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EPIC CHANGE: Story-Powered Activism - Impact & Details

epicchange — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 10:24:14 -0400

Happy St. Paddy's Day! In sunny FL, we've been up for hours waiting for you to wake up - we're hoping you'll spread the luck o' the Irish & vote for us here after reading more about our entry. Our original submission was a little less complete than we'd planned, but we've included many more details below, including examples, a use case diagram, an expanded list of potential data sources & shared services and many compelling statistics that illustrate why we believe this tool could have incredibly broad application & appeal, so read on:

THE WHAT?

March 2007 Update from Nigeria

Corafrica — Mon, 16 Apr 2007 17:44:17 -0400

Dispatches,

by Fr. Peter Abue

March 2007

Dear Friends of CORAfrica,

Stop Family Violence

Stop Family Violence — Sat, 07 Apr 2007 16:59:59 -0400

Teaching Young People with Blogs

Britt Bravo — Tue, 03 Oct 2006 15:37:34 -0400

Hat tip to my grandma for this one. She sent me the article, "Blogging Teaches Write Stuff," from the Arizona Republic about a teacher from Cimarron Springs Elementary school who received a TeachersFirst Class Blogs Award from TeachersFirst.com for his use of blogs with young people.

DuPage Children's Museum Blog

eweinb04 — Wed, 29 Mar 2006 23:02:36 -0500

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URL

www.thechildrensmuseumblog.blog-city.com/

Location

Illinois

Project Description

The mission of the DuPage Children’s Museum is to stimulate curiosity, creativity, thinking and problem solving in young children through:

self-directed, open-ended experiences
integration of the arts, science and math, and
the child-adult learning partnership.

Connect for Kids

eweinb04 — Tue, 10 Jan 2006 18:38:06 -0500

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URL

www.connectforkids.org/blog

Project Description

"Connect for Kids makes the best use of communications technologies, specifically the Internet, to give adults—parents, grandparents, guardians, educators, advocates, policymakers, elected officials and others—the tools and information they need to improve the lives of children, youth and families."

Under The CFK Umbrella, the blog for Connect for Kids, provides a space for staff and guests to share their views on news and events that effect children and teens. Visitors to the blog can join in on the conversation by adding a new comment to each posting.

UNICEF Podcast

Britt Bravo — Wed, 23 Nov 2005 17:58:43 -0500

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Supporting organization

UNICEF

URL

www.unicef.org/videoaudio/video_podcast.html

Project Description

The UNICEF Podcast is a new global radio service focusing on the health, education, equality and protection of children. Podcasts range from 2-15 minutes and include announcements about campaigns (like their Unite for Children, Unite Against AIDS campaign), reports from the field by UNICEF workers and children from places as far away as Sri Lanka and as close as New Orleans, news stories around issues (protecting children from landmines) by adults and young people, and broadcasts from related conferences.