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White House Deputy CTO Beth Noveck speaks in Second Life about wikifying government

Posted on July 20, 2009 by

Global Kids, in association with the Markle Foundation, organized a very successful simulcast of a talk by Beth Noveck, Deputy Chief Technology Officer in the White House, into Second Life today. The event exemplified some of what I love most about Second Life: how diverse communities across distances can collaborate, engage in rich discussions, and…

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2009 Second Life Relay for Life raises a quarter million dollars (and climbing)!

Posted on July 19, 2009 by

The organizers of the Second Life Relay for Life report that they have successfully raised more than a quarter million US dollars for the American Cancer Society during this year's virtual fundraiser!  Here's what they sent out this morning: WE ARE MAKING HUGE, FAST, GAINS!  Relay is now at 258,036.00 USD and climbing!  260,000.00 USD…

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Second Life Relay for Life raises $240K for cancer research BEFORE official start!

Posted on July 18, 2009 by

I have been crazy busy, so just noticed that the fifth annual Second Life Relay for Life is this weekend!  For those that don't know, for the past several years, Second Life residents have been organizing a virtual walkathon fundraiser for the American Cancer Society that raises hundreds of thousands of real world dollars for…

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Beth Noveck, White House Deputy CTO, talks about “Wiki Government” in Second Life on July 20th!

Posted on July 16, 2009 by

Please join a Second Life simulcast, from the Markle Foundation, of Beth Simone Noveck, now the deputy Chief Technology Officer at the White House responsible for Open Government, presenting her new book, WIKI GOVERNMENT: How Technology Can Make Government Better, Democracy Stronger, and Citizens More Powerful. The presentation will be followed by a Q&A, in…

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TV network premiere of ICC documentary “The Reckoning” tomorrow on PBS!

Posted on July 13, 2009 by

Tomorrow, July 14, will be the US network premiere of "The Reckoning," a moving and powerful documentary about the International Criminal Court.  I've seen most of the film in a near-final cut, and I can't say enough good things about it.  A must-see for those who care about human rights and global justice. See PBS.org…

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Change.org features Global Kids’ machinima on child sex trafficking!

Posted on July 13, 2009 by

The activism site Change.org a few days ago featured a story about Discovered, the machinima movie created by our teen filmmakers in our Virtual Video Project at Global Kids. As a reminder, Discovered is a digital "machinima" film produced in Second Life that explores the powerful issue of child sex trafficking through the fictional story…

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Virtual premiere of “A Soldier’s Peace” in Second Life today at 8pm EST

Posted on July 11, 2009 by

I just got word that Netroots Nation  and Virtually Speaking are hosting this evening the virtual premiere of A Soldier's Peace, the inspiring documentary about Iraq veteran Marshall Thompson's peace walk across the state of Utah.  The premiere will happen today, Saturday July 11, at 5pm PST / 8pm EST. Following the film, Daily Kos's…

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Simulcast of Barack Obama speech in Ghana into Second Life and Metaplace! (video)

Posted on July 11, 2009 by

This morning, President Barack Obama gave an address in Accra, Ghana, which was simulcast into both the virtual worlds of Metaplace and Second Life.  I, like many other virtual world explorers, logged into both Metaplace and Second Life, as well as posting to Twitter, adding pictures to our Flickr photostreams and taking machinima video of…

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Obama’s Address in Ghana Tomorrow: Participate via Twitter, Second Life or Metaplace!

Posted on July 10, 2009 by

Tomorrow, Saturday July 11th, starting at 8am EST, President Barack Obama will be giving a historic address from Ghana.  For the first time in a US presidential address, you can participate in a global conversation with other people from around the world using SMS text messaging, Twitter (using the hashtag "obamaghana"), and from with the…

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The Hair Fair in Second Life: virtual hair raises real dollars for Locks of Love this weekend!

Posted on July 4, 2009 by

This is the last weekend of the "Hair Fair" in Second Life, an innovative fundraiser for the "Locks of Love" charity.  Locks of Love, for those that don't know, is a nonprofit that provides hair for kids who have undergone chemotherapy or other medical procedure that causes them to lose their hair. For the last…

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