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Christina Glavas is the founder of Minds Wide
Open (www.mindswideopen.org), a global education project working with
youth to establish cultural understanding and active citizenry. Christina's
work is informed by a desire to engage, inspire and educate groups on
the transformative potential of communication technologies, and the value
of examining one's personal identity through a global lens.
Current work includes ECHOES, a multimedia youth magazine based out of
San Diego; ROOTS OF CULTURE, SEEDS OF PEACE, a multimedia youth gallery
focusing on identity and peace education at the ATHENS2004 Olympics; and
the Burma Project, a video collaboration with Heads On Fire (www.headsonfire.org)
to document the stories of Burmese refugees living in Thailand. Recently,
she compiled and authored a CD-ROM of best youth program practices for
community technology centers (www.epicentre.org/bypp), as well as founded
The San Diego Network For Youth, a coalition of youth-serving organizations
throughout San Diego county working for the empowerment of agencies and
the youth that they serve. Past efforts include working with Media Action
International in Switzerland on an indigenous media campaign to aid Kosovar
refugees.
A graduate of Cornell University in her self-designed major "Communication
and Social Change," she has been honored as the recipient of a leadership
grant for her study of learning models in Ecuador, and by being named
a youth delegate to The Hague Appeal for Peace.
Write to her at christinaglavas@onefortytwo.com
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