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| CITIZENS FOR GLOBAL SOLUTIONS | Cash for Flash Contest | ||
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February 14, 2006
Cash for Flash Contest
Launched Washington DC – Citizens for Global Solutions launched its second annual Flash movie contest, “Cash for Flash.” The contest encourages young people to exercise their technological expertise to create an educational and entertaining flash movie about why global problems matter to Americans and what America can do about them. Valerie Schrock, Citizens for Global Solutions Director of Outreach and Advocacy and contest creator, said the goal is to engage youth in an innovative way, allowing them to use their own media and voice to comment on today’s complex international concerns. “The latest generation of activists is taking advantage of digital technology and the internet to push for change in radically new ways,” Schrock said. “I think young people today are visual learners. They use sites and sounds of visual media to learn about the world and form opinions.” The contest runs through April 1, 2006. Top contenders will be featured on the Citizens for Global Solutions website, where the public will have an opportunity to view these creations and vote on their favorite. The winner of the contest will receive $2,000. Second place and third place will receive $1,000 and $500 respectively. The annual flash contest offers youth a chance to inspire listeners with their vision of how America can work with other countries to make the world safer and better. Last year’s wildly successful flash contest asked entrants to create a short movie addressing a pressing global issue and offer a solution. People from across America submitted entries, and the contest even sparked international interest, with a top entrant from Colombia. Of the 3,000 registrants, notable participants included contest winner, John Cooney of the University of California - Davis, Colombian artist Ana Torres (second place), and Roman Sandoval of Penn State University (third place). Cooney said, “It gave me the opportunity to speak out and reach many more people, through a medium that is cross-cultural and understood by all languages. Animation has always been fun and entertaining for me to produce. But when it can be put towards a good cause, it is much more rewarding.” + Click HERE to learn more about the Flash movie contest. ### Notes to Editors: |
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