In this special Thanksgiving edition of “Women Working to Do Good,” our friends at HelloGiggles profile Eva Radke, the founder of a not-for-profit organization that is creating socially responsible and sustainable solutions from media industry waste.
Mohaimina Haque and Juany Torres, Interns at the White House Domestic Policy Council, describe a recent meeting with college students from Michigan with senior staff members of the White House.
November 16, 2011 at 6:30 PM ET by Mohaimina Haque, Juany Torres
This week’s Women Working to Do Good profile of Hannah Flegelman highlights the savvy way she is bringing creativity to the people in the streets of New York City proving that art can be discovered anywhere.
Clay, a 17 year-old from Lake Park, GA, combined his interests in the Spanish language and reading to develop a bilingual reading program for elementary school age children at local libraries and schools in his community.
The White House Office of Public Engagement and mtvU are proud to announce the first ever Campus “Champions of Change” Challenge. The Challenge invites college and university students from across the country to demonstrate how their student led project is improving their campus community and helping America win the future.
William Kellibrew IV, the Deputy Director & National Victims Advocate for the National Coalition on Black Civic Participation, advocates on behalf of victims by sharing his personal story of tragedy and triumph.
Deputy Director of Domestic Policy Council answers your questions about the steps President Obama is taking to make college more affordable and make it even easier for students to repay their federal student loans.
Johanna Orozco shares her compelling story with schools, community organizations, parents, and concerned citizens to educate them about dating violence.
This second blog in our ongoing series with HelloGiggles, Women Working To Do Good, features a young woman that started her own urban homestead in Chicago.
The average public school building in the United States is more than 40 years old. The American Jobs Act will invest in modernizing at least 35,000 public schools across the country, supporting new science labs, Internet-ready classrooms and school renovations.
The First Lady honors schools that met the goal to double the number of participants in the HealthierUS School Challenge in a year. The HealthierUS School Challenge recognizes schools that provide exceptional nutrition education, nutritious food and beverage choices, physical education and opportunities for physical activity.
Yvette Ramirez, a senior at Harvard, discusses disparities in the education system and her plans to becoming both a middle school English teacher and a community organizer in her neighborhood, the Mission District.
Andrea de Avila, a school teacher at St.Edmund School in Oak Park, IL, helped develop the big idea to transform the roof of her school into a green space for everyone to share.
David Horacio Hernandez, a junior at the University of Southern California and a member of Chicanos for Progressive Education, an organization that encourages students in inner city schools to pursue higher education, shares his experience participating in a Champions of Change roundtable at the White House.
The White House Initiative on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders (AAPI) cordially invites students, youth, and community advocates to attend its first ever Virtual Youth Town Hall, in celebration of its two-year anniversary since re-establishment.
First Lady Michelle Obama leads a group of 400 local children on the South Lawn of the White House to help break the Guinness World Records title for the most people doing jumping jacks in a 24-hour period.
Nicholas Lowinger, an eighth grader at the Wheeler School in Providence, RI, shares why he was inspired to start the Gotta Have Sole Foundation, which donates new footwear to children living in homeless shelters.
First Lady Michelle Obama and members of the U.S. Women’s National Soccer Team host a Let’s Move! clinic on the South Lawn to teach kids soccer skills and highlight the importance of physical activity.