The following entry highlights Hamza Jaka, a participant from our Youth Ability Summit. This entry is a part of our “Where Are They Now?” series. Here is what he had to say about his experience in Syria: I can’t believe it really was two years ago that I joined my fellow compatriots in Syria. Boy, how […]
Imagine if we could bring American and international youth together to collaborate on projects that raise awareness about common social issues faced by people all over the world. That is exactly what we do at the Open Hands Initiative… We work within three areas of concentration – Media and Democracy; Culture and Creativity; and Disability […]
On April 20th, the Silver Scorpion (aka Bashir Bari, otherwise referred to as “the world’s first cross-cultural superhero with disabilities”) debuted in fully animated form on MTV Voices. Why watch this one-of a-kind web series? First, because it is the design of a group of highly talented and ambitious youth advocates with disabilities from America […]
The following entry is a guest post by Stephanie Rice, a top, young journalist from the United States. This post is part of the “Where Are They Now?” series, which chronicles the lives of participants who have participated in past programs. Here is what she had to say about her experience in Cairo as a […]
The Open Hands Initiative is excited to announce that in partnership with Liquid Comics and MTV Voices it has launched an animated web series of the “Silver Scorpion” comic book. Created in Syria by 26 American and Syrian youths with disabilities while participating in the Youth Ability Summit in 2010, the “Silver Scorpion” is the […]