Street Team '08: Jaime_McLeod
 
 
 
   
 
"The scars of our past have not healed. The legacy of our violent history is still with us, embedded in our culture. It entertains us, it drives many aspects of our capitalistic economy, and it affects our day-to-day interactions with one another. Rather than pretending this is not the case, we must acknowledge this legacy in order to effectively deal with it." - Ven. Kobutsu Malone, from "Bodhisattva as Revolutionary"
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I'm a citizen journalist covering Maine as part of MTV's "2008 Choose or Lose Street Team." Over the course of the next year, I hope give faces to many of the issues at the heart of the upcoming election, removing public policy debates from the realm of statistics and sound bites. I want to tell stories that will inform and, hopefully, inspire action. Maybe I'll even tell yours ...

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Maine's Movers and Shapers: A Year...

Here's a look at some of the inspiring people I've profiled this year as Maine's representative forthe MTV Choose or Lose Street Team. Thanks! It's been a blast - jjm   ...

Tags: politics   youth   election   activism   Maine   Street Team 08   year in review
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Gay marriage for Maine?

Gay rights activists in Maine made history today, collecting mre than 30,000 signatures from voters who said they support the right of gays and lesbians to have equal access to marriage. 

 

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Tags: election   Gay   lesbian   Equality   marriage   Maine   Street Team 08   petition
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Maine's Movers and Shapers: A Year in Review
Here's a look at some of the inspiring people I've profiled this year as Maine's representative for the MTV Choose or Lose Street Team. Thanks! It's been a...
Tags: politics   youth   election   activism   Maine   Street Team 08   year in review
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by  Jaime_McLeod on november 12, 2008
 
   
 
Need a drink to celebrate?
A wine shop in Brunswick, Maine, offers a 10% discount to any customer who brings in an "I voted" sticker.
Tags: election   vote   Maine   wine   Street Team 08   discount   brunswick
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by  Jaime_McLeod on november 04, 2008
 
   
 
Vinyl Haven record shop 2
Small business owners in Brunswick, Maine, show their love to Obama with posters and window decals.
Tags: election   obama   Maine   Street Team 08   small business   brunswick
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by  Jaime_McLeod on november 04, 2008
 
   
 
Vinyl Haven record shop
Small business owners in Brunswick, Maine, show their love to Obama with posters and window decals.
Tags: election   obama   Maine   Street Team 08   small business   brunswick
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by  Jaime_McLeod on november 04, 2008
 
   
 
Gulf of Maine Books 3
Small business owners in Brunswick, Maine, show their love to Obama with posters and window decals.
Tags: election   Maine   Street Team 08   small business   brunswick
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by  Jaime_McLeod on november 04, 2008
 
   
 
Gulf of Maine Books 2
Small business owners in Brunswick, Maine, show their love to Obama with posters and window decals.
Tags: election   obama   Maine   Street Team 08   small business   brunswick
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by  Jaime_McLeod on november 04, 2008
 
   
 
Gulf of Maine Books
Small business owners in Brunswick, Maine, show their love to Obama with posters and window decals.
Tags: election   obama   Maine   Street Team 08   small business
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by  Jaime_McLeod on november 04, 2008
 
   
 
Young Voter King Bee
Khari Mosley, National Director of the League of Young Voters, explains why the League works so hard to get out the vote.
Tags: election   vote   Maine   Street Team 08   League of Young Voters
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by  Jaime_McLeod on november 04, 2008
 
   
 
Maine's Young Voter Extraordinaire
Harris Parnell, State Director of the Maine League of Young Voters, explains why the League works so hard to get out the vote.
Tags: election   vote   Maine   Street Team 08   League of Young Voters
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by  Jaime_McLeod on november 04, 2008
 
   
 
My ballot
This was my ballot when I voted this morning.
Tags: election   vote   Maine   Street Team 08
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by  Jaime_McLeod on november 04, 2008
 
   
 
Parking for voters only!
Signs outside my polling place in Lewiston, Maine.
Tags: election   vote   Maine   Street Team 08
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by  Jaime_McLeod on november 04, 2008
 
   
 
Q&A: Writing Our Lives
Add Verb Productions, a Portland, Maine-based nonprofit that uses theater to promote social change, recently unveiled the ***** & Allied Youth Writing Project,...
Tags: education   youth   election   Gay   lesbian   Bisexual   Maine   Street Team...
Views 414
by  Jaime_McLeod on october 15, 2008
 
   
 
A Rising Tide
Thirty young people came together in Portland last month for A Rising Tide, a nonprofit, non-partisan training program created to teach them the tools necessary...
Tags: politics   youth   election   campaign   activism   Maine   Street Team 08   ...
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by  Jaime_McLeod on october 02, 2008
 
   
 
Growing Maine's Green Economy
Maine Governor John Baldacci took some time recently to talk about his vision for growing the state's green economy.
Tags: global warming   environment   election   climate change   green   Energy   ...
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by  Jaime_McLeod on september 17, 2008
 
   
 
Maine's Young Republican Dynamo
At just 19, Alex Willette is already chairman of the Maine State College Republicans and manager of a local Republican Victory office. He's also headed to Minneapolis...
Tags: politics   election   John McCain   Maine   Street Team 08   Republican national...
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by  Jaime_McLeod on august 26, 2008
 
   
 
Dress for Success: Maine's Young Democratic Delegate
Anne Czechanski, 23, of Bar Harbor, Maine, is one of the youngest delegates chosen to represent the state at the Democratic National Convention in Denver. She sat...
Tags: youth   election   vote   denver   Barack Obama   Maine   Street Team 08   Democratic...
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by  Jaime_McLeod on august 19, 2008
 
   
 
