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# Episodes
113 episodes -
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Episodes of DoSomething.org
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Farewell, Sunshine
When DoSomething.Org's superstar Creative Associate John Cassidy decides to leave, the staff has a mini-meltdown and makes a video.
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Release date
Jun 27, 2011
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Runtime
05:26
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Do Something Generation
This is the Do Something Generation.
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Release date
May 4, 2011
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Runtime
02:56
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2010 DoSomething Award Winner Micaela Connery
Micaela grew up side-by-side with her cousin Kelsey. Inspired by Kelsey’s physical and developmental disabilities, Michaela started Unified Theater, a high school theatrical program that features the talents of individuals with various developmental and physical abilities. Micaela currently runs 13 theater programs in three different states. Over 1,000 people have participated in her theater productions. Since 1996, DoSomething.org has honored the nation’s best young world-changers, 25 and und...
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Release date
Feb 22, 2011
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Runtime
04:06
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2010 Do Something Award Winner Jacqueline Mureka...
At the age of 9, Jacqueline became an orphan, the product of the brutal genocide in Rwanda. Her six siblings, parents, and most of her extended family were among the 1 million victims. Taken in by her uncle in America, Jacqueline founded the Jacqueline’s Human Rights Corner in 2007 to educate people all over the world about genocides of the past. She is now working to build a community center in the Bugesera District of Rwanda.
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Release date
Feb 22, 2011
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Runtime
05:09
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2010 Do Something Award Grand Prize Winner Jessi...
Sad fact: 66% of girls in Kibera (the largest slum in Africa) trade sex for food as early as age six and only 8% of women in Kibera ever attend school. Jessica co-founded Shining Hope for Communities to combat gender inequity and poverty in Kibera. Through the Kibera School for Girls, the first free school in Kibera, and the Shining Community Center, Jessica has helped over 5,700 residents gain education and employment.
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Release date
Feb 22, 2011
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Runtime
03:51
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2010 Do Something Award Winner Mark Rembert
In 2008 the DHL Express hub in Wilmington, OH was shut down, putting 8,000 people out of jobs. Since then the local unemployment rate has spiked to 19%. In response, Mark launched Energize Clinton County, establishing Wilmington as the first Green Enterprise Zone in the country, in effort to not only attract new investment dollars, but to ensure a more sustainable future for Wilmington. Since launching in late 2008 the community has received 1.4 million dollars of direct green investment.
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Release date
Feb 22, 2011
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Runtime
04:03
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2010 Do Something Award Winner Will Perez
Wilfredo is the first person in his family to graduate from high school, and he is now studying to be a doctor. He doesn’t plan to be a plastic surgeon in Beverly Hills; Wilfredo is dedicating his life to public health. Before starting medical school, Willfredo spent a year in Haiti, where he created a Public Health and Education Program. He trained 16 Haitians to be public health workers, treating 1200 patients from everything to tuberculosis to malaria.
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Release date
Feb 22, 2011
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Runtime
05:41
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