The Trevor Project wants to hear your vision for making your local community, state, country, or the world a more supportive, safe and better place for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer or questioning youth.
What are you currently doing (individually or collaboratively) or what do you think would be the best way that you can be the change and make a difference in the lives of LGBTQ youth everywhere?
No matter what work you are currently doing or wanting to do, you are making a difference by even just thinking about ways you can help. Change starts with having a passion, an idea, a dream or a vision that can take you from a thought to an action. Be the change and share your story so that others might also become inspired to be the change.
This can include, but is not limited to the following themes:
·Work you are currently doing in your community to Be The Change and promote acceptance of LGBTQ youth on a local and/or national level
·An idea you have to Be The Change and improve the lives of LGBTQ youth on a local or national level
·What does it mean to you to Be The Change and how does it impact your vision for helping to create a safe and more accepting environment for LGBTQ youth everywhere?
·How has your own experiences coming out as LGBTQ inspired you to Be The Change and become more involved with advocacy within the LGBTQ community and/or educating people around LGBTQ issues?
The Trevor Project is the leading national organization focused on crisis and suicide prevention efforts among lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and questioning youth. Every day, The Trevor Project saves young lives through its free and confidential helpline, in-school workshops, educational materials, online resources and advocacy. For more information, visit www.TheTrevorProject.org.
The contest is now closed! Thanks to everyone for your submissions! Our judges panel will be reviewing all videos over the next few weeks to select our "Fave 5." Those 5 will join the five videos with the most votes to become our Top 10 finalists. Our prize winners will then be selected from among those 10!
June 17, 2010
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Please start uploading your videos before the deadline of July 14. If you have any questions, refer to our FAQ first before emailing bethechange@thetrevorproject.org.
All winners will be part of the Randy Stone Winner's Circle and be awarded:
GRAND PRIZE (1)
Randy Stone Prize Package
* Digital Camcorder
* 16 GB memory card
* Trevor DVD
* Randy Stone Tribute DVD
* Personalized letter from Trevor co-founders
RUNNER-UP PRIZES (4)
Randy Stone Prize Package
* Digital Camera
* 8 GB memory card
* Trevor DVD
* Randy Stone Tribute DVD
* Personalized letter from Trevor co-founders
Judging:
Public voting will begin on June 14, 2010 and end July 14, 2010.
Each visitor to the contest site can vote on his/her favorite video. Each visitor may vote once in a 24 hour period. Ten semi-finalists will be chosen - five of which being the video submissions garnering the most votes, five of which being the favorite video submissions chosen by The Trevor Project. The ten semi-finalist videos will be reviewed by a panel of judges, selected by The Trevor Project, who will determine the first-place winner and recipient of the Randy Stone Prize Package, which includes a Digital Camcorder. The four finalist entrants will each receive a Randy Stone Prize Package, which include Digital Cameras.
Each entrant is only eligible for one prize. In the event that a participant has more than one video in the top five, only their highest ranked video will be eligible for a prize.
All voting will take place in a secure environment to protect against fraud or cheating.
Notification:
The winners will be contacted at the phone and/or e-mail provided during registration.
The winners and title of their entry will be announced on the contest website.
The winning videos will be featured on the contest Web site.
Prizes will be delivered shortly after the winning videos are announced.
Participants must be between the ages of 13 and 30.
Participants must be a resident of the United States.
All entries must be received by 11:59 PM PST onJuly 14, 2010.
Entries cannot exceed 2 minutes.
Submissions using non-licensed, copyrighted musical, visual or literary properties without legal permission are ineligible.
Entries MUST NOT include your full name, street address, phone number or any other personal information in your video. First name, city and state are acceptable.
Participants under the age of 18 must have a parent or legal guardian sign a parental consent form (download here) in order to be eligible. Please fax this to us at 310.271.8846.
Entries must be suitable for general audiences and may not include any reference to or insinuation of nudity, profanity, obscenity or violence, whether direct or implied.
Participants may submit multiple videos, but The Trevor Project is not obligated to showcase all submissions.
Please refer to our FAQ, which will answer many of your questions about the contest.
And now...The Fine Print!
Your participation in the campaign, including your submission of a video to memelabs.com shall be deemed to be your complete acceptance of the terms and conditions set out below by memelabs.com (hereinafter referred to as Organizer) and The Trevor Project Inc. (hereinafter referred to as Sponsor).
