Forever young

… reemphasis on youth programs Civic education**** MEPI reached out to a younger audience … Culture Latino Funk band, classical group, Jazz duo, tap dance ensemble, circus troupe called Zany Umbrella…
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Within a few days, two top officials of the Kenya National Youth Alliance – Mungiki’s party – were gunned down by unidentified people along the Nairobi – Naivasha highway. The two were on their way to see Mr Njenga in prison. …
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05-29-2008 – theatre Q presents Gross Indecency: The Three Trials of Oscar Wilde
  The Trial of the (19th) Century theatre Q presents Gross Indecency: The Three Trials of Oscar Wilde by Moisès Kaufman Oscar Wilde is not only arguably one of the most famous English speaking playwrights ever, but is also the center of one [...]

Interview with an American photojournalist in CHINA – May 29,2008
Q&A with Tom Carter, author of CHINA: Portrait of a People American photojournalist Tom Carter has spent the past four years in the Peopleâ??s Republic of China, traversing all 33 provinces and autonomous regions not just once but twice. The San Francisco nativeâ??s hardback book, a [...]

Middleton High School Students Collect Donations to Aid Individuals in War-Torn NationProject Liberia inspires students to give
With the school year winding down and summer almost here, it would be easy for any area high school student to spend his or her time simply counting down the days to the start of summer fun. But for [...]

FOX MEET HENHOUSE: MIAMI PAYS $150k TO NATION OF ISLAM “PEACEMAKERS”
From the “you can’t make this stuff” up department. The Nation of Islam will be assisting law enforcement to “help keep the peace” to the tune of $150,000. Is this jiyza or what? This is the brain child of ethically challenged Michelle Spence-Jones. A crooked [...]

Outrage over trans-phobic doctor
Trans activists have expressed concern over appointments to a task force which will oversee revisions of the American Psychiatric Association’s Diagnostic and Statistical Manual for Diagnosis of Mental Disorders (DSM-V). The manual lists different categories of mental disorders and the criteri…
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STRATEGIC PRAYER ~ Thousands of Students focus on Christ at ‘Paradise’
LA CYGNE, Kan. (BP)–In a rural field at the geographic center of the nation, more than 3,000 college and high school students gathered around a symbolic “foundation of the heavenly throne” to worship Jesus through Scripture, prayer and singing May 25. “Paradise” began as students [...]

All-day celebration, mixed-reality panel today on Aloft Nonprofit Commons in SL
Come into the grid today starting at 10:10AM PST to hang out with a bunch of us non-profit folks speaking at a Mixed Reality panel discussion as part the official opening of the Aloft Nonprofit Commons sim (click to teleport.) I’ll be speaking alongside Ozma [...]

Why Aren’t Teenagers Working This Summer?
Recently, the weekend edition of the Wall Street Journal presented an article looking at the summer job market (HT: E. Frank Stephenson), which found summer jobs this year to be in short supply: In the real world, summer jobs are in short supply. Only about a third of teenagers are [...]