The 2008 YouthActionNet Global Fellows are a group of outstanding young social entrepreneurs who are distinguished by their innovative approaches to addressing urgent social and environmental needs. This year's recipients include a 20-year-old in Pakistan who is working to put an end to the practice of honor killing in her community and a 29-year-old in Brazil who creates jobs through transforming non-recyclable waste into works of art.

On Tues., Aug. 19, legislators from across Michigan will pound hammers, wield paint brushes or plant trees as part of Legislative Build 2008 Celebration Day. The event is the culmination of a summer-long partnership between legislators and an array of Michigan community groups who invited legislators to work on neighborhood improvement projects in or near their district.

More than a dozen of the world's most accomplished female recording artists -- a cast that includes Mariah Carey, Beyonce, Mary J. Blige, Rihanna, Fergie, Sheryl Crow, Miley Cyrus, Melissa Etheridge, Ashanti, Natasha Bedingfield, Keyshia Cole, Ciara, Leona Lewis, LeAnn Rimes, and Carrie Underwood -- have joined together for "Just Stand Up," an unprecedented charity single in support of Stand Up To Cancer (SU2C), a new initiative to raise philanthropic dollars for accelerating ground-breaking cancer research.

More than one-fourth of Hispanic adults in the U.S. lack a usual health care provider, and a similar proportion report obtaining no health care information from medical personnel in the past year. At the same time, more than eight in ten report receiving health information from media sources, such as television and radio, according to a Pew Hispanic Center survey of Latino adults, conducted in conjunction with the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.

The National Association of Latino Arts and Culture (NALAC) was awarded $475,000 by the Ford Foundation to support the NALAC Fund for the Arts and launch a new re-granting initiative designed to promote intergenerational cultural transmission and community participation in the United States, Mexico and Central America.

National 4-H Council and the 3M Foundation today announced their strategic partnership to launch The Power of the Wind, a cutting-edge educational resource that teaches youth how to use engineering principles to design and to build alternative energy projects, utilizing wind as the primary resource.

Renovations at Ford's Theatre are about two thirds complete, enabling the reopening of one of Washington's most visited historic sites in time for the bicentennial of President Abraham Lincoln's birth on February 12, 2009.

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation today announced a $17.6 million package of grants to help people most affected by the global food crisis and support small-scale farmers in developing countries.

New Visions For Public Schools announced that it was awarded a two-year, $400,000 grant from the New York Life Foundation to launch the Campaign for College and Career Readiness initiative in New York City’s five boroughs. The initiative will provide at least 1,000 parents and 50 school personnel with critical information to ensure that over 7,000 ninth graders are on track for graduation and have the essential skills to be college-ready.

The Robert and Patricia Switzer Foundation, a 22-year old environmental foundation, today announced the 25 new Switzer Fellows and 11 new Switzer Leadership Grant recipients working with Switzer Fellows on projects that aim to directly improve environmental quality.