Great project!! I urge you to
contribute at least a little, to show you support these young people getting involved and engaged in the civic questions of our time! And please forward the request to others! This comes to me by way of Stacie Shapiro:
A group of Plugged In students recently created a video that was selected for the 2nd annual "If I Had a Trillion Dollars (IHTD)" Film Festival and have been invited to go to Washington, DC to participate in a youth leadership session on lobbying and media messaging, as well as meet with legislators on Capitol Hill to discuss federal spending priorities.
The festival is presented by the American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) and the National Priorities Project (NPP) and encouraged youth to take a closer look at how the United States is spending our money.
The youth were asked to create a short film that expresses what they would do if they could redirect government funds away from things like war and towards projects that would help their own communities.
We are running a GoFundMe campaign to help cover the travel and lodging expenses for the group.
We are travelling with another group of students from AmplifyMe, whose video was also selected for the festival. AmplifyMe is a non-profit organization in Boston that engages people in positive change through the use of media arts.
We hope we can raise enough funds to cover all of the expenses. However, even if we don’t reach our goal, whatever money we do raise will help reduce the amount each student will have to pay for travel and room/board.
We would be very grateful if you would consider donating to this fund and/or spreading the word to anyone you think might be interested in supporting the Plugged In trip to DC!
A donation in any amount from anyone...even $10...would help! We have one week to raise the funds!
Please click the following link to donate: http://www.gofundme.com/IHTDFilmfestival
Click here to watch the Plugged In group’s video: http://youtu.be/LoWz1WBQTxsClick here to watch the AmplifyMe group’s video: http://youtu.be/cYL2cc2d2ZAClick here to learn more about the "If I Had a Trillion Dollars" Film Festival: http://afsc.org/resource/2nd-annual-if-i-had-trillion-dollars-ihtd-youth-video-festival
Thanks so much!
Sandra Rizkallah
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