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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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Dream It. Do It. Youth Grants For Social Change in Virtual Worlds

October 30, 2008 by Amy Jussel 12 Comments

PDiddy-Puff Daddy-Diddy dude step aside, as THIS is the kind of D.I.D.I. initiative that I want to see out there!!! D.I.D.I. stands for Dream It. Do It…An Ashoka Youth Venture effort with Global Kids and funding by RWJF all teaming up to offer seed money to visionary young people anxious to bring positive change to the health of their community! Nothing 'virtual' … [Read more...]

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Get Greens For Your School: Free Idea Hamster Here to Help

September 12, 2008 by Amy Jussel 10 Comments

Free ideas for the asking, folks! It’s not every day you see me donating brain time for a grant tied in with corporate sponsorship, as I can smell a wellness PR ploy a mile away…but the Love Your Veggies grants are not exactly akin to "School Sit-ups Sponsored by Soda and Snacks" or McDonalds pushing apples and milk and clowns hawking fitness assemblies, (or as … [Read more...]

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