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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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John Bohannon & Black Label Movement – Dance Your PhD

Ted    Video
December 7th, 2011

John Bohannon & Black Label Movement – Dance Your PhD

How important are the arts? How can dance change the world?

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Using Talent to Generate Income

Chrysalis Uganda   
November 10th, 2011

Using Talent to Generate Income

For the last two years, we have run art projects to tease out and train up young artists and we are very privileged to have worked with professional artists, Yusuf Ssali, Damba Musoke, Bruno Ruganzu, John Okot, Sheila Black and many others.

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Melon Update and My Projects in Uganda

Chrysalis School for Young Entrepreneurs    Yobo Member
October 21st, 2011

Melon Update and My Projects in Uganda

My name is Oceng Morrish and I am 15 years old and the oldest student at the Chrysalis School for Young Social Entrepreneurs. I am in Senior 1. I am one of the members of the Butterfly Project and I live in a small village in Lamwo district of Uganda.

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Activism Through Art Encouraged by Coal-Free University

Indiana Daily Student   
October 14th, 2011

Activism Through Art Encouraged by Coal-Free University

The Beehive Design Collective, an organization committed to activism through art, will be making its way to Bloomington today. The group has spent the last two years preparing to show the world “The True Cost of Coal.”

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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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Hip Hop Hooray

The Age   
November 14th, 2011

Hip Hop Hooray

A hip-hop academy at Footscray, Australia is bridging cultural barriers to engage children.

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Afghan Book Making Class

Skateistan   
November 2nd, 2011

Afghan Book Making Class

We have set up a Book Making class for our students at Skateistan. In this class we are also doing an exchange with students in Florida. Check out the pictures.

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Seattle Startup Supports Nonprofits With One-Stop Shop For Daily Deals

CSRwire    Yobo Member
October 17th, 2011

Seattle Startup Supports Nonprofits With One-Stop Shop For Daily Deals

Gividend Inc., a Seattle-based company offering online donation and fundraising tools for nonprofits, has entered the daily deals industry with Gividend.com, a daily deals aggregator that allows people to support the local nonprofit of their choice with each purchase.

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Painting Truth to Power in San Francisco

AFSC    Yobo Member
October 6th, 2011

Painting Truth to Power in San Francisco

There is a powerful witness to community and the struggle for migrant justice in the form of a massive mural in San Francisco. The 100 foot wide by 30 foot tall mural illustrates that undocumented youth all have dreams and that no human being is illegal.

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