grassroots
Last updated by k.thompson on Fri, 05/30/2008 - 13:05.
Our mission statement:
"We are a group of cyclists committed to biking cross-country in order to actively engage with a number of diverse communities on the issues of environmental and social justice.
Our mission is to both demonstrate practical techniques for sustainable living and learn from the knowledge and experiences of the people we meet.
Our group is dedicated to improving our world through positive social change by means of community organization.
Last updated by jlynn1780 on Fri, 02/15/2008 - 17:12.
It’s more than just a walk. It’s a movement. Passionate community members from all across the greater Milwaukee area have come together to start and support the Walk Against Poverty campaign to raise awareness of poverty in Milwaukee and southeastern Wisconsin and to create the start of lasting solutions to all forms of poverty. Poverty affects all of us. Join us in this movement to break the cycle in our community. The campaign has, in the past, consisted of events in December that reflect on the year behind us and the year(s) ahead of us. Events are solution and action-focused.
Last updated by suepierre on Mon, 05/05/2008 - 20:30.
Rise Up: Simple Ways to Make Big Change is an event in planning hosted by NJ Students for Change in Somerset, NJ. The event will focus on various topics, primarily serving to evoke a sense of global connection and social responsibility in youth. This rally is mainly for middle school and high school students.
The topics of focus are HIV/AIDS, Poverty and Hunger, Child Soldiers, and Human Trafficking.
Speakers are from the Hyacinth AIDS Foundation, Refugees International, the Young General Assembly (NGO), and a local faith based initiative focused on the homeless.
Admission is free.
Last updated by Omprakash on Sat, 01/05/2008 - 20:16.
The Omprakash Foundation is a registered 501©3 organization offering a new model of global education that empowers people around the world to become conscious participants in processes of social transformation. Our website, www.omprakash.org, offers an ever-expanding database of grassroots educational projects with which we have established personal relationships.
Last updated by Travis.Helmondollar on Sat, 12/22/2007 - 18:52.
Living in southern West Virginia where cultural norms often take precedence over healthy decision making, it has always been evident that a greater community-wide effort needed to be born to counteract the destructive decisions of various members of the community where I live, namely youth.
Attending a very rural high school with less that 400 students, grades 7 – 12, taught me a lot about the negative social norms that sprout from a youth’s home life.
Last updated by Lauren0316 on Mon, 12/17/2007 - 20:43.
My name is Lauren Slive and I am currently a junior at the University of North Carolina and I am majoring in Public Policy. I am a co-founder of Project HEAL, a public health initiative based in Ghana, West Africa. Project HEAL aims to provide the fundamental knowledge and supplies needed to prevent basic infections and related health problems.
Last updated by Magpie on Sun, 11/04/2007 - 22:15.
The Magpie is a student-run publication based at Appalachian State University which aims to practice engaged, independent journalism and its constitutional rights; to promote human and community progress through ethically and socially conscious reporting; to cover stories and perspectives that are marginalized in traditional media outlets; and to remain financially independent from interests contrary to these values.
Last updated by Kari Winter on Mon, 08/13/2007 - 13:46.
Established in 1967, the Minnesota State University Student Association (MSUSA) is an independent, non-profit organization funded and operated by students. MSUSA serves over 70,000 students attending Minnesota’s seven state universities: Bemidji, Mankato, Metropolitan (St. Paul/Minneapolis), Moorhead, St. Cloud, Southwest (Marshall) and Winona.
MSUSA has been a strong voice for state university students on the campus, system, state and federal levels for 40 years.
Last updated by BRICK Winner on Thu, 07/26/2007 - 10:26.
Alex Poeter founded the Brighton Park Neighborhood Council in Chicago, IL. An East German immigrant who was raised under an oppressive dictatorship, Alex leads a grassroots organization that mobilized local residents to close down 27 drug houses, secure $40 million in local school improvements, and improve the local economy through $65 million in Community Reinvestment Act funds. Alex won a BRICK Award in 2000.
