How our Strategic Partners work with Sea Dragons Gavel Club
Our strategic partners, both local and international, share a mission to improve communication skills and create a lasting impact. They collaborate with us in three key areas:
- Co-hosting annual events: To connect members globally, share ideas, and get inspired.
- Collaborative projects: Leverage each other’s strengths, creating unique experiences.
- Mutual support: In various ways, from event roles to design help, whenever needed.
As a strategic partner, you help spread joyful education and meaningful impact to a wider audience.
TEDxBIPH Youth
TEDxBIPH Youth is a program of local, self-organized events that brings young people together to share ideas worth spreading. Founded in 2022 by Jessica Guo and Hunter Mueller at Basis International School Park Lane Harbour, it features speakers with diverse, innovative ideas and international perspectives.
By collaborating with TEDxBIPH Youth, Sea Dragons Gavel Club members can enhance their public speaking and leadership skills, gain exposure to unique ideas, and participate in inspiring events.
Members can get involved by attending TEDxBIPH Youth annual events, volunteering for TEDx roles, giving talks as TEDx speakers, mentoring other TEDx speakers, or drawing inspiration from TEDx speeches to take their own presentations to the next level.
Even if you cannot attend a TEDxBIPH Youth event in person, members can access Video Recordings of all speeches from each year’s event.
Contact Hunter, TEDx co-organizer, to get involved.
Global Youth Gavel Clubs
Global Youth Gavel Clubs (GYGC) is an international consortium of Gavel Club counselors worldwide, united by a shared mission.
Sea Dragons Gavel Club works with GYGC to co-host online educational sessions and to organize a yearly schedule of diverse speech contest, progressing from the club level to the group level. Through participation in these programs, members broaden their horizons, develop communication and leadership skills, and connect with youth leaders from around the world.
Contact DTM Alok Sharma, Chairperson of Group F, to get involved.
Rotary Club of Shenzhen
Rotary Club of Shenzhen, a club of Rotary International—the world’s largest non-profit service organization founded in 1905—has an alliance with Toastmasters International.
The Rotary Club of Shenzhen welcomes all Sea Dragons Gavel Club members and students to join their service projects in Shenzhen. These projects mainly focus on community employment issues and mental health concerns. Students have the opportunity to visit various scientific and technical organizations and engage in service-learning for people with psychological challenges.
Take the online course Youth Guide to Service-Learning before participating, and gain access to all other online courses in the Rotary Learning Center after creating an account.
Contact Christine Deng, President of the Rotary Club of Shenzhen, to get involved.
Erika’s Lighthouse
Erika’s Lighthouse is a non-profit organization that educates students, families, and educators about adolescent mental health to reduce stigma, encourage help-seeking, and support well-being.
Sea Dragons Gavel Club is a chartered Erika’s Lighthouse Empowerment affiliate club that helps make mental health conversations normal and approachable at school. Through student-led activities, the club works to reduce stigma, encourage students to seek support, and foster a caring, inclusive school culture—especially within China’s highly competitive academic environment.
Learn more and contact Derick Elkin, Erika’s Lighthouse empowerment club coordinator, to get involved.