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Dubai (Ոչ ակտիվ) – Build a Better World

2016-06-05T00:00:00Z

BaBW aims to give GCC students the opportunity to travel to African nations in need of help for housing development (Kenya), water well development (Tanzania), and refurbishing of schools (Madagascar). This is sort of an "Outward Bound" and "Real Life Skills" building program that will leave the students without their creature comforts for 2 to 4 weeks and which we think will change lives in Africa and GCC forever, for the better.

Oakland, CA (Ոչ ակտիվ) – Legal Clinic Day - Advanced Directives for All

2016-06-03T00:00:00Z

Advanced directives are living wills that allow people to document their wishes concerning medical care and treatment when they are unable to communicate or make decisions on their own. These documents are especially important for queer and transgender people living in the Bay Area, as many have moved here to escape abusive families who refuse to recognize their gender identity or sexual orientation. Without this document incapacitated queer and transgender people's abusive parents and next of kin are legally entitled to make important medical decisions on their behalf. Horror stories are pervasive as a result, ranging from parents forbidding their queer adult-child's partner from being at their deathbed and parents refusing to use their child's correct pronouns to parents dressing their estranged transgender son in girl clothes after death. In one extreme instance, a transgender woman's sister shaved off her long hair while she suffered a coma. In an effort to ensure that Bay Area queer and transgender people are treated with respect and in accordance with their wishes, Red Light Legal will coordinate two day-long legal clinics. At these clinics, volunteer attorneys will assist 40 queer and transgender people in creating their advanced directives for free while providing notarization and copies in both English and Spanish.

Awesome Without Borders (Ոչ ակտիվ) – Advice You Don't Want to Hear

2016-06-03T00:00:00Z

My name is Maysoon Zayid. I am a comedian, writer, and disability advocate. In 2014, I had the #1 TEDTalk and I recently completed a stint as a guest comedian-in-residence at Arizona State University. While at Arizona State University, I filmed a mini-web series that I created, wrote, and starred in. It is called “Advice You Don’t Want to Hear”. Each episode is under five minutes and features four questions from the public who are seeking my advice. I am planning on filming a second season with the West Bank as my backdrop instead of Arizona State University. Like the first season, all of the episodes will be open-captioned so that they can be enjoyed by English speakers of any ability. We will produce 10 original episodes to be uploaded to YouTube for public consumption. The total budget for this project is $15,000 US Dollars. The mission of Advice You Don’t Want to Hear is to mainstream disability by placing me, a woman with Cerebral Palsy in the position of helping others. We seldom see anyone with a disability helping, rather than being helped. The advice I give on AYDWTH is good advice, except when it’s not and it is always funny. I am including links to the 10 Episodes I filmed at ASU, as well as a link to my TEDTalk so that you and learn more about me. Advice You Don’t Want to Hear https://youtu.be/zubF03wAQus?list=PLrCgOdSki7cUzBTxqZX3TkTvC0WzlHPri TEDTalk http://www.ted.com/talks/maysoon_zayid_i_got_99_problems_palsy_is_just_one Thank you, so much for your support and consideration, Maysoon Zayid

Sarnia (Ոչ ակտիվ) – Sarnia Speaks

2016-06-03T00:00:00Z

Atlanta, GA (Ոչ ակտիվ) – Cabin For Our Troops

2016-06-03T00:00:00Z

My name is Beth Waters and I run a nonprofit that supports our troops. My husband deployed (for the first time) in 2010 for a year long deployment and I actively supported all of the men/women in his unit and the family members stateside. Once he returned I continued my efforts in support of our troops and although it took a couple of years.....as of 2012, we are now a nonprofit ....Operation Appreciation. Over the past 5 years OpA have been approached many times by chaplains, units and military family support teams to host a veteran that is in need of a get-a-way during their reintegration. Often times a service member needs a longer transition between war, home and work. OpA has paid for a week here or a couple of days there many times in the North Georgia, Tennessee, and North Carolina mountains as "nature" seems to offer the most amazing comfort and healing. We have come up with an idea that will allow OpA to own an asset for assisting our troops rather than renting and throwing money away each time a service member has a need. A couple of months ago, my husband and I purchased a lot in the North Georgia Mountains (and donated it to OpA). We are currently working with a builder to build a log cabin that will serve as a permanent retreat for qualifying returning veterans in need of a small reprieve during their reintegration (we are personally paying for the mortgage). By Christmas 2016, this will be for the use of our veterans that need something extra in order to heal (upon vetting from their units)....our American Heroes! It is critical we find a way to support this ever growing need....and not fail our veterans that suffer from PTSD. The name of the cabin is: Red, White & Bear and all of the decor will be rustic: Americana, mountain, bear themed. Red, White & Bear will be filled with donated items, hand crafted furniture and accessories and treasure everywhere the eye turns. For every donation given with love and in support of our troops,

Portland, OR – Cypher CURE

2016-06-03T00:00:00Z

We are a small group of hip-hop artists and mentors from diverse backgrounds who have been building a non-profit organization called Cypher CURE. We utilize hip-hop culture as a way to connect with the younger generation (aged 12 - 21) and provide a safe environment for self-expression, guidance / mentorship and recognition of each individual's gift, in a supportive community environment. The circle is called the "cypher", a term that was coined in NYC, with the emergence of hip-hop culture, based on the number 0, which represents completion in supreme mathematics. At Cypher CURE we consider the circle a sacred container based on the principles of equality and respect. "CURE" is an acronym for "Creative Unity of Related Energy." We believe the younger generation already has the consciousness, imagination and creativity that can help create solutions in the world and it’s our job to help awaken their innate genius in a supportive community environment and offer guidance based on our experience. Over the past 5 months we have been meeting consistently with youth for cyphering, workshops and discussion sessions. The initial stages of this organization have been an organic culture-building process, connected with the youth, asking them what they're interested in. We invite you to view this video for a glimpse into the cypher: https://youtu.be/oFr0ogdFsZw Our first public showcase is going to be May 28th where youth will share their skills for the community. Our vision is to offer: - Ongoing workshops (at least 2 a month) - A monthly showcase - meet with an elders circle (at least once every 3 months) to clarify vision and guidance Moving forward, we’d like to: - attain a space for youth to record / produce music consistently - embark on nature excursions (at least once every 3 months) Cypher CURE is currently registered as a non-profit, without 501C-3 status. We are in the process of partnering MyVoice Music as a fiscal sponsor to seek grant funding.

Plano, TX (Ոչ ակտիվ) – Dogfight: The musical

2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

Pete Duchan’s Dogfight was first performed in front of an audience on July 16, 2012. This romantic comedy-drama takes place in San Francisco during the years 1963 and 1967. The Musical follows young marine Eddie Birdlace throughout his last night in the United States before being shipped off to Vietnam. During their last night in town, the marines have the annual “Dog Fight”, which is a party where each guy brings the ugliest woman they can find. The winner of the Dogfight gets a large amount of cash. Eddie invites Rose to the party, which she does not react kindly to when she finds out. Throughout the story, Eddie and Rose go on a real date and the two end up falling in love before Eddie goes off to war. When Eddie comes back from war, he has post traumatic stress disorder and needs someone to depend on. Rose is the only person that is there for Eddie to depend on. This musical touches on social issues such as Gender Equality and Post traumatic stress disorder.

