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Civic ImaginationMain MenuNon FictionReal World Instances that inspire Civic ImaginationPopular Culture/FictionalCharacters, stories and fictional universes that resonate with communities and inspire actionMyth and FolkloreStories from cultures around the world that inspire Civic ImaginationReligiousStories based in faith and religionsMigrating the StoriesExplore the Big Map and then remix Imagination by migrating stories to new localesContributorsPeople who contributed stories to the projectGabriel Peters-Lazaro3bc3965831120bc593545fef6d0da73657e21ea0Emilia Yang0306ec8482b0946a4ad881acf758effb11741533
The Big Map: an Overview of the Civic Imagination
12016-04-06T12:43:15-07:00Gabriel Peters-Lazaro3bc3965831120bc593545fef6d0da73657e21ea0919915The Big Map of Civic Imagination all over the worldgoogle_maps2016-07-20T01:12:14-07:00Gabriel Peters-Lazaro3bc3965831120bc593545fef6d0da73657e21ea0
This Atlas of the Civic Imagination contains a collection of stories that inspire the civic imagination originating from different parts of the world. The stories are mapped across four general genres:
The map above contains all entries across these categories as well their Contributors. Participants can also migrate, remix and re-create stories by combining elements from one or more submission.
We define civic imagination as the capacity to imagine alternatives to current social, political, or economic conditions; one cannot change the world unless one can imagine what a better world might look like. Too often, our focus on contemporary problems makes it impossible to see beyond immediate constraints and engender a sense that youth voices and action are inconsequential.
"We cannot change the world unless we imagine what a better world might look like.” Henry Jenkins (2016)
"Scratch an activist and you’re apt to find a fan. It's no mystery why: fandom provides a space to explore fabricated worlds that operate according to different norms, laws, and structures than those we experience in our lives. Fandom also necessitates relationships with others: fellow fans with whom to share interests, develop networks and institutions, and create a common culture. This ability to imagine alternatives and build community, not coincidentally, is a basic prerequisite for political activism." Steven Duncombe (2012a)
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1media/424974185_129ae979be_o.jpg2016-04-06T12:13:12-07:00Gabriel Peters-Lazaro3bc3965831120bc593545fef6d0da73657e21ea0Mapping the Civic ImaginationGabriel Peters-Lazaro16Welcome to the Civic Imagination Projectsplash2016-07-20T00:59:38-07:00Gabriel Peters-Lazaro3bc3965831120bc593545fef6d0da73657e21ea0
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12016-04-06T12:48:23-07:00Gabriel Peters-Lazaro3bc3965831120bc593545fef6d0da73657e21ea0Non Fiction5Real World Instances that inspire Civic Imaginationgoogle_maps2016-07-04T12:05:21-07:00Gabriel Peters-Lazaro3bc3965831120bc593545fef6d0da73657e21ea0
12016-04-06T12:49:46-07:00Gabriel Peters-Lazaro3bc3965831120bc593545fef6d0da73657e21ea0Popular Culture/Fictional10Characters, stories and fictional universes that resonate with communities and inspire actiongoogle_maps2016-07-04T12:12:25-07:00Gabriel Peters-Lazaro3bc3965831120bc593545fef6d0da73657e21ea0
12016-04-06T12:48:58-07:00Gabriel Peters-Lazaro3bc3965831120bc593545fef6d0da73657e21ea0Myth and Folklore5Stories from cultures around the world that inspire Civic Imaginationgoogle_maps2016-07-04T12:08:11-07:00Gabriel Peters-Lazaro3bc3965831120bc593545fef6d0da73657e21ea0
12016-06-20T17:04:26-07:00Sangita Shresthova497a02d289c277275bc5ece441097deedf8135e7Religious3Stories based in faith and religionsgoogle_maps2016-07-04T12:16:43-07:00Gabriel Peters-Lazaro3bc3965831120bc593545fef6d0da73657e21ea0
12016-04-06T12:55:59-07:00Gabriel Peters-Lazaro3bc3965831120bc593545fef6d0da73657e21ea0Migrating the Stories9Explore the Big Map and then remix Imagination by migrating stories to new localesgoogle_maps2016-07-21T08:36:29-07:00Gabriel Peters-Lazaro3bc3965831120bc593545fef6d0da73657e21ea0
12016-05-20T12:05:12-07:00Sangita Shresthova497a02d289c277275bc5ece441097deedf8135e7Contributors7People who contributed stories to the projectgoogle_maps2016-07-04T12:26:20-07:00Gabriel Peters-Lazaro3bc3965831120bc593545fef6d0da73657e21ea0
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12016-07-28T09:52:48-07:00Sangita Shresthova497a02d289c277275bc5ece441097deedf8135e7ConnectSangita Shresthova1After world war III, the world has one border and is divided by the East and the West. There is a wealthy family made up of Robertina from the East and Louis from the West. They live with their children in a mansion on the water in the East. They do not communicate with one another, they do not have dinner together, and are very disconnected. Each family member focuses on their materialistic lives and shops regularly. They mistreat and disrespect their "help" from the West regularly. One day, Robertina gets a disease called "Death's Fatigue".google_maps2016-07-28T09:52:48-07:00Sangita Shresthova497a02d289c277275bc5ece441097deedf8135e7
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12016-05-20T11:47:12-07:00Sangita Shresthova497a02d289c277275bc5ece441097deedf8135e7Sandokan9Cold World War Hero Inspires Youth in communist Czechoslogoogle_maps2016-07-04T12:30:13-07:00Gabriel Peters-Lazaro3bc3965831120bc593545fef6d0da73657e21ea0
12016-07-18T05:27:12-07:00Sangita Shresthova497a02d289c277275bc5ece441097deedf8135e7Dune8Dune is a sprawling series of epic science fiction novels written by Frank Herbert and turned into a 1980s movie by David Lynch.google_maps2016-07-18T05:45:52-07:00Sangita Shresthova497a02d289c277275bc5ece441097deedf8135e7
1media/FB_IMG_1469091034549.jpg2016-07-21T01:15:34-07:00Gabriel Peters-Lazaro3bc3965831120bc593545fef6d0da73657e21ea0A Superhero7I'm writing about a man that struggled all his life to feed his parents and siblings while saving some coins after every working daygoogle_maps2016-07-21T07:45:35-07:00Gabriel Peters-Lazaro3bc3965831120bc593545fef6d0da73657e21ea0
12016-05-20T12:09:25-07:00Sangita Shresthova497a02d289c277275bc5ece441097deedf8135e7Lakpa Sherpa6A sherpa woman who has summitted Mt. Everest seven timesgoogle_maps2016-05-24T10:47:00-07:00Gabriel Peters-Lazaro3bc3965831120bc593545fef6d0da73657e21ea0
12016-07-19T09:37:19-07:00Inae Joo52ffbcbf10706d2e9b6569ce2e40d5085b2408ecFelicitas C6I consider myself a feminist and i believe in practicing what you preach. Setting an example is a powerful way to show people there is an alternative to the statu-quo and engage them in your cause.google_maps2016-07-20T02:46:07-07:00Gabriel Peters-Lazaro3bc3965831120bc593545fef6d0da73657e21ea0
12016-07-19T23:38:16-07:00Inae Joo52ffbcbf10706d2e9b6569ce2e40d5085b2408ecMaus: A Survivor's Tale6Maus is a graphic novel by Art Spiegelman that narrates the story of Vladek, a Jewish survivor from the Holocaust, and his troubled relationship with his son Art. It is a story that appeared as a series of inserts for Raw Magazine during the 1980’s, and that in 1992 became the first graphic novel to ever win a Pullitzer Price.google_maps2016-07-21T00:22:41-07:00Gabriel Peters-Lazaro3bc3965831120bc593545fef6d0da73657e21ea0
12016-07-19T08:05:13-07:00Emma Kehlbeckbcf61f0036041eb7d519b8bc29793858cac74878Kevin F6I will respect anyone who respects himself.google_maps2016-07-20T03:05:28-07:00Sangita Shresthova497a02d289c277275bc5ece441097deedf8135e7
12016-07-18T05:26:27-07:00Gabriel Peters-Lazaro3bc3965831120bc593545fef6d0da73657e21ea0Yeti: The Abominable Snowman Lives On6Yeti is a powerful myth, which originated in the Himalayas.google_maps2016-07-18T05:48:00-07:00Gabriel Peters-Lazaro3bc3965831120bc593545fef6d0da73657e21ea0
