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OR318 Nominated for a ThinkSocial Award – Help Us by Voting!

We are happy to report that one of our projects, OR318 (March18.org) has been nominated for a ThinkSocial Award. The March 18 Movement was created in memory of Omid Reza Mir Sayafi, an Iranian blogger who died in Evin Prison on March 18, 2009. He is the first blogger to die in prison. The Movement advocates for free speech and calls for an end to all persecution of bloggers who dare speak their mind in closed societies.
Watch our video here:

The 30 final nominees for the ThinkSocial award were selected for “outstanding innovation” and representing a “powerful model for how social media can be used to address global problems.”

Public voting is open until midnight on November 2nd. Please help us by casting your vote for OR318 here.

Esra'a Al Shafei
MideastYouth.com

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Comments (3)

Nov 09, 2009
Logan Smalley said...
This is another incredible video Esra'a. How did the contest pan out? I hope OR318 fared well.
Nov 09, 2009
 said...
Thank you Logan! We don't know the results of the contest yet, but either way, we were excited that many more people were made aware of this movement. If we hear something, I'll let you know. In the meantime I'll be hoping the news would be positive!
Nov 19, 2009
 said...
Hey Logan, great news! We were won of three to win this awesome award:

http://think-social.org/awards/2009-winners#march18movement

Thank you all for your support and for voting!

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