Street Team '08: kristendeptula
 
 
 
   
 
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I think there is too much going on in the world today to be disconnected with the issues are confronting us. I hear so many people talk about young people being apathetic, but I really don't believe it. The problem is a lack of organization and communication. MTV has created an answer to this problem with this site. Think is a great outlet for young people who want to get involved in creating change.
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A Convention for the Constitution State?

  Connecticut residents have some big decisions to make by next Tuesday, and one of the biggest decisions revolves not around who will be leading us for the next two to six years, but how our state’s constitution will guide our leaders in their decisions for potentially the next two decades.  

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Tags: politics   election   Gay Marriage   Abortion   Choose Or Lose   Connecticut...
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Education Anyone?

    The two major issues that have come to be front and center of debates as both Obama and McCain kick it in to the finish this November are foreign policy and the economy.  There is good reason for this; after 7 years of war in the middle east and an overwhelming credit debacle that has now reached...

Tags: education   election   obama   schools   politicians   teachers   McCain   Street...
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Thank you Connecticut!
Well, it's time to wrap up this amazing adventure known as Street Team '08. Since my stories depended on the people of Connecticut sharing a slice of their life...
Tags: recycling   election   debate   poverty   Choose Or Lose   gay rights   Connecticut...
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by  kristendeptula on november 12, 2008
 
   
 
Katherine Salberg
This conservative first time voter is concerned about the reprecussions an Obama presidency would have on the Iraq war and the homosexual movement, and feels it...
Tags: election   Iraq   Choose Or Lose   gay rights   Economy   Connecticut   McCain...
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by  kristendeptula on november 05, 2008
 
   
 
Valene Fong
This 19 year old mom has strong concerns about Iraq and says she voted for Obama for her daughter's future.
Tags: war   election   Iraq   Choose Or Lose   obama   Connecticut   Street Team 0...
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by  kristendeptula on november 05, 2008
 
   
 
Keava Bonner
This first time voter knows first hand how the mortgage crisis is impacting families in the state.
Tags: election   Choose Or Lose   Connecticut   Street Team 08   First Time Voter...
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by  kristendeptula on november 05, 2008
 
   
 
Mark Cooper
This first time voter from Hartford Connecticut has some serious concerns about healthcare.
Tags: election   Choose Or Lose   obama   Healthcare   Connecticut   street team
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by  kristendeptula on november 05, 2008
 
   
 
Republican Signs
Connecticut is known as a liberal state, but these CT Republicans are making their own statement.
Tags: election   Choose Or Lose   Connecticut   Street Team 08   nobama
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by  kristendeptula on november 04, 2008
 
   
 
Interview with Christopher Davis, Candidate for State Rep
Chris Davis is running for a political office for the first time. At 22, this state rep candidate says he knows first hand what issues youth in CT are facing.
Tags: election   Choose Or Lose   Republican   Street Team 08   state rep   Christopher...
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by  kristendeptula on november 04, 2008
 
   
 
Voters in Ellington Go to the Polls
The Smith/Turkson family explain their choice this election, and why youth are energized by Obama's campaign.
Tags: election   Choose Or Lose   obama   Connecticut   Street Team 08
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by  kristendeptula on november 04, 2008
 
   
 
Last Call
Volunteers at Obama for America's Connecticut headquarters take to the phones reaching out to voters in swing states in the last weekend of Get Out the Vote efforts...
Tags: election   Choose Or Lose   obama   Volunteers   Connecticut   Street Team ...
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by  kristendeptula on november 03, 2008
 
   
 
Locals get Political 4
Who needs pre-made signs? While traveling for a story I found some residents had taken the initiative to create their own. Sorry, McCainiacs, I saw no love on...
Tags: politics   election   Choose Or Lose   obama   Connecticut   Street Team 08
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by  kristendeptula on november 01, 2008
 
   
 
Locals get Political 3
Who needs pre-made signs? While traveling for a story I found some residents had taken the initiative to create their own.
Tags: politics   Choose Or Lose   Connecticut   Street Team 08   signs
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by  kristendeptula on november 01, 2008
 
   
 
Locals get Political 2
Who needs pre-made signs? While traveling for a story I found some residents had taken the initiative to create their own. Sorry McCainiacs, I saw no love out...
Tags: politics   election   Choose Or Lose   Connecticut   street team
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by  kristendeptula on november 01, 2008
 