1data:image/jpeg;base64,/9j/4AAQSkZJRgABAQAAAQABAAD/2wCEAAkGBxMTEhUTEhIVFRUVFRUXFRUXFRUVFRcVFRUXFhUVFRUYHSggGBolHRUVITEhJSkrLi4uFx8zODMtNygtLisBCgoKBQUFDgUFDisZExkrKysrKysrKysrKysrKysrKysrKysrKysrKysrKysrKysrKysrKysrKysrKysrKysrK//AABEIAJ8BPQMBIgACEQEDEQH/2016-07-19T10:57:10-07:00Inae Joo52ffbcbf10706d2e9b6569ce2e40d5085b2408ecSisyphus6The story is about a man that’s punished by the gods for eternity. The punishment consists in pushing a rock uphill that eventually rolls back on him; crushing him.google_maps2016-07-20T07:28:58-07:00Sangita Shresthova497a02d289c277275bc5ece441097deedf8135e7
12016-07-19T07:57:48-07:00Sangita Shresthova497a02d289c277275bc5ece441097deedf8135e7Chef5"Chef is a film released in 2014 that was written and directed by Jon Favreau who was inspired by his own career in film and love of the culinary arts to create a movie about a popular chef who needs to find his creative spark and fall in love with cooking once more. The film begins in California where Chef Carl Casper lives and works. After receiving a brutally negative review from a well regarded food critic, Carl reevaluates his job at a fancy restaurant in California. He realized that sticking to a strict menu has taken away a lot of joy from the profession he used to love. After he quits his job, Carl heads to Miami, Florida with his family because his ex-wife, Inez, needs him to watch their son, Percy, while she works.google_maps2016-07-20T03:26:46-07:00Sangita Shresthova497a02d289c277275bc5ece441097deedf8135e7
12016-07-20T00:26:51-07:00Emma Kehlbeckbcf61f0036041eb7d519b8bc29793858cac74878Muriel: Love in abundance for Bournemouth's homeless people5In the weeks preceding my arrival in Bournemouth my new church (Lansdowne Church) had lost a lady who truly left her markgoogle_maps2016-07-21T07:25:03-07:00Gabriel Peters-Lazaro3bc3965831120bc593545fef6d0da73657e21ea0
12016-07-19T08:34:17-07:00Inae Joo52ffbcbf10706d2e9b6569ce2e40d5085b2408ecTuesdays with Morrie5Tuesdays with Morrie is set in a suburb of Boston, Massachusetts and is about a profound experience between a student and his dying past professor.google_maps2016-07-20T03:04:10-07:00Sangita Shresthova497a02d289c277275bc5ece441097deedf8135e7
12016-07-19T08:18:56-07:00Gabriel Peters-Lazaro3bc3965831120bc593545fef6d0da73657e21ea0Cinderella5Cinderella is about a girl who became an orphan and was under the care of her step mother.google_maps2016-07-20T03:20:33-07:00Sangita Shresthova497a02d289c277275bc5ece441097deedf8135e7
12016-07-19T08:28:45-07:00Sangita Shresthova497a02d289c277275bc5ece441097deedf8135e7The Lion King5The Lion King is about Mufasa (a lion) who is the king of Pride Rock (an animal based kingdom) and his son, Simba (who is also a lion). Simba is the heir to the throne but his uncle, Scar, is very jealous of that. This results in him killing Mufasa and blaming it on a young Simba.google_maps2016-07-20T01:11:36-07:00Sangita Shresthova497a02d289c277275bc5ece441097deedf8135e7
12016-07-19T08:52:41-07:00Inae Joo52ffbcbf10706d2e9b6569ce2e40d5085b2408ecHow the tortoise got cracks in his shell5Once upon a time, way before any man walked upon this earth, there was a great famine all throughout Africa. Many animals died, many animals who survived where starving badly. This included the the tortoise, who grew skinnier and skinner with each passing day.google_maps2016-07-21T00:08:32-07:00Sangita Shresthova497a02d289c277275bc5ece441097deedf8135e7
12016-07-19T09:15:35-07:00Sangita Shresthova497a02d289c277275bc5ece441097deedf8135e7Sailor Moon5Sailor Moon is a young teenage girl that learns that she has magical powers that allows her to fight against the evils of the extraterrestrial world. She finds the Sailor Scouts, Venus, Mercury, Mars, and Jupiter. Each of them have powers that relate to the symbolism of their planet and a specific superhero outfit that they wear. Based in Neo-futuristic Tokyo the story was released in the 1990’s as a manga and then a television anime came out. It became very popular among teens especially young Asian-American girls because of where it was based although the characters were many depicted as white skin tone.google_maps2016-07-20T06:00:18-07:00Sangita Shresthova497a02d289c277275bc5ece441097deedf8135e7
12016-07-19T08:19:59-07:00Inae Joo52ffbcbf10706d2e9b6569ce2e40d5085b2408ecThe Story of Isaac Davis5Isaac Davis' story begins at the very start of the American Revolution, when the British colonials waged a war with British government in attempt to separate themselves and create a new union.google_maps2016-07-20T02:44:55-07:00Sangita Shresthova497a02d289c277275bc5ece441097deedf8135e7
12016-07-19T08:40:40-07:00Sangita Shresthova497a02d289c277275bc5ece441097deedf8135e7Sanjay's Super Team4This is an animated short film from Pixar directed and written by Sanjay Patel who based it off his experiences as a child. The story revolves around a young boy, Sanjay, and his father, an Indian-American migrant. Sanjay is watching his favourite superheroes on TV while his father is praying by the shrine in the same room. His father urges him to join in the ritual but Sanjay refuses so he switches off the TV and takes his toy in order to force him into it.google_maps2016-07-20T03:39:57-07:00Sangita Shresthova497a02d289c277275bc5ece441097deedf8135e7
12016-07-25T08:51:39-07:00Gabriel Peters-Lazaro3bc3965831120bc593545fef6d0da73657e21ea0Knowledge is Change4Guy Montag is a firefighter in Buenos Aires, and his job is burning books, which have since been outlawed by a totalitarian government.google_maps2016-07-26T00:34:37-07:00Gabriel Peters-Lazaro3bc3965831120bc593545fef6d0da73657e21ea0
1media/forgiveness in mexican family.jpg2016-07-20T00:23:14-07:00Gabriel Peters-Lazaro3bc3965831120bc593545fef6d0da73657e21ea0The forgiveness in a mexican family4A girl was born in Oaxaca, Mexico. One of the poorest states in Mexico.google_maps2016-07-20T06:27:29-07:00Gabriel Peters-Lazaro3bc3965831120bc593545fef6d0da73657e21ea0
12016-07-19T08:13:41-07:00Sangita Shresthova497a02d289c277275bc5ece441097deedf8135e7The colonial city4The story is written in San Miguel Allende and it is about how Mexican people venerate and celebrate all. The people that has been passed away. The characters are La Catrina, the mexican people. The story came from my ancestors. The description will be that they put in all the city. The OFRENDAS and with does we celebrate the people that is dead.google_maps2016-07-20T23:03:19-07:00Sangita Shresthova497a02d289c277275bc5ece441097deedf8135e7
1media/image.jpeg2016-07-19T10:49:51-07:00Inae Joo52ffbcbf10706d2e9b6569ce2e40d5085b2408ecMy Dad4When someone asks me about the most inspiring story to me i always talk about my dad. My Father has inspired me so much that every time i feel like giving up on anything, his story simply comes to mind and it helps me get back on track.google_maps2016-07-21T00:14:00-07:00Gabriel Peters-Lazaro3bc3965831120bc593545fef6d0da73657e21ea0
12016-07-19T08:27:30-07:00Inae Joo52ffbcbf10706d2e9b6569ce2e40d5085b2408ecThe Awakening by Kate Chopin4The Awakening, by Kate Chopin is a novel, set in the late 1800s in Louisiana.google_maps2016-07-20T02:19:40-07:00Sangita Shresthova497a02d289c277275bc5ece441097deedf8135e7
12016-07-20T00:16:57-07:00Emma Kehlbeckbcf61f0036041eb7d519b8bc29793858cac74878The Simulators4This story is about a small team engaged in assisting persons in need in their daily life routines.google_maps2016-07-20T07:19:47-07:00Sangita Shresthova497a02d289c277275bc5ece441097deedf8135e7
