Last week Danny wrote about the Donor’s Choose Blogger Challenge. Now we’re throwing our pixels into the race.   We chose 7 awesome projects in high-need schools that need more $$$ to get off the ground.   Let’s be honest, funding cuts for education are on the rise and schools were already feeling the budget pinch before our financial sky starting falling.

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So I’m not usually one for big budget Hollywood comedies, esp ones that star Kevin Costner. But after watching the trailer for Swing Vote, I can’t help but think this might actually be good or at least make people think about something they definitely need to be thinking about this summer and fall:

Yay voting! Yay movies that encourage voting! To find out how you can speak your peace this voting season click here>>>

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Hey movie fans - Chicago 10 opens today! There’s no better way to spend one’s weekend then revisiting the powerful past that was Chicago in 1968. I really enjoyed the film when I saw it a few weeks ago - it re-energized me politically which is important with elections around the corner. This isn’t to say the movie is perfect, but it’s been far too long since I’ve seen something like Chicago 10 on the big screen, something that speaks to revolution and the forces that try to stop it. It seems that I am not the person who felt this way though:

In Chicago, J.R. Jones at the Chicago Reader has this to say about the movie:

Chicago 10, an electrifying new “mash-up documentary” by Brett Morgen, vividly reconstructs the battles on the street and in the courtroom, and it couldn’t come at a more opportune moment.

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