TakingITGlobal Proudly Presents:
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The TakingITGlobal Dispatch!
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For the month of June 2005 (Volume 5.6):
In this Issue:
1 -> Welcome to the Dispatch
2 -> New Monthly Theme: Food
3 -> Language as Violence, Violence as Language
4 -> Survey: Transnational Youth Activism
5 -> Is your country sending a youth delegate to the UN General Assembly?
6 -> CLC Russia: Art contest Winners and more
7 -> Global Gallery Contest: We Are What You Eat
8 -> Panorama Online Publication
9 -> Wrap-up
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++ 1. Dispatch 5.6: Eat It Up! ++
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If there is one thing that people from different backgrounds have in common,
it's a love for their favorite food! For the months of June and JUly, you will
have the opportunity to interact with a topic that everyone has something to
say about. With our Monthly Theme on 'Food,' we encourage you to think about
food with an open mind, reflect on your own habits, and also take action against
world hunger - an injustice that you can help fight. Check out the Global Gallery
and Panorama for more ways to get involved.
Also in this issue, information on how to get youth to the UN, an activist's
survey, a call for submissions to a new publication on language and violence, and
finally, the winners of 'Russia Through the Eyes of Youth' art contest.
In Friendship,
The TakingITGlobal Team
dispatch@takingitglobal.org
p.s. Don't forget to 'Walk the World' in your city and raise awareness for
child hunger on June 12, 2005: http://www.fighthunger.org
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++ 2. Monthly Theme: Food ++
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The World Food Programme and Walk the World have partnered with TakingITGlobal
to bring you the 'Food' Monthly Theme!
What is your relationship to food? All of us need it, some of us grow it,
many of us cook it, but how many question it? TakingITGlobal's monthly theme is
your opportunity to learn about important food topics like hunger, genetically
modified foods, nutrition, vegetarianism, water, and more. Celebrate food, by
sharing your personal stories and views, photographs, not to mention your recipes!
Plus, find out ways to put your knowledge and concern into action. From small
actions you can take in your own life, to larger strategies - celebrate, reflect
and act on TakingITGlobal's Monthly Theme on Food. Go there now!
http://www.takingitglobal.org/themes/food
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++ 3. "Language as Violence, Violence as Language" ++
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TakingITGlobal and UNESCO invite you to contribute to a special creative
publication through the submission of images and creative writings that interpret
and express violence as a feeling, as language, and that explore alternative
languages to violence. A limited selection of submissions will be chosen for the
publication which will be produced in print and also made available online.
The goals of the publication are to spotlight the manifold forms of violence
that young people encounter, perceive, and express in their daily social environment
with the ultimate aim of actively exploring and developing ?alternative languages
to violence.? The primary objective is therefore to shed some light on the multiple
dimensions of the causes, contents, nature, and consequences of violence(s). A vital
step within this challenge is the understanding of the issues. Issues that are
complex often lead to a difficult dialogue, with the overcoming of barriers as the
first step in meeting the challenge of understanding people of different races,
cultures, ethnicities, gender and backgrounds.
For further information, and to submit images and writings go to:
http://www.takingitglobal.org/express/gallery/contests/contest.html?contestID=357
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++ 4. Survey! ++
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Transnational Youth Activism is one of the most striking current examples
of globalization's human networks. Increasing numbers of activists work in
transnational advocacy networks that involve activists outside as well as inside
the organizers' nations of origin. This study is being sponsored by Mica Pollock
of the Harvard University Graduate School of Education in collaboration with the
Global Youth Action Network and TakingITGlobal. It will boost the visibility of
young people as actors in new and growing social movements that cross national
boundaries and will ultimately strengthen our joint work. Please pass the
opportunity on to others:
http://surveys.takingitglobal.org/survey.html?SurveyID=10
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++ 5. Youth Delegates at the UN ++
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Is your country sending a youth delegate to the UN General Assembly?
