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October Awareness: Breast Cancer Awareness Month

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Breast Cancer Awareness Month serves as an annual reminder of the importance of early detection and preventative care for breast cancer, as well as an acknowledgement of breast cancer patients, survivors, and researchers who do important work searching for a cure for the disease. Zero Breast Cancer. Final thoughts.

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The Art of Relevance Sneak Peek: Part Ex-Con, Part Farmer, Part Queen

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One of the nonprofits that inspires me locally here in Santa Cruz is a youth empowerment and food justice organization called "Food, What!?" FoodWhat's staff and teens have taught me a lot about what it really means to be relevant to people who are often overlooked or ignored. Doron doesn’t work with A students or B students.

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Meditations on Relevance, Part 3: Who Decides What's Relevant?

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They decide with their feet, attention, dollars, and participation. Here are two examples: Our Youth Programs Manager, Emily Hope Dobkin, wanted to find a way to support teens at the museum. The most successful programs fostered youth empowerment and community leadership in various content areas: agriculture, technology, healing.

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Six New Games for Change: Check Out the Future of Gaming for Good

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This " Demo Spotlight " highlighted six upcoming games to present their work in front of a stellar jury: Frank Lantz of Zynga New York and NYU, Ken Perlin of the Games for Learning Institute , and Connie Yowell from the MacArthur Foundation. SOS_SLAVES. Include "embedded assessment" (tracking hits, how long a player is on the site, etc).

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