TakingITGlobal Proudly Presents:
The TakingITGlobal Dispatch!
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For the month of December 2003 (Volume 3.11)
In this issue
1. Welcome to the Dispatch: Celebrate!
2. Holidays and Festivals
3. Send an e-Card!
4. Celebrate!: December’s e-Card Contest
5. i-cubed Zine Featured Article
6. November’s Global Gallery Contest Winners
7. Wrap up
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++ 1. Welcome to the Dispatch ++
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Welcome to TakingITGlobal’s December dispatch! This month, we are
taking a look at what brings people together in celebration: holidays
and festivals. We encourage you to send your friends and family members
e-cards using TakingITGlobal’s e-Card system, as well as creating your
own e-Card to submit in our Global Gallery contest!
Join other TIG members in celebration!
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++ 2. Holidays and Festivals ++
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All around the world, people are brought together in celebration by
the concept of a New Year. This month, TakingITGlobal invites you to
immerse yourself in the various sights and sounds of New Year’s
celebrations on each continent! Although different cultures may follow
unique calendars, each New Year’s celebration shares the common hope for
a fresh start and a shining future.
Learn about New Year’s in different cultures, and share your own experiences
of this holiday at: http://www.takingitglobal.org/themes/celebrations
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++ 3. Send an e-Card! ++
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Use TakingITGlobal’s free electronic greeting card section to send
cards for any special occasion to your friends and family all around
the world! Connect to your loved ones!
http://ecards.takingitglobal.org
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++ 4. Celebrate!: e-card Contest ++
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This month, in lieu of an art contest, TakingITGlobal is running an
e-Card contest!
Create an electronic greeting card for your favorite holiday or
festival. What do you celebrate in your culture? Let us know, and let
others celebrate too, through an e-Card!
http://gallery.takingitglobal.org/contest
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++ 5. i-cubed Zine Featured Article ++
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In “Why Do We Celebrate”, Wojciech Gryc of Canada explores the roots
and ramifications of celebrations. What deeper significance do
celebrations have for us? He writes: “The important thing regarding
celebrations is not that we are throwing a party, but rather that we
are coming together as one society and one world, to celebrate together.”
Read Wojciech’s article:
http://www.takingitglobal.org/express/showcontent.html?cid=2405
Read more articles about holidays and festivals:
http://zine.takingitglobal.org
Share your views by submitting articles:
http://www.takingitglobal.org/express/content.html
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++ 6. November’s Global Gallery Contest Winners ++
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Last month the Global Gallery ran a contest entitled "Window on the
Information Society." Congratulations to our winners!
== Winner ==
"Scum World is Hip" by Sandra Monday
http://www.takingitglobal.org/express/gallery/view.html?sid=3057
== Runners-Up ==
"Still the Best 'Old-Fashioned' ICT" by Mateus Fernandez
http://www.takingitglobal.org/express/gallery/view.html?sid=3031
"A Century of Information Society" by Yara Kassem
http://www.takingitglobal.org/express/gallery/view.html?sid=3050
"Untitled" by Alice Yee & Nadine Abboud
http://www.takingitglobal.org/express/gallery/view.html?sid=3232
Along with these winners, several other pieces of artwork were taken
to the World Summit on the Information Society where they are being
showcased in a physical exhibition space. You can see all of the artwork
being showcased here:
http://www.takingitglobal.org/express/gallery/contests.html?id=nov03
Check out the new contest for December here:
http://gallery.takingitglobal.org/contest
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++ 7. Wrap Up ++
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Your interest, support and involvement with TakingITGlobal helps our
community to grow and encourage more young people to be inspired,
informed, and involved everyday! Thank you for being a member with the
vision of positive change!
In friendship,
The TakingITGlobal Team
dispatch@takingitglobal.org
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