No Gay Blood
***** activists in Portland, Maine, recently put up a series of strongly worded satirical posters intended to criticize the American Red Cross for a policy that...
Tags: AIDS   election   HIV   homophobia   Gay   American Red Cross   Maine   Street...
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by  Jaime_McLeod on july 29, 2008
 
   
 
Lots to Gardens: Kids Growing Community
Lots to Gardens is a Lewiston, Maine-based organization that engages young people in working for social change, working alongside area residents to fight hunger...
Tags: youth   election   poverty   Community   green   hunger   organic   food   Street...
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by  Jaime_McLeod on july 24, 2008
 
   
 
World Refugee Day
Members of New England's vibrant refugee population gathered in Lewiston, Maine, recently, to celebrate World Refugee Day.
Tags: election   darfur   cambodian   Street Team '08   Maine   dancing   Somali   ...
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by  Jaime_McLeod on july 01, 2008
 
   
 
Southern Maine ***** Youth Pride
On June 14, dozens of gay, lesbain, bisexual and transgendered young people, and their allies, gathered in downtown Portland for the first ever Sothern Maine Youth...
Tags: election   Young   Gay   lesbian   Bisexual   Street Team '08   Maine   Portland...
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by  Jaime_McLeod on june 17, 2008
 
 
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Street Team '08
Get the latest on local politics and the presidential elections from MTV's band of 51 state-based youth journalists.
Tags: elections   politics   primaries   campaign   Choose Or Lose   obama   Democrat...
by  thinkMTV on september 03, 2008
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YourCause
What's Your Cause? YourCause.com is an online social networking site focused on the cause niche. YourCause.com provides ALL users with a diverse set of online...
Tags: change   donation   donate   impact   social   cause
by  kbuckland on august 11, 2008
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HIV in ENC (Eastern North Carolina)
People living in rural areas of the United States are at increasing risk for contracting HIV/AIDS. During 2001 the southern U.S. had the greatest number of people...
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by  Jayte06 on july 23, 2008
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WE ARE THE CHANGE!
A THiNK group which aims to begin a "wave of change" in the world by changing within ourselves first and then lending a little something to those around us. Simple...
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by  dynamicteens on june 30, 2008
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Citizens for a Constitutional Government
My goal here is to debate topics and further educate myself and others about the problems we face today in government and government economics, why we face them...
Tags: politics   president   human rights   government   obama   Democrat   justice...
by  allnaturalhealer on march 21, 2008
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I Care About Faith and Spirituality
This group is for any and all Think members who've got something to say about faith & spirituality. This is your space to discuss religion, tradition, pluralism...
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by  thinkMTV on january 24, 2008
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iCandidate '08
Get to know the candidates for the 2008 election. Learn: *How to get involved in a campaign *Their issues *Their experience Think Hillary's got it or Thompson...
Tags: news   president   obama   Edwards   Hillary   Clinton   Biden   Brownback   Dodd...
by  VASabina on october 25, 2007
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It's Your (Sex) Life
Being in control and smart about the choices you make in your life - and that includes about sex - is what think: IYSL is all about. Get more information about...
Tags: condoms   STDs   Relationships   sex   Think   Gay   Abstinence   pregnancy   ...
by  thinkMTV on september 03, 2008
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ServiceVote
ServiceVote is Youth Service America’s campaign to engage young people in the political process, beginning with voting. Building on the significant recent growth...
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by  ServiceVote on december 21, 2007
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Break the Addiction
Learn how to break your addiction to oil and fight global warming at Think MTV.
Tags: global warming   environment   Break the Addiction   oil   oil addiction   ...
by  thinkMTV on september 03, 2008
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Wear Your Support
Is John McCain your homeboy? Or is Obama for yo Mama? See how some individuals are showing their support by wearing it on their chest.
Tags: education   environment   human rights   discrimination   substance abuse   ...
by  CoryMidgarden on december 30, 2007
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"LIVE FOR OTHERS"
Let us discuss problems faced by the world and act together to voice against discrimination......
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by  gopi on october 05, 2007
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Young People Speak Out
Get Heard
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by  thinkMTV on september 20, 2007
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Street Team X+Y
This is a PRIVATE group for the Choose or Lose Street Team '08 REPORTERS ONLY for behind-the-scenes strategizing. PLEASE DO NOT REQUEST MEMBERSHIP, we are all already...
Tags: generation   street team
by  shelbinator on december 18, 2007
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ANSWER Coalition
a.n.s.w.er. Act Now to Stop War and End Racism is in organization that deals with discrimination of race, culture, religion, lifestyles or legal status in the...
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by  francesbcc on november 05, 2007
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No more discrimination
We can change the way people think about obesity and how they portray it.Discrimination towards obese people has to change and we might help.
Tags: life   obesity   perspective   Self respect
by  neidaliz on september 30, 2007
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MY NAME IS AIDS
THIS GROUP IS FOR PEOPLE THAT WANT TO HELP SPREAD THE WORD. IT'S TIME FOR PEOPLE TO OPEN THERE EYES AND REALIZE THAT AIDS IS REAL AND YOU CAN CATCH IT.
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by  naomijohnstone88 on november 11, 2007
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Interfaith Action
A group for anyone interested in interfaith action and work!
Tags: interfaith   faith interfaith
by  Interfaith Youth Core on september 19, 2007
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Tired Of The Bad Media!
Are you fed up with always the same news crew talking away in your evening newscast? Tired of the media controlling what we can see on television? All...
Tags: politics   9/11   Media
by  pstrois on september 26, 2007
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Glimpse: Real Life Abroad
This Group is for any think member who has lived, studied, traveled, volunteered, or thought about life abroad. Glimpse is a non-profit foundation dedicated to...
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by  The Glimpse Foundation on november 26, 2007
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