Martin Jacobson (aka “Coach Jake”) is the legendary NYC soccer coach who has led his team at Martin Luther King High School to win 16 championships in over 20 years, but his role as a coach extends way beyond the field. Coach Jake has developed an extraordinary reputation over his time as an educator working
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Anti-catcalling
COMMUNITY MAN ENOUGH Ian McGregor Moran, co-owner of I to Z Photo + Video and recent graduate of the NYU Tisch Film School, is an innovative videographer and photographer based in New York City. Moran uses his videography and photography for a variety of socially conscious projects and he recently published a new anti-catcalling PSA entitled, “Man Enough”.
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VOXE.ORG
VOXE.ORG is a new online platform for politics that seeks to create “new ways of democratic involvement for all”. The VOXE.ORG team is on a mission to provide citizens worldwide with the most neutral and relevant information on election candidate proposals in an effort to enable a healthy debate amongst citizens. ” We believe in
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Fiction vs. Reality
FICTION VS. REALITY By Adam Ben-David The Book of Mormon takes place in a fictional Uganda. What happens when the show’s conductor takes a trip to the actual country to share music? This is a story of how fiction met reality. I have spent my entire adult life – starting when I was 22 – working
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The People’s Climate March In Depth
NEW YORK, September 28, 2014: By Dan Schneider, Co-Editor More than 400,000 people turned out for the People’s Climate March in New York City on Sunday 9/21/14. It was timed to be just 2 days before many of the world’s leaders debated environmental action at the United Nations climate summit, which was also held in
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People’s Climate March
NEW YORK , September 22, 2014: More than 400,000 people turned out for the People’s Climate March in New York City on Sunday 9/21/14, just two days before many of the world’s leaders are expected to debate environmental action at the United Nations climate summit. Here are some wonderful photos from Advisor Peri Shaw, taken by her good friend
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Never The End of the Road
On the trek from New York to California via Route 66, I was hoping for some kind of personal epiphany and would wake up on the last day with an understanding of why I traveled all this way. Instead I just feel homesick for my life back home and tired of being out of my
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Saying “Yes”- A Roadtrip into America’s Heartland
By: Jen Dragon Sometimes we say yes without knowing why. There is a vague feeling that an unknown will be a positive adventure and that to say yes to things-and not know why- means to say yes to life. That was my mindset last April when my artist friend Mary Anne Erickson asked me to
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Eve of the Ride for the Relay
By: Maryanne Erikson Jen Dragon and I made it to Chicago today to meet up with all the folks that will be riding on the by now famed “Ride for the Relay”. I only say that because most likely not too many people have heard of it, nor would I have heard of it if
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Ride for the Relay – Day 1
By: Maryanne Erikson Saturday September 6, 2014: What a great first day Jen and I have had on lush and beautiful historical Illinois Route 66! We started out bright and early (7:00 am – challenging!) with the whole cadre of high tech motorcycles and tricycles, pulling trailers of all shapes and sizes. These folks are
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We are THRILLED to launch our new website! Visit us at www.flobel.org!
We are THRILLED to launch our new website! www.flobel.org Please take a few minutes to visit our new website and be sure to check out the new features outlined below and watch our YouTube tutorial video. We could not be happier to bring you to following improved features: Upcoming events and important information directly on
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Clean Water instead of September Birthdays
Before September 11th became known for the most devastating terrorist attack in US history, it was simply Virginia Madsen’s birthday. For the past three years, the Academy Award nominated actress has given up a traditional party and gifts in exchange for raising money to build clean water wells in developing nations, through “charity:water” atwww.charitywater.org. This
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Former Head of Google Health Builds Free Healthcare Website- Take That Federal Government
Adam Bosworth says he decided to launch his website Keas after his mother became ill with ovarian cancer. “I experienced the best and the worst of American healthcare.” The former head of google health, adds he was particularly concerned about the lack of online access to health information that his mother needed while she was confined
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Unbelievable School Cafeteria Revamp By Two Moms
Today the winners of the “Moms of the Revolution” contest were announced, an effort that celebrates mothers who have worked hard to change the way children in their communities eat.Revolution Foods and KIWI Magazine joined together to sponsor a contest to inspire change in cafeterias across the natioin.“With one out of three children overweight or obese, and
