April 23, 2020: Updating with Visual Credit for gorgeous artwork at left and below ("Dive into your dreams" and "Listen to Girls") created by Dr. Alison Aune BFA, Professor of Art Education at University of Minnesota, Duluth... March 8, 2012 It's International Women’s Day... As I struggled to post Part Two on solutions-building to combat toxic messages being sent to women … [Read more...]
How Will YOU Use Media to Inspire On International Women’s Day?
Filed Under: Emerging trends & STEM, Marketing Shaping Youth, Media Literacy, People Shaping Youth, Positive Picks, Pro-Social & Positive Picks, Shaping Youth Tagged With: #IWD, Am I Ugly, Chain of Girl Goodness, domestic violence awareness, Dr. Alison Aune, Empowering women, Geena-Davis, Girl Effect, girls leadership, girls-self-worth, GWLN, Hardy Girls Healthy Women, International Women's Day, Linda Alepin, media-literacy, Miss Representation, New Moon Girls, overcoming adversity, PigTail Pals, Respect Institute, Sexualization, teen dating violence, women and media, Women Leaders for the world, women's leadership, women's media center, Women2Follow, You Are Beautiful
Reach & Teach: Global Goods That Do Good
May 23, 2011 "Where do you GET these things? How come I never find stuff like this?" Picture a coloring book page with Rapunzel's hair cascading down the castle tower, captioned, “This time, she had some power tools, a pair of scissors, a roll of duct tape, a Tina Turner album and a bus pass.” That's from Jacinta Bunnell's Girls Are Not Chicks coloring book one of my … [Read more...]
Filed Under: Consumerism, EcoKids-Environment, Emerging trends & STEM, Interactive Games, Marketing Shaping Youth, Media Literacy, Nutrition & Wellness, Positive Picks, Pro-Social & Positive Picks, Shaping Youth Tagged With: alternative stores, Amy-Jussel, CIVIO, conscious consumption, consumption, Craig Wiesner, Derrick Kikuchi, Dove and Olive Works, eco moms, Etsy, fair trade, geocaching, girls are not chicks, Green science, green toys, Joseph Cornell, Kids Online, maker faire, meaningful manga, media that matters, one stop shopping, organic, Packaging-Girlhood, peace and social justice, Playing War, reach and teach, Respect Institute, responsible shopping, Rich Louv, Sharing Nature with Children, social justice, The Rebuilding Alliance, The War Play Dilemma, wartorn areas