End the Cycle of Hunger and Poverty | Make Poverty History
Those living in poverty are hit hardest by spikes in food prices. Hunger and malnutrition make it difficult for families to work their way out of poverty. This is a devastating cycle that affects millions of people globally.
Canada increased its efforts to overcome hunger in 2009, as part of the G8’s L’Aquila Food Security Initiative (2009). But L’Aquila is over and Canada’s investment in food security is falling, despite the fact that there are still nearly one billion people in the world without enough to eat.
Canada has an opportunity to act now: Food security is on the agenda for both the G8 and G20 meetings in 2012.
Speak out if you are concerned about malnutrition and hunger. Prime Minister Harper and the leaders of the G8 and G20 have the power to stop this. Send a message to the Prime Minister to communicate how urgent it is for leaders of the G8 and G20 to prioritize and commit to increasing nutrition and food security for all.
Join the “ELITE” Student Leadership Conference @ UBC
The 7th Annual ELITE Leadership Conference will take place Saturday May 26th – Sunday May 27th, 2012. Every year, students come together to implement new community projects and to bring ideas into reality. Our mission statement is to train and provide students in high school with leadership skills and motivation through equal opportunity. Over the last 7 years, more than 2000 students have been motivated to become leaders in the Lower Mainland. We have recently opened registration for all high school students across the Lower Mainland.
The conference will take place over two days, at the beautiful UBC campus in Vancouver. There is a registration fee of $65 which will cover lunch, snacks, a banquet dinner and dance, and overnight accommodations on day one, and will also cover breakfast, snacks, lunch, and various workshops on day two. The ELITE Leadership Conference is an excellent way for students from all over the Lower Mainland, of all ages and interests to join together for two days of activities, networking, and team-building.
Further information about the ELITE 2012 conference can be attained through our website, www.EliteVancouver.ca and our Facebook page, ELITE Vancouver. Speak to Mr Wilson if you are interested.
Microvolunteering
Sparked is an online-only volunteer hub for people to donate their talents to non-profits, as well as an engagement tool for businesses to engage and incentivize employees to contribute to volunteer causes.
Check it out!
Hugh Jackman Invites You To Live Below The Line
Live Below the Line, a social media campaign, is challenging you to live five days spending $1.50 or less on food and drink.
Find out what it’s like?
PEACE VS. JUSTICE | Desperately Seeking Kony
Watch Desperately Seeking Kony (and Justice) in Uganda on PBS. See more from pbs.
Get Outside BC — A Free Natural Leadership Programme
If you live in BC and are between the ages of 14 and 18, you are invited to apply to this all-expenses paid program. Build leadership skills, go hiking, network with 40 other youth from across BC, meet inspiring mentors and learn about cool green jobs. Plan and host your own outdoor activity or event in your community. Share your successes and make plans for future events.
- JULY 3 – 7: Youth Leadership Summit in Squamish
- AUGUST 12: International Youth Day
- OCTOBER 2012: Reunion with Leadership Summit participants
TO APPLY – please go to www.getoutsidebc.ca
Defining Canadian Moments
How do you shape Canada? How does Canada shape you? We’re calling on young Canadians to explore, express, and showcase their individual and collective identities!
When do you feel most Canadian? And if you could express it creatively, through any medium, what would you create?
Defining Moments: Discovering Our Canadian Stories invites you to submit artwork that expresses your personal relationship with Canada. Offered by TakingITGlobal and supported by Canadian Heritage, Defining Moments is a national digital media arts and citizenship project, taking participants on a journey through accounts of Canadian identity. Open to 13 to 30 year olds across the country.
#BlackOutSpeakOut. Silence is Not an Option!
Speak out on June 4, 2012 in defence of two core Canadian values: nature and democracy.
Join a committed group of organizations representing millions of Canadians as we darken our websites in protest against efforts to silence your voice.
Fiction is Good for Us
Fiction, a force for good
“Is fiction good for us?” asks Jonathan Gottschall in The Boston Globe. “We spend huge chunks of our lives immersed in novels, films, TV shows and other forms of fiction. … Until recently, we’ve only been able to guess about the actual psychological effects of fiction on individuals and society. But new research in psychology and broad-based literary analysis is finally taking questions about morality out of the realm of speculation. This research consistently shows that fiction does mould us. The more deeply we are cast under a story’s spell, the more potent its influence. In fact, fiction seems to be more effective at changing beliefs than nonfiction, which is designed to persuade through argument and evidence. … But perhaps the most impressive finding is just how fiction shapes us: mainly for the better, not for the worse. Fiction enhances our ability to understand other people; it promotes a deep morality that cuts across religious and political creeds.More peculiarly, fiction’s happy endings seem to warp our sense of reality. They make us believe in a lie: that the world is more just than it actually is.”
via theglobeandmail.com http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/facts-and-arguments/social-studies/is-fic…
