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Mental Health Awareness Month: 10 Nonprofits Advocating For Change

Kindful

Mission: Robbie’s Hope is an uprising of teens to help other teens. Their goal is to cut teen suicide rates in half by 2028. The Speedy Foundation raises funds for, and collaborates with, other advocacy groups to achieve their mission. Learn more about Porter’s Call. Robbie’s Hope. Conversate.

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Technology's Emerging, Enthusiastic Leaders

NTEN

iUrban Teen. iUrban Teen is working with students to spark and fuel the fires of innovation within tomorrow's tech leaders. Without teens staying inspired and graduating, the future does not look so bright; we’d miss out on the great ideas and collaborations they would bring to the world. Sam Rodriguez.

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How Cross-Sector Collaboration is Helping Fight Youth Unemployment in Boston

Connection Cafe

Inspiration can come from an assortment of places, but to be connected to collaborative opportunities you need to have relationships across different organizations in your community. John Hancock was approached by the mayor of Boston in 2008 with a collaborative opportunity that falls in the latter category.

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FreshBrain

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FreshBrain is focused on an important problem - filling the gap in the education that our teens receive, specifically in the area of 21st Century Skills. Skills around technology, creativity, critical thinking, communication and collaboration. I'm always excited about finding out about a new idea that's already gaining traction.

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Why Are So Many Participatory Experiences Focused on Teens?

Museum 2.0

Over the past year, I've noticed a strange trend in the calls I receive about upcoming participatory museum projects: the majority of them are being planned for teen audiences. Why are teens over-represented in participatory projects? Teens are a known (and somewhat controllable) entity. The first of these reasons is practical.

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Using Everyday Technology to Improve Your Services

NTEN

MAP for Nonprofits and Idealware collaborated on six months of research that began with a survey of 180 human service organizations in Minnesota. One small organization, for example, is using text messages to communicate with teens who participate in a mentoring program.

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How to Recognize a Suspicious Email

Tech Soup

Find out how TechSoup and Symantec are making a difference in the lives of at-risk teens. National Cyber Security Alliance Month — observed every October — was created as a collaborative effort between government and industry to ensure all Americans have the resources they need to stay safer and more secure online.

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