This year marks an important year for young people at the United Nations: In
the 60th Session of the General Assembly the situation of young people around the
world will be reviewed, as well as the achievements attained in the implementation
of the World Program of Action for Youth (WPAY) ten years after its adoption. But
who can review the situation of young people better than young people themselves?
The UN General Assembly has already recommended three times that Member States
include a youth representative in their delegations, but unfortunately still only
a few countries do so. You can find out if your country is sending a youth delegate
by visiting the website of the UN Youth Program:
http://www.un.org/esa/socdev/unyin/youthrep.htm
You can also find useful information there on how to become a youth delegate if
your country is one of those that do not have a program to select youth delegates.
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++ 6. CLC Russia: Winners of the Art Contest ++
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After two months of work on creating an online collection for the art contest,
Russia through the Eyes of Youth (http://russia.takingitglobal.org/eyesofyouth)
and selecting the best artwork out of 1500 contest submissions, we are pleased
to announce the winners in each of the four contest categories:
Winner, "Photography"
Vasiliy Churanov (Smolensk):
http://ru.takingitglobal.org/express/gallery/artwork/artwork.html?subID=11750&collID=705&type=tig
Winner, "Painting"
Galina Lopacheva (Moscow):
http://ru.takingitglobal.org/express/gallery/artwork/artwork.html?subID=10562&collID=703&type=tig
Winner, "Computer Graphics"
Ivan Solyaev (Irkutsk):
http://ru.takingitglobal.org/express/gallery/artwork/artwork.html?subID=10115&collID=704&type=tig
Winner, "Flash Animation"
Ilya Nikitin (Tolyatti):
http://www.flashcafe.ru/p_work.php?mult_id=45
You can view the complete list of winners and runners-up here:
http://volunteer-rus.tigblog.org
We would like to thank Microsoft Russia, Kaspersky Lab and newspaper Akzia
for providing wonderful prizes for the contest!
http://russia.takingitglobal.org
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TakingITGlobal joins the Russian e-development partnership
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In order to expand the project on youth participation through the use of ICTs
implemented by TIG and partners in Russia, TIG joined the Russian e-development
partnership (PRIOR). PRIOR is a coalition of organizations whose goal it is to
facilitate dynamic and comprehensive development of the information society and
to build the knowledge economy in Russia.
We look forward to working with PRIOR around youth engagement in the development
of the information society in Russia. For more information on PRIOR, click here:
http://russia-gateway.ru (English version is available)
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++ 7. Global Gallery Contest "We Are What You Eat" ++
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Everybody knows that you are what you eat - that what you consume doesn't
only affect your wallet and your consciousness, it affects your health and
well-being. Yet what you eat also impacts the world around you, and touches
us all. The food we eat influences the environment around us, the air we breathe,
the water we drink, the fields we run on, our economies,governmental policies,
the way we share with others, the lives of workers and consumers alike. It's not
just about nutrition and consumption, it's also about the people around you,
everyday friends and invisible faraway faces without names.
Every time we eat, we are sharing our meals with many many people, well
beyond those sitting at our table.
This month the Global Gallery invites you to create images representing the
impact of what we eat; images of how you share your food with others, images of
influence on the the massive world around us and of impact on our everyday experiences,
and images showing how our world is affected and changing, in positive or negative
ways, because of our eating habits.
http://www.takingitglobal.org/express/gallery/contests
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++ 8. Panorama Online Magazine ++
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Food is the lifeblood of human existence. Without it we become weak, inert,
demoralized; Hunger and malnutrition permeate the planet. While some go without,
others sustain their livelihoods by its production. And even others rarely think
about where there food comes from; it is always just readily available. Despite
these extremes, food is primarily a unifer. People learn about one another through
the sharing of food. Appreciation for difference is cultivated too.
Read these intelligent articles submitted by TIG members and submit your own
for a chance to be featured in this issue during the months of June and July.
http://www.takingitglobal.org/panorama
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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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