RT @citizenmojo: one calculation – US wa

RT @citizenmojo: one calculation – US waged war with IRAQ for 3196 days at a cost to US tax payers of 250 mill per day plus interest and lives….

Powerful images

Check out this link

http://www.buzzfeed.com/mjs538/the-most-powerful-photos-of-2011

The 45 most powerful images of 2011 and only 3 are not of war, death, despair or some form of destruction real or feared. What does this say about our perception of what is news? In 1977 a survey in the USA found 83% of people believed ‘bad news’ was news and ‘good news’ was not.

Here’s photo number 46 depicting a program that’s empowering citizens in marginalised communities with training and tools to create a local voice for a global audience – is it news?

‘From little things big things grow’.

Gunbalanya goes Mojo

West Arnhem College in Gunbalanya has produced their first mojo story. A train the teacher and mojo student workshop is providing the platform block for a local voice from the community.