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Extra! Extra! Issue 3! The TIG magazine Issue 3 is now ready and available to view! Issue 3 of TIG Magazine is a collection of the art produced by youth during the Adobe Youth Voices Project and Contest, alongside articles submitted to our online magazine Panorama on the issues of Culture & Identity and Climate Change. Together these images and words show the power of youth voices! |
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Calling All Digital Natives! TakingITGlobal and NHK Broadcasting of Japan are asking for your input in a new documentary series around Digital Natives - The Internet-savvy Generation! This is your chance to share with the world your thoughts on how the Internet has changed your life, and how you intend to use the web to change the world. We're looking for short videos that will be included online and in the documentary series - produce and share one! |
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Event: 4th World Youth Congress Efraim Neto from Brazil attended the 4th World Youth Congress in Quebec City from August 10-21. He's submitted an entry in the Global Gallery which sends a powerful message to all youth! Efraim joined over 500 young leaders from around the world to focus on youth-led development, where young people attended 240 workshops, produced over 1,000 photos, over 150 videos, over 50 blogs and were part of 27 webcasts. To view and learn more about the 4th World Youth Congress, visit the Virtual Congress. |
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How many commitments from your country? TIGers from Canada have signed 558 pledges, followed by the USA and Brazil! If you don't see your country on the list, encourage your friends to use TakingITGlobal's Commit tool where you can create, browse, and join commitments to making the world a better place. (You can add the Facebook application too!) |
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Highlights from AIDS 2008 in Mexico City Read 'Pause for Art', an article from Daniel Yang, Youth Journalist, on the power of artistic expression at AIDS 2008. Discover 'Smoke Break', a photo by Carrie Faulks, Mexico City YouthForce Youth Journalist, of a group of Russian IDU (Injecting Drug User) activists taking a break near the Global Village. See Youth Journalist Muntasir Mamum's series of portraits that show the diversity of delegates at AIDS 2008. Watch AIDS Activist and artist Supreme share a song written about someone close to him affected by HIV/AIDS. See more youth media at YouthAids2008.org |
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E-consultation on Migration and Development Young People We Care (YPWC) with support from TakingITGlobal, Global Youth Action Network, and Migrant Rights International is organizing an E-Consultation in preparation for the 2nd Global Forum on Migration and Development (GFMD) taking place in the Philippines in October 2008. The 4-week E-Consultation - from September 14 to October 11, 2008 - is expected to substantively include young people in migration debates as well as influence migration polices that work in the interest of young migrants. The GFMD has become one of the principal international spaces in which governments discuss migration and development policy, and young people are very affected. Find more information and get involved! |
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