From super-strength Kenyan acrobats and an African couture-laced runway to performances by well-known Afro-hip hop musicians and appearances by African luminaries, FanAfrik served up an extra live production this past weekend in an event dedicated to flaunting Mother Africa's artistic offspring at Newark Symphony Hall, dubbed simply -- "AFRIKA."
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When Maggie Doyne was a senior in high school, she was on the fast track to college.
It was never her plan to meet orphans 8,000 miles away, buy a piece of land, build an orphanage on it, then make it and Nepal - a post-civil war country in Southeast Asia - her home for three years.
All she knew was that a gap year program after high school to conduct service learning projects in a foreign country would, at the very least, enrich her life. But, while visiting an orphanage on her trip to Northeast India, Maggie met 16-year-old Sunita.
Her story was not uncommon as Nepal underwent a massive civil war between 1996 and 2006. During the conflict, more than 13,000 people were killed and thousands displaced.
It was never her plan to meet orphans 8,000 miles away, buy a piece of land, build an orphanage on it, then make it and Nepal - a post-civil war country in Southeast Asia - her home for three years.
All she knew was that a gap year program after high school to conduct service learning projects in a foreign country would, at the very least, enrich her life. But, while visiting an orphanage on her trip to Northeast India, Maggie met 16-year-old Sunita.
Her story was not uncommon as Nepal underwent a massive civil war between 1996 and 2006. During the conflict, more than 13,000 people were killed and thousands displaced.
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I do something. Do you?
The toxic trend of youth apathy in the U.S. is gradually becoming a distant memory as non-profit group Do Something, the largest organization in America for young people and social change, awarded five young people and celebrated thousands more at its star-studded Do Something Awards event on June 4 at Harlem’s World Famous Apollo Theatre in New York City.
“These are the ‘Rock Stars’ of social change,” said Nancy Lublin, Do Something CEO and Chief Old Person. “We are so proud to be honoring them with a $10,000 grant to continue their work and be shining examples of the ‘Do Something Generation.’”
Reaching over 12 million people (age 25 and under) in 2008, Do Something is driven by its rule of “No Money, No Car, and No Adults!” The organization believes teenagers, regardless of if they have the direct support of adults, have the power to make a difference.
The toxic trend of youth apathy in the U.S. is gradually becoming a distant memory as non-profit group Do Something, the largest organization in America for young people and social change, awarded five young people and celebrated thousands more at its star-studded Do Something Awards event on June 4 at Harlem’s World Famous Apollo Theatre in New York City.
“These are the ‘Rock Stars’ of social change,” said Nancy Lublin, Do Something CEO and Chief Old Person. “We are so proud to be honoring them with a $10,000 grant to continue their work and be shining examples of the ‘Do Something Generation.’”
Reaching over 12 million people (age 25 and under) in 2008, Do Something is driven by its rule of “No Money, No Car, and No Adults!” The organization believes teenagers, regardless of if they have the direct support of adults, have the power to make a difference.