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Happy 15th B-day: TEDxTeen & CEO of Lil’ MDGs Dylan Mahalingam!

August 2, 2010 by Amy Jussel 4 Comments

Aug 2, 2010 As I opened my Facebook to check messages from GWLN's Global Leaders for Justice organizers who I’ll be working with tomorrow and Thursday at SCU mentoring inspiring projects from all over the world, I scanned the 'birthdays' sidebar. Keeping with the global theme, I was alerted to change agent Dylan Mahalingam’s 15th birthday today…I KNEW I had to give a huge … [Read more...]

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One Week Countdown! Vote For Your Favorite Ashoka Youth Venture!

January 2, 2009 by Amy Jussel 2 Comments

What better way to kick off the New Year than a quick click to put fresh faces of change to work on the world’s big issues? Ashoka’s Youth Venture, a global network of over 2,000 youth-led teams, picked 30 teen finalists (ages 13-18) to put their plans in motion and make change in the world. Now it’s YOUR turn to vote ‘em up and whittle ‘em … [Read more...]

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