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Connecting Us to Africa’s Untold Stories, One T-Shirt at a Time…cont.

YOBO Yobo Staff
November 23rd, 2011

Unlike NTC, Project Repat is an idea that nearly sells itself. While they were working in Africa, Lohr and Hewens noticed that the huge used clothing markets were full of awesome vintage t-shirts their friends back home would love.

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Afghan Book Making Class

Skateistan
November 2nd, 2011

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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Sustainability Leading Professionals Gather at Oxford University

CSRwire Yobo Member
October 28th, 2011

‘These Young Minds’ in collaboration with the Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment, University of Oxford, organized an event ‘Bridging the gap between Sustainability and the Board’ on the 20th October 2011 at University of Oxford.

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What if the Secret to Success Is Failure?

NY Times
September 23rd, 2011

Dominic Randolph can seem a little out of place at Riverdale Country School — which is odd, because he’s the headmaster. Randolph comes across as an iconoclast, a disrupter, even a bit of an eccentric. He dresses for work every day in a black suit with a narrow tie, and the outfit, plus his cool demeanor and sweep of graying hair, makes you wonder, when you first meet him, if he might have played sax in a ska band in the ’80s.

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Martin Luther King Memorial: Dedication Cancelled, Family And Friends Remember Landmark Speech

Huffington Post
August 30th, 2011

It was here, 48 years ago, that Martin Luther King, Jr., and a group of trusted advisers put the final touches on the “I Have A Dream” speech just hours before hundreds of thousands of people descended on the city for the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom.

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Connecting Us to Africa’s Untold Stories, One T-Shirt at a Time

YOBO Yobo Staff
November 22nd, 2011

Whether it is through a children’s book or the multi-billion dollar global used-clothing trade, Ross Lohr believes the key to successful economic development lies in creating connections.

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Reading, Writing, Empathy: The Rise of ‘Social Emotional Learning’

Dowser
November 1st, 2011

At a time of contentious debate over how to reform schools to make teachers more effective and students more successful, “social emotional learning” may be a key part of the solution.

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Melon Update and My Projects in Uganda

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

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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Jason Kimberley in The Zone

The Age
September 13th, 2011

You’re here to talk to about your particular brand of activism, Cool Australia. It could be seen as kind of an intergenerational environmentalism. You are trying to educate young people, you are using really clear and plain and simple language. And you’re talking about sustainability and the environment. Could you please start by telling us about the genesis and evolution of Cool Australia?

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Newest Ashoka Fellows Provide Youth with Access to a Quality Education

Ashoka Yobo Member
August 24th, 2011

A country’s young people are its most important asset. They are the future of a nation; providing them access to a quality education should be a top priority. Of course, there are many obstacles — you don’t have to be an expert to know that there are problems in education to be solved in all countries. Luckily, there are also social entrepreneurs stepping up to the challenge, including members of the newest class of Ashoka Fellows.

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