Info Session on "Dream It. Do It" initiative : US$1000 for youth-led projects!Submitted by rikomatic on Tue, 09/16/2008 - 08:15 |
09/18/2008 - 18:00
09/18/2008 - 19:00
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Beginning this fall, we are excited to announce opportunities for your students to receive $1000 USD in seed funding and social entrepreneurial training through the Dream It. Do It. Initiative in Second Life.
The D.I.D.I. Initiative is an exciting partnership between Global Kids and Ashoka's Youth Venture. Through January of 2009, the D.I.D.I. Initiative is supporting up to 40 teams of young people with up to $1000 USD and tools and training to launch ventures that benefit their communities, either within or outside the virtual world of Second Life.
We would very much appreciate it if you could help us to promote this opportunity to your student groups and networks.
Overview:
D.I.D.I. empowers young people to identify social and health issues in their communities and to create and lead their own social ventures to address these issues. A venture can be a club, organization, business, or program that is ongoing and benefits one's community in some way.
With the D.I.D.I. Initiative's support, each team of young people develops an action plan to design and launch their own social entrepreneurial projects. When the teams are ready to launch, the Initiative offers:
Seed funding (up to $1,000 per team)
Technical allies to provide additional advice and expertise
Ongoing tools and support sessions
For more information, we invite you and your students to stop by one of our info sessions to be held at the Global Kids HQ in Second Life at the following times this week:
Thursday 9/18, 1pm PDT
Thursday 9/18, 6pm PDT
Friday 9/19, 12pm PDT