12016-07-19T08:59:41-07:00Sangita Shresthova497a02d289c277275bc5ece441097deedf8135e7Freedom Writers: Bridging Racial Divides Through Writing4Freedom Writers (the movie) is based on a true story of a school in Long Beach, California. The main character, Erin Gruwell, is a new teacher at Woodrow Wilson Classical High School and placed with the students who are considered at-risk and unteachable. These students were almost entirely comprised of minorities, with the exception of one student. With such a diverse class and a group of students who had no apparent desire to learn, the film explores the real-world challenges that Gruwell faced trying to get her students to come to class wanting to learn, if they would even want to come to their classes at all. The class divides itself based on race, and fights and arguments breakout regularly. The class later finds common ground on their feelings and discussions around The Holocaust. Her students become inspired to break free from the things that originally divided them, most notably with one character speaking out against someone who she was being forced to lie for during a trial. She tasked her students with writing in a diary and then compiled those journals and writings into a collection of them all in “The Freedom Writers Diary.”google_maps2016-07-20T03:01:09-07:00Sangita Shresthova497a02d289c277275bc5ece441097deedf8135e7
12016-07-19T08:45:39-07:00Emma Kehlbeckbcf61f0036041eb7d519b8bc29793858cac74878The continuous struggle of the Enlightenment4The story is about courageous people who challenged religious people and authoritiesgoogle_maps2016-07-20T03:32:37-07:00Sangita Shresthova497a02d289c277275bc5ece441097deedf8135e7
12016-07-26T08:21:37-07:00Gabriel Peters-Lazaro3bc3965831120bc593545fef6d0da73657e21ea0The Big Bang4A self-made scientist in Syria found himself displaced from the country following the loss of his family and friends in the war.google_maps2016-07-26T08:38:19-07:00Gabriel Peters-Lazaro3bc3965831120bc593545fef6d0da73657e21ea0
12016-07-19T08:38:14-07:00Emma Kehlbeckbcf61f0036041eb7d519b8bc29793858cac74878"The American Dream"4Growing up in America, we all learn about the "American Dream;" the idea that if we work hard we can achieve anything we want.google_maps2016-07-20T08:12:34-07:00Sangita Shresthova497a02d289c277275bc5ece441097deedf8135e7
12016-07-21T08:32:28-07:00Gabriel Peters-Lazaro3bc3965831120bc593545fef6d0da73657e21ea0Coming Together in a Time of Common Need4Nizar Qabbani who leads the Syrian resistance of the machines in a post-world war crisis.google_maps2016-07-21T08:42:19-07:00Gabriel Peters-Lazaro3bc3965831120bc593545fef6d0da73657e21ea0
12016-07-19T09:23:09-07:00Gabriel Peters-Lazaro3bc3965831120bc593545fef6d0da73657e21ea0Snow Flower and The Secret Fan4Snow Flower and The Secret Fan is a novel set in the nineteenth century in Chinagoogle_maps2016-07-21T07:36:49-07:00Gabriel Peters-Lazaro3bc3965831120bc593545fef6d0da73657e21ea0
12016-07-19T08:44:07-07:00Gabriel Peters-Lazaro3bc3965831120bc593545fef6d0da73657e21ea0The Little Prince4The story is about a pilot who had a plane crash in Sahara desert.google_maps2016-07-20T03:24:41-07:00Sangita Shresthova497a02d289c277275bc5ece441097deedf8135e7
1data:image/jpeg;base64,/9j/4AAQSkZJRgABAQAAAQABAAD/2wCEAAkGBxITEhUSExMTFRUXGBgYFxcYFxcYFxcXFxUXFxUXFxcYHSggGBolHRUVITEhJSkrLi4uFx8zODMtNygtLisBCgoKDg0OGxAQGi0iHSUtLS0tKy0tLS0tLS0tLS0tLS0tLS0tLS0tLS0tLS0tLS0tLS0tLS0tLS0tLS0tLS0tLf/AABEIAOEA4QMBIgACEQEDEQH/2016-07-18T05:22:40-07:00Sangita Shresthova497a02d289c277275bc5ece441097deedf8135e7Gabe PL3Is an assistant professor at the School of Cinematic Arts at the University of Southern California in the Media Arts + Practice Divisiongoogle_maps2016-07-20T01:24:41-07:00Gabriel Peters-Lazaro3bc3965831120bc593545fef6d0da73657e21ea0
12016-07-19T23:32:52-07:00Emma Kehlbeckbcf61f0036041eb7d519b8bc29793858cac74878Who will comfort Toffle? by Tove Jansson (1960)3The story tells about a little “knytt”google_maps2016-07-20T08:19:11-07:00Sangita Shresthova497a02d289c277275bc5ece441097deedf8135e7
12016-07-20T00:18:44-07:00Gabriel Peters-Lazaro3bc3965831120bc593545fef6d0da73657e21ea0Juan Carlos C3Balance and discipline are the pillars of a man. google_maps2016-07-20T02:56:54-07:00Sangita Shresthova497a02d289c277275bc5ece441097deedf8135e7
12016-07-19T09:09:36-07:00Inae Joo52ffbcbf10706d2e9b6569ce2e40d5085b2408ecThe Myth of the Mansfield Hanging Tree3This story is inspired by local history and spread by word of mouth among Mansfield, Texas youth. The following link is the historical event that led to this story. The most poignant imagry of this story is the effigy hanging at the entrance of Mansfield High School.google_maps2016-07-20T03:11:56-07:00Sangita Shresthova497a02d289c277275bc5ece441097deedf8135e7
12016-07-19T08:55:00-07:00Emma Kehlbeckbcf61f0036041eb7d519b8bc29793858cac74878Mirva V.3Mirva is a young journalist interested in telling stories about inspirational peoplegoogle_maps2016-07-20T03:41:22-07:00Sangita Shresthova497a02d289c277275bc5ece441097deedf8135e7
12016-07-19T23:54:01-07:00Emma Kehlbeckbcf61f0036041eb7d519b8bc29793858cac74878Emily M.3I grew up in Morristown, New Jersey, about one hour away from New York City.google_maps2016-07-20T01:52:08-07:00Sangita Shresthova497a02d289c277275bc5ece441097deedf8135e7
12016-07-19T09:39:40-07:00Inae Joo52ffbcbf10706d2e9b6569ce2e40d5085b2408ecPractice what you preach3Victoria Ocampo was an argentinian feminist writer and patron of the arts. She lived in the first half of the 20th century.Her family was vastly rich and extremely conservative.google_maps2016-07-20T02:05:39-07:00Sangita Shresthova497a02d289c277275bc5ece441097deedf8135e7
12016-07-19T08:57:55-07:00Emma Kehlbeckbcf61f0036041eb7d519b8bc29793858cac74878Juggling against all odds3Nelli Kujansivu is a Finnish foot juggler based in Stockholmgoogle_maps2016-07-20T05:49:17-07:00Sangita Shresthova497a02d289c277275bc5ece441097deedf8135e7
12016-07-19T08:11:15-07:00Inae Joo52ffbcbf10706d2e9b6569ce2e40d5085b2408ecJohn S3I grew up in the town in which Isaac Davis lived.google_maps2016-07-20T01:32:01-07:00Gabriel Peters-Lazaro3bc3965831120bc593545fef6d0da73657e21ea0
12016-07-19T08:37:25-07:00Inae Joo52ffbcbf10706d2e9b6569ce2e40d5085b2408ecPaige VS3My name is Paige von Sprecken and I am a student athlete at the University of Texas at Austin, majoring in Advertising with a Sports Media Certificate and Business Foundations Program Certificate.google_maps2016-07-20T06:35:57-07:00Sangita Shresthova497a02d289c277275bc5ece441097deedf8135e7
12016-07-19T23:01:26-07:00Inae Joo52ffbcbf10706d2e9b6569ce2e40d5085b2408ecRoaring Lion3There are two Lion Statues situated in front of the headquarters of the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking in HK Central. The lions have become a distinctive landmarks in Central, also locates the heart of HK financial central.google_maps2016-07-20T00:55:49-07:00Sangita Shresthova497a02d289c277275bc5ece441097deedf8135e7
12016-07-25T09:04:30-07:00Gabriel Peters-Lazaro3bc3965831120bc593545fef6d0da73657e21ea0Hopping for Hope3A girl attends a college party where she was later on raped by a male attending the university.google_maps2016-07-26T00:40:36-07:00Gabriel Peters-Lazaro3bc3965831120bc593545fef6d0da73657e21ea0
12016-07-19T10:54:19-07:00Inae Joo52ffbcbf10706d2e9b6569ce2e40d5085b2408ecRafael DCB3Rafael Díaz Ceballos Boy is part of the International Baccalaureate IB Diploma Program, accredited by the SACS CASI, an accrediting division of the Advanced ED. Also, a B.A. student in communication and filmmaking at Universidad Iberoameircana, México city.google_maps2016-07-20T07:22:19-07:00Sangita Shresthova497a02d289c277275bc5ece441097deedf8135e7
