves programs for students, which teach personal decision-making skills and encourage critical thinking about social change.[6]
High Resolves created Videos for Change in 2015[12] to help students to take action and feel empowered to create change in the world.[13]
The challenge is for young people from high school years 7 to 12 to create a one-minute video on a social issue they feel passionate about. Past participants have covered issues such as social inclusion, racism, domestic violence, gender equality, LGBTQI rights, and bullying.[14]
High Resolves has the charity status of Deductible Gift Recipients (DGR) in Australia[15] and High Resolves America has 501(c)(3) status in the US[16] which allows for US federal tax exemption of nonprofit organizations, specifically those that are considered public charities.
^ ab"High Resolves". Australian Charities and Not-for-profit Commission. Retrieved 17 November 2018.
^Tavangar, Homa Sabet (2009). Growing Up Global: Raising Children to Be At Home in the World. New York: Random House (Ballantine Books). pp. 69–70. ISBN9780345517005.
^ abcd"McNulty Foundation". Impact. McNulty Foundation. Retrieved 17 November 2018. As intolerance and extremism increase, High Resolves teaches high schoolers to rise above.
^Baghai, Mehrdad, et al. (2000). The Alchemy of Growth. Da Capo Press. ISBN0-7382-0309-2
^ ab"McNulty Foundation". Ideas. McNulty Foundation. 24 October 2018. Retrieved 17 November 2018. High Resolves and Mehrdad Baghai win the 2018 McNulty Prize
^"Collective Action". International Grammar School Sydney. 13 August 2018. Retrieved 9 December 2018.
Representation of High Resolves activities at one high school — "High Resolves". Chatswood High School P&C (Parents & Citizens) Association. Retrieved 17 November 2018.