ELIGIBILITY: The campaign is open only to legal residents of the United States who are 13 to 30 years of age, as of June 14, 2010.
By submitting your contribution to the Organizer in relation to the campaign you agree to and thereby waive any and all moral rights that exist in your contribution to the campaign and any derivate works made there from.
By submitting your contribution to the Organizer in relation to the campaign you represent, warrant and undertake to Sponsor and Organizer that your contribution (i) is your own original work and that you have the sole right to submit it to the campaign (ii) does not violate in any way rights of third parties including copyright and other intellectual property rights and (iii) does not violate any applicable laws.
In the event that you breach any of your representations, warranties or undertakings contained herein Sponsor and Organizer shall be entitled to and may seek indemnification from you for recovery of all legal fees, damages, claims and other expenses that may be incurred by Sponsor or its affiliated entities as a result of your aforementioned breach.
Your contribution to the campaign should not include any content whatsoever which would reasonably be understood to be defamatory, threatening, distasteful, racist, unlawful or otherwise objectionable.
Sponsor and Organizer reserve the right to alter or modify your contribution to the campaign without notification or consent from you.
Sponsor and Organizer reserve the right to change these terms and conditions at any time and at its sole discretion.
GOVERNING LAW/JURISDICTION: All issues and questions concerning the construction, validity, interpretation and enforceability of these official rules or the rights and obligations of entrants or sponsor in connection with the contest shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the internal laws of the state of California without giving effect to any choice of law of conflict of law rules or provisions that would cause the application of any other state’s laws.
Entrants agree to grant to Sponsor and Organizer an everlasting, royalty-free, assignable, exclusive license to use, utilize, replicate, alter, adapt, modify, publish, broadcast, translate, produce derivative works from, distribute, present, play, sublicense and exercise all copyright and other intellectual property rights with respect to your contribution worldwide and/or to include your contribution in other works in any media now known or later created forever. Each entrant agrees and grants Sponsor and Organizer permission to make available and display/perform and otherwise distribute entrant's name and video submission in all media in perpetuity without compensation. Except where legally prohibited, submission of an entry into this campaign constitutes permission for Sponsor and Organizer to use the entrant's name, photograph, likeness, voice, address (city and province/state) and testimonials, in printed, broadcast media or new media, in perpetuity, in any manner they deem appropriate in connection with promoting the video submission itself or this campaign, without further compensation in connection with this campaign or the prize awarded.
Each entrant agrees to indemnify Sponsor from any third party claims arising from or related to that entrant's participation in the campaign. By participating, entrants agree that Sponsor, Organizer involved in the development, production, implementation and distribution of this promotion and their respective parent companies, affiliates, subsidiaries, service providers, and agencies, and their directors, officers, agents, employees, attorneys, and any other person or entity associated with such entities and/or promotion shall not be liable for any and all claims, damages, losses or injuries, including any third party claims, arising from or relating to, in whole or in part, this campaign, including entry and participation in this campaign and acceptance, possession, use or misuse of the prizes. All entrants further agree that in the event of any third party claims, damages, losses or injuries, arising from or relating to this campaign, they will indemnify Organizer and Sponsor from any and all such claims, including the attorneys' fees related thereto.
Organizer and Sponsor shall not be responsible for any technical malfunctions of the telephone network, computer on- line system, computer equipment, software, program malfunctions or other failures, delayed computer transactions or network connections that are human, mechanical or technical in nature, or any combination thereof, including any injury.
Entrants participating in this campaign are liable for any copyright infringements caused by their videos.
Entrant is responsible to secure permission from all talent included in the video. Sponsor and Organizer assume no responsibility for royalties or fees associated with talent performances in the entered videos.
Sponsor and Organizer assume no responsibility for lost or late entries or for incomplete computer transmissions or technical failures.
Sponsor and Organizer reserve the right not to accept entries that are considered inappropriate for the campaign.
Acceptable source video includes sources that are not copyrighted. campaignant takes responsibility that all images and soundtracks are not copyrighted material. This means, do NOT use commercial copyrighted music or images.
Videos may not contain obscene language or content, including but not limited to: nudity, profanity, or graphic violence.
Videos must be submitted via the web as instructed after registration. If you have problems uploading, please contact us at bethechange@thetrevorproject.org. If you are having problems uploading, you must contact us before the campaign has expired.