12016-07-19T08:34:18-07:00Emma Kehlbeckbcf61f0036041eb7d519b8bc29793858cac74878Sarah P.3I attend the University of Texas at Austin. I'm majoring in Radio-Television-Film with a focus on media and communication studies.google_maps2016-07-20T08:10:46-07:00Sangita Shresthova497a02d289c277275bc5ece441097deedf8135e7
12016-07-19T08:31:29-07:00Inae Joo52ffbcbf10706d2e9b6569ce2e40d5085b2408ecKaylee L3I am a college student from Boston, Mass attempting to figure out my path in life and what it all means. In experiencing loss, I have learned how to gain. In experiencing darkness, I have learned to find light.google_maps2016-07-20T03:02:44-07:00Sangita Shresthova497a02d289c277275bc5ece441097deedf8135e7
12016-07-20T00:07:33-07:00Emma Kehlbeckbcf61f0036041eb7d519b8bc29793858cac74878The Beauty in Breaking3My aunt, Laila, is one of ten siblings. She was raised in a small Lebanese village called Ghazze.google_maps2016-07-20T00:16:12-07:00Sangita Shresthova497a02d289c277275bc5ece441097deedf8135e7
12016-07-19T08:47:26-07:00Inae Joo52ffbcbf10706d2e9b6569ce2e40d5085b2408ecEmmeline the Suffragist3A huge step towards gender equality was made in Britain in 1928: women were given the right to vote, equally to men. But that didn’t come without a struggle. Beginning in the late 18th century, a sense of injustice brought bands of women together forming the first groups fighting for women’s suffrage.google_maps2016-07-20T02:40:08-07:00Sangita Shresthova497a02d289c277275bc5ece441097deedf8135e7
12016-07-19T23:31:11-07:00Inae Joo52ffbcbf10706d2e9b6569ce2e40d5085b2408ecMichelle S3Stories are my passion. Whether its history, mythology or just a good conversation, I think what connects us are the stories we wish to share and listen to. I like to get lost in worlds and find my way back through the characters I meet and the places I go to.google_maps2016-07-20T03:34:20-07:00Sangita Shresthova497a02d289c277275bc5ece441097deedf8135e7
12016-07-19T08:02:29-07:00Gabriel Peters-Lazaro3bc3965831120bc593545fef6d0da73657e21ea0El Dorado3The story of El Dorado has multiple variations. The main narrative involves a tribal Muisca leader (cacique) who covered himself in gold dust.google_maps2016-07-20T00:23:31-07:00Sangita Shresthova497a02d289c277275bc5ece441097deedf8135e7
12016-07-19T23:38:53-07:00Emma Kehlbeckbcf61f0036041eb7d519b8bc29793858cac74878The cyclist, Sarah Lee3Lee Wai Sze, Sarah is a Hong Kong racing cyclist.google_maps2016-07-20T02:09:20-07:00Sangita Shresthova497a02d289c277275bc5ece441097deedf8135e7
12016-07-19T09:05:21-07:00Gabriel Peters-Lazaro3bc3965831120bc593545fef6d0da73657e21ea0Paula V3From Mexico and studies communications and journalism in Universidad Iberoamericana.google_maps2016-07-20T07:01:00-07:00Sangita Shresthova497a02d289c277275bc5ece441097deedf8135e7
12016-07-19T09:00:12-07:00Emma Kehlbeckbcf61f0036041eb7d519b8bc29793858cac74878Shawnie W.3Student from Emerson College aspiring in Visual and Media Productiongoogle_maps2016-07-20T08:14:04-07:00Sangita Shresthova497a02d289c277275bc5ece441097deedf8135e7
12016-07-19T10:26:29-07:00Inae Joo52ffbcbf10706d2e9b6569ce2e40d5085b2408ecWriting Your Own Deliverance3Through the musical genres of hip-hop, jazz, and R&B, Hamilton the Musical takes a unique modern twist on the historical tale of the life of America's first Secretary of the Treasury, Alexander Hamilton.google_maps2016-07-20T08:27:19-07:00Sangita Shresthova497a02d289c277275bc5ece441097deedf8135e7
12016-07-19T09:04:11-07:00Inae Joo52ffbcbf10706d2e9b6569ce2e40d5085b2408ecTrain of Hope3Due to the refugee streams into and via Austria especially in 2015 thousands of refugees came to Austria every day. While some of them entered Austria in the East of the country, lots of refugees arrived at two central train stations in Vienna.google_maps2016-07-21T00:47:11-07:00Gabriel Peters-Lazaro3bc3965831120bc593545fef6d0da73657e21ea0
1media/earth-1280x800.jpg2016-07-21T08:47:59-07:00Gabriel Peters-Lazaro3bc3965831120bc593545fef6d0da73657e21ea0Planet El Dorado3Little Prince is travelling through space. He lands on planet El Dorado. He meets a photographer.google_maps2016-07-26T00:29:46-07:00Gabriel Peters-Lazaro3bc3965831120bc593545fef6d0da73657e21ea0
12016-07-26T01:27:58-07:00Sangita Shresthova497a02d289c277275bc5ece441097deedf8135e7Fox's Creek3On a hot summer night a community of animals were chased out of their home by a growing wildfire which started to burn down their forest. Mother Deer grabbed her young ones while the other animals rushed to cross the great river. Everyone showed their human instincts, pushing, kicking, and growling desperately on their way to safety. Mother Deer made it to the other side with Fawn but Mother Rabbit forgot one of her many young ones so she asked her for hegoogle_maps2016-07-26T01:30:24-07:00Sangita Shresthova497a02d289c277275bc5ece441097deedf8135e7
12016-07-19T08:20:08-07:00Emma Kehlbeckbcf61f0036041eb7d519b8bc29793858cac74878Inner peace3the story is about my father and sister, it shows what are truly the most important things in life and how a fathers love can be stronger than any adversity.google_maps2016-07-20T03:06:58-07:00Sangita Shresthova497a02d289c277275bc5ece441097deedf8135e7
12016-07-19T23:34:26-07:00Inae Joo52ffbcbf10706d2e9b6569ce2e40d5085b2408ecA different kind of princess3Xena is the story about a female warrior in Greece, who used to be a conqueror great in battle. After losing her child and being close to death she decides that this is not what she wishes to do.google_maps2016-07-20T03:37:55-07:00Sangita Shresthova497a02d289c277275bc5ece441097deedf8135e7
12016-07-19T23:23:37-07:00Inae Joo52ffbcbf10706d2e9b6569ce2e40d5085b2408ecA Leader3Fouad Chehab , a Lebanese president from 1958 to 1964. If you were to ask about his presidency, a classical answer you would hear is that he was the man who built much of the Lebanese institutions and successfully fought corruption.google_maps2016-07-20T01:46:14-07:00Sangita Shresthova497a02d289c277275bc5ece441097deedf8135e7
12016-07-20T00:18:55-07:00Emma Kehlbeckbcf61f0036041eb7d519b8bc29793858cac74878Diego O.3I have moved around a lot over the years.google_maps2016-07-20T02:02:52-07:00Gabriel Peters-Lazaro3bc3965831120bc593545fef6d0da73657e21ea0
12016-07-19T09:24:33-07:00Sangita Shresthova497a02d289c277275bc5ece441097deedf8135e7Lezem3My story takes place in Lebanon in which an organization called Lezem is dedicated to create a better living situation in Lebanon.google_maps2016-07-20T02:12:28-07:00Sangita Shresthova497a02d289c277275bc5ece441097deedf8135e7
12016-07-28T09:33:40-07:00Sangita Shresthova497a02d289c277275bc5ece441097deedf8135e7Simba and the Maasai Warriors3The war was now over. President Fouad saw the red army approaching from a distance, spears held high and chants ringing in the plains. It was now time for the maasai warriors to go back to Africa. They have fought bravely.google_maps2016-07-28T09:37:07-07:00Sangita Shresthova497a02d289c277275bc5ece441097deedf8135e7
12016-07-19T23:29:14-07:00Emma Kehlbeckbcf61f0036041eb7d519b8bc29793858cac74878Sofie E.3I have always been fascinated by fairytales and children's stories.google_maps2016-07-20T08:17:36-07:00Sangita Shresthova497a02d289c277275bc5ece441097deedf8135e7
12016-07-19T07:53:57-07:00Gabriel Peters-Lazaro3bc3965831120bc593545fef6d0da73657e21ea0Alexander Q2Alexander Quiñones is a PhD student at the University of Maryland Philip Merrill College of Journalism.google_maps2016-07-19T07:55:38-07:00Gabriel Peters-Lazaro3bc3965831120bc593545fef6d0da73657e21ea0
12016-07-19T23:03:23-07:00Inae Joo52ffbcbf10706d2e9b6569ce2e40d5085b2408ecNour H2I am fascinated with myths where time is disregarded as a specific continuous entity and treated as a human creation resulting from the set of choices they make. This leads me to believe that fate is its own kind of myth, and that we can all become advocates of change.google_maps2016-07-20T06:25:39-07:00Sangita Shresthova497a02d289c277275bc5ece441097deedf8135e7
