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 Children Award 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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Change Teen Museum Arts 45

Tech Soup

OCTOBER 17, 2012

Our Time (Facebook) is a nonprofit dedicated to youth empowerment through the voting process. Teen Book Finder (iOS), developed by the Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA), helps teens, parents, teachers, and librarians find the best books and media for teens.

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Teen Netsquared Student Library 65

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 22, 2007

Open spaces like the Internet are always going to be about empowerment and you need to have tolerance. Second Life can be the aggregate of public good - we'll give people the tools what they want to see or not see but not control what people see. Teen Listening Party and Global Kids coverage. Linden: You mentioned pornography.

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Philanthropy Virtual Foundation Second Life 50

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.

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Game Change Classroom Awareness 81

Have Fun - Do Good

FEBRUARY 22, 2012

Empowerment for our participants comes from connecting to an inner wisdom that is often kept hidden from public view, but is a place of extraordinary innate strength and well being. Our grassroots campaign involves all ages from teens to seniors. Connecting personal wisdom to effect positive change is our goal.

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Costa Rica Interview Afghanistan Arts 60

Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 25, 2018

Over the last ten years, the MLK Scholars Program has brought together partners from across the social, public and private sectors to enact positive change in the Boston community. Knowing that they would not be able to create long-term impact alone, the MLK Scholars Program was born. How did these groups come together?

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Boston Collaboration Help Literacy 27