The Open Letter Project (NMI 2008): SpeakOUT-- The Kid Open Letter Showing: Sizzle
Produced by Michelle Halsell, Allison Caviness (NY) Travers Johnson (NY), Michelle Garcia (NY)
SPEAK OUT encourages civic engagement among 6 to 12 year olds by prompting them to submit ideas to address prominent citizens' issues as they most relate to kids' lives. Community discussion and the democratic process are modeled by allowing kids to choose which ideas they like best. The ideas with the most votes are featured on pbskids.org/speakout in the form of a message to our President. This active, digital message will reflect the youth's changing concerns and proposed solutions over time.
The project originally launched in tandem with the 2008 United States Presidential election.
More: http://pbskids.org/speakout/
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