Some exciting news from my group Global Kids. After more than twenty years of pioneering work with underserved teens in New York City, Global Kids is launching projects at two high schools in Washington DC. As the seat of the US federal government, brimming with foreign policy, nonprofit and cultural resources, and with a large…
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CityOne: IBM launches game on urban planning and sustainable development (yawn!)
So IBM has launched their "CityOne" online game, designed to teach regular folks "how to better cope with complex modern problems by showing them the forest of solutions that have to be brought to bear, ranging from technological wizardry like smart grids, to better IT, to smart environmental policy." I wrote about CityOne briefly in…
Vote for Global Kids’ Tene Howard to win “Brooklyn Do Gooder” Award!
I'm very excited to announce that my fellow Global Kids staffer Mrs. Tene Howard is one of the nominees for the "Brooklyn Do Gooder" Award. What is the Brooklyn Do Gooder Award? The Brooklyn Do Gooder Awards "celebrate the altruism, philanthropy and commitment of five individuals who are working toward a stronger Brooklyn." Winners of…
Global Kids is Hiring a Technical / Program Assistant
My organization Global Kids is looking to round out our awesome team of digital media experts and educators with a Technical / Program Assistant. If you have LEET web skills, a passion for digital media, and a heart for urban teens, we could use you! Global Kids is a great place to work with a…
Wanted: Computer Mice for At-risk Teen Programs in NYC
Do you have an extra computer mouse you aren't using? My nonprofit Global Kids could use any working USB, two-button mice for our digital media programs with at-risk teens. Starting in a couple of weeks, I'm running a science, culture and technology project in Brooklyn, and realize that our laptops don't have computer mice. For…
Global Kids Screening of “Abraham’s Children” Documentary a Big Success!
On Wednesday, August 25, I organized a screening at Global Kids of the new documentary "Abraham's Children," a series of intimate and frank profiles of ten Muslim-American teenagers in the New York area directed by my friend Nina Froriep. It was a very special night as around 30 people gathered to watch the film, share…
Going Back to Cali: Moving back to the Bay in 2011!
So I've been alluding to some major life changes on the horizon. It's time to come clean: Sometime in early 2011 I'm moving back to the San Francisco Bay Area. It's something I have been pondering for the past year or so. Over there I've got a wonderful (an enormous) extended family that I feel…
Showing of Documentary about Muslim Youth in America on August 25 in NYC
I'm excited to be helping organize this screening of a documentary film directed and produced by my friend Nina Froriep next Wednesday. It's going to be a special night, so I hope many folks can come! Here's the official announcement: Global Kids and Clockwise Productions cordially invites you to a showing of the film “Abraham’s Children,”…
Global Kids in the New York Times: Helping NYC Teens Engage with the World!
Returning from vacation, I was very happy to see the news that my organization Global Kids got a nice write-up in the New York Region section of the New York Times a couple of days ago. Entitled "Learning in Summer, Gladly," Clyde Habermas writes about how Global Kids as a nonprofit works with New York…
Who is Preparing Kids to Respond to Bullying, Online and Off?
The New York Times has an interesting article on how schools are responding to incidents of "cyber-bullying" (what a 90s term) that happen among their students, whether or not it occurs on school grounds. It's obviously a difficult issue for educators, parents and youth workers to deal with, since it involves actions that can occur…