Ann Arbor, MI – The Leaders of the Future - Leadership Incubator

2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

Our mission since we were first incorporated in 2013 has been to transform the City of Pontiac by the power of the youth. Since September of 2013, we’ve hosted leadership development and group bonding programs on Friday nights, community service events on Saturdays, and a week-long retreat in August called the Golden Week that is geared towards community service and group bonding. At our Friday meetings, our college student staff train the high school students in the basics of leadership and project management. Then, the high school students are divided into teams and told one thing: identify a problem in your community and use your natural talent and training to solve it. With our project management outline and with guidance from the college staff, the high school students then create their own community-transformation projects. They’ve thought up, planned, and run clothing drives, marketing events at local businesses, park clean ups, partnerships with local churches to build parks and replant gardens in abandoned lots, and our Golden Week, a week-long inner-city retreat focused on community service and leadership development. And that’s not all. At the core of the Leaders of the Future mission is family. An hour and a half of each of our meetings is dedicated to peer mentoring and group bonding. Half of our Superhero Saturdays are dedicated to fun activities and group hangouts. In addition to the community service events, we’ve planned video game tournaments, lazer-tag outings, mini-golf tournaments, and hiking trips. In effect, it’s a team of young urban leaders dedicated to leadership and community development. It’s a nonprofit organization founded and moved forward by high schools students. It’s an army of passionate volunteers who are ready to cleanse their city of blight and degradation. It’s the Leaders of the Future organization, a family of game-changers with an unbreakable love for each other and for their community.

Baltimore, MD – Pop-Up KoreaTown II

2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

Pop-Up Koreatown II is 4 day exhibition/workshops/event made in collaboration with 10+ local Korean artists, seniors and business owners in Station North to create space and dialogue about the history, culture, identity of the past and present presence of the Korean community in Station North. We seek Pop-Up Koreatown II to further activate the exhibited artworks as agents to create new doorways and bridge the gap between the greater community and Korean community. Pop-Up Koreatown II is a sequel event from Pop-Up Koreatown I that was held last May in 2015, a wildly successful pop-up exhibition that featured in BmoreArts, CityPaper, The Korea Times, and Aaron Henkin's The Signal on NPR. Participating artists includes: Seon Young Park presents a video collaboration with the Seoul Rice Cake owner Mr.&Mrs as featured actor and actress of a Korean mythology with rice cake and the moon. Do Hyun Yoon, who intervenes in the condition of site and finds narratives in the space create site specific installations Korean own business spaces. Aletheia Hyun-Jin Shin sculptural Korean ceramic forms created with object sold in Korean own businesses, explores the presence of the Korean identity in the context of Baltimore, Sung Min Lee presents Korean fabric quilt forms called "bojaggi" work created with the Korean seniors from Greenmount Senior Center, Joseph Lee will present his social documentary photo series of the Korean communities in Public markets of Baltimore, etc. A Fun interactive, family-friendly public programming will include fan making workshop will be held for visitors to participate and learn about how to paint with sumi ink on fans. We also seek to hold a pubic event where people can help the restoring the graffiti that covers Mr.Kim's Mural.

Stockholm (Ոչ ակտիվ) – NewBee

2016-06-01T00:00:00Z

Can beekeeping help refugees in Stockholm integrate faster? It’s a no-brainer! Of course it can and that’s why NewBees will receive this month’s 5000SEK grant. What a buzz to help such an awesome initiative! Read more at the link to the right!

Portland, OR – Parking Strips for Pollinators

2016-06-01T00:00:00Z

Parking strips, hell strips, parkways - whatever you call them they're typically just a place for grass, dog poo, and garbage! Why not turn it into pollinator habitat instead? I worked with a variety of experts in wildlife habitat, entomology, and botany to create a DIY handbook on creating high-impact pollinator space. But not everybody has the money and the physical means to convert a parking strip into pollinator habitat. Last November I worked with 20+ volunteers to convert 3,000 sq feet of sod into pollinator habitat! With $1,000 I could easily convert another 1,000+ feet. More than 80% of flowering plants rely on animals to pollinate them. Monarch populations have dropped 90% in the last 20 years, and native bee populations are crashing as well. Habitat destruction and fragmentation coupled with pesticides are leading causes of these problems. A Pollinator Parkways has 3 main characteristics. 1. It's pesticide free 2. it prioritizes native plants to support native pollinators 3. it has staggered bloom times to ensure nectar/pollen for pollinators as much of the year as possible. Interpretive signs will help encourage those passing by to take action of their own, and lead them to a source that'll help them do it well.

South Bend, IN – River Lights Music Festival

2016-05-31T00:00:00Z

RIVER LIGHTS Music Festival is a collaboration between community members & local college students seeking to illuminate South Bend as a prime destination for original music in the Midwest. 21 volunteer committee members across 7 groups are working together to showcase awe-inspiring music & unforgettable experiences in the resurgent community of South Bend, Indiana! This three day music fest will take place May 5-7. -Thursday May 5th will feature small shows at 3 key locations in the city: O'Rourkes near ND campus, The Well on Mishawaka Ave and Chicory Cafe in DTSB. -Friday May 6th ticketed events will take place at the Century Center Island and an electronic after-party at Club Fever -Saturday, May 7th will be ticketed as well with two stages setup at Seitz Park and the parking lot of the emporium building. The after party for that night will be at Corby's. -Rain location for all shows is Madison Center gym As a new music festival our goal is to build processes, procedures & structures to enable the event to be financially sustainable and grow in the years to come. We are anticipating a total attendance of 2,500+ ppl with a potential economic impact of over $125,000 on the city (assuming a $50 spend per person) We are confident that is just the start of something impressively AWESOME for South Bend

South Bend, IN – LGBTQ Pride

2016-05-31T00:00:00Z

We are hosting South Bend’s First Annual Pride Parade! The event is sponsored by the GLBT Resource Center of Michiana, which will soon be named The LGBTQ Center. The event will include lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer/questioning people and their allies. It will be a festive, family-friendly occasion to showcase South Bend as a 21st century city where all are valued, respected, and empowered. The event will include a parade and booths including LGBTQ-friendly businesses, organizations, artists, vendors, families and individuals in our region. The parade will end with an all ages dance party downtown. All businesses downtown will be encouraged to participate in the event with special promotions and entertainment. This will be a regional event with significant attendance. This event will follow our upcoming rededication. On April 28, 2016, we will be hosting a large-scale event called “The LGBTQ Center: A Celebration of Change.” On this day, we will be releasing a new name, mission statement, logo, exterior lighted sign, interior renovations, website, and an online LGBTQ-accepting business/organization directory. We are thrilled about the changes at the Center, and look forward to our growth as a South Bend organization.

South Bend, IN – Resurrect the Roses at Leeper Park!!

2016-05-31T00:00:00Z

This is an all-volunteer project to restore the historical Rose Garden at Leeper Park. The volunteers began working in April, 2015, and have since enlarged and created all the Rose beds (six large, concentric circles); removed six to eight tons of weeds, and overgrown sod and grass that were choking the Roses; pruned and re-dug nearly 100 Roses, many of which were dead, or barely alive; added over 100 new Roses, perennials, and new plants; Hauled and spread over ten yards of new soil, and over twenty yards of mulch, for the Rose beds; fertilized and treated all of the plants;removed four tons of soil, and overgrown weeds, and debris from the old viewing ponds; re-designed the viewing pond beds, and spread several tons of soil for the new beds; planted nearly 100 new perennials into the new viewing pond beds. This has been a cooperative project with the South Bend Park Department, and the Historical Preservation Commission, although no tax money has been used, and the project is fully self-funded.

