Powerful new anti-gun campaign invokes terror and tears
By Tom Megginson on 18 September 2019Read moreSandy Hook Promise is a not-for-profit organization founded by families of people who were killed at Sandy Hook Elementary School on December 14, 2012. Their intent, “to honor all victims of gun violence by turning our tragedy into a moment...
7War Child ‘robot’
By Reuben Turner on 28 September 2018Read moreLate to the party but I’ve just seen this lovely, affecting film from War Child UK. Agency: RAW London
Campaigning against weapons in a country with strict gun control
By Tom Megginson on 26 March 2018Read moreWhile the US #neveragain campaign against civilian access to military-style firearms is getting a lot of attention right now, it’s interesting to see what other countries content with when people can’t get their hands on guns. In the UK, knife crime is...
Internet cartoon cats speak out against #sextortion
By Tom Megginson on 17 October 2017Read moreThorn: Digital Defenders of Children is an American nonprofit organization dedicated to building technology to defend children from sexual abuse. They recently launched this social campaign and educational video, narrated by Canadian actor Shay Mitchell (of Pretty Little Liars) to...
Giant toddler mural protests Trump’s wall of shame
By Tom Megginson on 9 September 2017Read moreA French Artist, known only by the initials JR, has erected a 65′ (20 m) tall photo mural of a Mexican toddler peering over a section of existing border wall between Tecate, Mexico, and California, USA. While this is...
A powerful message for parents of ADHD kids
By Tom Megginson on 27 July 2017Read moreJessica McCabe is an American actor. She also has Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). As the founder and host of the How To ADHD YouTube channel, Ms. McCabe shares anecdotes and advice about ADHD diagnosis, treatment, and strategies. Last April, she posted...
How can you make #SexEd more effective? Teach it as math!
By Tom Megginson on 29 May 2017Read moreHere’s an interesting campaign, by McCann Lima for Save the Children Peru. With the participation of schools, teachers, and parents’ groups, the campaign “hacked” the standard word-problems used in math class, by making them all about the challenges of being a...
Unexpected images. Powerful stories.
By Reuben Turner on 14 March 2017Read moreTo mark the publication of a new report on the 6th anniversary of the conflict in Syria, Save the Children has commissioned a series of powerful images from photographer Nick Ballon, image-maker Alma Haser and art director Gem Fletcher. What...
Porn site would rather you get your sex ed elsewhere
By Tom Megginson on 3 March 2017Read moreThe Salt Lake Tribune reports that when the State Legislature of Utah, USA, voted against adopting a comprehensive sex education program (to replace their abstinence-only curriculum) porn site xHamster decided to step in. On the week of February 6, xHamster began redirecting web traffic...
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