OZY Media And DoSomething.org Team Up To Create A National Movement For Good
NEW YORK, Feb. 1, 2018 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- OZY Media, the daily information source for important stories told nowhere else, and DoSomething.org, the largest organization for young people and social change, announced today a year-long partnership to educate and activate the change generation. Grab the Mic promotes the power of knowledge to help amplify young people's voices and create actionable change leading up to - and beyond - the 2018 midterm elections.
This groundbreaking year-long national campaign aims to create the most civically engaged generation ever. Each month OZY + DoSomething.org will shine a spotlight on a pressing political, social, or cultural issue ? from racial justice to climate change to gender equality to voting rights and much more. OZY.com will feature thought provoking editorial designed to engage and inform on the issue, and urge people to take action; DoSomething.org will provide tangible actions to better your community and amplify your voice.
"OZY's audience has an innate curiosity and desire not only to know more about the world, but also to see more of the world and actively do more to make the world a better place," says Carlos Watson, co-founder and CEO of OZY Media. "We're proud to partner with DoSomething.org to offer engaging editorial content on some of the most pressing issues of our time, and giving people an opportunity to unite and take action around these issues."
"We're ardent believers in the power of knowledge to promote informed advocacy and action," says Aria Finger, CEO of DoSomething.org. "We're at a pivotal moment in our nation's history and the time is now to activate the next generation of leaders around social and political issues of critical importance."
The partnership kicked off at the first ever State of the Youth on January 31st at the Newseum in Washington D.C. Presented by OZY, DoSomething.org, and 22x20, State of the Youth it was a historic evening of performances, speeches, and presentations amplifying the voices of young Americans regarding the state of our country and the future they want to see.
The event was live streamed to young people across the country and can be reviewed on DoSomething.org's Facebook here.
See More, Be More, Do More: visit Grab the Mic or text LOUD to 38383 to join the movement.
About OZY Media
With 40 million monthly unique users and 2 million subscribers, OZY brings readers "the new and the next," offering 100 percent original content with a focus on the future, via unique OZY News, OZY Magazine, OZY TV and OZY Events products. Called "the new media magnet for the news hungry" by Fortune magazine, OZY's in-depth and high-quality journalism has attracted a number of high-profile media partners including The New York Times, NPR, PBS NewsHour, TED, The Financial Times, The Huffington Post and many more, as well as guest editors including Bill Gates, President Bill Clinton and Prime Minister Tony Blair.
Founded in 2013 by Emmy Award?winning journalist Carlos Watson and co-founder Samir Rao, the OZY team is based in Mountain View, California, and backed by leading Silicon Valley investors including Laurene Powell Jobs, Ron Conway, David Drummond, Larry Sonsini and Dan Rosensweig and a significant investment from publishing giant Axel Springer.
About DoSomething.org
DoSomething.org is the largest tech company exclusively for young people and social change. We're activating 5.5 million young people (and counting!) to make positive change, online and off, in every US area code and in over 131 countries. When you join DoSomething.org, you join something bigger than yourself. You team up with the young people who have clothed half of America's youth in homeless shelters. And cleaned up 3.7 million cigarette butts from the streets. And run the largest youth-led sports equipment drive in the world. And more! You've got the power and the passion to make an impact -- we'll help you get it done. Welcome to DoSomething.org. Let's Do This.
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