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TakingITGlobal Proudly Presents:
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The TakingITGlobal Dispatch!
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For the month of April 2005 (Volume 5.4):
In this Issue:
1 -> Welcome to the Dispatch
2 ?> Monthly Theme: Millennium Development Goals
3 -> Global Youth Service Day: April 15-17
4 -> World Program of Action for Youth
5 -> Panorama Online Publication: MDG Writing Contest
6 -> Global Gallery Contest "Vision 2015: Your Future"
7 -> CLC Russia: 1200 Art Submissions; Russian/American Video Conference
8 -> Global Gallery Winners of "To be a Woman" contest
9 -> Wrap-up
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++ 1. Dispatch 5.4: All Affected, All Connected ++
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What a refreshing change just in time for Spring! This April, we launch the
new HTML version of the Dispatch. We are very excited about the possibilities
of an HTML newsletter with images, colour, and a more appealing way to connect
with each other. In addition to launching the new Dispatch, we are proud to
unveil the Millennium Development Goals youth site and monthly theme page.
Unlike our past theme pages, the MDG site will be regurlarly updated so you
can return again and again and discover new content. There is much to learn
about the MDGs and we hope you will get inspired to add your voice to the global
fight against extreme poverty. Then, why not connect your interest in the MDGs
to your involvement in Global Youth Service Day? Read all about this youth day
for action, and other news items in this issue. If you're still looking for a
reason to get involved, just remember that every action you take matters: We are
all affected, and we are all connected...
In Friendship,
The TakingITGlobal Team
dispatch@takingitglobal.org
P.S. The TIG community is now 80,000 members strong!
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++ 2. Monthly Theme on Millennium Development Goals ++
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http://mdg.takingitglobal.org
Did you know that you can put an end to extreme poverty? Want to know how?
The Millennium Development Goals are a commitment between rich and poor countries
to eradicate dehumanizing conditions of extreme poverty. Supported by the United
Nations Millennium Campaign, we?ve created a monthly theme to inform you about the
MDGs and inspire you to take action on them. On the theme page you can read detailed
information about each of the Goals, learn how you can help achieve them, play our
MDG Card Game, tell your friends about the Goals by sending one of our colorful MDG
e-cards, and much more!
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++ 3. Global Youth Service Day: April 15-17, 2005  ++
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Global Youth Service Day (GYSD)is an annual global event led by Youth Service America with the Global Youth Action Network. The goals of GYSD are: to build the capacity of organizations to promote youth participation, service, and learning; to educate the public, the media, and policy-makers about the year-round contributions of youth around the world; to mobilize youth and adults to meet the needs of their communities through volunteering; and to share effective practices in youth service and civic engagement. On Global Youth Service Day, millions of young people in countries everywhere highlight and carry out thousands of community improvement projects. Join at: http://www.GYSD.net

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++ 4. World Program of Action for Youth Review ++
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The World Program of Action for Youth (WPAY) is the UN?s major policy paper
dealing with youth. On October 6th, the UN General Assembly will devote two
plenary meetings to review the situation of young people that result from the
implementation of the WPAY 10 years after its adoption - and YOU are invited
to give input! What has your government, what has civil society, done to better
the lives of young people since 1995?
Your input is crucial to help assess the success of the WPAY in the ten priority
areas, which are: education, employment, hunger and poverty, health, the environment,
drug abuse, juvenile delinquency, leisure-time activities, girls and young women and
participation.
Please take the time to fill out our survey:
http://surveys.takingitglobal.org/survey.html?SurveyID=25
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++ 5. Panorama MDG-themed Writing Contest! ++
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Enter our contest ?What I Can Do to Help Achieve the Millennium Development
Goals.? In your essay, tell us how you or youth in your country, can work
towards realizing the Goals. Think about creative and effective ways to lobby
your government and campaign for policy change. Entries can be in the form of
essays, poems, and short stories ? all eligible for a prize pack with lots of
neat stuff!
Criteria: 
- To enter, you must be between the ages of 13-31 
- Please type "MDG contest" before the title of your article
- Word length for short stories, essays, and poems must not exceed 2500 words. Essays
and short stories must be a minimum length of 500 words 
- Creative ideas!
Send us your contest submission at:
http://www.takingitglobal.org/panorama/content.html
The contest closes May 31, 2005. If you have any questions please contact:
editorial@takingitglobal.org
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++ 6. Global Gallery Contest "Vison 2015: Your Future" ++
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Imagine a world where poverty is halved, boys and girls everywhere go to school,
gender disparities are eliminated, child mortality is reduced, and maternal health
is improved. Imagine HIV/AIDS is halted and its spreading reversed, environmental
resources are preserved and sustainable development becomes an everyday practice. All
this achieved by the world's countries together, working unanimously for a better future.
Is this just a daydream? No, this is the future envisioned by the United Nations and
all its member states at the Millennium Summit in 2000, where the Millennium Development
Goals were born.
As such, The Global Gallery, in partnership with Art4Development (Art4Development.net)
and the Millennium Campaign, is proud to present: "Vision 2015: Your Future." What
is your vision for the world in 2015? What will your country be like if the MDGs are
realized? These are just some of the questions that you can address in your image.
It's your future, your vision to question and answer in an image that can be about
the world or about yourself - your hopes, your fears, anxieties, challenges, goals,
and of course, your dreams.
The contest closes May 31 - enter today! Go to:
http://gallery.takingitglobal.org/contest
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++ 7. CLC Russia: 1,400 Art Submissions Now Online ++
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We continue to add new submissions to the growing collection of art work
submitted by Russian youth to the art contest "Russia through the Eyes of Youth."
In addition to individual submissions, there are 18 separate collections from
art groups, youth centres and schools from different regions of Russia! Check
out the new submissions and post your comments here:
http://russia.takingitglobal.org/eyesofyouth
Stay tuned for the announcement of the contest winners.
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++ Video Conference: Russian and American Teens Talk about Change ++
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On April 1, TakingITGlobal co-hosted a video conference between a group of
Russian teens from Moscow and their American peers in Orlando, Florida.
During the event, young people had the opportunity to talk about issues affecting
them and about the changes they want to make in their communities. The event was
organized together with the Boys & Girls Clubs of America and Project Harmony/IATP
Centre in Moscow. Be sure to check Russia Country Site for the event report and
photos: http://russia.takingitglobal.org
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++ 8. Global Gallery Contest Winners  ++
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Last month the Global Gallery ran a contest entitled "To Be A Woman." Here
are the winners:
WINNER
"Glimpse to the Soul" by Natasha Tatta, Greece
http://gallery.takingitglobal.org/bourini/9008
RUNNERS-UP
"Abera" by Joshua Oliviera, United States
http://gallery.takingitglobal.org/Josh-Oliveira/9283
"Questioning Eyes" by Muhammad Naveed Hussain, Pakistan
http://gallery.takingitglobal.org/questionedeye/11301
"Sudden Epiphany" by Salar Motahari, Canada
http://gallery.takingitglobal.org/Salar/11386
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++ 9. 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 75,000 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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