South Bend, IN – The Birdsell Project

2016-05-31T00:00:00Z

The Birdsell Project (TBP) seeks to revitalize underutilized spaces by opening them to artists and the community. It creates community space that reflects upon South Bend’s history, celebrates current artistic endeavors, and experiments with methods of merging art and community. Since it's conception in Aug. 2014, we've put together a number of different projects: Our first project, a large-scale installation in The Birdsell Mansion, featured 21 artists. The show saw over 3,000 visitors. We hosted 11 local, national, and international artists for a 2 month residency. TBP provided housing, a stipend, and installation space. Artists created new work in SB's former power plant, provided artistic services to community organizations and met with a diverse group of local leaders. The show was open to the public for 2 months, exposing the community to installations created specifically for this space, and bringing people into spaces that have been unused for decades. We collaborated with ND on a number of class projects. In the last year, over 100 students have created installations with TBP for their final projects. We also collaborated with a local artist to create a mobile art installation that traveled to Grand Rapids to participate in Artprize 7 where we were voted one of the top 25 installations. TBP has seen over 30,000 people attend our art and music shows, classes, and projects. We’ve engaged local artists and attracted new artists to the area, gotten local and national media coverage, and brought new artwork to underutilized spaces; spurring important conversations regarding how space is used. Please follow the links below to view 2 videos documenting some of our work. https://vimeo.com/122979095 https://vimeo.com/160683753 We think we're bringing something awesome to SB and we want to continue bringing the cool to the community we call home. Our budget is small, our ambition large. $1000 would be transformative for The Birdsell Project.

Jumbos (Ոչ ակտիվ) – We Stories

2016-05-31T00:00:00Z

IMAGINE WITH US What might be possible if more families from across St. Louis decided to start talking to our young children about race and racism? Would it change how we see ourselves? Our city and its people? Would it unlock our ability to contribute to a more hopeful future? We Stories: Raising Big-Hearted Kids is a new and growing organization that uses the power of children’s literature to create conversation, change and hope in St. Louis and a stronger, more equitable and inclusive future for all. Our family learning program provides St. Louisans with beautiful, compelling picture books that feature diverse characters and address race and racism. We pair the books with monthly, thematic resources that help parents bring the books to life and advance their own learning. And, we foster a supportive community among the participating families through a closed Facebook group and regular in-person events. Our program is aimed at families with young children (ages 0-7) who are not yet having robust conversations about race and racism. From November 2015 – February 2016, 80 local families participated in a pilot of our program approach. From their feedback, we know that our offering is robust and effective, and filling a niche that is not being met. The results of a pre- / post- survey demonstrate that participating families are actively learning, talking and taking action to counteract racism more than before joining We Stories. And, families feel less isolated, better informed and more confident in their ability to address racism in their daily life. The pilot participants were highly satisfied with their experience. When asked if they were likely to recommend this experience to others, 100 percent of participants responded affirmatively. We have developed a partnership with our region's largest library system to make diverse children's books more widely available.

Washington, DC – SOULAR SUNDAY in Marvin Gaye Park

2016-05-31T00:00:00Z

Something magical happens every other Sunday, during the summer, in Ward 7’s Marvin Gaye Park…SOULAR SUNDAY. In April 2014, after 21 year old Hubert Hunter was gunned down in broad daylight at the park’s entrance on Division Avenue, concerned neighbors, Christine Rhone and Maceo Thomas knew something had to happen to address the violence and highlight the magic they knew existed in the neighborhood they loved. They decided that the best thing they could do was encourage their neighbors not to avoid this troubled city park but to occupy the space with them and so, on June 8, 2014, SOULAR SUNDAY was born. Rhone & Thomas used their neighborhood and social media connections to encourage people to “bring your lawn chairs, picnic baskets, and newspapers and just come chill with us” and over 100 people showed up. Jamil Hamilton, popularly known as DJ Jahsonic and a lifelong resident of Ward 7, offered his music skills for free as did neighborhood face-painters, hula-hoopers, double-dutch teams, and more. Realizing there was the potential to showcase even more neighborhood talent, Rhone reached out to local artisans, artists, and chefs and got permission to have them set up a “Sunday sidewalk market” which added to the vibrancy of the first event. By summer’s end, everyone wanted to know whether SOULAR SUNDAY would be back in 2015. In 2015, SOULAR SUNDAY was back! Still using their own funds and hard work, Rhone and Thomas launched the new season with an official logo, free food, more vendors, and more DJs. The duo acquired all permits, provided restroom facilities, manned the grill, managed the vendors, ran the social media efforts, booked the DJs, cleaned the park, maintained community outreach, worked with Metropolitan Police Department, and so much more, that went into providing the amazing experience that was SOULAR SUNDAY 2015. Again, everyone wanted to know if SOULAR SUNDAY would be back the next year. SOULAR SUNDAY will return in 2016 even bigger and better.

Melbourne (Ոչ ակտիվ) – Mechanical Youth

2016-05-31T00:00:00Z

My project is a shed space where youth will have the opportunity to gain skills in all things mechanical. It will be a space run by the community for the community. Volunteers will be from all walks of life with an interest in the development of youth and all things mechanical. The first activity revolves around reliable transport hence starting with bicycles. Participants will undertake a workshop to learn all about the operation, maintenance and repair of bicycles. Donated bikes will be recycled and once the participant completes the workshop the bike will be theirs for FREE. Other aspects of the shed will be the a place to drop in to undertake regular repair and maintenance and purchase both parts and accessories at discounted rates. Working on collaborations will local bike shop Riviera Cycles, Gippsland East Learn Local Alliance and Good Cycles in Melbourne. Bicycles are only the beginning will small engines, motorbikes and cars to follow.

Awesome Without Borders (Ոչ ակտիվ) – All My Relations: A Native America Portrait

2016-05-29T00:00:00Z

Most of us have seen the photographic works Edward Curtis made during the early part of the 20th century. In 1906, he received $75,000 from JP Morgan to produce a series on North American Native Americans. The unspoken subtext: indigenous Americans were a disappearing race, and thus important to document. It was only a matter of time before they would all be culturally and or physically extinct. Just over one hundred years later, the history, politics and experience that comprise Native identity are as controversial as ever. Not one treaty made between indigenous peoples and the US government was ever honored. Each one was amended and altered, and sometimes outright revoked. Stereotypes remind us that there are multitudes of problems and indigenous populations have high rates of suicide, poverty, violence and addiction. If we are to become the country we say we are, there are many past hurts that need acknowledgement, many injustices that require resolution. Neither a history of injustice nor stereotypes tell the whole story. There is also resilience, strength, beauty and self-defining identity. The Indigenous Rising and Idle No More movements have signaled a new phase in Native consciousness, not only as Americans but as citizens of this planet. In this critical time of climate change, native voices are resounding with wisdom and perspective about the importance of honoring and protecting our planet. That’s why now, I am setting out to make a new record. It’s time to for us to tell our own stories of who we are and what is important to us. Why portraiture? I am interested in one powerful aspect of the process. I make a portrait as a message to the future — as a statement about who my subjects are in this moment. I ask, just before I press the shutter: “What, through this image, would you like your descendants to know about you, your life — your experience?” With this question, something happens: a gravitas, a moment worthy of recording.

Amsterdam (Ոչ ակտիվ) – Volksbankjes (People benches)

2016-05-26T00:00:00Z

Doesn't everyone love it when something is named after them? It gives something a story and makes something special, instead of just 'a thing'. So I wan't to make public benches special. Because, well, they are. People use them to relax and enjoy the beautiful view of Amsterdam. And we should thank them for it! So for a day (or more) I want to go around Amsterdam and name public benches after the person/people who is/are sitting on that bench at that certain time! Forever engraving their names on the bench for everyone to see and remember. Because if Amsterdam belongs to the people, why shouldn't we name it after them?

