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Apps for Youth, By Youth

Tech Soup

These apps encourage young people to get involved in civic and political issues. Our Time (Facebook) is a nonprofit dedicated to youth empowerment through the voting process. Image: App Inventor Workshop ( Flickr ). The app was a finalist in Microsoft's 2011 Imagine Cup, a student technology competition. iStudiez Pro.

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Six New Games for Change: Check Out the Future of Gaming for Good

NTEN

” Presented by filmmaker Chelo Alvarez-Stehle, SOS_Slaves aims to raise trafficking awareness in teens while empowering them with the tools to take responsibility and speak out against this issue. Ambitious, multi-layered projects like this have the issue of being hard to fund. CLIMBING SACRED MOUNTAIN. JURY FEEDBACK.

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The Art of Relevance Sneak Peek: Part Ex-Con, Part Farmer, Part Queen

Museum 2.0

One of the nonprofits that inspires me locally here in Santa Cruz is a youth empowerment and food justice organization called "Food, What!?" Today, there are thirty kids fidgeting in a classroom, talking to their friends, messing with their phones. After offering up these four keys, Doron energizes the classroom with a challenge.

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