TakingITGlobal Proudly Presents:
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The TakingITGlobal Dispatch!
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For the month of February 2005 (Volume 5.2)
In this Issue:
1 -> The Dispatch (and your views on Canada's role in the world)
2 -> Bi-Monthly Theme: Women's Rights
3 -> Global Gallery Contest: To Be a Woman
4 -> Panorama: Writing By, For, and About Women
5 -> Arabic TIG: Promote us in your Community!
6 -> Open Forums: Become an Open Forum Partner Organization
7 -> Discussion Boards: Current Events
8 -> TIG Russia Gains New Members, Wins Award
9 -> Thanks to e-Translators
10-> GG Contest Winners: "A Life in 15 Seconds"
11-> Wrap-Up
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++ 1. The Dispatch ++
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Following a successful bi-monthly theme on HIV/AIDS that saw many members
contribute their thoughts, writings, and artwork, TakingITGlobal is proud to
present our next theme for February and March: Women's Rights. Read articles
or write one yourself in Panorama; submit your artwork to the Global Gallery;
discuss women's issues on our discussion boards; or organize an open forum in
your city to talk about the issues in person.
2005 is well on its way, and many of our projects are in full swing. If any
of the following activities interest you, contact us and get involved!
In Friendship,
The TakingITGlobal Team
dispatch@takingitglobal.org
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++ Wanted: Your views on Canada's role in the world ++
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TakingITGlobal, in partnership with Canada25, invites you to participate and
express yourself on Canada's role in the world. As a young Canadian, this is a great
opportunity for you to reflect on Canada's role in the world, especially after the
collective response to the humanitarian crisis caused by the tsunami in the Asian
region.
Our discussion board on this topic is meant to provide an opportunity to reflect
and contribute to Canada25's "From Middle to Model Power" project. It began two years
ago, and has involved hundreds of young Canadians in an effort to raise Canada's profile
on the international scene. Out of regional roundtables and a national forum came an
innovative and ground breaking report: "From Middle to Model Power: Recharging Canada's
Role in the World".
So, in partnership, TakingITGlobal and Canada25 hope that young people worldwide will
continue to contribute to this process through on-line discussion. We invite you to read
(or browse) through the report, reflect and discuss!
To get the report and tell us what you think, visit:
http://discuss.takingitglobal.org/canada25
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++ 2. Monthly Theme: Women's Rights ++
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Welcome to the WAG - the Women's Art Gallery! Tour our gallery and explore
women's issues in each room of this virtual environment. Every room has a
theme – Language, Bodies, Global Inequalities, Feminism, Work, Resisting
Violence – that contains artwork, photographs, and other objects revealing
information on the subject. We chose this concept for the monthly theme because
a gallery is a colourful, creative, and living space. An art gallery breeds
reflection, analysis and appreciation for a life’s work. The Women's Art
Gallery celebrates the women who devote their lives to what they are passionate
about – whether it be art, or labour rights, sustainable development, violence
awareness, and feminism.
Enter the WAG at: http://takingitglobal.org/themes/women
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++ 3. Global Gallery: To Be a Woman ++
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Each woman should be equal in her rights to every other woman and man on
Earth and this far too often is not the case. Discrimination is not only a
history but a process that is fueled everyday. It goes beyond categories, builds
categories like walls, and uses words like fences; discrimination ignores basic
rights and needs to be understood, challenged, and altered.
The aim of this contest is to explore true feelings and emotions: the brutal
negativities of discrimination, desperation and exploitation, and above all the
wonderfulness of change, true feeling, and freedom. Each woman (and person) is
unique and has the right to their beautiful uniqueness. Express the feeling,
emotion and uniqueness of a woman in an image. The contest will open on February
1, 2005 and close on March 31: http://gallery.takingitglobal.org/contest
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++ 4. Panorama: Writing By, For, and About Women ++
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Read articles and poems about women's issues as related to the beauty industry,
health, violence, poverty, Islam, music and many more topics. Contribute your
articles to Panorama throughout the month of February and March to be added
to the issue on women's rights: http://panorama.takingitglobal.org
Contact Cheryl for further information: editorial@takingitglobal.org
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++ 5. Promote Arabic TIG in Your Community ++
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On 5 December 2004, Eman Ebed and Susheela Nirmalan-Nathan traveled
to Egypt to launch TIG in Arabic. The event was a huge success (Check out
http://ar.takingitglobal.org/opps/event.html?eventid=6044 for pictures from the
event), and now, we are turning to you to promote Arabic TIG in your community
or country! We will provide you with all the tools you need, all you have to do
is get together with a group of friends, colleagues, club members, or even family
and show them what you think is special about TIG!
To learn more, please contact Eman Ebed at eman@takingitglobal.org
Otherwise, be sure to stay inspired, informed, and involved with Arabic TIG.
You can now submit creative writing pieces, discuss the latest issues, post
updates, and more all in Arabic! It's time to submit, submit, submit!