Newcastle – To The Edge High Performance Centre

2016-05-26T00:00:00Z

To The Edge is Newcastle's very first athletic dedicated training facility. They specialise in action sport athlete development and have started to work with some of the Hunters best young motocross riders, surfers, snowboarders , skaters and other talented young sports stars. The dream is to expand into the largest high performance training facility in the Southern Hemisphere ! And to give all the talented young action sports athletes a central home to be able to train in specific to their sport. This grant will go towards supporting the owner, 28 year old Daniel, to undertake a coaching internship at one of the world's best high performance training centres in America.

Tallahassee, FL (Ոչ ակտիվ) – Save 10 Tallahassee!

2016-05-25T00:00:00Z

For the first time, the Leon County Humane Society (LCHS) is working with Leon County Schools to promote fostering through families within the schools. We are encouraging parents to work with their children this summer to help save a life and seek a forever home for that animal. The summer months are the peak of kitten and puppy season, therefore this can be a grueling time in the animal rescue community. We want to have a hand in teaching the children in our community about responsibility and compassion. With a grant in the amount of $1,000 through the Awesome Foundation of Tallahassee, LCHS will be able to rescue 10 infant puppies and kittens and place them with families selected to raise those animals and become advocates for them. All of this will be done with a goal of placing the animals into loving adoptive homes. LCHS will assist the families in every aspect of fostering from bottle feeding and early socialization, to basic medical care and training. Once the animals have been spayed or neutered, we will walk the families through the adoption process. LCHS will provide infant formula, food, puppy training pads, toys, and medical care, while the foster families will provide a safe environment, socialization, and around the clock care for the foster animals. Through this unique foster experience, children will also be able to earn community service hours often required for school. The children involved will be encouraged to document their experiences with fostering through photos and writing to educate their peers. We envision success through this project, not only for these 10 individual animals, but also for the children and families investing their time toward the project. Our goals within the families selected for this project is to include a boost in confidence for the children caring for these animals as well as an unforgettable bonding experience within the family units entrusted with the care of these foster animals.

Twin Cities, MN (Ոչ ակտիվ) – Beautify South Minneapolis

2016-05-25T00:00:00Z

The idea is to make Minneapolis a little prettier. I would like to cover with beautiful mosaics two garbage containers located in south Minneapolis (Nokomis neighborhood, 50th Street and 34th Ave S.) and also create two new mosaic planters that will be located in the same area. The planters will be located according to city regulations for sidewalks adjacent to businesses located in the area. Business owners will be responsible for maintaining the pretty flowers. This project is intended to revitalized the neighborhood making the business area more attractive for the community. The idea would be for the design of the mosaic to represent the Minneapolis culture.

Asheville, NC (Ոչ ակտիվ) – Free Range Asheville

2016-05-23T00:00:00Z

Plano, TX (Ոչ ակտիվ) – Shepard STREAM Lab

2016-05-22T00:00:00Z

The students at Shepard Elementary are more than just by-the-book learners, because of that we are expanding our classrooms beyond just text. We are in the process of creating a STREAM (Science, Technology, Reading, Engineering, Art, and Math) Lab in our library. In the STREAM Lab, students will be able to dive into their lessons and bring education to life! Working together with teachers, we target subjects that will become more meaningful through STREAM activities. Pencil and worksheets are being replaced by model bridges that students design and build, a light bulb that they power with static electricity, and a musical instrument they create and play. These are just some examples of activities that we have had in the STREAM Lab since it opened in the fall. In addition to the activities that support the district’s curriculum, we would like to introduce more technology to Shepard students. We view computers, wires, and coding as tools and materials that can be used to build, just as hammer, wood, and nails are. When we better equip students to create technologically, we are creating tomorrow's innovators and inventors. This December we participated in the international movement Hour of Code, where all of our students had dedicated time to learn about coding. Students as young as kindergarten came to the STREAM Lab and explored the process behind how to program through interactive games. These seemingly just-for-fun games were actually laying the groundworks for understanding how to script in Java. In the STREAM Lab, we strongly believe that in order to learn something, including programming, you must do something. When we allow students the opportunity to see programming as more than just lines of letters and parentheses, they will understand that programming is engaging and infinite in possibilities for them.

Miami, FL – The Plantain

2016-05-22T00:00:00Z

The Plantain is a satirical news outlet that creates funny, Miami-centric fake news stories. The goal of the project is to get Miamians engaged in local issues by presenting them in an absurd way.

Seattle, WA – Edible Sculptures

2016-05-22T00:00:00Z

If I was able to earn this grant, I would love to create an array of public sculptures designed for urban and rural areas. Within these sculptures, I would plant/inoculate an assortment of edible plants and/or fungi made for free, public consumption. By creating works of art that tantalize taste and sight, I hope to encourage a dialogue among the public participants about how a work of art may effect their everyday life, as well as encourage the notion of self-sustainablity. With the creation of numerous edible sculptures in various locations, I would hope that others would look upon it as something that they could do themselves; that they would be inspired to make their own art at home that can also act as a personal garden.

Kingston – Music at JG Simcoe Public School!

2016-05-22T00:00:00Z

John Graves Simcoe Public School is a low-income school in the Rideau Heights neighbourhood in Kingston, Ontario. Instrumental Music has become quite popular and successful at JG Simcoe Public School over the last few years. Learning musical instruments has been an opportunity they might not receive otherwise. Students are performing quite regularly at school concerts and school assemblies, as well as at upcoming opportunities at local nursing homes to perform for residents. Most students cannot afford to purchase or rent a musical instrument (which is most students at JG Simcoe PS) If we reach our goal of having 30 instruments by September 2016, that will allow approximately 30 students to have a chance to learn an instrument, as well as using some of these instruments with the school's various music clubs.   There are currently not enough instruments for future intermediate students for the next school year. Students in younger grades are beginning to see, and hear the success of the school band, so with more instruments, that means that more and more students will have a chance at learning to play a musical instrument. All of these music opportunities at school (which are free of charge to students) have given students a creative and positive way to express themselves and interact with their peers. It has translated to noted improvements in their in-class behaviour during music class and clubs, and in their homeroom as reported by homeroom teachers. Their confidence level has increased and they enjoy practicing during the school day, and some students take their instruments home to practice. Music education is building teamwork through music ensembles, and frequent school and community performances.  The students are learning about notation, performance, as well as appropriate language and behavior with different audiences.

Plano, TX (Ոչ ակտիվ) – 105 Stories of Hope

2016-05-22T00:00:00Z

Each person is living a vivid, complex, and epic story filled with hopes, dreams, and battle scars, a story that we may play a major role in or never cross paths with. However, the lives of some of these people – their stories – are plagued with a silent killer. Depression affects 14.8 million Americans and has claimed 42,773 lives last year. Due to its negative stigma and the sufferer’s own feelings of shame, depression can be undetectable until it is too late. My team and I have started this initiative in response to a dear friend whose life and vivid story was one of those cut short too soon. Four months ago, my girlfriend, Cheyenne Garza passed away and lost her fight to depression. Cheyenne was a beautiful woman who always looked for the good in everyone. She was an artist who loved to paint, draw, dance, and take pictures. Her dream was to become a photographer for National Geographic so she could explore the world and put her passion to good use. However, depression is a silent killer, and Cheyenne battled her anxiety and depression alone for years without letting anyone know. While we are still in shock and healing from this tragedy, we know we are channeling Cheyenne’s benevolent spirit to help others who are afflicted with the same disease. In March 2016, we established ourselves as a non-profit organization in the state of Texas aiming to help young adults overcome their battle with depression. During the week of April 18th, 2016, we also partnered with the Gamma Beta Fraternity chapter at Texas Tech University for Philanthropy Week. As part of raising awareness of depression’s pervasiveness and educating students on how they can recognize or treat the symptoms, we distributed informative pamphlets to students and culminated the week with guest speaker, Tye King. The reception was resoundingly positive with students exclaiming how they can connect these lessons to their friends who are dealing with depression to potentially help or even save a life.

