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thedailywhat:

African Stereotype of the Day: Gabriel, Benard, Brian, and Derrik, who live in Kenya, were inspired to poke fun at the way African men are portrayed by Hollywood: “If people believed only what they saw in movies,” they said, “they would think we are all warlords who love violence.” Mama Hope — an organization that partners with African organizations to help transform their communities — was more than happy to hand them a mic as part of a video campaign to “Stop the Pity, Unlock the Potential.”

Good stuff.

[boingboing]

(Reblogged from nsglobalstudies)
futurejournalismproject: The Open Textbook Challenge Each year US college students spend about $1,000 on textbooks. The Saylor Foundation wants to change this by providing free and open textbooks that can be used throughout an undergraduate education.  To do so they’ve launched the Open Textbook Challenge and offer $20,000 prizes to authors who create Creative Commons licensed textbooks in topics ranging from art history to business management to mechanical engineering.  For authors, the next round of grants and prizes closes May 31. Information about submitting material is here. For students, petition your professors (and schools) to start using these materials. Image: Screenshot from Elementary Linear Algebra (PDF) from Open Textbook Challenge winner Kenneth Kuttler of Brigham Young University. View high resolution

futurejournalismproject:

The Open Textbook Challenge

Each year US college students spend about $1,000 on textbooks.

The Saylor Foundation wants to change this by providing free and open textbooks that can be used throughout an undergraduate education. 

To do so they’ve launched the Open Textbook Challenge and offer $20,000 prizes to authors who create Creative Commons licensed textbooks in topics ranging from art history to business management to mechanical engineering. 

For authors, the next round of grants and prizes closes May 31. Information about submitting material is here.

For students, petition your professors (and schools) to start using these materials.

Image: Screenshot from Elementary Linear Algebra (PDF) from Open Textbook Challenge winner Kenneth Kuttler of Brigham Young University.

(Source: futurejournalismproject)

(Reblogged from futurejournalismproject)

poptech:

Megan White Mukuria on making it

Am I normal? Am I special? Am I going to make it? These are questions teenagers struggle with around the globe. And for vulnerable girls in Kenya, the answer to the last question - if Social Innovation Fellow Megan White Mukuria has anything to do with it - is yes. Making it means making sure those girls receive an education. So White wondered, “If educating girls is the number one things we can do, what’s the simplest thing I can do to change the world and keep more girls in school?”

On the heels of PopTech’s recent Climate Lab in Nairobi, Kenya in which we looked at the impact of climate change on girls and women, White’s concerns about making it and the question she set forth are particularly relevant. When White learned that over 860,000 girls in Kenya wind up staying home and missing a month and a half of school each year because they can’t afford sanitary pads during menstruation, the simple solution became clear: help provide affordable pads and health education to these young women. ZanaAfrica, the organization she founded, gives girls the freedom and self-confidence to stay in school and provides them with an opportunity to connect online with a community of like-minded young women. The results of ZanaAfrica’s work with 800 young women in the Kibera slums in Kenya has positively changed the dynamic within classrooms, families, and communities, and with plans to scale this project, we have yet to see the full potential this program will have on the lives of young women.

(Reblogged from poptech)

Addressing Sexual and Gender-Based Violence in Conflict and Post-Conflict Settings: National and International Strategies

caraobrien:

at American University’s Washington College of Law today. 

Watch it live here, going on now until 2:30 pm EST. 

(Reblogged from caraobrien)

M.I.T. Game-Changer: Free Online Education For All

I’ve been accepted to the Democracy & Diversity Institute in Johannesburg in January!

I got the email this morning. Now all I have to do is hope I get some assistance in paying for the program fee, and change my ticket so I arrive on the 5th instead of the 11th. The program lasts till January 21st, which means I get 5 days after that to explore. I doubt I’ll make it to Cape Town (or get to swim with sharks, which I really, really want to do) because of time and money, but I could probably visit Mozambique or Swaziland.

Anyway, I’m ridiculously excited about this. If you have any recommendations for my time in Jo’burg (or the surrounding area for my 5 days after the program), drop me a line.

jonathan-cunningham:

infinity-imagined:

Parents, Teachers, and Students occupy the New York Panel on Education Policy (PEP), and make themselves heard with the peoples microphone.

This is the most powerful thing I’ve seen all day.

(Reblogged from jonathan-cunningham)
motherjones: All that stuff you’ve been hearing about college grads falling behind, and student loans killing the middle class? Yeah, that shit’s for real. View high resolution

motherjones:

All that stuff you’ve been hearing about college grads falling behind, and student loans killing the middle class? Yeah, that shit’s for real.

(Reblogged from motherjones)
Occupy Wall Street New School Teach-In // October 22 If you’re in NYC tomorrow, consider swinging by the New School teach-in event on Occupy Wall Street. Tons of great programming — but the people that come and participate will make it even better. This event is open to the everyone so come out and participate in the conversation. View high resolution

Occupy Wall Street New School Teach-In // October 22

If you’re in NYC tomorrow, consider swinging by the New School teach-in event on Occupy Wall Street. Tons of great programming — but the people that come and participate will make it even better. This event is open to the everyone so come out and participate in the conversation.

orianaa answered your question: Best way to learn some basic Tibetan quickly?

ask the kids to tell you how to say some important things!

Already doing this, but it’s hard for me to remember on the fly, difficult to write down, and all the kids are busy trying to do their own homework as well as help this new student. I want something to help supplement learning phrases/words from the kids and ideally something I can study on the train before next Wednesday (our program is only once a week).