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The Move On Model: Inciting Visitor Social Action

Museum 2.0

The Congo Gorilla Forest , is a special exhibition produced by the Wildlife Conservation Society at the Bronx Zoo. There's a huge range of projects designed to encourage visitors to "jump in," "stand up," "take action," and other declarative verbs. People don't need empowerment to make a difference; they need vehicles for action.

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Empowering Refugees: Interview with Kjerstin Erickson of FORGE

Have Fun - Do Good

Erickson founded FORGE (Facilitating Opportunities for Refugee Growth and Empowerment) in 2003 when she was a 20 year-old junior studying public policy at Stanford University. The projects can range from preschools, to libraries and computer training centers, to women empowerment programs. He ran into Congo. It had been bombed.

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Bringing Women a Global Voice: Jensine Larsen, World Pulse

Have Fun - Do Good

and "Let's call that person, figure out if they'll volunteer to do that, put it down on paper, get the designers to bang it out, see if it works, and throw it out to the community." All our media channels work together in a design to lift women's voices from the ground to drive change. I am very much a social entrepreneur.

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