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Voice of Elections in Guatemala

Guatemala is a country with a complicated history. Although the 36-year civil war has ended, Guatemalan society is still struggling to rebuild from this history of war and ethnic conflict. One opportunity and challenge is the need to engage young Guatemalans, many of whom continue to be marginalized from political life. Participating in elections is [...]

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Indigenous Science & Film in Mexico

Update, March 22, 2012: Three of the communities we’re working with for Equal Footing have been given verbal warnings of eviction from the Mexican authorities. We’re deploying a rapid response team to respond to this concerning turn of events. See our blog post on 3/22/12 for more information. There is a different approach to projects [...]

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Introducing Project Einstein Guatemala

Project Einstein started as photo training with a group of youth in a refugee camp in Bangladesh, so named by one of the participants because “Einstein was a refugee but could still do great things.” We’ve since expanded the project, working with youth in Pretoria, South Africa, a Burmese refugee camp in Thailand, and the [...]

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