Alaska (Ոչ ակտիվ) – The Velella Project

2016-05-22T00:00:00Z

I have designed and am building a shelter prototype called Velella to address an important and unique community need for truly affordable and safe temporary urban shelter for Alaska’s most vulnerable people. Aesthetically pleasing, highly durable transitional living structures in which individuals and families experiencing housing crisis can safely live are practically nonexistent. The municipality of Anchorage and key partners are working diligently to address and resolve the housing crisis in our state’s largest city. Velella is an attempt to provide a constructive temporary emergency housing solution in the interim. What if I designed beautiful inhabitable spaces with our most vulnerable neighbors well being foremost in our minds? What if the appearance and feelings generated by those spaces were valued as much by those with good fortune as those with poor fortune? Couldn’t this approach actually erase judgement, dissolve stigma and move all of us toward healthier and more empathetic communities? Velella is a shelter fashioned to engender a sense of security and pride in its dwellers and designed to resonate with everyone, regardless of housing circumstances. This shelter is designed to be surrounded by built land forms and grouped together to establish “micro-neighborhoods” that reinforce feelings of safety, home, whimsy, belonging and inclusiveness in both the inhabitants and the larger established community. Velella is intended to provide safe space and reinforce cohesiveness for individuals and families in the midst of crisis. It is deliberately designed to equalize social and economic imbalance, combat stigma and restore social dignity. The long term goal of this project is to advance Velella to production as an aesthetically pleasing, elegant, simple to install, durable shelter that has many applications.

Oahu, HI – LISTEN: IT ONLY TAKES A MOMENT.

2016-05-20T00:00:00Z

We are launching a social movement called IT ONLY TAKES A MOMENT™. The purpose is to demonstrate how we can improve the mental wellness of our communities through active listening. The catalyzing event is screening the unreleased feature film LISTEN across North America in Fall 2016. It will be 100% free for people to attend. LISTEN was inspired by Writer/Director Erahm Christopher's work with nearly one million youth. The film is about a school counselor who struggles to make a difference as isolation and negative influences spark destructive behavior among broken youth. Prominent themes include: mental illness, self-harm, gang violence, racism, cyber-bullying, domestic abuse and suicide. The trailer may be viewed at: www.listenthemovie.com. We test screened the film to 6000+ people and received incredible feedback. Here’s a summarized video response: https://youtu.be/1F1f8u83Evo. LISTEN helps youth feel like they are not alone and empowers them to empathize with their peers and vocalize their own struggles. We can provide a comprehensive data packet upon request. Screening event structure: • Intro by Local Mental Health Professional (5 - 10 min) • Feature Film Presentation (1 hour 48 min) • Facilitated Q&A Discussion (30 min) • ‘Just Listen’ Activity Books distributed to all attendees Supporting this event will benefit the community of Oahu in a multitude of ways. The event will (1) build awareness to mental health (2) reveal the damaging consequences that occur when we fail to listen to those in need (3) bridge the social divide between youth and adults (4) create a space for honest conversation and (5) provide local resources for individuals and families to seek help. Overall, we believe this will make Oahu more awesome by transforming inactive listeners into ACTIVE LISTENERS! Everyone has a role to play in communities therefore we must work together to help our youth grow healthy and connected!

San Jose, CA – HelloBots LEGO Robotics

2016-05-18T00:00:00Z

I started the HelloBots LEGO robotics program (www.hellobots.com), a free program specifically for underprivileged children in East San Jose and Alum Rock school district, California in the summer of 2015. Also I am offering “HelloBots for Her”, a special program for girls to build and explore in a supportive environment to develop an interest in math and science through the fun of robotics. I first created a basic level curriculum for four to six weeks. Then I planned another curriculum for the intermediate level for children with some basic exposure to LEGO NXT. The next challenge was to buy the kits. But in summer 2015, I worked at the Silver Creek Academy as an teacher’s assistant, and earned some pocket money from that. I combined that with the seed donation from my family and bought four LEGO NXT kits from Ebay. On August 8th, 2015 I had my first HelloBots workshop in Alum Rock Public library, which ran for six weeks. Library provided the some much needed laptops for the workshop. That was a life changing experience for me. Children from different family backgrounds, who couldn’t afford to have a laptop at home, came every day even before the class started, and didn’t miss a single one. Now I am running the 4-6 weeks workshops in three different libraries, and completed six workshops so far.Since last year I successfully ran free after school programs in LUCHA Elementary school, Alum Rock and Valley Vista Elementary School, San Jose. I am working closely with Alum Rock school district office and planning to launch new programs in 2016-2017 school year. This is the first time for any school in Alum Rock where students got exposure in LEGO robotics through the school. To this day, I have inducted three volunteers and taught 150+ students and looking forward to expand the horizon of Hellobots in more schools and libraries in San Jose and beyond.

Tilburg (Ոչ ակտիվ) – Tante Leen (op de Buurtcamping)

2016-05-18T00:00:00Z

Voor één weekend is Stadscamping Tilburg, op het voormalig Van Gend en Loosterrein, geen evenementencamping maar een gezellige Buurtcamping volgens een bekend concept uit de Randstad. Ze wordt bewoond door alle mensen die de stad rijk is: van rasechte Tilburgers tot studenten, van muurbloempjes tot druktemakers en van peuters tot senioren. “Met een pleerol onder de arm zien we er ten slotte allemaal even knullig uit.’Ze zorgt ervoor dat Tilburgers elkaar leren kennen en zal daarmee duidelijk onderlinge sociale cohesie en begrip voor elkaar vergroten. Een uniek ‘evenement’ met een hoge sociale waarde. En iedereen is welkom! Tilburgers uit alle wijken, van de Reeshof en de Blaak tot Noord en Broekhoven. In totaal komen ca. 600 Tilburgers: ¼ inwoners met beperkte financiële middelen - ¼ vrijwilligers en actieve mee-makers - ½ Tilburgers die niet onder 1 van de vorige groepen vallen Een deel van de gasten leeft op de grens van het minimum inkomen, zij kamperen tegen een gereduceerd tarief en kunnen spulletjes lenen bij Tante Leen. Ook voor deze groep is dit een leuke manier om kennis te maken met lokale activiteiten, kunst & cultuur. Samen met de campinggasten zelf en vrijwilligers wordt een divers en actief programma opgesteld met enkele hoofdthema’ s: Sport & Spel, Cultuur en Natuur en eten & ontmoeten.

Gloucester, MA – "Gloucester Speaks"

2016-05-17T00:00:00Z

"Gloucester Speaks" is a one hour documentary portrait of the people of Gloucester at the crossroads between the historic past, the present and the unknown future of this iconic and beloved city. The story will be told through the captivating, sometimes excited, sometimes troubled words of our citizens. The building and opening of the Beauport Hotel will act as a kind of Motif representing the inevitability of change in this, America's first fishing community. To date, conversations have been videotaped the Mayor Theken, Peter Anastas, Jimmie Tarantino, fishermen, stone cutters, graffiti artists, a homeless man and an actor. 17 more conversations are planned spanning a broad and intriguing cast of Gloucester residents.

