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Harry Potter Alliance: Using Pop Culture Pervasiveness Positively

July 17, 2011 by Amy Jussel 1 Comment

July 17, 2011 No, I haven’t seen the Harry Potter grand finale yet.Yes, it’s been covered from every angle, dominating Twitter streams, Facebook status lines and yielding the largest weekend box … [Read more...]

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Nov. 20 A Vow of Silence for Children Without a Voice: IAmSilent.com

November 19, 2009 by Amy Jussel 3 Comments

Nov.19, 2009 I was planning on posting a homecoming piece and also part one of the eModeration internet safety interview, when I remembered I signed the “Vow of Silence” from Free the Children to … [Read more...]

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3 Sisters Adventure Trekking: Changing the Game Through Sport

April 7, 2009 by Amy Jussel 9 Comments

April 7, 2009 How can you empower women, make change happen with a quick click and take that Nike swoosh to the next level of youth and cultural change? Those of you who have ‘friended’ me on … [Read more...]

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Brain Cake: Teen Girls Talk Tech & World Changing (Part Two)

January 29, 2009 by Amy Jussel 17 Comments

Update Oct. 22, 2015 Reminder: BrainCake shifted to CanTEENgirl.org in 2011 with heavy hitting sponsorship as a project of Carnegie Science Center. CanTeen has some fun STEM career explorations, … [Read more...]

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Girls For A Change: Amy Jussel and Carrie Ellett On World-Changing

November 15, 2008 by Amy Jussel 14 Comments

Some of you may remember I was one of the fortunate U.S. delegates last year for GWLN's “Women Leaders for the World 2007” along with global citizen and Hardy Girls Healthy Women advisory board member … [Read more...]

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Blog Action Day: Overcoming Poverty With Global Water

October 15, 2008 by Amy Jussel 10 Comments

It’s been a hairy day of stressful mayhem, as I slid in my socks on the linoleum floor of digital deadlines to file my grant app for the MacArthur Foundation Digital Media Learning Competition … [Read more...]

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