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advocacy
End the Bullying
Challenges Entered:
Advocacy and ombudsmanship for targets of bullying
In brief, this project will involve using a blog, Facebook page, and Twitter to build a grassroots base of people who are willing to provide support and insight for children who experience bullying and for their parents. In news stories about bullying, especially when it has led to suicide, parents note that they repeatedly tried to contact school administrators or other authorities, only to be ignored. Many families whose stories do not make the news also attest to this cycle of nonresponsiveness. This project will focus on identifying people across the United States who can serve as contacts and facilitators for parents and children whose complaints are not being heard. It will involve the following:
Location
Nationwide
United States
See map: Google Maps
SLEEP IN FOR THE HOMELESS
Challenges Entered:
END HOMELESSNESS
SLEEP-IN FOR THE HOMELESS
OCTOBER 8 (Friday Overnight)
6:30 PM to 6:30 AM
PITTSBURGH, PA
CITY COUNTY BUILDING - 414 Grant Street, Pgh. PA 15219
The Sleep-In for the Homeless raises awareness and funds for approximately 1,500 people facing homelessness in Allegheny County that Community Human Services (CHS) supports each year.
On any given night, approximately 2,468 individuals are homeless according to a 2010 point-in-time survey conducted by Allegheny County's Department of Human Services.
Similar to a charity walk or run, participants sleep-out overnight at the City-County building in downtown Pittsburgh donating a minimum of $25 in pledges given by family and friends in support of their experience.
"Lets SMS/e-mail debate in B&H"
Challenges Entered:
Primary, secondary and university students will meet in one place and free from all types of prejudices discuss common issues, since these are their main problems in B&H. They will discuss and invite their friends to debate about these issues in web Forum.
Locations
Sarajevo
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bosnia and Herzegovina
MobiChange: Using Mobile Social Networking for Enabling Social Change
Challenges Entered:
MobiChange will be an open-source, multi-lingual mobile social networking platform, accessible by voice and SMS, designed to support local communities and enable social change.
Honoring Historymakers & Storytellers
Challenges Entered:
FIND: People telling their storiesNew or existing campaigns that need your story.BUILD COMMUNITY: Campfire circles. Promote stories, gather storytellers. Learn. Listen to stories, sit by a campfire.
Location
San Francisco, CA
United States
See map: Google Maps
CareFlash... Community when it matters most
Challenges Entered:
To effect this change, CareFlash provides people the ability to interact through a framework to manage all of the moving parts where healthcare circumstances present themselves to a person and their community. Cancer Today alone, 5,400 people in the U.S. learned that they have been diagnosed with cancer. 21 million are currently battling diabetes. 10% of people aged 60 years old have Alzheimer's... and this figure grows exponentially as the 80 million baby boomers continue to age. Across the board, the numbers are scary. CareFlash works through healthcare advocacy groups to assist them in serving people based on the specific circumstances at hand.
Location
Houston, TX
United States
See map: Google Maps
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