If you are on Facebook.com and have half a heartbeat, you probably are aware of the recent rise in popularity of pro-social facebook groups having to do with important causes such as the genocide in Darfur. Global groups like this (and others) are amassing thousands of members rapidly because of clever names and important causes. Given this, Our Education is hoping to draw on the power of Facebook to spread the word about our national petition campaign to make high quality education an American right, and we’re looking to YOU for help in coming up with a name!

So, here’s a chance for you to actually do something productive on Facebook by being creative and helping with an important cause: come up with the name for the new global Facebook group that Our Education will create next week! And if your group name is selected, you will receive a $100 cash prize as a token of our appreciation at Our Education!

The only requirements for the group name are as follows:

1.) It must be catchy / provocative enough to inspire thousands of students to join the group. This could involve incentives in the name (i.e. for every X number of students who join the group or sign the petition, something will happen), it could involve some cool capstone event (if X number of students join the group / sign the petition total, then Our Education or someone will do something cool), or it can be just a very catchy name that inspire people to join in.

2.) The group name must contain appropriate language.

Entries are due to OurEd1@gmail.com by midnight (EST) on Sunday at the end of this week, October 8th. After we select the group name we’ll make the group and send you the link so that you can join and invite your friends!