led to the first youth exchange program between the U.S. and Soviet Union. CASC training and support led to the founding of the Association of Young Leaders (AYL), the third non-profit organization formed in the newly independent former Soviet states in 1992. CASC youth staffed three Global Youth Conferences at the 1992 Earth Summit and the 1995 and 1996 State of the World Forums. In 2004 CASC and AYL staff trained Japanese youth to serve as facilitators for an environmental forum in Aomori, Japan. Honors Selected as a model self-esteem program by the California Task force on Self-Esteem. Selected as a model youth program by the International Youth Foundation. Selected as Top-Rated Nonprofit of 2010 by Great Nonprofits. See also California State Student Association Student Senate for California Community Colleges University of California Students Association References External links Facebook Twitter Youth organizations based in California Political organizations based in the United States Youth model government Organizations based in Oakland, California Non-profit organizations based in the San Francisco Bay Area Student organizations in California 1947 establishments in California