New Media & Youth Action Conference: Why You Should Attend

2009-08-26T19:09:55Z

New Media & Youth Action:

creating effective social change

Have you reserved your seat at Sosauce's forum for the New Media & Youth Action conference on September 1st? If not, you still have some time to learn about progressive issues facing today's world. We've gained support from various organizations in the non-profit community, as well as participating activists, and travel affiliates who want to share with you how important it is for today's youth to get involved in proactive social changes. The following links are provided to inform you about our event and what you can expect as an attendee. If you can't attend, no worries, there's still many ways to get involved. Read for further information below:

Befriend the conference on Sosauce to engage in group discussions focusing on social issues. Contribute feedback, opinions, comments, and otherwise share your thoughts on how social media and activism can work together to bring positive change.

Have Facebook? If so, feel free to RSVP to the New Media & Youth Action conference on our Facebook event page. Invite friends, family, colleagues, and others within your network to attend the conference. The more the merrier! We've also included some details about the event on there for you to prepare yourself in advanced.

Are you a professional working in the non-profit, volunteer, or social activism sectors? Find our conference on New York's center for technology and media events on Gary's Guide. You can invite friends to join, or post the event on other social networks to spread the word.

And lastly, don't forget to sign up on the official New Media & Youth Conference site. Register your spot to be involved with Q/A and info sessions, as well as meet with our sponsors who will provide guidance on how to get involved.

Here's what people are saying about the New Media & Youth Action conference scheduled for September 1st:

Wandering Educators wants you to speak up at our open forum

Away From Africa empowers social change through social media

Matador Change asks "What if new media could be the powerful engine to true, meaningful action?"

Briefcase to Backpack focuses on youth with gap years and social media

GoBackpacking wants you to participate in our Q/A info sessions

We hope to see everyone at the New Media & Youth Action conference on Tuesday, September 1st at the Interchurch Center in New York City. Event begins at 10am!

Interactive Online Community Forum on Progressive Issues

2009-08-19T17:16:25Z

If you want to write about a topic, register for a Sosauce account, and "friend" New Media and Youth Action, to contribute to the Group Journal on Progressive Issues.

So far, we have entries on immigration, local foods, public transportation, and health care reform...but we are looking for more content. Please feel free to write about a social issue you care about and include photos of your community/social experiences.

Info about participating progressive orgs--focusing on Youth Outreach

2009-08-21T04:50:38Z

Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility

For over thirty-five years the Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility (ICCR) has been a leader of the Corporate Social Responsibility movement. ICCR is an association of 275 faith- based institutional investors who advocate for corporate social responsibility, file shareholder resolutions and engage in dialogue with corporate management on issues related to people, places, and policysuch as; Global Warming, Human Rights, Corporate Governance, FoodSafety and Security, Environmental Justice, Human Trafficking, ViolentVideo Games and Predatory Lending. ICCR has also created a team of Advocates.

Advocates are individuals who support the work of ICCRby joining our grass roots efforts (such as web and email campaigns),keep up to date on issues concerning corporate social responsibilityand help spread the work of ICCR through their networks and affiliations. ICCR’sapproach to tackling issues through both shareholder advocacy andgrassroots efforts is truly unique and allows all who are interested tobe involved in this work.

Americans for Informed Democracy

Americans for Informed Democracy (AID) empowers and equips young people in the United States to address global issues—poverty, health, climate change, peace and security—throughawareness raising and actions that promote just and sustainablesolutions on their campuses, in their communities, and nationally. Find out more

Sparkseed

Sparkseed offers a two-year training program to university undergraduates
in the U.S. The first year focuses on starting and testing the venture locally.
In the second year, Sparkseed helps its innovators scale their projects.
Sparkseed innovators address a variety of issues. From empowering
women in rural China to providing microloans to U.S. immigrants; from
catalyzing the youth food movement to supporting students in Tanzania,
this class of ventures is on a mission to change the world.

Sparkseedhosts monthly skill-building webinars. The topics vary from month tomonth -- each workshop is designed to help student social entrepreneursstrengthen business skills and increase their impact.

