15 Apr 2011

Photo: (paper twins/Flickr)

Nica and Edgar A. English, also known as Paper Twins, are Atlanta-based street artists with flair. The pair decided to better their lives and their community by taking to the streets and anonymously posting their wheat-paste art. They’ve also partnered with MTV’s GYT campaign to encourage others to know themselves and know their status.

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Young Arts

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Passion rules the artists among us. Performers, filmmakers and visual artists alike may be spilling over with talent, but so often reach a place where they feel stuck in their artistic development or career options. Fortunately YoungArts, the core program of the National Foundation for the Advancement in the Arts (NFAA), works to identify and cultivate top high school artists of all songs and stripes in their educational and professional advancement.

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31 Mar 2011
TBD

Photo: (Gaks Designs)

Is a better future really possible? According to TBD, that is To Be Determined by you. TBD is a free, weekly email newsletter that delivers one world-shaking idea and one collective action you can take to improve our future--from rebuilding Haiti through re-branding (BrandHaiti) to fourth graders playing a game to explore the connectedness of our global community (World Peace Game). This week, meet African Digital Art.

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21 Mar 2011

Photo: (Jeffrey Coolidge)

Reported by dosomething.org

You are all AMAZING! Thanks to your incredible outpouring of support (and tons of cranes and messages!), DoSomething.org’s “Paper Cranes for Japan” campaign caught the eye of Students Rebuild, an initiative of the Bezos Family Foundation.

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17 Mar 2011

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In the midst of reports on chaos and despair in Japan, several clothing lines are promoting hope through one-of-a-kind t-shirts whose proceeds go to the nation's disaster relief efforts.

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11 Mar 2011
RELIEF Japan cranes

Photo: One of the many cranes uploaded for Do Something's initiative. (Gwendolyne Kelly)

Reported by DoSomething.org

In response to the massive earthquake and devastating resulting tsunami that hit Japan earlier today, we at DoSomething.org are appealing to young people across the United States to share their love and support for the Japanese people with “Paper Cranes for Japan.”

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2 Mar 2011
FEATURE New Left Media 2

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Working under the name New Left Media, it's no surprise that young filmmakers Chase Whiteside and Erick Stoll aren't going to pander to conservative points of view--but Chase, 23, stresses that they aren't invested in following traditional liberal rhetoric either.

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23 Feb 2011

Photo: One of the many photographs in which Jamel Mims captures hip-hop culture in China. (Jamel Mims)

Though the Chinese New Year and Black History Month both fall in February, opportunities to celebrate an intersection are rare at best. A new exhibit called "The Misadventures of MC Tingbudong," however, proves that it's possible.

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18 Feb 2011
ATL bullying Enrique video

Photo: Long Branch Middle School

Tweet-fails, JetBlue-wins, Bieber voice mails and Enrique covers are filling up Act's inbox this week...

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11 Feb 2011
Beyonce

Photo: Beyonce poses with her Best Contemporary R&B Album GRAMMY trophy. (Getty Images)

For 11 years now, music lovers have been bidding on epic experiences, glossy memorabilia, bragging rights and the opportunity to shamelessly flirt with rock stars via the annual Grammy Awards Auction benefiting Musicares and the GRAMMY Foundation.

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