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++ 6. Become an Open Forum Partner Organization ++
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Would your organization like to partner up with TIG and become an Open Forum
Partner Organization (OFPO)? Under the Open Forums program, TIG would like
members to approach youth-oriented organizations in their countries that may
be able to do ANY of the following to support Open Forums:
- obtain or provide space at no cost for the Open Forum
- obtain or provide refreshments and snacks at no cost
- cover transportation costs for Open Forum participants
Why become an OFPO with TIG? All organizations approved as OFPOs will:
- be promoted worldwide on the TIG platform.
- have the opportunity to introduce its work to TIG members and young people.
- be able to use existing TIG Technology Tools (e.g. Open Forums Pages, TIG e-groups,
Project Pages, etc.) to advertise opportunities to youth.
- help young people meet, discuss, network and plan around major campaigns this year,
including the UN Millennium Campaign.
Is your organization interested in becoming an OFPO? Follow the instructions at:
http://www.takingitglobal.org/action/openforums/ofposguide.html
And send an email to: openforums@takingitglobal.org
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++ 7. Discussion Boards: Current Events ++
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Join TIG members from around the world as they discuss the situation,
tactics and outcomes of the elections in Iraq, in Palestine, and in Ukraine,
and the Tsunami in Southern Asia. What do you think?
http://www.takingitglobal.org/discuss
Read the Discussion Board User Guidelines at:
http://www.takingitglobal.org/discuss/guidelines.html
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++ 8. TIG Russia Welcomes One Hundred New Members in January ++
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Do you know that Russia has around 17 million Internet users? According to
the recent survey by the Public Opinion Foundation, 38% of Internet users in
Russia are between the ages of 18-24. Through TakingITGlobal's pilot CLC Russia,
we hope to reach young Russians who want to see their country grow and prosper
and provide them with resources and opportunities to discuss issues, gain skills,
develop projects and be heard. In January around 100 new members from Russia joined
TIG's online community. Be sure to check the new artwork from Russia on the Russian
country site (http://russia.takingitglobal.org) submitted by TIG members from Russia
to the new art contest "Russia Through the Eyes of Youth."
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++ Russian Version of TIG Wins First Award ++
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In January CLC Russia team celebrated their first place finish at the Festival
of Youth Internet Projects held annually in Moscow, Russia, by the Webmaster's Union
of Russia (http://www.webmastera.org). The Russian portal of TIG (http://www.takingitglobal.ru)
was one of the nine Internet projects nominated in the category "Best Youth Internet
Project". It was announced the winner in this category during the award ceremony that
attracted thousands of young participants from Russia and CIS countries.
Interested in learning more about the internet projects that are currently being
developed by young people from Russia, Ukraine and other countries in the region? Check
out the descriptions of youth internet projects featured at the Festival! Visit:
http://www.webmastera.org/ru/activity/festival/itogi
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++ 9. Thanks to all e-Translators! ++
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TIG would like to extend a BIG THANK YOU to its volunteer e-translators for
all their work on the HIV/AIDS theme and the Dispatch!
Spanish:
Lizouli Millán, Ada Sandoval, Luciana Del Gizzo, Diego Filmus, Victoria Paradiso
and the team from the Escuela Superior de Interpretación y Traducción (ESIT) de
Lima: Marita Thomsen, Daniela Ayín, Mónica Arroyo, Michelle Díaz, Andrew Howson,
Lina Navarrete, Erika Olcese, Aracely Mejía.
French:
Boris Bouquerel, Marouen Mraihi, Francois Godonou Vianou, and Sessi Hounkanrin.
Russian:
Tatyana Popova
And also thanks to the many translators working on translating TIG into exciting
new languages!
Interested in joining our team of e-translators? Email TIG at:
multilingual@takingitglobal.org
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++ 10. Global Gallery Contest Winners ++
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Last month the Global Gallery ran a contest entitled "A Life in 15 Seconds."
Here are the winners:
WINNER
"No Time..." by Ranna Chaudry from USA
http://gallery.takingitglobal.org/Ranna/8684
RUNNERS-UP
"Fear" by Mo'men Sherif from Egypt
http://gallery.takingitglobal.org/CEasar/8206
"15 Seconds to Think and Implement" by Ahmed from Pakistan
http://gallery.takingitglobal.org/awaqeel/8661
"Hope in Africa" by Nathalie from Greece
http://gallery.takingitglobal.org/nathalieghioni/8851
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++ 11. Wrap Up ++
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Your interest, support and involvement with TakingITGlobal helps our community
to grow and encourage more young people to become inspired, informed and involved
everyday! In being a member of TakingITGlobal, you are part of a community that is
more than 70,000 strong coming from over 200 countries and territories. Thank you
for having a vision of positive change. Your work makes a difference!
In friendship,
The TakingITGlobal Team
dispatch@takingitglobal.org
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