social justice

Youth Trailblazers Ignite Inspiration at First Ever Startup Weekend Oakland

February 16, 2014 by Amy Jussel Leave a Comment

Feb. 16, 2014 “You know you have something special when your teen and his friend are up and ready to head in to code by 7:15 am! –Startup Weekend Oakland is changing lives”—Leah McGowen-Hare“Thanks for the best weekend of my life. We built an app with complete strangers that could save lives' and had a blast while doing it.” — Iman Saint Jean, Winning Team, “HelpCircle” … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Emerging trends & STEM Tagged With: #SWOBMA, African American males, African American stereotypes, American Promise, apps for change, Ashoka Changemakers, Ashoka Youth Ventures, Black Girls Code, black history, Black Male Achievement, black youth portrayal in media, circle of 6 app, Code or be coded, Could an app have saved Trayvon Martin, Diversity gap, edtech, Elevate Oakland, Help Circle, Hidden Genius Project, Kalimah Priforce, Kapor Center, local change agents, Oakland, positive social change, Qeyno Labs, safety apps, social justice, Startup Weekend Oakland, STEM, STEM urgency, Tech diversity gap, Trailblazers, urban youth, Van-Jones, Yes We Code

Victim Blaming, “Asking For It” and Baiting Outrage-On the Radio

February 19, 2013 by Amy Jussel Leave a Comment

Sept. 2, 2016 Update Today's early release of Stanford student/campus rapist Brock Turner (3 months off an already lenient 6 month sentence) prompted this pithy video indictment by Elizabeth Plank on Vox which captures my "Friday feeling" quite well...incredulous and livid. The one in five stat echoing around college campuses everywhere as students start school this … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Emerging trends & STEM, Growing up too soon, Marketing Shaping Youth, Media Literacy, Sexualization & Body Image, Shaping Youth, Stereotypes & Diversity, Vapid Values Tagged With: Asking For It, Blaming women for sexual assault, blaming women's clothes for rape, circle of 6 app, date rape, Everyday Sexism, ITV Daybreak, Men Can Stop Rape, no means no, one billion rising, provocation, radio shock talk, rape as a weapon, rape culture, sexual assault, She Asked For It, social justice, talkers, TDVAM, teen dating violence, Teen Dating Violence Awareness month, The Line Campaign, This is what I was wearing, USDOJ, VAWA, Victim blaming, victims of assault, violence against women, Where is your line, women at risk, women under siege

Year Round Media That Matters: Positive Picks for Kids

November 26, 2012 by Amy Jussel Leave a Comment

Nov. 26, 2012 With all the coinage and consumption swirling around Black Friday and Cyber Monday for people hunting “deals” I think it’s fitting to honor the organizations that deliver positive media and transformative vision to kids’ lives year-round. It stays with them long after the holiday hoopla and instills the notion that we all have choices in how we want to walk … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Consumerism, Counter-marketing, EcoKids-Environment, Emerging trends & STEM, Marketing Shaping Youth, Media Literacy, Positive Picks, Pro-Social & Positive Picks, Sexualization & Body Image, Shaping Youth Tagged With: Amy-Jussel, books, cause marketing, Club Chica Circle, consumption, Craig Wiesner, critical thinking, Cyber Monday, Derrick Kikuchi, gender and media portrayals, gender equality, girls leadership, girls self esteem, girls-self-worth, Green Festival, Humane Education, kids online community, meaningful gifts, media mindfulness, Media stereotypes, media-literacy, Nancy-Gruver, New Moon Girls, online gifts for kids, online magazine, positive kids toys, positive media influence, reach and teach, ScrapKins, social justice, teachable moments, Toward the Stars, transform the world, Zoe Weil

Toy Joy or Consumption Junction? Critical Thinking for Holiday Fun

November 15, 2012 by Amy Jussel Leave a Comment

Dec. 7, 2016 Update Why not turn holiday gifting into a media literacy opportunity? Tomorrow I'll be signing up once again for Samaritan House sorting and stocking for kids less fortunate and I can't help but think it'll end up being a blog post about what toys are being gifted and how... From gendered cues to ages and stages, I'm sure it will prove enlightening as I … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Advertising, Consumerism, Emerging trends & STEM, Marketing Shaping Youth, Media Literacy, Positive Picks, Pro-Social & Positive Picks, Shaping Youth Tagged With: Buy Me That, cause marketing, CCFC, change the channel of influence, critical thinking, deconstructing toy ads, eco-friendly toys, empowering gifts for girls, Engage Education, Gender neutral toys, Goldie Blox, Holiday 2012, kids gifts, meaningful gifts, Media Literacy Clearinghouse, Media management, media-literacy, NAMLE, New Moon Girls, pester power, Philosophy for Kids, positive kids toys, project girl, put your money where your mouth is, reach and teach, ScrapKins, social justice, Sophia the Great, SuperToolLula, support healthy media images for girls, teachable moments, Toward the Stars, toys 2012, Zilly

Talk To Me: Because Media Matters For Youth Outreach

September 9, 2011 by Amy Jussel 8 Comments

Sept. 9, 2011 “Text, poke, like, or chat...” What about TALK? I love how this Trevor "Talk To Me" 3-word anti-bullying campaign by The Trevor Project goes back into time to cut through the social media layers to get real with face time. The Talk to Me campaign for conversation succinctly sums the “Alone Together” dynamic that MIT sociologist Sherry Turkle mentions in her … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Emerging trends & STEM, Growing up too soon, Marketing Shaping Youth, Media Literacy, Positive Picks, Pro-Social & Positive Picks, Shaping Youth, Stereotypes & Diversity Tagged With: Advocates-for-youth, anti-bullying, anti-gay, bullycide, bullying, campaign for conversation, Chronic Healing, gay suicide, gender equality, Glee, Global Leaders for Justice, Global-Good, homophobia, homosexuality, human rights, IASP, IDAHO, incivility, International Day Against Homophobia, It Gets Better, Jeanne Endo, Kevin McHale, Lgbt, LGBT Youth Need Heroes, Lifeline, Matthew Shepard, National Suicide Prevention, National Suicide Prevention Week, outreach, peace and social justice, Pflag, reach and teach, reachout, ReachOut in the USA, Safe Talk Teens, sexuality, social bigotry, social justice, Start the conversation, Straight Against Hate, suicide prevention, Talk to Me, Talk To Me.org, teaching tolerance, The Laramie Project, The Trevor Project, transgender, Trevor Talk To Me, youth at risk