Dance 4 Oceans

Dance 4 Oceans is an environmental nonprofit group that raises public awareness about one of the most serious environmental issues, plastic pollution in the ocean.

Much like Enforced Arch they utilize dance as a means to spread awareness. They do this by reaching out to different communities or schools and invite them to create programs where the participants learn dances and make recycled crafts. During all the fun activities they also clean local beaches, host educational movie screenings and listen to easy to understand speeches about plastic pollution.

Their programs will inspire and support people to take personal responsibility by keeping our environment safe and healthy. They show people what hidden damages have been done in the ocean from plastic pollution. They educate adults and children how to reduce plastic trash from their residence and community.

Their ultimate goal is to create a leader in each community or school that is dedicated to propelling their programs forward and inspire new leaders to come.

Become a fan of their Facebook page HERE!

Fight for the Future

Tell Congress not to censor the internet NOW! - fightforthefuture.org/pipa

PROTECT-IP is a bill that has been introduced in the Senate and the House and is moving quickly through Congress. It gives the government and corporations the ability to censor the net, in the name of protecting "creativity". The law would let the government or corporations censor entire sites-- they just have to convince a judge that the site is "dedicated to copyright infringement."

The government has already wrongly shut down sites without any recourse to the site owner. Under this bill, sharing a video with anything copyrighted in it, or what sites like Youtube and Twitter do, would be considered illegal behavior according to this bill.

According to the Congressional Budget Office, this bill would cost us $47 million tax dollars a year — that's for a fix that won't work, disrupts the internet, stifles innovation, shuts out diverse voices, and censors the internet. This bill is bad for creativity and does not protect your rights.

A few of the many:

WIKIPEDIA

GOOGLE

CRAIGSLIST

THE DISCERNING BRUTE

Friends of Enforced Arch

I couldn't be more pleased to say that this has been a huge success for our community! We have demonstrated our ability to pull together for a common goal. Our success represents how much compassion is needed, movements are needed and Enforced Arch community is needed! We have inspired 738 people to vote for our community of compassionate 'Movers' making us the 2nd Best Dance Blog of 2011! Thank you Dance Advantage for hosting this contest and to it's creator Nichelle Strzepek for all the great work she does for the Dance community!

From the bottom of my heart, thank you for your support, love & devotion. We will continue to inspire change in 2012 for those in need. Happy New Year!

Best,

James Koroni Creator, Enforced Arch EnforcedArch@gmail.com