activism

The 29th Day Preventive Task Force: Discussion - Education - Action

SimplySissy — Sun, 11 May 2008 23:50:06 -0500

The 29th Day Preventive Task Force is a Student Activist Group that is still in it's first year. Our slogan is Discussion - Education - Action. We seek to make our campus, our community, and our world a better place through several programs. Some of our efforts include:

Recycling Efforts - from picking up trash and recycling the salvagable materials to encouraging our peers, professors, and campus staff to recycle.

Students for a Better Education (SBE)

Dragonwriter — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 18:09:59 -0500

Many students feel like they don't really have a say in their education. They don't like their schools and classes? Eh, their voices don't matter. They don't think that there's enough funding for their education? No one will listen to them if they try and share their voice.

Deaf Youth USA

DeafYouthUSA — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 21:03:24 -0500

Deaf Youth USA is committed to social justice through media and activism. Deaf Youth USA (DYUSA) is a new and "emerging" organization exclusively for deaf youth in America, between the ages of 18 - 30. DYUSA strives to empower, educate, and inspire deaf youth in making a difference in their own communities, through giving tools. We aim to have our first event this summer, which will be a 4-day camp, with forums, discussions, and workshops.

4 PEACE

emarzotto — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 23:24:05 -0500

4 Peace was founded in October of 2006. Our various projects are innovative, well-organized and staffed with energized membership, but find themselves hampered by a lack of funding. The members of 4 Peace are aware of "Do Something” ’s reputation as a socially responsible and equitable community member, and believe our organizations are dedicated to the same goals. 4 Peace aspires to begin our work as soon as we possibly can, but we need help to do so. We therefore ask for the honor of your consideration for a Plum Grant.

18 in '08

davidburstein — Sun, 23 Mar 2008 20:54:22 -0500

18 in ’08 (www.18in08.com) is an unprecedented a national nonpartisan peer to peer youth voter engagement and mobilization organization created to register, engage, and mobilize young voters specifically for the 2008 election. The primary tool used to engage voters is the documentary film “18 in ‘08” through screenings of the film, followed by discussions with leaders and students and on site voter registration.

Rise Up: Simple Ways to Make Big Change- Rally

suepierre — Sat, 26 Jan 2008 17:04:05 -0600

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.

PETA-The Animal Rights Organization

MichaelDiMartino — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 21:08:15 -0600

People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), with more than 1.8 million members and supporters, is the largest animal rights organization in the world. PETA focuses its attention on the four areas in which the largest numbers of animals suffer the most intensely for the longest periods of time: on factory farms, in laboratories, in the clothing trade, and in the entertainment industry. We also work on a variety of other issues, including the cruel killing of beavers, birds and other "pests," and the abuse of backyard dogs.

STEP UP speak up!

Travis.Helmondollar — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 09:58:26 -0600

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.

Pink Prom

rapinank — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 13:42:00 -0600

I am planning on holding a LGBT friendly dance in the Greater Seattle Area.

Many students (including non-LGBT students in high school) do not feel comfortable going to dances with their significant other because of hostility in their own school. Students also need to have feelings of safety, comfort, and community to be successful adults.

The Holland Project

AllanaCNoyes — Sun, 02 Dec 2007 18:23:43 -0600

People often forget, that even in the most ill-reputed cities, millions of teenagers are growing up everyday. Reno is not typically a city that is known for it's young people, and Reno for decades has been misconstrued as a desolate and uncultured slump in the sunken mattress of America. The Holland Project is working to change this.The Holland Project is an all ages venue and community project founded locally by Brittany Curtis and Joe Ferguson.