Be The Change Family Annual Membership with Kids 7+ years old

Welcome to Be the Change Foundation! A2C Academy proudly serves as the Foundation's educational platform, offering a dynamic and enriching family volunteering program. This program is designed to inspire creativity, cultivate leadership, innovation and teamwork among participants (both parents and children) while fostering meaningful connections and community engagement.

Description

Be the Change Foundation - Family Annual Membership

Welcome to Be the Change Foundation! A2C Academy proudly serves as the Foundation's educational platform, offering a dynamic and enriching family volunteering program. This program is designed to inspire creativity, cultivate leadershipinnovation and teamwork among participants (both parents and children)  while fostering meaningful connections and community engagement.

Program Overview:

  1. Creativity and Innovation Hybrid Bootcamp

    • Design Thinking hybrid camp at Stanford University (In-person, Jan 12, 5-9 PM, or zoom) for both parents and students, Professor Eesley will teach the class.

    • Follow-Up: Two weeks of online training focusing on Business Plan Writing Using AI tools and Figma Prototype Design

    • Value: $1,999

  2. Most Accomplished American Citizen Interview, Video Curation and Nomination

    • Starts Feb 2025

    • Focus:

      • Research and select interview candidates

      • Outreach and prepare for interviews using AI tools

      • Develop and ask impactful questions using AI tools

      • Conduct interviews with executives and community Leaders

      • Curate videos using AI video editing

      • Nominate interviewees as model citizens for America 250 year anniversary celebration. 

    • Participation: unlimited online and selective in-person interviews throughout the year

    • Value: $2,499

  3. Sustainable Fashion Program

    • Online Training: Four weeks

    • In-person Bootcamp: One week in summer, including:

      • Design & Dressmaking: Sustainable fashion pieces

      • Runway Modeling Training

      • Walk the runway to showcase your work at Stanford University

      • 10 best design awards will be selected by judges at the runway show

    • 10 award winners will attend the Sustainability Conference in Oct/Nov 2025 free, other members  can attend the conference at additional cost

    • Value: $2,499

  4. Autonomous Driving Bootcamp

    • Online Training: Three weeks

    • In-person Bootcamp: One week in summer, learn how to train self-driving models and compete using the model self-driving cars.

    • Participate in a Fall competition - 10 best will be awarded

    • 10 award winners will attend the Sustainability Conference in Oct/Nov 2025 free, other members can attend the conference at additional cost.

    • Value: $2,499

  5. Fundraising Training

    • Learn effective fundraising strategies

    • Practice fundraising with executives and senior Foundation volunteers 

    • Value: $1,000

  6. Live Q&A: Career and Parenting 

    • Weekly Q&A sessions

    • Monthly expert seminars

    • Value: $2,400 for two people, discounted at $1,200


Total Program Value: $11,696.00

Now, you can join this transformative program with a donation of $2,500 for a family of two parents and one child (7+ years old) for 12 months.

  • Additional children can be included for $1,000 per child.

  • Parents who only have kids younger than 7 years (1/1/2025) can participate in events with a $1,200 donation.

  • For people who don’t have kids but want to join the career Q&A, two people can share the membership for $1,200 donation. 

All adult participants must also contribute 20 volunteer hours to support the program; if you cannot volunteer 20 hours, you must pay for each class individually; that payment isn't considered as a donation; the donation option is only for the people who volunteer for the foundation. 

The donation may include corporate volunteer hours matching funds, corporate donations, or matching contributions. Contributions can come from parents, grandparents, or family friends, making it a collective effort to support this meaningful program.

You May Find Us at Your Company’s Website Donation Section:

  • Organization: Be the Change Foundation

  • Tax ID: 47-1524419

  • Logo: Look for our blue butterfly logo to ensure you are selecting the correct foundation, as “Be the Change Foundation” is a commonly used name.

  • Can’t Find Us? If you cannot locate us in your system, please email us at Support@bethechange.foundation for assistance.

We welcome your family to join this impactful initiative, children and parents grow together in the AI age!


This program offers unparalleled opportunities for children and parents to learn, grow, and make a lasting impact together as a family. Join us and be part of a movement that nurtures creativity, leadership, and social responsibility.

Give your children the opportunity to shine on the Be the Change Foundation stage! They'll be inspired and guided by top industry leaders and Stanford professors, helping them showcase their talents and creativity. This is a great opportunity for them to build strong leadership skills, create lasting family memories, and develop a standout volunteer portfolio that could captivate their dream universities. Don't miss out on helping your children grow into compassionate leaders and innovative thinkers.

