M+R

MARCH 9, 2023

While “Say it Loud (I’m Black and I’m Proud)” addresses Black love, joy, and empowerment, the proud (on my t-shirt) is focused on self-affirmation, dignity, and equality. Taken together “Black & Proud” is a recognition that we live intersectional lives. That is, there are folks who both identify as Black and queer.

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Florida Empowerment Teen Children 98

Museum 2.0

JANUARY 15, 2014

This week, my colleague Emily Hope Dobkin has a beautiful guest post on the Incluseum blog about the Subjects to Change teen program that Emily runs at the Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History. Subjects to Change is an unusual museum program in that it explicitly focuses on empowering teens as community leaders.

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Teen Change Museum History 45

NTEN

AUGUST 16, 2011

” Presented by filmmaker Chelo Alvarez-Stehle, SOS_Slaves aims to raise trafficking awareness in teens while empowering them with the tools to take responsibility and speak out against this issue. The empowerment of girls in third world countries is a topic many corporate sponsors are looking to endorse. JURY FEEDBACK.

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Game Change Classroom Machinima 81

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 22, 2007

We're trying a year of conversation about how to enter the culture in Second Life and the role of philanthropy. Open spaces like the Internet are always going to be about empowerment and you need to have tolerance. Teen Listening Party and Global Kids coverage. We got advice not to do that. What's your advice?"

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Virtual Philanthropy Foundation Second Life 50

Have Fun - Do Good

FEBRUARY 22, 2012

By slowing down and making a piece of art for someone, we provide a personal connection to the issues and to individuals and create opportunities to see our commonalities despite geographic or cultural borders. Our grassroots campaign involves all ages from teens to seniors.

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Costa Rica Interview Afghanistan Artist 60

Museum 2.0

JULY 6, 2016

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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Teen Arts Classroom Student 25

Connection Cafe

JANUARY 28, 2016

Make sure your creative includes all of the following: Images: Timely and relevant; telling the narrative of the individual instead of the crowd; featuring faces of real people who are seeking opportunity (the empowerment the gifts are directed toward). Video: Content that focuses on the individual, not the organization.

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Teen Social Empowerment Audience 20