Contest: Film your issues
Posted on 01 February 2010 | by Wendy Norris | 
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A new contest sponsored by the What’s Your Issue Foundation, along with a star-studded panel of judges, is accepting 3-minute videos addressing one of eight key priorities: education, environment, economic recession, health and healthcare, pathway from poverty, national security and defense, public service, human and equal rights and technology.
From the contest Web site:
We are seeking your innovative solutions to issues. We think that 14 to 24 year olds can offer a fresh, innovative approach to problem-solving. Specifically, we are looking for workable project ideas that can be locally launched that would tangibly tackle a problem. An example might be program or project in a city or town to deal with surplus cellphones, or with under-employed youth, or that would deal with national security or human rights.
Winning videos will be presented to senior officials in the Obama administration, broadcast on screens in Best Buy stores across the planet, posted on our iTunes tile and YouTube playlist. The foundation will also fly U.S.-based Jury winners to Los Angeles for our awards ceremony co-hosted by Sony Pictures.
The deadline for submissions is April 12.
Already some entries from the Rocky Mountain are available for viewing on the foundation’s YouTube channel. Thus far, most are earnest and heartfelt, some weird and others well … they’re pretty disturbing.
Colorado
Give a Hoot – on biking as environmentally friendly transportation
Save a Life – on opposing abortion
Thumbs Down to Pity – on film portrayals of the disabled
Utah
Innocence Lost – on preventing childhood sexual abuse
Think Twice – on obesity and food choices
Think. Believe. Act. – on ignorance and totalitarianism set in a bologna factory
To date, no entries could be found from Idaho, Montana, New Mexico and Wyoming. C’mon, Westerners, we’re counting on you!
h/t Peter Levine