About instructor

Dr. Liz Xu

Elizabeth is a public company board member and the CEO of A2C Leadership Group. She has served as two CTO positions of billion-dollar revenue companies: CP Group and BMC Software. She became a C-level executive in 2005 at a public company. She provides coaching in Leadership, Digital Transformation, AI, and cloud. She is also an investor for early-stage companies.

Dr. Elizabeth Xu has taught at Stanford University for 6 years about leadership, and currently is a guest lecturer at Stanford University Teaching Digital Transformation at the Department of Engineering Management Science. She is also the advisor for MIT Innovation Initiatives.

Elizabeth earned an M.S. and B.S. degree from Peking University and a Ph.D. and a Master’s Degrees from University Nevada, and She is a Harvard certified board member and attended the Stanford Executive Program.

Elizabeth received the TOP 50 Diversity Leader in the United States in 2020, the Presidential Award in 2019, the Global Leadership Award in 2018, the WITI Hall of Fame Award in 2017, and Women of Influence in Silicon Valley in 2013. She also received 10+ other prestigious awards. She is a trailblazer, leading a creative and proven path to the top.

Elizabeth lives by the credo of the four “L”s

1. Live to my fullest potential.
2. Love others and enable them to reach their fullest potential.
3. Learn continuously.
4. Leave a legacy.

Pat Zimmerman

Pat has been Elizabeth’s mentor for 30 years. She retired from AT&T at age 43. She retired the 2nd time from the positions of the Chairman and President of Osher Lifelong Learning Institute, University Nevada, Reno.

Pat has been teaching and coaching various students and working professionals since 1989. She has contributed significantly to the community.

Pat is the winner of Jefferson and Kennedy Awards and many other prestigious awards. As a lifelong learner and mentor, she believes that “ The day you stop learning, is the day you start dying”.

Charles (Chuck) Eesley

Chuck Eesley is an Associate Professor and W.M. Keck Foundation Faculty Scholar in the Department of Management Science and Engineering at Stanford University. As part of the Stanford Technology Ventures Program, his research focuses on the role of the institutional and university environment in high-growth, technology entrepreneurship. His research focuses on rethinking how the educational and policy environment shapes the economic and entrepreneurial impact of university alumni. His field research spans China, Japan, Chile, Bangladesh, Thailand and Silicon Valley and has received awards from the Schulze Foundation, the Technical University of Munich, and the Kauffman Foundation. He is a faculty affiliate at the Stanford Center for International Development, the Woods Institute for the Environment and the Stanford King Center on Global Development. He is also a member of the Editorial Board for the Strategic Management Journal. Before coming to Stanford, Prof. Eesley completed his Ph.D. at the M.I.T. Sloan School of Management. He started his first company while earning a Bachelor's degree from Duke University in 2002. His work has been published among other places in Organization Science, Strategic Management Journal, Research Policy, and Biological Psychiatry. Prof. Eesley previously was an entrepreneur, early employee, board member/advisor, and investor in the areas of life sciences, online education and machine learning. He has also been an advocate and mentor for historically under-represented groups in STEM, academia and the tech sector via programs such as Diversifying Academia, Recognizing Excellence (DARE), Global Innovation through Science and Technology (GIST), and SURF among others.

Matt Zhu

Kathy Wen

Kathy Wen is a multifaceted professional with a dynamic career that spans technology, entertainment, and consulting.

Kathy is an Executive Producer at Banyan Tree Movies and a professional singer-songwriter. At Banyan Tree Movies, she produces independent films highlighting Asian stories and themes. In their recent film, Battlebox, Kathy served as a producer and took on an acting role and wrote and performed the film’s theme song, “Battlebox (Through the Soldier’s Eyes).” Additionally, she is a YouTube creator and singer with a growing audience of over 100K subscribers on her self-titled channel.

Kathy has spent over 15 years of her career in tech, gaming, and consulting. Previously, she was the Director of Global Infrastructure Planning at Google and the Director of People and operations at Riot Games. She has also worked as a software engineer at Lam Research, a management consultant at McKinsey & Company, and the Chief of Staff to various senior executives at Cisco Systems.

Kathy holds a B.S. in Computer Science and Economics from the University of Washington and an M.B.A. from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business.