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food security
In Levy there are obvious food security issues. To help solve this issue we would need to maybe contact the school to find out which families are in need. We could also maybe contact some of the church groups and other organizations in the county that would be able to assist with this rising issue.
Added by Laci Whaley on April 24, 2014 at 1:56am — No Comments
EVOKE Manifesto
The Evoke network is a dedicated group of individuals working towards a common purpose to create positive social change not only in our communities, but in the world. Every person involved is a change agent that creates solutions to solve the problems that we are dealing with on a daily basis.
Added by Gregory Friedman on April 23, 2014 at 6:37pm — No Comments
2011 Flu
I would ask the teachers union in America to contact their students and their parents to inform them of the crisis and what they can do to combat it. Teachers have a connection to millions of people and are a source of knowledge that people will trust and listen to.
Added by Gregory Friedman on April 23, 2014 at 6:33pm — No Comments
Year 2088
In the year 2088 I would like to pass on that we only have been given one environment so it is our job to preserve and protect it. We cannot trash our communities and our planet and expect that nothing negative will result from it. We must step up and do whatever is necessary to keep our planet as pure and beautiful as it has always been.
Added by Gregory Friedman on April 23, 2014 at 6:29pm — No Comments
2020 Life for Woman
In 2020 girls and woman will be treated as complete equals to man. There will be the first woman president of the United States elected and woman across the world will become more active in the politics.
Added by Gregory Friedman on April 23, 2014 at 6:24pm — No Comments
Local crisis
A local crisis in North Potomac, MD could be power outages. We have had a problem with power outages during every storm. This causes people to go without electricity for days at a time. When this happens during a winter snowstorm, people are without heat for a week at a time.
I would want to know how much electricity lines we have that are not underground. Moving all power lines underground would eliminate this problem.
Added by Gregory Friedman on April 23, 2014 at 6:21pm — No Comments
Flu Pandemic
In the year 2011,as a flu pandemic strikes in the United States, a team of bright people come together in a time of trouble to contribute to health of the country.
Considering there was a pandemic I would probably call in all my friends from the college of journalism and communications at the University of Florida.
The objective would be to create awareness so that people in the area are aware of the issue and also to act as a hub to inform people outside of our area what is…
ContinueAdded by Franklyn Francois on April 23, 2014 at 5:53pm — No Comments
Mission 10
One social issue that was not discussed directly in Urgent Evoke was climate change. Although many of the issues were interrelated to climate change, it was not directly tackled through Urgent Evoke. I think that this is an important issue that could be discussed.
It would be interesting to see what people would learn if climate change was a part of urgent evoke. Perhaps someone would even come up with a world-changing project to help solve the issue of climate change!
Added by Dannielle Boeche on April 23, 2014 at 5:44pm — No Comments
Mission 4
If I were designing an event for World Water Day in 2020, I would plan it at a college campus like UF. It would be somewhere like Plaza of the Americas where many people pass by. I would display statistics that get people thinking about how much water they use and waste compared to the rest of the world.
For example, for every extra minute you take a shower, this many gallons of water are wasted. This may encourage people to conserve water and to not waste it. I would have several…
ContinueAdded by Dannielle Boeche on April 23, 2014 at 5:38pm — No Comments
What Happens Next
The next big challenge that the EVOKE network can try to tackle is equality among everyone, no matter what race or background you come from. It can start this in the US. Even though we are further along than most countries, there is still a lot of work to be done to improve. Every kid in school should do this to create change from a young age. I enjoyed using Urgent Evoke and becoming a change agent.
Added by Gregory Friedman on April 23, 2014 at 5:37pm — No Comments
Mission 8
If I were an elder in my community, I would pass on the advice to take care of your community. Do not expect that it will take care of itself or that someone else in the community will take care of it. Step up, and take care of the community like you would take care of your own home. Clean up the beaches or lakes or go out and pick up trash.
If you take care of the land and nature around you, it will continue to flourish.
Added by Dannielle Boeche on April 23, 2014 at 5:34pm — No Comments
Five Secrets of Crisis Communication
The most important aspect of crisis communication is maintaining the public trust. Once you lose that, it will be extremely difficult to prevent people from panicking and losing control all together.
Added by Gregory Friedman on April 23, 2014 at 5:33pm — No Comments
Indigenous Knowledge
I think the most important lesson is that when you give people a choice between two things, they will usually chose the better option. You have to give people a chance to show that they can make the right decisions.
Added by Gregory Friedman on April 23, 2014 at 5:31pm — No Comments
Mission 6
I discovered a positive story when researching the website for this blog post. According to www.unwomen.org, there is an initiative going on in Papua New Guinea where the markets are being made safer for the women vendors and children.
Port Moresby is the location of a market where the vendors are about 80% women. These women were often harassed, were victims of violence, and were also forced to endure inadequate facilities. However, because of…
ContinueAdded by Dannielle Boeche on April 23, 2014 at 5:28pm — No Comments
Woman in Afghan Politics
The UN is pushing for more woman to be involved in the political scene of the Afghanistan. They want the woman to be meaningfully involved in the political process as that will continue to improve their government and political environment.
Added by Gregory Friedman on April 23, 2014 at 5:26pm — No Comments
Urgent Evoke
Urgent Evoke is a program designed to help spark ideas and create change in the world. through the use of social networking and blog posting, Evoke plans to set a new future for our planet and the resources that we live off of.
Added by Nicolus Hartley on April 23, 2014 at 5:24pm — No Comments
Script
My story would contain less of a script of dialogue and ideas, and more of specific tasks in society that need completion. I would then ask for volunteers of the Evoke community to go out and accomplish those tasks. completion of said tasks will result in gift cards to certain fast food chains.
Added by Nicolus Hartley on April 23, 2014 at 5:22pm — No Comments
furthering equality
Women in Papua plant roots of independence
Now this is what we should think of when discussing inequality.
Women that are gaining rights for the first time, coming out of slavery and sex trafficking. Women that are access to an education and choices.
Added by Maria Sylvester on April 23, 2014 at 5:22pm — No Comments
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