12016-07-19T08:23:45-07:00Inae Joo52ffbcbf10706d2e9b6569ce2e40d5085b2408ecHannah G2I am a rising junior at the University of Maryland. I am a communication and anthropology double major, with a focus of social influence.google_maps2016-07-20T02:14:45-07:00Sangita Shresthova497a02d289c277275bc5ece441097deedf8135e7
12016-07-26T08:13:37-07:00Gabriel Peters-Lazaro3bc3965831120bc593545fef6d0da73657e21ea0The Beauty of Mending2Leila is a Muslim woman living in Lebanon with her three children, until she lost custody and had to flee to the Netherlands leaving them behind.google_maps2016-07-26T08:15:20-07:00Gabriel Peters-Lazaro3bc3965831120bc593545fef6d0da73657e21ea0
12016-07-20T00:02:30-07:00Emma Kehlbeckbcf61f0036041eb7d519b8bc29793858cac74878EMPOWERING THE MAASAI COMMUNITY TO BRING CHANGE FROM WITHIN2The Maasai Cricket Warriors began advocating for the rights of the girl child in Kenya soon after its formation.google_maps2016-07-20T02:32:21-07:00Sangita Shresthova497a02d289c277275bc5ece441097deedf8135e7
12016-07-19T09:18:11-07:00Gabriel Peters-Lazaro3bc3965831120bc593545fef6d0da73657e21ea0Sandra Z2Believes in having courage to change what you don't like and stand against injustice.google_maps2016-07-20T08:03:46-07:00Sangita Shresthova497a02d289c277275bc5ece441097deedf8135e7
12016-07-19T23:44:54-07:00Emma Kehlbeckbcf61f0036041eb7d519b8bc29793858cac74878Watership Down2Based in Hampshire, England, Watership Down is a political allegory based on global socio-political models of the 20th centurygoogle_maps2016-07-21T00:13:21-07:00Sangita Shresthova497a02d289c277275bc5ece441097deedf8135e7
12016-07-19T08:42:19-07:00Emma Kehlbeckbcf61f0036041eb7d519b8bc29793858cac74878Martin D.2A citizen of Earth looking for answers.google_maps2016-07-20T03:28:21-07:00Sangita Shresthova497a02d289c277275bc5ece441097deedf8135e7
12016-07-19T07:55:01-07:00Sangita Shresthova497a02d289c277275bc5ece441097deedf8135e7Madison G.2My name is Madison Gallup and I am a Floridian (born and raised) from the U.S.google_maps2016-07-19T07:56:10-07:00Sangita Shresthova497a02d289c277275bc5ece441097deedf8135e7
12016-07-19T10:38:39-07:00Inae Joo52ffbcbf10706d2e9b6569ce2e40d5085b2408ecNora S2I am pursuing an M.A. in Migration Studies. I recently worked on an EU funded research project called "Migrants in Countries in Crisis" which although took different focuses in the rest of the case studies, in Lebanon it focused on the migrant domestic workers.google_maps2016-07-20T06:10:24-07:00Sangita Shresthova497a02d289c277275bc5ece441097deedf8135e7
12016-07-19T08:36:50-07:00Sangita Shresthova497a02d289c277275bc5ece441097deedf8135e7Miguel Luigi Enriquez2Third culture kid.google_maps2016-07-19T08:38:27-07:00Sangita Shresthova497a02d289c277275bc5ece441097deedf8135e7
12016-07-28T09:41:58-07:00Sangita Shresthova497a02d289c277275bc5ece441097deedf8135e7Out of Balance2In a dystopian alternative past, after the end of World War II, the whole world suffered from the huge losses caused by nuclear warfare. This led to a worldwide decision to implement a whole new system that altered our very way of life.google_maps2016-07-28T09:43:04-07:00Sangita Shresthova497a02d289c277275bc5ece441097deedf8135e7
12016-07-19T22:53:43-07:00Inae Joo52ffbcbf10706d2e9b6569ce2e40d5085b2408ecSophocles G2I am young student of Journalism and Mass Communications from Greece, who cares about the international relations as well as for the ways that the people can individually lead others, so as to change the world.google_maps2016-07-20T08:21:03-07:00Sangita Shresthova497a02d289c277275bc5ece441097deedf8135e7
12016-07-20T00:09:46-07:00Gabriel Peters-Lazaro3bc3965831120bc593545fef6d0da73657e21ea0Laura C2Currently a student at the University of Maryland, USA, pursuing an undergraduate degree in communication.google_maps2016-07-20T03:14:29-07:00Sangita Shresthova497a02d289c277275bc5ece441097deedf8135e7
12016-07-20T06:05:46-07:00Emma Kehlbeckbcf61f0036041eb7d519b8bc29793858cac74878Yara A.2My name is Yara Al-Athel and I am a Saudi student attending school in Bostongoogle_maps2016-07-21T00:15:02-07:00Sangita Shresthova497a02d289c277275bc5ece441097deedf8135e7
12016-07-19T08:31:55-07:00Emma Kehlbeckbcf61f0036041eb7d519b8bc29793858cac74878Guy Montag from Ray Bradbury's novel "Fahrenheit 451"2In a dystopian future, books (and reading them) are outlawed and it is the job of new firemen to find and burn any ones remaininggoogle_maps2016-07-20T00:37:04-07:00Sangita Shresthova497a02d289c277275bc5ece441097deedf8135e7
12016-07-25T08:59:02-07:00Gabriel Peters-Lazaro3bc3965831120bc593545fef6d0da73657e21ea0Hakuna Matata, Simba!2Once upon a time, a young lion cub called Simba was living with his father Mufasa.google_maps2016-07-26T00:38:32-07:00Gabriel Peters-Lazaro3bc3965831120bc593545fef6d0da73657e21ea0
12016-07-19T08:10:33-07:00Sangita Shresthova497a02d289c277275bc5ece441097deedf8135e7Tanis Ca.2Traditions and customs in Mexico.google_maps2016-07-19T08:11:33-07:00Sangita Shresthova497a02d289c277275bc5ece441097deedf8135e7
12016-07-26T01:19:20-07:00Gabriel Peters-Lazaro3bc3965831120bc593545fef6d0da73657e21ea0A Story of Persistence2The mission was called "Broken Tortoise Shell." Sergei was escaping the Hungarian Revolution in 1956.google_maps2016-07-26T01:20:09-07:00Gabriel Peters-Lazaro3bc3965831120bc593545fef6d0da73657e21ea0
12016-07-19T09:19:26-07:00Inae Joo52ffbcbf10706d2e9b6569ce2e40d5085b2408ecJessica L2I have heard things like this happen countless amounts of time, I have friends and family that have been affected by assaults just like this and I have had my own experiences myself.google_maps2016-07-20T02:34:06-07:00Sangita Shresthova497a02d289c277275bc5ece441097deedf8135e7
12016-07-19T08:47:09-07:00Sangita Shresthova497a02d289c277275bc5ece441097deedf8135e7Dana G.2I am a person who has faced and went against religious sectarianism and discrimination. In many aspects in my life, some of the discriminations were for my benefit and some weren't; but i have always tried to fight against it in order to start making people think in a different way. In a way were they actually apply what religion says and supports, and that is to be good and love everyone.google_maps2016-07-19T08:48:31-07:00Sangita Shresthova497a02d289c277275bc5ece441097deedf8135e7
12016-07-19T10:33:37-07:00Inae Joo52ffbcbf10706d2e9b6569ce2e40d5085b2408ecJosefina D2My name is Josefina Díaz and I come from Argentina. I am 20 years old and graduated from St. Michael's High School in 2013. I have been interested in media and social communication since the age of 12.google_maps2016-07-20T02:46:27-07:00Sangita Shresthova497a02d289c277275bc5ece441097deedf8135e7
12016-07-19T22:56:27-07:00Inae Joo52ffbcbf10706d2e9b6569ce2e40d5085b2408ecThe doctors' team of the Aegean sea2The story is about a team of volunteers and doctors, who cross the Aegean Sea in Greece, with their 11 inflatable boats and their one ambulance- boat, in order to reach border islands and help the people in any way the can, mostly by examining them medically.google_maps2016-07-20T08:22:32-07:00Sangita Shresthova497a02d289c277275bc5ece441097deedf8135e7
12016-07-19T23:41:04-07:00Inae Joo52ffbcbf10706d2e9b6569ce2e40d5085b2408ecTaylor G2I am very involved in the tech scene in Miami. I participate in two tech spaces, The LAB, and Moonlighter in Wynwood, Miami.google_maps2016-07-20T23:07:02-07:00Sangita Shresthova497a02d289c277275bc5ece441097deedf8135e7
12016-07-20T00:14:26-07:00Gabriel Peters-Lazaro3bc3965831120bc593545fef6d0da73657e21ea0Braveheart2Braveheart takes place in 13th Century Scotland, during which time the country is invaded and conquered by the English.google_maps2016-07-20T03:15:58-07:00Sangita Shresthova497a02d289c277275bc5ece441097deedf8135e7