Ottawa – Love Letters from Anonymous

2016-05-17T00:00:00Z

May's Awesome Ottawa award goes to Brittany Paulhus, to support groups of community volunteers making cards with messages of kindness and support for people who might need a little extra love. The project is called Love Letters from Anonymous. “At our first event,” explains Brittany “we invited the public to help decorate Valentine’s Day cards for every person at ten women's shelters in Ottawa and the surrounding area. We also sent donation items including toiletries, feminine care products, bus tickets, makeup, and jewelry. The turnout for this grassroots event was unbelievable. More than 300 people showed up to participate and many others stopped by to drop off donations or to share stories of their own experience.” “Our most recent event,” Brittany continues, “happened in time for Mother's Day, with a similar goal of sending messages of support to people staying in Ottawa's shelters. We again also collected and delivered donation items. My goal,” she says, “is to make this a quarterly project where people can submit ideas for who to send cards to next. We’ve already received some amazing ideas. One volunteer suggested we do a card workshop and school supplies drive in September for refugee families new to the country.” Want to get involved? Love Letters from Anonymous is on Facebook and Twitter. Brittany is an events coordinator at a national not-for-profit, and moved to Ottawa this year from Winnipeg.

Awesome Without Borders (Ոչ ակտիվ) – play:ground

2016-05-16T00:00:00Z

An adventure playground will open in the heart of New York City this May. play:ground, a local nonprofit, will open a 5,000 square foot play space on Governors Island where kids can imagine a world of their own making and experience self directed play. Modeled after a junkyard, the adventure playground lets children shape their environment using an assortment of materials, tools, water, dirt, and things that others might describe as trash. At the Governors Island adventure playground there will be none of the usual structures that you might find in a traditional playground - no shiny metal slides or swings, but the kids might build their own forts from wood pallets and hay bales, they might manage a see saw out of planks of woods or a trampoline out of old tires that lands them in a pile of mud. All this happens under the watchful eyes of trained playworkers — staff who are on hand to provide assistance when requested, but otherwise stand back and let the children take the lead. Today in New York, young people experience a tightly managed urban landscape, with rare access to spaces belonging entirely to them. Where are kids free to self-organize, or independently create from their imaginations? play:ground encourages a sense of freedom and permissiveness not found in most of the city. In addition to free public hours, play:ground will offer summer camps and school visits. Beyond the space on Governor’s Island, play:ground will continue providing local outreach through its ongoing initiative — play:ground in the park. Based on the Pop-Up Adventure Play model, play:ground in the park brings

Boulder, CO (Ոչ ակտիվ) – Bear Creek Beautification

2016-05-16T00:00:00Z

The Bear Creek Signs and Mural project represent the next phase of Friends of Martin Acre (FMA) beautification projects along the Bear Creek Path. There are currently 5 signs upstream from the Bear Creek Path Mural under Martin Drive (an FMA project!) that are small, outdated, and at this point, covered in graffiti. These signs were originally designed, created and installed by Creekside Elementary School in cooperation with Boulder Parks and Recreation many years ago. FMA is seeking funds to replace these 5 signs with engaging environmental education signage. We have been working with New Vista High School, the City of Boulder, and facilitated a focus group of neighborhood residents to identify the topics and themes for the signage. Each sign and the new mural will educate the public about Bear Creek and its inhabitants as well as the 2013 flood. In addition to the 5 signs, we will incorporate a new mural component that focuses on art inspired by the flood, and includes a ‘How Tall are you in Flood Years’ marking the 500 year flood and below. Most importantly, each sign and the new mural will engage its reader with fun activities that range from using your senses to experience the creek to seeing if you can jump as far as a mountain lion (or squirrel). The entire part of the pathway, from the first sign to the 5th sign to the mural, will be connected with footprints that kids (and grown-ups) can follow to the next sign and experience.

Pittsburgh, PA – Street Side Karaoke

2016-05-16T00:00:00Z

Everyone has a favorite song they know by heart - but would they sing it on the street? Let’s find out! The Street Side Karaoke project is karaoke with a new twist: it’s portable, spontaneous, and most importantly, street side. The project combines singing - traditionally an intimate, indoor activity - with the growing busking + music scene in Pittsburgh in a form everyone can participate in: karaoke. Inspired by CMU opera students and their “Bus Stop Opera” project (http://bit.ly/1rD77Rs), Street Side Karaoke brings music and entertainment to Pittsburgh in an even more accessible and family-friendly form by allowing people to participate, not just listen! In order to bring Street Side Karaoke to fruition, I need Awesome PGH’s help! Right now, Street Side Karaoke is just an awesome idea, but it needs funding to purchase the materials to make it a reality. With Awesome PGH’s grant, Street Side Karaoke will purchase the screen, microphones, speaker, and Karaoke software subscription. The entire outfit will then be mounted to the side of a vibrantly yellow Honda Fit (no purchase necessary) so the sing-along experience can pull up to any street corner and immediately bring joy into people’s lives (see attachment). Not only can Awesome PGH make Street Side Karaoke a reality, your funding will also make it a free-ality. That’s right, unlike traditional Karaoke DJs, Street Side Karaoke will provide that 100% Natural Good-Time Family-Karaoke Solution at absolutely no cost to the singer! With Awesome PGH’s help, it will be absolutely free. So, in the immortal words of the Beatles: “Won’t you please, please help me!” Thank you for your time and consideration. Street Side Karaoke - now karaoke can come to you!

Philadelphia, PA – The C.C.A. Baldi Middle School Sculpture Garden

2016-05-13T00:00:00Z

My name is Bill Mathes, an art educator at C.C.A. Baldi Middle School within the Philadelphia School District. I began a comprehensive sculpture and mural program, in addition to my regular classes about three years ago. We have a very spacious atrium in the middle of school that has been turned into a sculpture and arts garden. Last year the theme 'Baldi Park' ( a dinosaur theme) and we created a 21' long long (1:2 scale) T-Rex, 23' tall Brachiosaurus, 15' long Triceratops and 8' long Velociraptor which were donated to St. Christopher's Hospital for Children in May 2015. That year we also made a 16' tall Optimus Prime Transformers sculpture. This academic year's theme is, "I love the 1980's & 90's" and we made a life-size Jabba the Hutt and C3PO sculpture, and Ursula the sea witch sculpture and are currently working an accompanying Ariel, Sebastian and Flounder sculpture. My students also have been working on an ongoing mural in our school's library. We have been covered three times by the media: http://www.philly.com/philly/education/Packing-tape_sculptures_bring_dinosaurs_come_to_life_at_Northeast_middle_school.html http://www.northeasttimes.com/2015/feb/11/primeval-adventure/#.Vt9uFMfhgQ8 http://www.stchristophershospital.com/newsroom/highlights/363 My vision is to keep our Atrium area, which we lovingly refer to as the "Commons", to be a blank canvas every September for the students to create their own environment. The old sculptures will hopefully be donated or moved to another part of our wonderful school. This ongoing project, I believe, embodies the concept that Walt Disney had for his parks— to be an ever growing and evolving and living project that should never be finished.

