Category Archives: Social Initiatives

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  Blog Action Day: Passions and Actions

  Posted on October 15, 2008 by jaywalk1 in Gen Y, Just Fun, Resource, Resources, Social Initiatives

   When I first heard of Blog Action Day 2008, I knew I had to take part, but I didn’t know what I could do or if there was anything in particular that I could say regarding Poverty to really make a difference.  I spent a couple weeks thinking about it and ended up doing a [...]

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• Hunter College – Coach Fiasco

  Posted on May 8, 2008 by jaywalk1 in Gen Y, Public Relations, Social Initiatives, Social Media

  Ok so I’m a little late on this one, but I chose to write about it because while there has been a lot of talk about how terrible the campaign was, I have yet to see any posts providing constructive criticism with suggestions of what the students at Hunter College could have done instead. In [...]

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• Next Wave Action Summit 2008

  Posted on April 6, 2008 by jaywalk1 in Gen Y, Politics, Public Relations, Resources, Social Initiatives

  Over the last two and a half days, I’ve had the great honor of being among the next generation of DC’s great social entrepreneurs at the Next Wave Action Summit. Organized by Creative Cause‘s founder Tambra Stevenson, the Next Wave Action Summit was created to gather young professionals and students committed to leading change through [...]

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  Ad Council and US Army come together for "Boost"

  Posted on March 24, 2008 by jaywalk1 in Public Relations, Social Initiatives

  Background: A 2005 study conducted by the Urban Institute reported that every 29 seconds, another student gives up on school, resulting in 1 million students dropping out every year. To respond to this problem, the Ad Council teamed up with the US Army to “give teens a ‘boost’ to stay in school in December of [...]

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