Grace Ihejiamaizu is a Sociology graduate and emerging Social Entrepreneur with over 3 years experience managing various youth-led and community based projects. Her passion for positive change in Nigeria has led her to develop the RYPE Initiative, a project that is helping young people gain real skills to become leaders and productive entrepreneurs.
Her active involvement in various community-based projects and outstanding leadership achievements has won her some national and international recognition including her recent recognition by Google's Zeitgeist as one of the 12 Brightest Young Minds in 2011. She is also a worthy alumnus of a US Government program, SUSI - "Study of the US Institute for Student Leaders". Grace's commitment to ensuring that young people are properly guided and engaged to achieve their dreams won her the Michelle Obama Young African Women Leader's Forum Grant in 2011 in support of her work in the community.
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Film is uniquely powerful in bringing issues to life and putting a human face to the challenges facing the world – and their solutions. "1 of 7 Billion" is a global short film competition, organized by the 7 Billion Actions initiative and the Foundation 10.12.48. It is designed to inspire people everywhere to use their talents to explore one of the seven key issues targeted by 7 Billion Actions:
• Poverty and breaking the circle of inequality • Empowerment and progress of women and girls • Young people • Reproductive health and rights • Healthy environmental and healthy people • Aging • Urbanization-planning for growth.
Entries may be submitted through Votigo or Facebook starting on October 31, 2011. The deadline for submissions will be 9pm GMT on February 15, 2012. Winners will be announced on 8 March, 2012, which is International Women’s Day.
To submit your film, simply fill in a form that will be available here soon. There will be no entry fee.
Submission Requirements Films must be in digital form. • Films should be from 1 to 10 minutes in length, including credits. • Entries must have English subtitles if presented in another language. • The author of the piece will be responsible for the originality of the work. • Each entry must focus on one or more of the 7 key issues of the 7 Billion Actions campaign. • Each team or individual may submit up to two short films. • Films must be accompanied by an online entry form.
For more information about the "1 of 7 Billion" competition, read theRules and Guidelines and FAQ.
Poems yet unwritten, Songs yet unsung, Children yet unborn, Homes yet to be mended, Issues yet unsolved, Heights yet to be reached, Communities yet untouched, Bowels of mercy yet to be poured out, We keep striving, We keep running, We keep dreaming, Till we reach the mark................................
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