Chicago, IL – Operation Endangered Species

2016-05-13T00:00:00Z

Operation Endangered Species is a project that focuses on saving endangered species from extinction. Currently, we are focused on saving the Alligator Snapping Turtles. We do this by working with the Illinois Department of Natural Resources and 18 other high schools across Illinois. We buy the turtles as babies and give them to high schools to be taken care of. The students take care of the turtles until they are one year old, and then they release them into their habitat in southern Illinois. OES is also a way for teens and kids to be involved in a project that helps their community and environment. So far, our project has had almost a 100% success rate! Why should we save the Alligator Snapping Turtles? The snapper turtles are a keystone species in their ecosystem. This means that without them, their ecosystem would collapse. They maintain their ecosystem in two ways. One, they burrow holes in the ground which other animals can use as habitats or means of protection. Second, the alligator snappers are generalists, meaning they will eat almost anything. This helps them keep the ecosystem's population under control OES was started 8 years ago by a group of high school students from Pontiac Township High School. They saw the alligator snapper and thought, "Wow this is so ugly, who would ever want to save it?". So they decided to! They began to notice that most of the turtles began to die out before they reach one year of age. Considering the turtles do not develop reproductive properties until they are 18, this is a major problem. There are many factors that could contribute to this, including turtle poachers and environmental damages. Operation Endangered Species is an impact project that could have a momentous impact on our environment. For more information, please watch the video that my partner Nicole and I created: https://youtu.be/4TlP4wrf4jg

Philadelphia, PA – The Business of Doing Good

2016-05-13T00:00:00Z

We are a social entrepreneur program for kids. We teach kids to change the world! Our mission is to inspire middle school kids to discover what is truly meaningful to them – and empower them with the skills to put their ideas into action. Each day of the program, the kids meet an inspiring entrepreneur who is working to make the world a better place, and are taught business skills to create a business or project of their own. These real-life heroes work with the kids to teach them the skills they need to become entrepreneurs themselves. Entrepreneurs are chosen based on the students' interests and have included those who are working in health clinics in Sierra Leone, building houses to create a middle class in West Africa, starting a fashion line supported by an incubator lab, launching a national food truck line heavily promoted on social media, market research for a ground breaking new educational product, and a National Geographic photographer's studio. To date our kids are creating accessory lines to help fund public schools, creating headbands for health care in Sierra Leone, making organic dog treats and apps for pets, and creating tutoring, senior citizen outreach, and anti-bullying social programs. Kids learn leadership, entrepreneurial, and innovation skills that will better prepare them to thrive in the global economy of their future. Throughout the year, TBDG kids are invited to workshops on advance business skills training, mentoring and learning from those who are changing the world as they work on their projects, and are part of a community of support.

Austin, TX – Party World Rasslin'

2016-05-13T00:00:00Z

Party World Rasslin’ is a “theatrical wrestling” event which exists somewhere on the spectrum between comedic performance art and professional wrestling. We use the narrative and physical vernacular of pro wrestling to tell the big, long, dumb, and collaborative stories that move us. It has grown over the past year and a half from a backyard party of a few friends with a few dozen attendees to a 1400-attendee megaspectacular with a staff of 70 artists and performers. Pro wrestling is an engaging sort of physical storytelling that embodies conflict in a raw and primal way. It is also an extremely goofy style of performance that is beset by bald seriousness and stodgy, dour tradition. PWR dissects this format and reassembles it as a community-oriented, self-effacing, outsider-artist-run spectacle. With great stories, jokes, and brilliant performers at the helm, the audacity of pro wrestling is put into the service of big-hearted narratives, without the posturing sobriety that turns people away from wrestling at large. This allows the stories of conflict to be told in a safe space free of the toxic hypermasculinity or aggressive oppression cultivated in mainstream wrestling. Good vs evil, big vs small, flawed social norm vs passionate outsider—these, and more, we explore in the ring. A grant from the Austin Awesome Foundation will go toward's PWR's June 2016 show, SLIP 'N' SLAM: SLIMETIME, a Nickelodeon Games 'n' Sports-themed extravaganza.

Minas Gerais (Ոչ ակտիվ) – Projeto Amorcão

2016-05-13T00:00:00Z

O Projeto Amorcão é um projeto de incentivo a adoção de cães vira-latas e um esforço de conscientização dessa causa através do trabalho de identidade visual. Em Belo Horizonte, alguns esforços por parte da prefeitura e de ONGs de proteção animal são feitos na tentativa de aliviar as questões de saúde pública, mas não são suficientes. Por outro lado,o esforço em incentivar a adoção de animais abandonados ainda é muito recente e feito por instituições sem muitos recursos financeiros e sem suporte para divulgação do trabalho feito. Apesar de se tratar de entidades que promovem o bem estar de outros seres vivos que não sejam diretamente os humanos, o retorno é para toda a sociedade.Sendo assim,esse projeto procura aliar o conhecimento do design, que possui a capacidade em aliar as questões racionais e emocionais, para reestruturar e pensar de forma criativa as restrições e problemas acerca do assunto da adoção de cachorros e guarda responsável. Então, como foi feito? Através de pesquisas e coletas de dados, percebi que, para essas ONGs se promoverem e se manterem financeiramente, uma alternativa é doação (que é mais difícil), ou venda de alguns produtos. No entanto, ainda foi observado que esses produtos são extremamente simples, na maioria das vezes não são graficamente explorados e não geram um desejo de compra. O público são aquelas pessoas que já são, de certa forma, sensíveis à causa, que não se importam em comprar algo que não vão usar de fato, desde que estejam ajudando uma instituição de proteção animal.Dessa forma, foi criada uma linguagem gráfica capaz de refletir os valores dos animais de rua, gerando um valor estético e emocional. A ideia é transferir esse conceito para alguns produtos que passariam a ter valor mercadológico, atendendo as necessidades das ONGs de proteção animal de forma efetiva, através da venda dos produtos que chamem atenção das pessoas para o consumo consciente e, assim,aumentar as chances de adoção.

New York City, NY – NYC #popscope

2016-05-12T00:00:00Z

When was the last time you looked at the craters on the moon, the rings around Saturn, or the four moons around Jupiter? #popscope — which stands for “pop-up telescope” — brings free astronomy nights to the public. When the skies are clear, we “pop-up” in different neighborhoods to promote community-building through science. We aim to 1) encourage social interactions that challenge norms and erode spatial boundaries, 2) promote science literacy by providing exciting views of the night sky, and 3) contribute to public discourse over how public spaces are used and allocated. #popscope was started in Ottawa, Canada in February 2014 and now also has a presence in Baltimore, MD; Philadelphia, PA; Jacksonville, FL; and NYC. Paramount to our philosophy is inclusivity, which means the homeless man walking by gets the same invitation to see the moon as does the business woman walking home from work. #popscope is highly mobile: we bring science to the people by visiting NYC's diverse neighborhoods that often vary by race and class. To make our gatherings as successful as possible, we work with community leaders to bring telescopes to neighborhoods in an inclusive, safe, culturally sensitive, and socially aware manner. We've started partnership conversations with community members in Bed Stuy and Bushwick as well as with teachers in Sunset Park and Borough Park. We use social media to announce the location and date of each event. A virtual community complements our in-person gatherings and extends #popscope’s reach. Users are able to learn about upcoming astronomical events, post questions, and share astronomy-related articles and photos. The night sky has inspired and brought people together from the days of Stonehenge to the age of the Hubble Space Telescope. We believe it will also inspire and bring people together in The Big Apple! Follow NYC #popscope on Facebook and Twitter

Sydney – FoodFaith PlantingSeeds interfaith/cultural garden

2016-05-11T00:00:00Z

FoodFaith was set up last year as a not-for-profit organisation with the support of leading faith and sustainability organisations. The major aims of FoodFaith are to foster social cohesion and engage people with food sustainability. FoodFaith's cornerstone initiative is the Planting Seeds community garden which has been set up with the support of Lane Cove Council which provided some land in their new Hughes Park in Burns Bay Road, Lane Cove. A volunteer horticulturist designed our fabulous community garden in the shape of a flower with each "petal" planter box dedicated to food plants that have significance to different groups. For example, we have plants that have special spiritual and cultural meanings to Indigenous Australians, Hindus, Buddhists, Muslims, Jews, and Christians. Everyone comes together at least monthly to tend, water and harvest together and each group takes it in turn to lead a workshop and/or discussion on their knowledge and practices. The garden also provides local community beds and allotments. The idea is to plant seeds for fertile common ground. We had our working bees on the weekend and attracted over 40 people with locals from neighbouring buildings, and representatives from many different faith groups and other groups such as the Lane Cove Sustainability Action Group. Lane Cove Council has assisted us with just over $1,000 which is helpful but we are still needing funding for functional compost bins. Please see below. We think the project is awesome but are keen to make it even more so! Thanks for your consideration.

