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Fordham High School Step Team at Global Kids Conference (video)

Posted on April 19, 2010 by

I've been meaning to put this up, but got behind on my videos.  Here's the awesome step team from Fordham High School in the Bronx tearing it up at the 2010 Global Kids Youth Conference earlier this month. So fierce. [Link to original video.]

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I’m speaking about Global Kids on Metanomics Talk Show this Wednesday (UPDATE: Postponed!)

Posted on March 22, 2010 by

This Wednesday, March 24, at 12pm PST, I will be speaking on the very excellent virtual talk show Metanomics about some of our recent projects at Global Kids.  I'll be talking with Robert Bloomfield, or Beyers Sellers in Second Life, about our new "Edge Projects" that are helping other civic organizations experiment with digital media…

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My Team at the Global Kids Online Leadership Program! (pic)

Posted on March 10, 2010 by

Here's a super cool picture of the current team at the Online Leadership Program at Global Kids.  We took a lovely day-long retreat yesterday, visiting the "Silk Road" exhibit at the American Museum of Natural History, followed by a relaxing hang in Central Park.  So nice just spending QT with my fantastic colleagues on a…

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Digital Media & Learning Conference in San Diego: Hanging with my Peeps

Posted on February 17, 2010 by

Right now I'm blessed to be at a couple of gatherings in San Diego for the next few days. And it's not just the sunny weather and easy access to the Pacific that I'm happy about — although that certainly helps. No, it's being among hundreds of folks who are just as excited as I…

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Global Kids Winter Gala February 24 at Council on Foreign Relations

Posted on February 4, 2010 by

I'm pleased to invite you to Global Kids annual Winter Gala, held at the illustrious Council on Foreign Relations on February 24th. This is Global Kids' twentieth year serving New York City's at-risk youth with our innovative combination of global issues, community engagement, and academic achievement. The Winter Gala is Global Kids' main fundraiser event…

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Amira & Rik introduce Global Kids to youth jails project (video)

Posted on January 28, 2010 by

My colleague Amira and I created this quick video to welcome a special group of young adults to "uCreate," a digital storytelling project working with two groups of teens in two different youth jails. Amira gave a bit of background about Global Kids, I talk about uCreate, and then we do a quick walk-through of…

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Two animated dogs explain the Global Kids three guidelines

Posted on January 20, 2010 by

My organization Global Kids has three fundamental guidelines that are the bedrock of all of the youth programs that we run: One Mic Safe Space and Participate I created this short animated video of two dogs talking about the guidelines.  Just because. Made using the awesome Xtranormal animation program.

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Happy New Year’s Greetings from Global Kids (video)

Posted on January 11, 2010 by

Here's yet another example of why my job is totally awesome. At the first staff meeting of the Online Leadership Program at Global Kids, we realized that we hadn't wished a happy new year to our many friends and colleagues. So we created this silly video.

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Rikomatic’s 2009 Year in Review

Posted on January 1, 2010 by

I'm not sure anything could encapsulate my entire year better than this one picture from the New York Times. For me it was a sublime, bittersweet moment — leading hundreds of people marching, dancing, clapping, making music, laughing and crying in celebration of the life of one humble man who touched us all. The year…

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The joys and challenges of teaching 13-year olds how to break

Posted on December 17, 2009 by

Yesterday I had the pleasure of teaching a hip-hop workshop to a group of Global Kids teens in the Bronx, which was a unique challenge for me for a number of reasons. Here's how it went. Global Kids has been running programs at the middle school IS229 for the past couple of years, exposing these…

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