Born This Way Foundation Launches Feb. 29 - Watch Live

The Born This Way Foundation is scheduled to launch Wednesday, Feb. 29, at Harvard University, with a few notable celebrities in the mix. Here’s how to watch.
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Filed by Christine C.
The Born This Way Foundation is scheduled to launch Wednesday, Feb. 29, at Harvard University, with a few notable celebrities in the mix.
The event featuring Lady Gaga and her mother, Cynthia Germanotta, directors of the foundation, will be streamed live to the BTWF website starting at 4 p.m. EST. You’ll need to RSVP first; go to bornthiswayfoundation.org/Launch-Event-RSVP to register. Email and postal code are required to receive viewing details.
Distinguished guests will include Oprah Winfrey, Deepak Chopra, U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius, Harvard Law Professor Charles Ogletree, psychologist Susan M. Swearer and actor/host and LGBT parent and spouse David Burtka. Policy makers, non-profit organizations, foundation leaders, students and youth at the Harvard Graduate School of Education’s Askwith Forum will be in the audience.
The Born This Way Foundation has partnered with the John D. & Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, the California Endowment, and Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard to support programs and initiatives that empower youth and use digital media as a way of creating change. BTWF will focus on digital mobilization to address issues of self-confidence, well-being, anti-bullying, mentoring and career development through research, education and advocacy.
“This is a time of potential transformation in how young people learn, socialize, and engage in civic life because of digital media,” Connie Yowell, director of education for the MacArthur Foundation, said when news of the foundation was released last year.
“Together we hope to establish a standard of Bravery and Kindness, as well as a community worldwide that protects and nurtures others in the face of bullying and abandonment,” Gaga said in a statement.

from Spotlight on Digital Media and Learning http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/macfound/iQaL/~3/1_AKRV8Ok3w/