1data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAN4AAADjCAMAAADdXVr2AAAAk1BMVEXr6+sAAADv7+8FAwaVlZXf39+2trbS0tLp6enw8PDs6uvz8/MEBATk5OQIBwnX19fGxsbAwMDMzMyJiYm8vLxPT0/39/epqamhn6BBQUFfX198fHyysrKkoqU1NTUqKio9PT1qamoWFhabm5seHR4nJydJSUmFhYUcGh1ubW4SEBMwMDBiY2016-07-20T06:10:27-07:00Emma Kehlbeckbcf61f0036041eb7d519b8bc29793858cac74878Gradual Granules | The Gradual Reform Sweeping through the Sands of the Gulf.2I have chosen a poem which was written as an open letter to all of the leaders of the Gulf Countries.google_maps2016-07-21T00:18:04-07:00Sangita Shresthova497a02d289c277275bc5ece441097deedf8135e7
12016-07-19T10:28:34-07:00Inae Joo52ffbcbf10706d2e9b6569ce2e40d5085b2408ecNick C2Nick Cicchitelli is a master of public administration student at the University of Rhode Island. He has earned an M.A. and B.A. in political science from the University of Rhode Island and The George Washington University, respectively.google_maps2016-07-20T05:51:27-07:00Sangita Shresthova497a02d289c277275bc5ece441097deedf8135e7
12016-07-20T06:09:55-07:00Gabriel Peters-Lazaro3bc3965831120bc593545fef6d0da73657e21ea0Kristina S2Is involved with several non-profit organizations in New York City to help inner city youth. google_maps2016-07-20T06:12:25-07:00Gabriel Peters-Lazaro3bc3965831120bc593545fef6d0da73657e21ea0
12016-07-19T23:35:49-07:00Emma Kehlbeckbcf61f0036041eb7d519b8bc29793858cac74878Frankie Wong2A Hong Konger who persist, finding a way for myself and the city.google_maps2016-07-20T02:07:00-07:00Sangita Shresthova497a02d289c277275bc5ece441097deedf8135e7
12016-07-19T08:25:44-07:00Sangita Shresthova497a02d289c277275bc5ece441097deedf8135e7De'Graft M2I'm a massive believer in loving yourself and accepting who are and where you fit into this big 'circle of life'.google_maps2016-07-19T08:27:06-07:00Sangita Shresthova497a02d289c277275bc5ece441097deedf8135e7
12016-07-19T08:41:32-07:00Inae Joo52ffbcbf10706d2e9b6569ce2e40d5085b2408ecMiracle2The story of Miracle is a true story about Herb Brooks and the USA Hockey team who were put up against the dominant Soviet Union hockey team during the 1980 Olympics in the middle of the Cold War.google_maps2016-07-20T06:38:53-07:00Sangita Shresthova497a02d289c277275bc5ece441097deedf8135e7
12016-07-19T23:25:49-07:00Inae Joo52ffbcbf10706d2e9b6569ce2e40d5085b2408ecIyad T2I love adventure and always showing my inner child. I'm 27 and graduated with a degree in Banking & Finance.google_maps2016-07-20T02:21:16-07:00Sangita Shresthova497a02d289c277275bc5ece441097deedf8135e7
12016-07-19T08:44:53-07:00Inae Joo52ffbcbf10706d2e9b6569ce2e40d5085b2408ecJodie B2I'm a journalism student, writer, feminist and left wing activist.google_maps2016-07-20T02:38:19-07:00Sangita Shresthova497a02d289c277275bc5ece441097deedf8135e7
12016-07-19T10:36:43-07:00Inae Joo52ffbcbf10706d2e9b6569ce2e40d5085b2408ecWe are all Martín Fierro2Martín Fierro is a gaucho who has to work at a border fort defending his land. He lives in very poor conditions and tries to return home, but discovers that everything he has known before is not there anymore: his house, his farm and his family.google_maps2016-07-20T02:48:16-07:00Sangita Shresthova497a02d289c277275bc5ece441097deedf8135e7
12016-07-19T10:23:34-07:00Inae Joo52ffbcbf10706d2e9b6569ce2e40d5085b2408ecStephanie Q2Stephanie is CU Boulder student who is pursuing a double major of Psychology and Communication as well as the Technology, Arts, and Media certificate. She is originally from Southern California, and considers Boulder to be her home as well.google_maps2016-07-20T08:23:59-07:00Sangita Shresthova497a02d289c277275bc5ece441097deedf8135e7
12016-07-19T23:45:04-07:00Inae Joo52ffbcbf10706d2e9b6569ce2e40d5085b2408ecStreet Art Movement in Miami2Wynwood, Miami at one time was known as one of the most dangerous neighborhoods in Miami. Drugs, crime, and a general sense of foreboding clung to the streets and warehouses.google_maps2016-07-20T23:21:46-07:00Sangita Shresthova497a02d289c277275bc5ece441097deedf8135e7
12016-07-19T08:16:57-07:00Gabriel Peters-Lazaro3bc3965831120bc593545fef6d0da73657e21ea0Lilly S2My name is Lilly Santoyo and I am a first generation college student. I was born in Las Vegas where I have lived all my life.google_maps2016-07-20T03:17:36-07:00Sangita Shresthova497a02d289c277275bc5ece441097deedf8135e7
12016-07-19T23:23:03-07:00Emma Kehlbeckbcf61f0036041eb7d519b8bc29793858cac74878Nicole L.2I live in a very open minded family in which we follow certain traditions and are very opened and welcoming towards other culturesgoogle_maps2016-07-20T05:55:08-07:00Sangita Shresthova497a02d289c277275bc5ece441097deedf8135e7
12016-07-19T08:57:43-07:00Gabriel Peters-Lazaro3bc3965831120bc593545fef6d0da73657e21ea0Daniela A2Student pursuing a career in filmmaking, studying communicationsgoogle_maps2016-07-20T00:58:29-07:00Sangita Shresthova497a02d289c277275bc5ece441097deedf8135e7
12016-07-19T10:40:38-07:00Inae Joo52ffbcbf10706d2e9b6569ce2e40d5085b2408ecThe Help2The story portrays the racism and discrimination aimed towards the domestic workers during that time and the abuse as well as the harassment they go through by their employers: “the perfect housewives”. In the age of the siege and the random arrests based on color, one woman was courageous enough to interview all the domestic workers of Jackson and write their stories into a book.google_maps2016-07-20T06:12:33-07:00Sangita Shresthova497a02d289c277275bc5ece441097deedf8135e7
12016-07-19T09:12:11-07:00Inae Joo52ffbcbf10706d2e9b6569ce2e40d5085b2408ecJay B2I believe that being an open, honest, and accepting person is key to being your best possible self. Being selfless gets your priorities in order and helps you realize what is right and wrong.google_maps2016-07-20T02:26:04-07:00Sangita Shresthova497a02d289c277275bc5ece441097deedf8135e7
12016-07-19T08:49:30-07:00Emma Kehlbeckbcf61f0036041eb7d519b8bc29793858cac74878Zoe C.2I grew up outside of Boston and now go to school theregoogle_maps2016-07-21T00:22:46-07:00Sangita Shresthova497a02d289c277275bc5ece441097deedf8135e7
12016-07-19T10:43:04-07:00Inae Joo52ffbcbf10706d2e9b6569ce2e40d5085b2408ecNouna K2I am a very emotional person who is affected by the smallest and simplest thing any one ever says to me.google_maps2016-07-20T06:15:53-07:00Sangita Shresthova497a02d289c277275bc5ece441097deedf8135e7
12016-07-19T23:10:38-07:00Inae Joo52ffbcbf10706d2e9b6569ce2e40d5085b2408ecJoy L2I am an artistic and attentive person who finds beauty in even the tiniest of things.google_maps2016-07-20T02:49:45-07:00Sangita Shresthova497a02d289c277275bc5ece441097deedf8135e7
12016-07-19T09:25:09-07:00Inae Joo52ffbcbf10706d2e9b6569ce2e40d5085b2408ecDevin VH2I am from the United States, yet I am open and accept all cultures. I believe it is the events in my past that have created my sense of open mindedness.google_maps2016-07-20T01:17:24-07:00Sangita Shresthova497a02d289c277275bc5ece441097deedf8135e7
12016-07-19T08:55:47-07:00Inae Joo52ffbcbf10706d2e9b6569ce2e40d5085b2408ecCatherine G2Disney played a huge part of my childhood and how I grew up, from annual family vacations to Walt Disney World, seeing the new Disney movie on release date, and pretending to be a princess.google_maps2016-07-20T01:43:19-07:00Gabriel Peters-Lazaro3bc3965831120bc593545fef6d0da73657e21ea0
12016-07-26T00:49:41-07:00Gabriel Peters-Lazaro3bc3965831120bc593545fef6d0da73657e21ea0The Story of Iris2There are two groups of people in the world: The stone people and the mud people.google_maps2016-07-26T00:52:10-07:00Gabriel Peters-Lazaro3bc3965831120bc593545fef6d0da73657e21ea0
