This article was written by the cousin of one our corps members.
Well done Rob.
Monthly Archives: March 2008
Essay contest – Win a trip to Japan
Organized by The Goi Peace Foundation and UNESCO
Sponsored by the Earthrise Society
Endorsed by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology of Japan
Japan Broadcasting Corporation, Nikkei Inc., Tokyo Metropolitan Board of Education
Supported by Japan Airlines.
The United Nations has designated 2001-2010 as the “International Decade for a Culture of Peace and Non-Violence for the Children of the World” and 2005-2014 as the “United Nations Decade of Education for Sustainable Development.” Not only should young people benefit from these global initiatives, but they should be empowered to play a leading role in them. The theme of this year’s International Essay Contest is “My project to create positive change in my environment. How can I foster sustainable development in my community?” Young people from around the world are invited to submit their innovative ideas on this theme.
Theme “My project to create positive change in my environment. How can I foster sustainable development in my community?”-— Please submit your innovative ideas and concrete plans/projects to address the social, cultural, environmental or economic problems faced by your community
Entries must be received by June 30, 2008 scheduled for November 2008.
More info here
City Year New York PS 112′s Newspaper Club visits the New York Times
On Wednesday the Newspaper Club from PS 112 went on a field trip to The New York Times building to meet with Greg Brock, Senior Editor.
Mr. Brock gave them a tour of the new building on 8th avenue and answered all of the questions that the students had prepared for him in anticipation of the visit.
The students were very excited when they ran into Bill Keller, the executive editor of the paper, who signed autographs and spoke with the students in the lunchroom. 
City Year on the big screen! Thanks Think.MTV
Think.MTV.com is Think MTV’s new multi-media community where young people can get informed, connect to others, voice their concerns and take real world action and get rewarded for their work on the issues important to them and their friends.
ThinkMTV has outfitted 50 of City Year New York’s corps members with Flip video, shoot and share camcorders enabling them to document their year-long service commitment and share it within the Think community and inevitably the world. 
Today we were very excited to see a one minute video created by CYNY that was broadcast on MTV’s 44.5 HD Billboard in the middle of Times Square. They ran the video back to back to back from 20 minutes and will continue to run it throughout the spring coinciding with our open houses and application deadlines.
Thanks to all of the supporters at Think.MTV and to Renn Cheadle for the HD authoring help.
