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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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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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Video Stories Spark Creativity, Common Ground

AFSC    Yobo Member
November 23rd, 2011

Video Stories Spark Creativity, Common Ground

The stories of Ajay and Isabela, Mimi and Tino, Dal and Raj, Essa and Fernando – told by themselves in short videos – captivated the audience of more than 100 people during the third Movies without Borders Gala in late October.

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Positive People: Hip-Hop Teacher KMT

Positive News   
November 10th, 2011

Positive People: Hip-Hop Teacher KMT

DJ and hip-hop teacher KMT is using music and sustainable living to unite young people.

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Good Golly, Ms. Holly

Syracuse New Times   
October 26th, 2011

Good Golly, Ms. Holly

By Tammy DiDomenico Much about American culture has changed since Holly Near first lent her voice to the cause of social justice—by joining Another Mother for Peace in 1968. Indeed, her own career has evolved just as much; with forays into acting (from TV’s The Partridge Family to movies such as Slaughterhouse-Five), playwriting and teaching. [...]

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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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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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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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2nd Annual If I Had a Trillion Dollars (IHTD) Youth Film Festival

AFSC    Yobo Member
November 9th, 2011

2nd Annual If I Had a Trillion Dollars (IHTD) Youth Film Festival

If you had all the power, what would you do with a TRILLION dollars?

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Dancing to Epigenetics and Endocytosis

Science Magazine    Video
October 20th, 2011

Dancing to Epigenetics and Endocytosis

Have you ever wondered what nanotube chemistry might look like as a dance? Or fruit fly sex? Or protein x-ray crystallography? Look no further.

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