Earlier this month, President Obama released a plan to reduce the nation’s drop out rate, which sits at a staggering 30 percent. He aims to give $900 million in grants to schools that successfully curb their drop out rate. He released the proposal with former Secretary of State, Colin Powell, who heads America’s Promise Alliance, an organization [...]

March 19, 2010 by Stefani | Tags: Boys& Girls Club of America, Colin Powell, education, high school, high school drop-out, hip-hop, Illmatic, Nas, President Obama | 1 Comment »

Facebook co-founder, Chris Hughes, launches a new networking site called Jumo, to help link up nonprofit organizations with volunteers.

March 18, 2010 by Annie | Tags: b-activists, b-listed, Barack Obama, breakthrough, Chris Hughes, Facebook, Jumo, My.BarackObama.Com, nonprofit, volunteer | No Comments »

Ashoka witnesses the determination behind Juanes and his organization, Mi Sangre Foundation, to provide aid to victims of landmines.

March 16, 2010 by Annie | Tags: ashoka, Juan Esteban Aristizabal, Juanes, landmines, Mi Sangre Foundation | No Comments »

After seeing the debate over a lesbian high school student going to prom with her girlfriend in a tux, hotel owner Sean Cummings is offering the high school a free prom in his hotel.
Cummings wants to bus the high school seniors from Mississippi to his one of his venues in New Orleans. He said he’s [...]

March 15, 2010 by Stefani | Tags: ACLU, b-activists, Constance McMillen, gay rights, Lbft, lgbt rights, prom, Sean Cummings | No Comments »

A 19,430-foot climb complete with harsh weather conditions, nausea, dizziness and a rapidly dissolving atmosphere because one billion thirsty people around the globe are without access to safe and clean water.
This was the backdrop for Summit on the Summit’s star-studded team set to ascend Mount Kilimanjaro in February. Musicians, Kenna, Lupe Fiasco, Santigold, and actors, Jessica Biel, Emile [...]

March 12, 2010 by Annie | Tags: b-activists, b-listed, breakthrough, clean water, Emile Hirsch, Isavel Lucas, Jessica Biel, Kenna, Lupe Fiasco, Mount Kilimanjaro, MTV, PlayPump Technology, Santigold, The Children's Safe Drinking Water Program, UNHCR, United Nations High Commission on Refugees, water, Water for People | No Comments »

Despite the odds, this immigrant woman’s success story gives us hope in honor of International Women’s Day.

March 11, 2010 by Annie | Tags: American Association of University Women, b-activists, b-listed, breakthrough, Campus Progress, deportation, Domestic Violence, Immigrant Rights, immigration, immigration detention, immigration reform, International Women's Day, March for America, Numbers USA, Restore Fairness, Rosa Morales, Tea Party Movement, The John Tanton Network | No Comments »

A groundbreaking organization propelled by an impossibly strong woman, the Somaly Mam Foundation is combating our worlds’ growing sex trafficking industry.

March 10, 2010 by Annie | Tags: Acting for Women in Distressing Situations, Asia, b-listed, breakthrough, sex slavery, sex trafficking, Somaly Mam, Somaly Mam Foundation, Voices for Change Program | No Comments »

Sri Lankan green activist, Piyal Parakrama died last Wednesday at the age of 49.
Parakrama has been an environmental activist for the past 30 years. His career started as a volunteer with the Young Zoologists Association. Later he attended the Lumumba Friendship University in Russia studying biology in the late 80s. From there, he would go [...]

March 9, 2010 by Stefani | Tags: b-activists, b-listed, breakthrough, environmentalism, Green, green movement, Lumumba Friendship University n Russia, Nalaka Gunawardene, Piyal Parakrama, Sri Lanka, Young Zoologists Association | No Comments »

CIVIC, a group that looks at civilians that are victims of war, is collaborating with Women to Women International for today’s International Women’s Day. They urge supporters to take the pledge to end violence against women during conflict. They are also urging students to take action by providing a guide to being young activists on their student page.
In 2001, [...]

March 8, 2010 by Stefani | Tags: Afghanistan, b-listed, breakthrough, Campaign for Innocent Victims of Conflict, CIVIC, International Women's Day, Maria Ruzicka, violence against women, war, Women to Women International | No Comments »

Originally posted by Causecast
Originally posted by Anne Driscoll,Tonic.
There are children around the world who don’t even own a single pair of shoes and are subject to serious infections as a result. TOMS shoes wants you to go barefoot for a day to create awareness of their plight.
We’ve all heard the empathetic expression, “walk a mile in [...]

March 5, 2010 by crissy | Tags: Anne Driscoll, b-activists, Causecast, children, TOMS Shoes, Tonic, walk a day without shoes | No Comments »