Amy Sample Ward

JULY 20, 2009

Youth Empowerment with Social Media. If you are looking for more examples about social media and communications technologies applied to youth empowerment, here are some additional links/groups to check out: [link] (social media used as outreach about teen dating violence). Share your story - we’d love to hear it!

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Social Media Empowerment Media Case Study 192

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

Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 3, 2011

story chronicled a middle school student who built an app to help him. awareness and skills development in children, teens, and young adults. greater access for youth and foster empowerment through skills. The Future of Apps in the Hands of Today's Teens. Today, these items are accessible to a larger array of youth.

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Develop Oakland Teen Mobile 59

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. Documentary footage and stories told through game present images of strong women of color. JURY FEEDBACK. BOTTOM LINE & FUNDING.

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Game Change Classroom Awareness 81

Have Fun - Do Good

FEBRUARY 22, 2012

Over the last year, the work of Traveling Postcards keeps crossing my path, so I asked its founder, Caroline Lovell, to share with us: How Traveling Postcards works The path that brought her to this work Her favorite Traveling Postcards success story How we can get involved with Traveling Postcards I've posted her answers below.

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Costa Rica Interview Afghanistan Arts 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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Arts Teen Student Job 25

Connection Cafe

JANUARY 28, 2016

It is the story of the person’s condition and being challenged—yet at the same time not able to seek the opportunity that should be afforded to them, and the potential ahead of them. The campaign creative told the story of real beauty beyond the typical images that so many were used to seeing.

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Social Teen Campaign Audience 20