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Texting That Saves Lives

When Nancy Lublin started texting teenagers to help with her social advocacy organization, what she found was shocking - they started texting back about their own problems, from bullying to depression to abuse.  So she's setting up a text-only crisis line, and the results might be even more important than she expected.

Security Camera Video Captures the Good

Changing the world one moment at a time... Awesome feel good short video.

An Insider's Guide to the Teenage Brain

If you're a teenage speaker brought in to address a crowd of teachers on the subject of how you and your peers learn best...what are you going to say?  Watch Ned and this hand-drawn adolescent brain knock out eight powerful conditions of learning that can change everything for students from rural to urban.  It's brilliant on so many levels.

"Hello There Racists"

the Tumblr "Hello There, Racists" calls out teens who made racist remarks about President Obama during the recent election.  It's not easy to read, quite scandalous and unfortunately reflective of a sorry side of American Society.  Looks like an endless well unfortunately.

95% of Canadians Agree That's it's in Canada's Best Interests to Help Homeless Youth Find Employment

Raising the Roof has released the first report to explore the issue of unemployment among homeless youth in Canada. It's Everybody's Business: Engaging the Private Sector in Solutions to Youth Homelessness focuses on understanding how to motivate and support Canadian business to provide employment and skills training opportunities to disadvantaged youth or, essentially, to "take a chance" on these young people  Visit the very good website for the article.

Missing Aboriginal Women Deserve Justice

His family called him "Boomer," and he was cutest seven-month-old you've ever seen.  One terrifying day in April 2008, Boomer disappeared from his babysitter's home on the Kitigan Zibi First Nations community, near Maniwaki, Que.  Article by the Kielburger brothers.

New Canadian Study: Use Research, Genetics to Improve Help for Mistreated Children

Governments need to do a better job of tracking and pinpointing which of a myriad of social programs would best help children cope with abuse in their early years, says a study released last Thursday.  A panel of experts on early childhood development convened by the Royal Society of Canada and the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences draws from some of the latest global research in the 160 page report.

Odd Couple

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