December 2012

30 Seconds of Change
create. change. amplify.

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Creating

30 Seconds of Change Around the World,

Launching a Movement to Engage youth and Amplify Voices

What is 30 Seconds of Change?
30 Seconds of a Change is a youth inspired movement to amplify the voices of youth through social media. By establishing a space where Inuenced by the work of Nicholas Kristof, discussions in the Leadership Development Forum and peers at the United World College of Southern Africa, Soa Gomez-Doyle, Harvey Kadyanji and Tatenda Mashanda developed 30 Seconds of Change, a social media website to encourage conversation and create a global dialogue about inequality. young people can share, articulate, convey and connect their ideas, 30 Seconds of Change will serve as a platform to amplify voices and engage in discussion. Powerful ideas serve as the impetus for change. As a catalyst for youth empowerment, 30 Seconds seeks to amplify innovative ideas from Malindza to Chicago. The underlying premise of 30 Seconds of Change is that all ideas can be valuable - you do not have to be professional, employed or an adult - all we need is individuals with a spark. 30 Seconds of Change aims to synthesize these ideas to engage students in a dialogue, empower them with a sense of condence and encouragement, and teach them to identity social injustices and then rectify them. This initiative highlights emerging ideas and local experiments for change. It is a movement to champion transformative, innovative and emerging ideas through social media and lm. We rmly believe that change begins with engaging in a dialogue and exchanging ideas across cultural, ethnic and political divides. Change initiates with a conversation.

Connect with 30 Seconds of Change! Visit our website:

www.30secondsofchange.org

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Mbabane, Swaziland Core Team

Mission
To amplify a diversity of voices through social media To empower youth through an exchange of emerging ideas of change To connect students through lm, art, dance, song and spoken word To iden0fy individuals who will serve as future catalysts for change To create a social media website whereby marginalized youth are given the spotlight

Who are we? - Sofia Gomez-Doyle (usa) Executive Director - Tatenda Mashanda (zimbabwe) Director of Internet Strategy and Design - Harvey Kadyungi (tanzania) Web Designer - Ntuthuko Fakudza (swaziland) Director of Community Engagement - Shadrack Chemane (mozambique) Country Representative - Live Skow (norway) Country Representative - Angel Bulunga (swaziland)
Founder For more information about the Team, visit: http://30secondsofchange.org/About.html

Where do we work?
The Kingdom of Swaziland at Malindza Refugee Camp Chicago, Il, USA Zimbabwe Tanzania Mozambique Aleppo, Syria

Since our inception in March 2012, 30 Seconds of Change has developed the following initiatives: 1) Local and Loud: Let s Amplify Our Voices Together! 2) Creating Conversations 3) Youth Connections: Syria and Swaziland Collaborative Initiatives

Local and Loud

Through Local and Loud: Let s Amplify Our Voices Together, we encourage members of 30 Seconds. to return to their communities and spread the message of 30 Seconds. Tatenda Mashanda will be meeting with the Minister of Justice this week to introduce the idea of 30 Seconds. Harvey Kadyanji returns to Tanzania to engage youth through computer programming and technology classes. Soa will begin working with the International Baccalaureate schools in Chicago and I will pilot the transformative eects of learning in an international context where a celebration of dierence not only teaches us about others, but about ourselves

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Calendar of Events

November
6 Malindza Education Proposal was completed by William Hatungimana and Sofia Gomez-Doyle

December
7 30 Seconds of Change connected with students in Aleppo, Syria to collectively apply the voices of youth 10 Tatenda Mashanda met with the Minister of Justice to discuss spreading the 30 Seconds of Change message in Zimbabwe

January
1 GOAL: Get over 500 Likes on Facebook! Let us start the New Year strong.

25 The 30 Seconds of Change Team met with refugees at Malindza to discuss workshops to be held in 2013

15 GOAL: Receive approval from the administration at Malindza Refugee Camp to organize and facilitate workshops

28 Jenny Hammond confirmed that 1,000 books will be shipped from the United States to the Malindza Camp Library

12 Harvey Kadyunji works to establish computer programming and technology workshops in Tanzania

30 GOAL: Launch 30 Seconds of Change club at the United World College of Southern Africa

Creating Conversations
Creating Conversations is the second of three projects launched by 30 Seconds of Change. Through Creating Conversations, our team aims to demonstrate the importance of engaging in a dialogue and discussing the challenging issues that a community face. In November 2012, the 30 Seconds of Change team met with Ryan and Adelyn Hall, two Peace Corps Volunteers who work at Malindza Refugee Camp in Swaziland. Through the program, Creating Conversations 30 Seconds of Change members at the United World College of Southern Africa will develop workshops and organize workshops with the refugees which focus the most pressing needs of the camp. In early December, Adelyn and Ryan met with 50 residents at Malindza, and collectively outlined ten capacity building projects. Several of these projects include sanitation/hygiene, permaculture training, sports teams and how to deal with mourning. The discussions between students in 30 Seconds and the refugees at Malindza continue to emphasize the importance of conversations - conversations which compel us to think, and re-think how to drive change.

Amongst the twenty or so refugees we spoke with, all were engaged in changing the conversation and actively participating in 30 Seconds of Change in order to raise awareness and improve their situation. Although Soa Gomez-Doyle will begin her universities in 2013 and will no longer attend the United World College of Southern Africa, Tatenda Mashanda, Harvey K and Shadrack Chemane will create a 30 Seconds club to engage students in the UWCSA community. Currently, there are three workshops scheduled at Malindza Refugee Camp in February 2013.

Youth Connections
Finally, 30 Seconds of Change is in discussion with Jasmine Baldi, a Syrian organization that works with refugee children. We are attempting to connect with youth whose schools have been destroyed and whose education has been severely disrupted. In the coming months, we are hoping to establish links between Syria, Swaziland, Chicago, Zimbabwe and Tanzania in order to provide support, create opportunities, and trigger a youth inspired movement.

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