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TIG + the Youth Effect The Youth Effect is a toolkit that has been created to inspire the leaders of organizations worldwide to engage with youth and ensure that children and youth play an integral role in making decisions that will impact their future. It was produced in collaboration with the Young Global Leaders' Youth Task Force and powered by TakingITGlobal. As the project lead for The Youth Effect, Jennifer Corriero of TIG discusses how important it is that youth be given the opportunity and platform to express their concerns and articulate their hopes for the future. Use TIG's discussion boards, blogs and action tools to express your goals and concerns and be an agent for change in your own community! |
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Tread Lightly at COP16 in Cancun, Mexico TIG was represented at the COP16 UN Climate Change Conference by a delegation of 24 young people from all over the world. The Tread Lightly program is giving young artists a chance to share their work through a display of Imprints art contest submissions at COP16. Plus, students worldwide will be taking part and weighing in on global climate change policy through the Tread Lightly video conference coming up on December 9th. Visit the Tread Lightly website for details about the video conference and the art contest, and to view past contest winners. |
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World AIDS Day 2010 December 1st was World AIDS Day, and the Global Youth Coalition on HIV/AIDS has been working to shed light on a campaign for the Human Right to Health and Universal Access to HIV treatment, care, prevention, and support! Inspire your peers to know their status and protect themselves from becoming infected by knowing YOUR status and protecting YOURSELF from becoming infected. Inform your policy-makers on why it's important to engage youth in HIV policies. Involve yourself in the global campaign against HIV and AIDS. Become a GYCA member today! |
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Youth for Change Phase III reaching out to 22 Arab countries The Youth for Change Program aims at inspiring, informing and involving Arab Youth to be Agents of Change in their communities. Phase III of this program focuses on the theme: Dialogue and Mutual Understanding - Take Action, and is implemented through a partnership between the Bibliotheca Alexandrina and TakingITGlobal as well as other organizations in the MENA region to encourage cross-cultural dialogue and support youth-led development projects in the 22 Arab countries: Algeria, Bahrain, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, Tunisia, UAE and Yemen. Join the program and apply for one of our mini-grants ($500-$1,000). You might also get the chance to attend our online project management course as well as receive a scholarship to attend the 6th Arab Youth forum in Alexandria, Egypt and an International Youth Conference! |
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Tread Lightly Launches in 9 Languages Visit treadlightly.me on January 14th for the launch of Tread Lightly's teacher toolkit and online platforms in 9 languages! The newly revised and translated material will make climate change education accessible to more teachers and youth around the world. Measure your ecological footprint and compete with your friends to reduce it; access lesson plans to teach students about climate change; and enter the eco-art contest; now in Dutch, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, as well as English and French! |
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TIGed Launches Professional Development Program TakingITGlobal for Educators (TIGed) recently launched a professional development program, offering two accredited e-courses for teachers interested in enhancing their understanding of and competencies in global education. The e-courses explore global education concepts and illustrate how e-technologies can bring the world into the classroom. The first e-course, Introduction to Global Education, starts in early February, while the second, Introduction to Global Project Based Learning, begins at the end of March. |
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Submit your entry to the Eco Ad Mashup ECO Singapore is creating an advertising campaign to promote the business benefits of going green and we need YOU to design the campaign. The winning design will run in a campaign to be shown in up to 20 MRT Stations, thanks to SMRT Media. You can enter your submission by adding it to the global gallery or check out Eco-Singapore.org for further details. Entries close Wednesday, February 9th, 2011. |
- Francisco, Niall, Sena, Kelli, Nive and the entire TakingITGlobal Team!
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