URBAN ROULETTE
The small ant
Quebec, Canada: This morning I saw blonder hair than mine flying in front of me, I have not seen Jennifer many times, but every time I see her she reminds me a little ant. Those kind of small ants that run over the walls going and coming caring food to the ant’s net, and now that I think it better that is exactly what Jennifer does, she transmits enthusiasm and produce changes in ant’s strategy.
Jennifer is my age, frightening 28, the difference between us is that she is one of the 100 most influential women in Canada and I am not even in the Mexican white pages.
But lets travel in time to the year of 1999, when the radio did not stop playing Ricky Martin’s song, Living la vida loca and the jeans used to cover the line of your bottom when you sited down. On that year, Jennifer and Michael rolled-skated over Ottawa streets, they were very exited after attending a youth conference and chatted about all the good opportunities they have had during their life and the importance of making other young people involve in organizations that could have an impact in today's world.
Their skate-roller conversation went from words to actions and in 2000, their project had a name and website. With a group of volunteers they created takingitglobal.org
Takingitglobal.org is a life community web based were 200,000 young activist from 261 countries share ideas and projects. Young people that works in philanthropic projects, education, sustainability, volunteering, animals and human rights, you named it and taking it global has it
This web page in the entrance door to a world full of opportunities, available in 12 different languages, were youth can find scholarship, international conferences, guides to create your own organization and many other opportunities such as, sponsors for your projects and networking with other youth involve in similar projects around the world.
If you are interested in creating your own organization in the place where you live, taking it global is the place to begin. The newest advantage is Tiged.org a website for educators, where teachers can find interesting material for their classes and information to begging projects with their students.
Takingitglobal.org has taken Jennifer to international stages. She has worked with important companies such as, Microsoft, Xerox, Credit Union, Nike, HP as well as having the opportunity to collaborate with 6 United Nations agencies. In 2005 Jennifer was selected by the World Economic Forum as World Young leader.
“I think that with each moment we live, and each decision we make, we have an impact on our own lives, and the lives of those around us. Most of the time, we are unconscious of the impact that we have. I think that the first way for 'others to make an impact' is to become more conscious and aware of the decisions we make and the choices we have. Once this happens, we are able to critically examine our own lives, and imagine new possibilities for ourselves and the world. There are an infinite number of ways to affect change and have an impact - the question we should ask ourselves should center around what contribution we want to make, what kind of experiences we want to have, and what kind of world we want to live in." Jennifer Corriero
Jennifer has achieve through takingitglobal.org the networking of a huge amount of small ants that carry different flags and speak different languages to support each other in the search for peace, equality and order in this enormous ant’s net that we call, planet earth.
