SIFF has reserved 50 free tickets for the OAG community to a screening of the up and coming film, #ReGENERATION! You and a friend are invited to an extra special “word of mouth” screening of #ReGENERATION. Where? SIFF Cinema Uptown - 511 Queen Anne Avenue North, Seattle, WA When? Tuesday, April 24th, 7pm Winner SIFF 2010 Youth Jury Award [...]
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Flag Friday
The last Thursday of every month OAG holds our social justice mixer, the OAG Thang. Sometimes this night is so full of youthful brilliance and excitement, that its hard to not imagine a brand new United States…. In a perhaps shallow but lighthearted attempt to find a new US of A, we took to designing [...]
J’aime les choses et les autres choses! A reflection on education.
My friend Genna had the opportunity to attend a students’ panel on gifted education last Sunday. She didn’t make it, because I seduced her into lying in the park, looking for dinosaur-shaped clouds late the night before. I promised I would write this post to make it up to her, so I think this is [...]
The Not So World Wide Web?
Hello you(th)! I just watched this TED Talk by Eli Pariser about how the internet’s content is currently filtered for individuals. His talk is a projection into the future, and far-seeing critique of the direction we are headed. I think the consistent critique of the internet’s structure is crucial, because for many of us the [...]
Thoughtful Thursday: Civil Disobedience
This Thoughtful Thursday we turn to a question that I believe will become central to this generation’s attention at one point or another. Imagine you are working to create change in a particular policy area. Let us say, you are against the war in Afghanistan, or believe polluters should be held responsible for the harm [...]
O! was that A G-thang?!
Last night was one of the most rambunctious OAG Thangs we’ve seen yet – and hot dam I had fun! There had to be at least fifty of you astonishingly attractive young folks there, and seeing everyone getting down with some critical thought and conversation is simply inspiring. I hope you all had as much [...]
The Takeover Thang
Thank you to all who attended Thursday evening’s OAG Thang! Every chance I have to kick back with such a large group of brilliant, creative youth, I am blessed with new excitement and confidence in the power of this generation. So many bright eyes and bright ideas about what the heck to do with this [...]
Not the Facebook Generation
Hello Generation! One of the amazing things about the here-and-now, this blink in the universe that we get to experience, is the incredible development of ways that humans can communicate digitally. This has undoubtedly shaped all of our generation’s lives, whether you live in the Silicon Valley or the Yangtze River Valley, whether you’re a [...]
The “Free Child” Demands Radical Changes
The author here, Adam Fletcher, is an internationally renowned expert on community engagement, president of CommonAction, and author of many publications. CommonAction is based out of Olympia, and additionally runs the youth engagement projects “FreeChild” and “SoundOut”. Learn more about Adam’s work at www.adamfletcher.net. Society needs a radically different vision for how we view children [...]