Past workshops:
    Event Planning
    Media Outreach (Traditional)
    Publicity (Non-traditional / Guerrilla)
    Press Release Templates & Strategies
    Using Facebook
    Effective Twitter Strategies
    Delegating Leadership
    Elevator Pitches,
    "Making the Perfect Powerpoint", etc.

If you are interested in joining these skill-building webinars, send an email to jenny@sparkseed.org

American Medical Students Association

The American Medical Student Association (AMSA), theoldest and largest independent association of physicians-in-training inthe United States, makes medicine a better place for students, patientsand communities. AMSA’s goal is simple: make better doctors andhealthier patients! To this end, we have several leadership developmentopportunities as well as ways for students to engage in various formsof advocacy work. Ultimately we hope to achieve what is outlined in ourstrategic priorities:

Quality Affordable Health-care for All
Global Health Equity
Enriching Medicine Through Diversity
Professional Integrity, Development, and Student Well-being.

From its beginnings, AMSA hasbeen speaking up for the rights of medical students, improving thequality of their medical education and advocating for patients byraising awareness about issues important to patient care while engagingstudents in making policy changes that will further the rights ofpatients.

International Womens Health Coalition

The International Women’sHealth Coalition leads global and local actions to secure every woman’s rightto a just and healthy life. We are creating a world where women are free fromdiscrimination, sexual coercion and violence, and have access to health servicesand information. To find out more, please visit www.iwhc.org.

E+Co

E+Comakes clean energy investments in developing countries. With 15 yearsof experience and offices in 10 locations, E+Co's innovative businessmodel provides lasting solutions to climate change and poverty.

E+Co's clean energy businesses are located in the following countries: Bolivia,Brazil, Cambodia, China, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Ethiopia, Ghana,Guatemala, Honduras, India, Mali, Morocco, Nepal, Nicaragua, Panama,Philippines, Senegal, Singapore, South Africa, Tanzania, Thailand, TheGambia, Uganda, Vietnam and Zambia. (www.eandco.net)

LiNK

Liberation in North Korea raises awareness about the human rights and humanitarian crisis inNorth Korea through the use of media and grassroots support. LiNK helpsthose who have fled their country because of this crisis – refugees –by sheltering them, advocating for them to governments all over theworld, helping them resettle in countries that will accept them, andultimately empowering them to live new lives.

Restore

Aiming to offer the first residential facility for women escapingenslavement by the sex trade in New York, Restore hopes to provide along-term recovery program in New York City to women who have beenvictimized by the sex trade through trafficking and prostitution. Theultimate benefit of this initiative is to provide hope, healing,ongoing support and the alleviation of poverty to an extremelytraumatized and greatly underserved population.

Responsible Endowments Coalition

TheResponsible Endowments Coalition (REC) works to build and unify thecollege and university-based responsible investment movement, both byeducating and empowering a diverse network of individuals to act ontheir campuses, and by fostering a national network for collectiveaction. We empower young people to defend human rights and theenvironment while making both corporations and universities accountableto global stakeholders. Our goal is to foster social and environmentalchange by making responsible investment common practice amongstcolleges and universities, and to support the next generation ofactivists with a new and powerful toolkit.

Center for Inquiry

The mission of the Center for Inquiry is to foster a secular societybased on science, reason, freedom of inquiry, and humanist values.

Inaiming to foster a secular society, we do not seek to abridge therights of believers. We vigorously object to government support ofreligion and the use of religious dogma to justify public policy; we donot oppose the free exercise of religion. The secular society we arebuilding is a community of reason and compassion in which the dignityand fundamental rights of all individuals are respected.

TheCenter for Inquiry is a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization, recognizedas a 501(c)(3) charity in the United States. The Center for Inquirydoes not promote any political party or political ideology.

Bona fide Morningside Height lunch picks

2009-07-31T16:43:46Z

Here are reviews written by real-life Columbia community members about their favorite places to grab lunch in the heights:

Flor de Mayo (Peruvin+Chinese)

Deluxe (Burgers)

Tom's Diner (of Seinfeild fame)

Le Monde

Milano's Market

Westside Market

Amir's

Sosauce: New Media and Youth Action Conference Journal

New Media & Youth Action Conference: Why You Should Attend

Interactive Online Community Forum on Progressive Issues

Info about participating progressive orgs--focusing on Youth Outreach

Bona fide Morningside Height lunch picks