Rotterdam – Plastic Circle in Rotterdam

2016-05-11T00:00:00Z

Plastic Circle contributes to Rotterdam's circular economy by fishing plastic in the Maritiem District. Children are involved with creating awareness of the true value behind plastic as a raw material. Plastic Circle will change Rotterdam's attitude towards plastic during several open festivals. The plastic soup that children will fish wil be molded into new playground attributes.

Oklahoma City, OK (Ոչ ակտիվ) – Class Matters Inc.

2016-05-10T00:00:00Z

Class Matters Inc. is a mobile not for profit that provides engineering education to at-risk mid-high school students. The current project include teaching of aerodynamics and engineering design and electronics. Specifically, the students will design robotic cars with the arduino as the operating system.

Singapore – Dive without Barriers

2016-05-09T00:00:00Z

I intend to introduce scuba diving in the pool as a form of therapy and leisure experience for people with physical disabilities like spinal cord injuries and amputations. Diving provides total weightlessness and freedom of movement underwater, things that are difficult to achieve on land for people with disabilities. Also because one can adjust a person's buoyancy underwater through scuba gear, I believe there can be a great sense of accomplishment and satisfaction. I intend to provide opportunities for clients to try out diving in a 5m pool and gain skills in a 4 session programme (2 hrs each time). Throughout the 4 sessions, our instructors will help clients fine tune their buoyancy and use adaptive ways to move underwater. Upon completion of the sessions, they will receive a completion certificate and can now enjoy being able to dive in a pool with supervision. They now then have the choice of whether to pursue trying out a Discovery dive in the ocean or to go for the full open water dive certification course. Regular sessions for leisure will be held whether clients who have completed the programme can take part in underwater sports and obstacle courses while in scubagear. I am looking to link up with a local Rehab hospital to introduce some of their patients trial diving in a pool and I will get volunteers for the project as well. I am still looking into the financial costs of the project and it will currently be pro bono since Im just doing it for my passion for diving. If it is successful, I intend to also introduce the programme to other populations; people with autism, elderly.

Awesome Without Borders (Ոչ ակտիվ) – Citizen Bridge

2016-05-09T00:00:00Z

The first citizen-built and longest temporary bridge in New York City history, Citizen Bridge is a floating pedestrian bridge to reclaim the city’s waterways as public space. As a 1400 foot span from Brooklyn to Governor's Island, Citizen Bridge is designed to create an intimate experience of being with the water, rather than seeing it from the shore, above from a bridge, or in transport by boat or ferry. Citizen Bridge is about the collective power of citizens to reshape their cities, from the waterline up. Where large pieces of infrastructure are instruments of political will, Citizen Bridge is an act of community goodwill. The bulk of the work on this project has been volunteer-based with over 200 individuals—from kids to writers and boat captains—giving their expertise and time to help the project advance. Between the changing climate and expanding city population, the waterways present a unique opportunity now. With increasingly urgent predictions especially in coastal cities like New York City, water will impact our future in many ways. As populations rise, personal space and public space will decrease. The waterways are not viewed as a resource yet they a space and place to turn to that’s free to everyone. Citizen Bridge is the bridge to that potential. Because of current waterways usage, Citizen Bridge can only be installed for 24-hour span. However, we aren’t doing all this work for a single day: we aim to return year after year. Inspired by NYC’s Summer Streets program that closes 9 miles of Park Avenue to weekend automobile traffic, Citizen Bridge is aiming for Summer Waterways, where locals and tourists alike can have new experiences on the waterways, free from large commercial marine traffic. And because the climate change challenges facing New York City aren’t unique, and citizens all over the United States and beyond have become disconnected from their waterways, Citizen Bridge also aims to travel to waterways beyond Brooklyn.

Sarnia (Ոչ ակտիվ) – Sarnia Historical Society

2016-05-07T00:00:00Z

2 projects: Oral Project: This project will work to collect, preserve and share the stories of everyday life in Lambton County as told by the people who lived them. The project will focus on collecting a minimum of 50 stories. Once the stories are collected, part of each interview will be transcribed and both audio and written versions will be deposited with the Lambton County Archives. Stories will also be featured on the Sarnia Historical Society website and copies of the transcriptions will be made available to the Lambton County Historical Society. Sarnia Fire Book: The Sarnia Historical Society has embarked on a year-long plan to research the 175-year history of Sarnia’s Fire Department. The goal is to produce a new book telling the proud story of Sarnia’s Bravest.

Liverpool (Ոչ ակտիվ) – 'Roughly Speaking'

2016-05-07T00:00:00Z

My 'Roughly Speaking 'project, the Nightscape series highlights some of the most vibrant accounts given by local homeless rough sleepers, specifically showcasing their unique interpretations of the city at night as recorded in my sessions held with rough sleepers at Liverpool’s Whitechapel Centre in spring 2016. Liverpool’s homeless men and women have a distinctive connection with the landscape of the city. This relationship with the street provides them with a fascinating and unique perspective of the place and its people. With their stories being often overlooked, Roughly Speaking gives voice to some of the city’s most knowledgeable residents and provides a visual platform for them to promote their diverse experiences of city life. LightNight 2016 has agreed to exhibit my posers city-wide which will redesign our existing image of Liverpool by shining light on it from the unique perspective of a rough sleeper. The posters will be displayed at multiple city centre locations for a two week period, and so everybody should get the chance to experience them. This project is being carried out by LJMU student Conal McGuire in partnership with one of Liverpool’s leading homeless support charities, The Whitechapel Centre, whose work helps individuals find a route out of homelessness and enables them to make a positive change to their lives. One of the key outcomes is to raise funds for the Whitechapel Centre to develop local homeless services, people are encouraged to donate direct on their website. Please click on link to LightNight 2016 digital brochure which publicises 'Roughly Speaking' exhibition on 13 May 2016 http://www.lightnightliverpool.co.uk/?s=Nightscape#roughly-speaking-nightscape

Oakland, CA (Ոչ ակտիվ) – The How Spirit Moves Us Project:

2016-05-06T00:00:00Z

The How Spirit Moves Us (HSMU) Project is a community based arts project focused on using performance art to celebrate the histories of struggle, resistance and resilience of Black Queer and Trans (QT) folks. By creating spaces to highlight experiences of QT Black people to come together through art, HSMU seeks to share strategies for self healing and liberation and create interactive opportunities for QT Black folks to imagine our most outlandish freedom dreams: to envision what our society could look like when we get free We are specifically applying for our Calling on Spirit (COS) Healing Arts workshops. The Calling On Spirit (COS) Healing Arts Workshops seek to build community spaces for Queer and Trans Black folks to heal from trauma through empowering arts practices to restore a sense of agency and self love. Supporting participants in developing artistic skills in a variety of mediums (including writing, music and dance) and create work that highlights the struggles, resistance and healing practices of folks in our communities. Each workshop series will culminate with an event highlighting pieces by workshop participants as well as a few guest performers. The event will highlight both artistic and community organizing movement work that seeks to uplift and empower Queer and Trans Black people in Oakland. In addition to performances, the event will also include guest speakers from community organizations. 2016 Workshops include Monthly Calling on Spirit a Queer& Trans Black Writers Group Calling On Spirit- Moving in Greatness Dance Workshop Calling on Spirit- Lift Every Voice Music Workshop We currently seeking funds for our Spring COS Moving in Greatness Dance Workshop. Over the 9 week workshop series, participants will focus on the idea of creating safe haven and the constructs of race in America through developing pieces for performance and mentorship by guests artists.