12016-07-19T09:21:02-07:00Sangita Shresthova497a02d289c277275bc5ece441097deedf8135e7Ghada G.2I'm from Lebanon, Beirut. I attend the Lebanese American University. I've been through a lot of difficult situations due to the political situation in Lebanon and so I hope that my story helps people that are going through a similar time.google_maps2016-07-20T02:10:58-07:00Sangita Shresthova497a02d289c277275bc5ece441097deedf8135e7
12016-07-19T09:09:25-07:00Gabriel Peters-Lazaro3bc3965831120bc593545fef6d0da73657e21ea0The Mud People2About the origins of humanity in the sacred book of the Mayan culturegoogle_maps2016-07-20T07:07:55-07:00Sangita Shresthova497a02d289c277275bc5ece441097deedf8135e7
12016-07-19T09:16:43-07:00Inae Joo52ffbcbf10706d2e9b6569ce2e40d5085b2408ecRemember the Titans2Remember the titans is based on a true story based in Virginia during 1971. It is about a High School that was becoming integrated and on top of that their football team was as well.google_maps2016-07-20T02:28:24-07:00Sangita Shresthova497a02d289c277275bc5ece441097deedf8135e7
12016-07-28T10:29:10-07:00Sangita Shresthova497a02d289c277275bc5ece441097deedf8135e7Guitar: The Instrument of Peace2google_maps2016-07-28T10:32:51-07:00Sangita Shresthova497a02d289c277275bc5ece441097deedf8135e7
12016-07-20T01:52:27-07:00Gabriel Peters-Lazaro3bc3965831120bc593545fef6d0da73657e21ea0Documenting an Ever-changing Humanity2This is the story of Sebastião Salgado, a Brazilian photojournalist of forty years.google_maps2016-07-20T08:16:24-07:00Sangita Shresthova497a02d289c277275bc5ece441097deedf8135e7
12016-07-19T23:41:00-07:00Emma Kehlbeckbcf61f0036041eb7d519b8bc29793858cac74878Tomas DLR2My nationality is Venezuelan, yet I consider myself a child of the worldgoogle_maps2016-07-21T00:10:57-07:00Sangita Shresthova497a02d289c277275bc5ece441097deedf8135e7
12016-07-19T09:08:41-07:00Sangita Shresthova497a02d289c277275bc5ece441097deedf8135e7Nina N.2I am a first generation Thai-American living in Las Vegas, NV. I grew up with a dichotomous cultural identity and find solace in pop culture and politics. I feel empowered by those around me primarily the inspiring women in my life. google_maps2016-07-20T06:02:06-07:00Sangita Shresthova497a02d289c277275bc5ece441097deedf8135e7
12016-07-21T08:55:33-07:00Gabriel Peters-Lazaro3bc3965831120bc593545fef6d0da73657e21ea0New Feet2There was a girl named Nelly and she was a part of a circus troupe in Los Angeles, California.google_maps2016-07-26T00:31:58-07:00Gabriel Peters-Lazaro3bc3965831120bc593545fef6d0da73657e21ea0
12016-07-18T05:57:08-07:00Sangita Shresthova497a02d289c277275bc5ece441097deedf8135e7Sandokan: A Post-Colonial Coldwar Hero2The plot of the novel revolves around the adventures of Sandokan - a Bornean man who lost his status, home and family to British colonialists. Embittered by his experience, Sandokan sets up camp at the island of Mompracem. From there he leads a gang of pirates under the flag of the Tiger. Together they destabilize the colonialists’ authority through robbery and violence. Steeped in the colonial period in which it was written, Salgari’s novel pitted indigenous populations against the colonial powers in ways that highlighted the evils of imperialism and celebrated resistance. As Maria Bianca Gerlich (1998, 34) observes, “Sandokan, Mompracem, and the flag of the tiger are allegories in the fight for freedom.”google_maps2016-07-18T05:58:43-07:00Sangita Shresthova497a02d289c277275bc5ece441097deedf8135e7
12016-07-19T10:46:00-07:00Inae Joo52ffbcbf10706d2e9b6569ce2e40d5085b2408ecHow I "Eat, Pray, and Love"2“Eat, Pray, Love” is a novel/memoir by Elizabeth Gilbert who talks about her own experience in life and how she went on a journey to find herself after she faced lots of disappointments, failures, and depression.google_maps2016-07-20T06:19:52-07:00Sangita Shresthova497a02d289c277275bc5ece441097deedf8135e7
12016-07-20T00:14:22-07:00Emma Kehlbeckbcf61f0036041eb7d519b8bc29793858cac74878Pedro M.2I have always liked detective stories and specially when they fight for the justicegoogle_maps2016-07-20T07:11:05-07:00Sangita Shresthova497a02d289c277275bc5ece441097deedf8135e7
12016-07-19T23:58:55-07:00Emma Kehlbeckbcf61f0036041eb7d519b8bc29793858cac74878Jeremiah Kipainoi2Jeremiah Kipainoi is an award-winning communication student at Daystar University, Kenyagoogle_maps2016-07-20T02:29:54-07:00Sangita Shresthova497a02d289c277275bc5ece441097deedf8135e7
1data:image/jpeg;base64,/9j/4AAQSkZJRgABAQAAAQABAAD/2wCEAAkGBwgHBgkIBwgKCgkLDRYPDQwMDRsUFRAWIB0iIiAdHx8kKDQsJCYxJx8fLT0tMTU3Ojo6Iys/RD84QzQ5OjcBCgoKDQwNGg8PGjclHyU3Nzc3Nzc3Nzc3Nzc3Nzc3Nzc3Nzc3Nzc3Nzc3Nzc3Nzc3Nzc3Nzc3Nzc3Nzc3Nzc3N//AABEIAE4AdgMBIgACEQEDEQH/2016-07-19T08:13:19-07:00Gabriel Peters-Lazaro3bc3965831120bc593545fef6d0da73657e21ea0potentials lost2A story of self-made determined Syrian scientistgoogle_maps2016-07-20T08:02:18-07:00Sangita Shresthova497a02d289c277275bc5ece441097deedf8135e7
12016-07-19T23:13:28-07:00Inae Joo52ffbcbf10706d2e9b6569ce2e40d5085b2408ecEquilibrium2Equilibrium is set in 2072 in Libria, a city state established by the survivors of World War III. “Equilibrium” is an action/thriller movie following John Preston (Bale), an enforcement officer in a futuristic world where a regime has decided to eliminate war by suppressing emotions using a certain type of drug. Books, art and music are strictly forbidden and "feeling" is a crime punishable by death.google_maps2016-07-20T02:55:04-07:00Sangita Shresthova497a02d289c277275bc5ece441097deedf8135e7
12016-07-19T09:06:31-07:00Inae Joo52ffbcbf10706d2e9b6569ce2e40d5085b2408ecKristi K2I spent most of my formative years growing up in Mansfield, Texas, a growing suburban town that can be characterized by an obvious generational gap between parents and children.google_maps2016-07-20T03:08:21-07:00Sangita Shresthova497a02d289c277275bc5ece441097deedf8135e7
12016-07-26T01:10:32-07:00Gabriel Peters-Lazaro3bc3965831120bc593545fef6d0da73657e21ea0Simulators in Syria1As the war in Syria pushes on and the people become more desperate for strong leadership, William Wallace is called to Syria.google_maps2016-07-26T01:10:32-07:00Gabriel Peters-Lazaro3bc3965831120bc593545fef6d0da73657e21ea0
12016-07-20T00:04:49-07:00Emma Kehlbeckbcf61f0036041eb7d519b8bc29793858cac74878Aceel K.1Growing up around strong Arab women has empowered me to be the hero of my own storygoogle_maps2016-07-20T00:04:49-07:00Emma Kehlbeckbcf61f0036041eb7d519b8bc29793858cac74878
12016-07-19T08:39:43-07:00Gabriel Peters-Lazaro3bc3965831120bc593545fef6d0da73657e21ea0Linda G1A student of media relation at University of Ss. Cyril and Methodius in Trnava, Slovakia.google_maps2016-07-19T08:39:43-07:00Gabriel Peters-Lazaro3bc3965831120bc593545fef6d0da73657e21ea0
12016-07-28T10:01:07-07:00Sangita Shresthova497a02d289c277275bc5ece441097deedf8135e7The Outlet1It is the civil war in Venezuela. Xena and her little brother, Gabriel, live in the city where Gabriel practices his art. Xena, wants to see her brothers art and asks him to go to his studio and bring it back. Just as he reaches the car, a bomb hits the car, killing Gabriel. Xena, being extremely close to her brother, blames herself for sending him to get his art. She later finds out that the bomb was planted by the Latin Kings gang. Out of revenge, she then joins the rival gang with her friend, Shepard. In an act of revenge, her gang plants a bomb. She later learns, that the bomb she planted blew up Shepard's parents house. Feeling guilty, and knowing that Gabriel would be disappointed in these actions, she decided to make a change. In honor of Gabriel, she picks up his art, and paints the entire country of Venezuela with beautiful street art. Through this art she finds peace. The art was so beautiful and happy, that it ended the civil war, and transformed into a happy, peaceful place to live.google_maps2016-07-28T10:01:08-07:00Sangita Shresthova497a02d289c277275bc5ece441097deedf8135e7
