Here's a project in journalism focusing on teaching young people how to cover social movements. It seems particularly apt in this day and age. Right now it will just be for Spanish speakers, but their goal is to make it bilingual like the program has been in the past.
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/16 ... journalism
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Backed. Right now I think 50-60% of my projects are diversity based (creator and/or topic). Another 10-20% are education/stem. I'm backing about 90 projects an all time low for me in the last 4-5 months. Hopefully I'll find some time & energy to share some here this week.MechanisticMoth wrote:Here's a project in journalism focusing on teaching young people how to cover social movements. It seems particularly apt in this day and age. Right now it will just be for Spanish speakers, but their goal is to make it bilingual like the program has been in the past.
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/16 ... journalism
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That's pretty awesome about your percentages there! I'm definitely backing things more outside my comfort zone, so it's really nice to have a thread like this for inspiration.TashaTurner wrote: Backed. Right now I think 50-60% of my projects are diversity based (creator and/or topic). Another 10-20% are education/stem. I'm backing about 90 projects an all time low for me in the last 4-5 months. Hopefully I'll find some time & energy to share some here this week.
Also, 90 projects is about how many I've done overall! I usually average about 2-5 active Kickstarters at once that I've backed.
Here's a project that's focusing on getting girl Syrian refugees teachers/trainers for the Brazilian dance/martial art of Capoeira.
I normally don't back stuff in Dance (as in, this is my first), but the project sounds really positive, and the creators are 100% committed to getting this to happen.
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/33 ... refugee-yo
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I have a Kickstarter addiction problem I'm working on. I backed too many projects for our budget since I joined BC. I'm backing fewer BC projects last month and this which helped get me back on track with diversity, stem, education - projects still fall among many categories which is cool.
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Hey, whatever works!
Here's this comic anthology focusing on teaching kids across the world through the United Nations. You may remember Reading With Pictures when it was just an education comic to start school lessons for kids. It took them 2.5-3 years to deliver rewards. However, they developed a comprehensive learning program for students with a huge scope and positive ideology. I hope this Kickstarter doesn't have as much of a delay in getting out rewards, but I think the ideal is more important than the rewards.
I can attest to the quality of the last project: great art, high production value, and comprehensive learning.
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/re ... ng-nations
Here's this comic anthology focusing on teaching kids across the world through the United Nations. You may remember Reading With Pictures when it was just an education comic to start school lessons for kids. It took them 2.5-3 years to deliver rewards. However, they developed a comprehensive learning program for students with a huge scope and positive ideology. I hope this Kickstarter doesn't have as much of a delay in getting out rewards, but I think the ideal is more important than the rewards.
I can attest to the quality of the last project: great art, high production value, and comprehensive learning.
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/re ... ng-nations
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Here's another one for employing disabled orphan adults in China with papercut cards. The cards are beautiful with a great deal of artistry. Check it out!
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/18 ... disabled-o
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/18 ... disabled-o
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Thanks both looked interesting so I've backed. 
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Glad to see many of these funded. I have starred the ones still in play so that I may attempt to back them in a while.
Thank you for sharing. I think this is an excellent focus and I should move more in this direction. I have always included projects like these but maybe not a high enough percentage. I usually don't go looking for them either and that may change in the near future.
Thank you for sharing. I think this is an excellent focus and I should move more in this direction. I have always included projects like these but maybe not a high enough percentage. I usually don't go looking for them either and that may change in the near future.
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I feel like there are Kickstarters that can change the world, whether big or small, and then there are Kickstarters that you get cool stuff. It's great when both of these combine, but I think even pledging a dollar or two for the diversity ones goes a longer way than getting a board game or something (which, funny enough, is the category I back the most in).numbat1 wrote: Thank you for sharing. I think this is an excellent focus and I should move more in this direction. I have always included projects like these but maybe not a high enough percentage. I usually don't go looking for them either and that may change in the near future.
I can not remember if this one has been listed, sorry if it is a repeat:
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/11 ... ssness-and
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/11 ... ssness-and