Voices Against Indifference
A curriculum-based educational program, VAI connects high school students with global humanitarians who exemplify the power of the individual to make a difference. Each year, VAI addresses critical issues facing humanity from the perspectives of our participating humanitarians with the underlying goals of shifting attitudes, fostering global awareness and promoting personal responsibility among youth. Simultaneously, VAI builds bridges across cultural divides by bringing students from all corners of the region together for dialogue. An extension of this initiative is Echo’s Annual Award Dinner, at which the guest humanitarian is they keynote speaker and a local hero is honored with the Echo Award Against Indifference.
Echo Humanitarian Academic Programs

2017 Cuba

2016 Bosnia

2015 Ben Bernakne

2013 The Steel Butterfly