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The Ypulse Mashup begins Monday! There is still time to register. Mashup speaker John Davison, who will be moderating a panel on casual gaming for youth aka Casual Games? That's What Mom Plays, Right?, was featured on The Today Show talking about... Read the rest of this post

This has been a long time coming -- over the past four years, we've had teen bloggers post on Ypulse (Julia, Katie, Kate and Monica) as well as several guest posts (and now staff, i.e. Casey!) who are indeed part of the generation Ypulse covers.... Read the rest of this post

The other weekend I was speaking to parents at The Menlo School, an independent school here in Silicon Valley. One dad approached me afterwards and voiced his concern about how much time his kids were spending gaming. We discussed the whole passive... Read the rest of this post

The other week I had my makeup done for my "Attack of the Show" appearance at my neighborhood salon. The young seemingly bi-racial woman who did it must have been around 19 or 20. She asked me if I minded listening to some hip hop and then raved... Read the rest of this post

My friends at YO! (Youth Outlook) and WireTap are holding a youth media blog-a-thon on February 20th and are looking for bloggers between the ages of 14-26 to participate. This is the first of what they want to be monthly blog-a-thons. From their... Read the rest of this post

Top 10 youth activism victories (a nice round-up to remind everyone that youth are making a difference. Plus advergaming for "good" - drunk driving foes in Scotland place billboards in XBox games - thanks Derek!) (Wiretap) (BBC) - Kids love online... Read the rest of this post

This sounds like a really fun opportunity: Scenarios USA needs your help to select the winning entries from our "What's the REAL DEAL about Masculinity?" writing contest. Scenarios USA is a nonprofit organization that hosts an annual story, play,... Read the rest of this post

The folks at The Taproot Foundation, a non-profit that helps other non-profits by matching up marketing pros with worth causes that need your expertise, got in touch and asked me to help them recruit folks like YOU. They work with all kinds of... Read the rest of this post

New Youth Connections, a great teen-written publication based in New York City, is looking for a new name -- and they want your help. The organization, Youth Communication, was featured at the NYC Ypulse Mashup, which focused on the future of teen... Read the rest of this post

New Youth Connections, a great teen-written publication based in New York City, is looking for a new name -- and they want your help. The organization, Youth Communication, was featured at the NYC Ypulse Mashup, which focused on the future of teen... Read the rest of this post

For those of you who attended the L.A. Mashup, you may remember Writegirl, the amazing non-profit that pairs women writers with teen girls. If you weren't there or don't remember, check out the beginning of the event podcast here. Keren Taylor,... Read the rest of this post

The YouthTalks website and podcast are ready for prime time! YouthTalks was an experiment in creating a Ypulse podcast driven by teens. I worked with a group of incredibly bright and talented San Francisco teens at the Bay Area Video Coalition to... Read the rest of this post

While mainstream commercial hip hop or rap in this country tends to focus heavily on bling and lovin' the ladies, global hip hop tends to be more political. I didn't know very much about this until I started seeing videos at Current TV about... Read the rest of this post

Meet the 'Neeks' (very cool teen-written tech blog by three geeky [in a good way] girls) - MySpace believes they have replaced MTV (them's fightin' words. But with new virtual communities like The Hills, MTV is offering fans a lot more to do than... Read the rest of this post