Global Entrepreneurship Week- How should PresenTense get involved?


Brachie Sprung>>Wed Sep 16, 2009

For one week, millions of young people around the world will join a growing movement of entrepreneurial people, to generate new ideas and to seek better ways of doing things. Countries across six continents are coming together to celebrate Global Entrepreneurship Week, an initiative to inspire young people to embrace innovation, imagination and creativity. To think big. To turn their ideas into reality. To make their mark.

From 16 - 22 November 2009, Global Entrepreneurship Week will connect young people everywhere through local, national and global activities designed to help them explore their potential as self-starters and innovators. Students, educators, entrepreneurs, business leaders, employees, non-profit leaders, government officials and many others will participate in a range of activities, from online to face-to-face, and from large-scale competitions and events to intimate networking gatherings.

PresenTense is going to be a partner in Global Entrepreneurship Week, and were looking for ideas from our commuinity about the types of programs and events we should run at the Jerusalem Hub and around the world during this week.

We look forward to hearing your ideas and thoughts!

Please send your ideas and suggestions to Brachie Sprung at: brachiesprung@presetense.org

 

 

 

 

Reality Check: Pursuing Justice Through Education


Jon Marker, Laurel Horn>>Sun Jun 7, 2009

As teachers in the District of Columbia with the Teach for America corps, we are faced with questions of educational inequity every day. It is easy to see the gaps in justice when we greet our students each morning—some did not get a good night’s sleep as they have no pillow, while others did not have an opportunity to complete their homework as they have obligations after school to help their parents pay for groceries, care for siblings, and serve as active contributors to the family. Most did not eat breakfast. While not every student's story is that of overcoming impossible odds, unfortunately many of our students do face considerable adversity. The effects of this inequality are manifested in the excruciatingly real disparity in educational outcomes along socioeconomic lines. In light of these realities, an excellent education can be the great provider of justice and of the opportunity to succeed.