The Blog — Housekeeping

At AYM a big part of what we do is support other organizations' online activism campaigns. Today, Change.org has organized Blog Action Day 2010. We love this campaign. They've reached out to blogs and organizations and asked them to blog about the same topic on the same day—in this case, water—to stir up awareness. 

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We've launched a new interactive space on Movements.org that we are pretty excited about:  The Debate Center.  Here, we'll be curating an online debate forum for all issues relating to digital activism. At the debate center you'll be able to easily find and read relevant thought pieces along with the responses they've elicited.

Once you've read the original piece and its responses- respond yourself! We'll publish it in the Debate Center- and if its a timely piece we'll publish it on the blog as well. Up this week is Malcolm Gladwell's New Yorker article. You can read his original essay and responses from several critics including: Chris Hughes, Evgeny Morozov, and Scott Heiferman.

As always, we want to know what you think. Have an idea how to improve this space? Comment below.

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Welcome to, Movements.org, the new home of the Alliance for Youth Movements! AYM is a not-for-profit seeking to build a modern civil society by convening, connecting, and building the capacity of both traditional grassroots activists and individuals who are harnessing connection technologies in grassroots activism. In this sense, our aim is to support both traditional and non-traditional movements and unite them wherever possible.

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