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First meeting of Awesome Foundation NYC Trustees

14 January 2010 · 1 Comment

Last night the Trustees of the Awesome Foundation New York met in person for the first time to get the ball rolling.
Photo (clockwise from top left): Jesse Chan-Norris, Lee-Sean Huang, Sam Lessin, Steve Rosenbaum, Douglas Repetto, Dawn Barber, Clay Shirky, Colin Nedercoorn, Brandon Kessler, Catherine White, and Chris Dixon
Reminder: Grant applications are due at midnight [...]

Awesome Foundation · Fun · New York · News


The Awesome Foundation NYC

2 January 2010 · 0 Comments

The Awesome Foundation for the Arts and Sciences is kicking off 2010 by announcing the official launch of the New York City chapter.  I will be serving as the NYC chapter’s Dean of Awesome.  More details on The Awesome Foundation Blog.
The current micro-trustees of The Awesome Foundation NYC chapter include:

Catherine White
Caterina Fake
Chris Dixon
Sam Lessin
Clay Shirky
Colin [...]

Awesome Foundation · NYC · New York · News


Freedom Vs Security: The Struggle for Balance

2 December 2009 · 1 Comment

Freedom Vs Security: The Struggle for Balance, the debate textbook I authored and edited with Nicholas DiBiase of Hepnova, is now available on Amazon. Special thanks to Jon Rodis and Kristopher Hartley provided additional research and editing support.

Culture · Democracy · Education · HEPNOVA · Human Rights · News


Jump! Retweeted by Clay Shirky

17 November 2009 · 0 Comments

On Twitter this weekend:
cshirky: The New Yorker still runs cartoons of crazy people carrying placards. What do 25 y.o’s make of that? In their world, crazy people have blogs
8:07 AM Nov 15th
leesean: @cshirky 25ish y.o.’s like me make mashup/remixes of crazy people with placards and put them on YouTube http://bit.ly/x0BQV
10:28 AM Nov 15th
cshirky: RT @leesean: [...]

Activism · Audio · Music · New York · News · Video · YouTube


LIVESTRONG Day – Oct 2009

28 September 2009 · 0 Comments

LIVESTRONG Day – October 2, 2009 – is a global day of action to raise awareness about the fight against cancer. Sign up to host your own event and help us reach our goal of 1,000 events in communities across the world.

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