development

American Red Cross of Central Texas Youth Leadership Development Retreat

ljolley — Tue, 13 May 2008 15:12:12 -0500

Mission: The event will develop youth into community leaders through cultivation of individual strengths, team work, and leadership training.

Location: McKinny Roughs Nature Park

Nature of the Project:
The objectives of the project are to:
 Train approximately 50 youth in leadership techniques and club management including publicity, fundraising, member development, and organizational structure.
 Guide youth to discover and develop their strengths and recognize their weakness as leaders and organization members

Harvard College Alliance for Africa

harvard_college_alliance_for_africa — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 17:48:05 -0600

Harvard College Alliance for Africa (HCAA) works with both local African partner agencies and international organizations to implement sustainable programs for education in Africa’s remote rural areas and urban slums. HCAA’s goal is to enable African communities and families to support HIV/AIDS orphans and other vulnerable children through our initiatives which will ensure the underprivileged an improved quality of life.

GRANTED ACCESS

master47 — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 10:19:53 -0600

My program the suitland civic assoc. is a non-profit organization responsible for the will-being of the citizens in the city of Suitland. In this program we connect with all local officials and provide the common needs for all citizens. Every month we have meetings with the whole town and discuss current and reoccuring issuses and how we can slove them. I for the most part work with the youth since thats my age group.

Community Empowerment by PhotoVoice

alexicarlosdr — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 13:54:03 -0600

In February 2008, my partner Alexi Motta and I, Charles Bergman, will move to the Dominican Republic to enter into what promises to be an exciting near-year of living and working among two impoverished communities near the large city of Santiago. One, Franco Bido, is a rural community of coffee farmers living a traditional agrarian lifestyle. The other, Batey Libertad, is composed of Haitians and Dominicans of Haitian descent, many of whom arrived to work in nearby sugar plantations.

Agitecture After-School Initiative in Urbanism

Agitecture — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 10:07:49 -0500

At a time of renewal and accelerating development in the city of Newark, Agitecture aims to place urban planning tools in the hands of the city’s high school students with an innovative after-school program. Through our program, fifteen to twenty underserved high school students from Newark's central ward are exposed to historical and contemporary practices of urban planning (including valuable technology skills) in a twice-weekly classroom setting.

The Other side of the Screen: a video game design conference for teens

JWolff — Sat, 18 Aug 2007 22:32:46 -0500

Urban Electronics is a non-profit organization which advances the knowledge of the game industry.

In this day and age with technology dominating all or most markets, the entertainment industry has swung towards video games. The market targets almost all ages but it is teenagers where the most interest and innovation can come from.

Many teenagers state that they have the best idea for a videogame, yet its never pursued. Urban Electronics captures those ideas and allows them to explore the videogame industry.

Archive Institute Poster Competition

Archive Institute Poster Competition — Sat, 11 Aug 2007 15:27:33 -0500

The Archive Institute Poster Competition 2007 is a project that places children at the forefront of the campaign against HIV/AIDS. In response to the UNICEF’s call to action, we are seeking to unite the efforts of children around the world against the destructive pandemic of HIV/AIDS.

Other Worlds

moirabirss — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 19:54:58 -0500

Often, we get bogged down by what is wrong with the world, and aren't able to recognize and the positive initiatives that so many communities are taking to better their lives. In an effort to spread the message about hopeful initiatives, >Other Worlds uses multi-media highlight hopeful political, economical, cultural, and social alternatives that are flourishing throughout the world, and inspires and enables the public throughout the United States and Latin America to open up new pathways to adapt and replicate those alternatives.

Nuestras Raices

BRICK Winner — Sat, 26 Aug 2006 21:09:27 -0500

Lyndale Neighborhood Association

BRICK Winner — Sat, 26 Aug 2006 20:41:56 -0500

1997 BRICK Award winner Joseph Barisonzi served as an executive coordinator of the Minneapolis, MN-based Lyndale Neighborhood Association, which creates a network of services that encourage the investment of financial and social capital into the community.