   
 
Locals get Political
Who needs pre-made signs? While traveling for a story I found some residents had taken the initiative to create their own.
Tags: election   Choose Or Lose   Connecticut   Street Team '08   street   politic...
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by  kristendeptula on november 01, 2008
 
   
 
Tattoo the Vote!
Friends gathered at Spirit Gallery, a tattoo studio/art gallery in Franklin, CT to register new voters and get the word out on the importance of voting. You can...
Tags: politics   election   vote   Choose Or Lose   obama   register to vote   grassroots...
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by  kristendeptula on october 22, 2008
 
   
 
Hartford for Obama Weighs in on Debate
Residents of Hartford and surrounding towns came to Mayor Mike's Restaurant to watch the second battle of words between Senators Barack Obama and John McCain. ...
Tags: puerto rico   war   education   election   debate   Iraq   obama   leadership...
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by  kristendeptula on october 08, 2008
 
   
 
Coming Out in Connecticut
Meet Robin and Kamora, directors at True Colors, one of three organizations nationwide to support and advocate for LGBTQI youth. Hear what they have to say and...
Tags: election   discrimination   Advocacy   Gay   transgender   lesbian   Bisexual...
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by  kristendeptula on october 02, 2008
 
   
 
CT Republican Takes Lead as Chief Page of RNC
Jake Bookwalter is an unlikely Republican. Raised in a family of Democrats, Bookwalter left the party in 2004 to work on George W. Bush's reelection campaign, and...
Tags: election   Choose Or Lose   John McCain   Democrats   George W. Bush   Republicans...
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by  kristendeptula on august 28, 2008
 
   
 
DNC the Latest Adventure for CT Delegate
She's reached the peaks of the world's tallest mountains, but can Sophia Danenberg help Obama reach the presidential summit in November?
Tags: politics   election   primaries   travel   Rally   Choose Or Lose   obama   New...
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by  kristendeptula on august 22, 2008
 
   
 
Local Crop Sharing Leads to Greener Greens
Tired of high-priced produce grown around the world, a group of residents in Northeastern Connecticut started the Down To Earth Community-Supported Agricultural...
Tags: election   Sustainability   Farming   Energy   organic   Connecticut   agriculture...
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by  kristendeptula on august 03, 2008
 
   
 
UConn Students Look to Donate Not Dump
Members of the University of Connecticut's Green Grads environmental club took to the dumpsters to find useable items thrown out on student move-out day. They...
Tags: environment   election   green   Recycle   Connecticut   reuse   waste   Street...
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by  kristendeptula on july 17, 2008
 
 
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Builders of the Arks
Eco-arks are bio-diverse botanical preserves dedicated to the continuation of useful (food, medicine, fiber) and threatened species of plant life. They provide...
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by  ecoark on january 22, 2008
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Reach Out & Touch One Another.
Join us together we can make the differences in people life. Our Mission is to feed the hunger and bring back music education for as long as we can. Teens...
Tags: music   teens   help   Love   Homeless   art   Music Education   guitar lessons...
by  guitarelements.com & ... on september 09, 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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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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We Are The Revolution
We are the future. We are your support. We are your brainstorm team. We are your help. We are your ideas. We are the revolution. What's your cause?
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by  SorryImL8 on july 11, 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
Members  149 Discussions  31 Media  248
 
   
 
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
Members  54 Discussions  53 Media  71
 
   
 
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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MTV Veterans Group
Welcome to the MTV Veterans Group. The purpose of this group is to keep MTV personnel who are working on Choose or Lose and Veterans Issues up to speed on the...
Tags: elections   MTV   choose or loose   veterans   young veterans   Young Vets
by  pete on april 23, 2008
Members  9 Discussions  13 Media  33
 
   
 
Let’s End the Global Water Crisis
This group is intended to engage, inform and inspire all thinkMTV members to fight the global water crisis. Join PlayPumps International in our mission to bring...
Tags: environment   africa   health   water   kids   PlayPumps   playpumps international...
by  PlayPumps International on march 11, 2008
Members  148 Discussions  15 Media  26
 
   
 
How Can We Stop Genocide in Darfur?
This groups intention is to bring together anyone who has thoughts on how we can stop the genocide in darfur...and stop it now! we are looking for real discussion...
Tags: darfur   sudan   genocide   human rights   peace   violence   Janjaweed
by  pete on september 17, 2007
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