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Lily Yeh: Beauty in Broken Places

Yes! Magazine    Yobo Member
January 31st, 2012

Lily Yeh: Beauty in Broken Places

Using art to bring about healing, self-empowerment, and social change.

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Empowering for the Future

AFSC    Yobo Member
January 19th, 2012

Empowering for the Future

Our future is only as strong as the young people we have invested in as a community. Miafere “Mia” Jones is a young woman doing just that in Baltimore City, not just investing in our youth, but also offering herself as a resource to those in need of guidance.

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Brief Singular Life Inspires Creative Activists

Voice of America   
December 27th, 2011

Brief Singular Life Inspires Creative Activists

Artist, activist and photojournalist Dan Eldon lived a short, yet full, life expressing himself through photos, drawings and journals.

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New York City Public Schools Compete to Be the Greenest

Nation of Change   
December 16th, 2011

New York City Public Schools Compete to Be the Greenest

Last Friday, Solar One and city officials announced the launch of a public school-wide competition that will award a total of $30,000 to schools that can achieve the most energy savings by next April.

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What Would Youth Do with $1 Trillion?

AFSC    Yobo Member
December 12th, 2011

What Would Youth Do with $1 Trillion?

The American Friends Service Committee and National Priorities Project are pleased to offer young people a chance to lift their voice by submitting a video to the If I Had a Trillion Dollars National Youth Video Festival.

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Beyond Drugs: Health as a Path to Happiness

Greater Good    Yobo Member
January 27th, 2012

Beyond Drugs: Health as a Path to Happiness

Andrew Weil is best known as a pioneer in the field of integrative medicine—a healing-oriented approach to health care that integrates the body, mind, and spirit.

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Visualizing a Plenitude Economy

YouTube    Video
December 28th, 2011

Visualizing a Plenitude Economy

There is a different way to move forward when considering how the world’s economic health can be attained for the betterment of all. Consider a Plenitude Economy!

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Haitian Students Celebrate New Opportunities

AFSC    Yobo Member
December 26th, 2011

Haitian Students Celebrate New Opportunities

After six months of hard work in an accelerated technical training program, youth supported by AFSC in Martissant, a Port-au-Prince community, celebrated their achievement in a graduation ceremony held in Petionville.

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Interactive Game Asks Activist to Eliminate Seeds of Climate Doubt

PSFK   
December 13th, 2011

Interactive Game Asks Activist to Eliminate Seeds of Climate Doubt

PSFK recently challenged top creative agencies from around the globe to come up with concepts that address issues put forth by The Climate Reality Project.

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A Divestment Christmas Carol

CSRwire    Yobo Member
December 9th, 2011

A Divestment Christmas Carol

On Saturday, December 3 at 11:00 AM, crowds gathered as members of Swarthmore Mountain Justice performed their own rendition of Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol.

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