GYC's founding Steering Committee spent more than two years planning and working to develop Global Youth Connect. We would like to thank these amazing leaders for their hard work and dedication to human rights and social justice.

Global Youth Connect would also like to extend a special thank you to those who have contributed to its development over the years. Special thanks are in order to the Dart Foundation for the planning grant which enabled us to get started; Frank Ochberg who spurred us into action; the entire Board of the Friends of Raoul Wallenberg Foundation; Wilton Dillon and Mary Lynne Elroy for producing the Bergendal conference; Ervin Staub for the passion of his ideas and concerns; Camp Rising Sun; our funders; and all the members of the GYC Steering Committee, Board of Directors and the youth leaders who have participated in our programs - they've given their best thinking, extraordinary hearts and time in the hopes of making this dream a reality.