12016-07-19T23:36:23-07:00Inae Joo52ffbcbf10706d2e9b6569ce2e40d5085b2408ecTamara G1My name is Tamara Gutverg. I am a third year Communications student from Universidad Iberoamericana in Mexico City. I love learning about new cultures, and discovering what the world is like from different perspectives.google_maps2016-07-19T23:36:23-07:00Inae Joo52ffbcbf10706d2e9b6569ce2e40d5085b2408ec
12016-07-18T05:22:05-07:00Gabriel Peters-Lazaro3bc3965831120bc593545fef6d0da73657e21ea0Sangita S1Sangita is the Program Director of the MacArthur funded Henry Jenkins’ Media, Activism & Participatory Politics (MAPP) project based at the University of Southern California.google_maps2016-07-18T05:22:05-07:00Gabriel Peters-Lazaro3bc3965831120bc593545fef6d0da73657e21ea0
12016-07-28T10:06:18-07:00Sangita Shresthova497a02d289c277275bc5ece441097deedf8135e7Marìa la Altruista1Maria was born on the streets of Mexico City. Orphaned at the age of 12, she got by from odd jobs for local women.google_maps2016-07-28T10:06:18-07:00Sangita Shresthova497a02d289c277275bc5ece441097deedf8135e7
12016-07-26T00:45:53-07:00Gabriel Peters-Lazaro3bc3965831120bc593545fef6d0da73657e21ea0An American Chef in the Aegean: Teaching solidarity through food1After traveling on many road trips with his father, Chef Carl Casper, Percy has learned a lot about how to be a great cook, manage social media, and learn about new people.google_maps2016-07-26T00:45:53-07:00Gabriel Peters-Lazaro3bc3965831120bc593545fef6d0da73657e21ea0
12016-07-26T01:29:37-07:00Gabriel Peters-Lazaro3bc3965831120bc593545fef6d0da73657e21ea0The Man from Up1One day, the man from Up flew in his hot air balloon house to New York City.google_maps2016-07-26T01:29:37-07:00Gabriel Peters-Lazaro3bc3965831120bc593545fef6d0da73657e21ea0
12016-07-28T10:12:36-07:00Sangita Shresthova497a02d289c277275bc5ece441097deedf8135e7A Tale of Traveler's Past1A 28-30 year-old man boards a train and sits in an empty compartment. He is a weary traveller who has spent countless days trying to find transportation to reach his destination. While en route, he falls asleep and is visited from travelers from past and present journeys of who had boarded this particular train. The first visitor is Alexander Hamilton; a migrant from the Caribbean who traveled to the United States in the 1800's. He recounts his experience of traveling to a new country and achieving his dream of creating something that would outlive him. The second visitors are Art and Vladek Spiegelman; a father and son who share their story of how they migrated to a new country after the Holocaust events of World War II and their struggles of adapting into the culture of a new nation. The last visitor is a woman who comes from the Middle East who arrived in Vienna a year ago. She tells her story about the journey she experienced to reach her new home as well as the issues she's experiences now as an outcast from a land that she's still not fully settled into yet.google_maps2016-07-28T10:12:36-07:00Sangita Shresthova497a02d289c277275bc5ece441097deedf8135e7
12016-07-19T08:50:23-07:00Inae Joo52ffbcbf10706d2e9b6569ce2e40d5085b2408ecTiajna A1My name is Tiajna. I would really welcome the chance to participate in this opportunity because I believe it will be a chance for me to broaden my intellect, especially when it comes to global political issues and media ethics.google_maps2016-07-19T08:50:23-07:00Inae Joo52ffbcbf10706d2e9b6569ce2e40d5085b2408ec
12016-07-19T08:28:00-07:00Emma Kehlbeckbcf61f0036041eb7d519b8bc29793858cac74878Caroline Long1Caroline is a journalism major at Emerson College in the United States. She is an aspiring writer and enjoys literature.google_maps2016-07-19T08:28:00-07:00Emma Kehlbeckbcf61f0036041eb7d519b8bc29793858cac74878
12016-07-28T10:26:58-07:00Sangita Shresthova497a02d289c277275bc5ece441097deedf8135e7Em/Power Love1As Liz finishes her spiritual trip around the world she heads to Brazil for her final stop. She stops into a local bar where this man Sebastiao spills a glass of wine on her. From there the love story began and the couple traveled around Brazil to take photos of social injustice. One night they were out in the middle of a field where they were taking photos of an approaching comet and Sebastiao noticed something strange in the image. They went to the comet collision and found an luminescent girl standing there. She introduces herself as Em, an inter-terrestrial who warns them about the consequences of gender inequality. She says there is an outer universal counsel that judges planets according to social understandings. Em tells them that she has magic powers to empower women and helps them reach self-discover. Liz and Sebastiao take on the mission to travel around the world with Em to show the strong women all over the world. Together they take photos of social injustices while illustrating stories of women struggling to find themselves within their societies. After taking the photos with Em using her magic power given by the moon they feel they can become their own hero. Em takes the photos back to the counsel to prove that Earth is becoming a more equal society. But Liz and Sebastiao’s work of empowering women and showing social injustices will still continue.google_maps2016-07-28T10:26:58-07:00Sangita Shresthova497a02d289c277275bc5ece441097deedf8135e7
12016-07-19T22:58:32-07:00Inae Joo52ffbcbf10706d2e9b6569ce2e40d5085b2408ecConnie1I am come from hk , an international financial center surrounding by high rise buildingsgoogle_maps2016-07-19T22:58:32-07:00Inae Joo52ffbcbf10706d2e9b6569ce2e40d5085b2408ec
12016-07-20T00:24:09-07:00Emma Kehlbeckbcf61f0036041eb7d519b8bc29793858cac74878Anika T.1As a student I often feel ill equipped to deal with all of the suffering we see around usgoogle_maps2016-07-20T00:24:09-07:00Emma Kehlbeckbcf61f0036041eb7d519b8bc29793858cac74878
12016-07-20T06:17:58-07:00Gabriel Peters-Lazaro3bc3965831120bc593545fef6d0da73657e21ea0The Inner City Youth1I was 14 years old when I began to volunteer at the New York Public library with a group then known as The Teen Central.google_maps2016-07-20T06:17:58-07:00Gabriel Peters-Lazaro3bc3965831120bc593545fef6d0da73657e21ea0
12016-07-21T01:08:16-07:00Gabriel Peters-Lazaro3bc3965831120bc593545fef6d0da73657e21ea0Mohamed Y. Saad1I am the son of my dad. i'm religious (to a point). I work hard to reach experience not money, and love to take pictures and save memories.google_maps2016-07-21T01:08:16-07:00Gabriel Peters-Lazaro3bc3965831120bc593545fef6d0da73657e21ea0
12016-07-26T00:56:17-07:00Gabriel Peters-Lazaro3bc3965831120bc593545fef6d0da73657e21ea0Who will comfort the monster?1The story tells about a little prince who lives in a large castle all on his own.google_maps2016-07-26T00:56:17-07:00Gabriel Peters-Lazaro3bc3965831120bc593545fef6d0da73657e21ea0
12016-07-19T08:58:05-07:00Sangita Shresthova497a02d289c277275bc5ece441097deedf8135e7Julia B.1I am a third year student at the University of Maryland in the U.S. studying Journalism with a minor in French. Writing is a passion of mine, and journalism is one of the many real world applications of writing. I hope to be able to use writing to make an impact on the world through the news and help others get the information that they need in order to be informed citizens. In my free time I like to do triathlons and write poetry.google_maps2016-07-19T08:58:05-07:00Sangita Shresthova497a02d289c277275bc5ece441097deedf8135e7