Recently, YouTube launched "Video Volunteers" and "CitizenTube", two places to encourage people to be more socially outspoken on issues that matter to them.
YouTube being the social video site that it is, This is only a natural progression. I think this is another example of the web being a place to get the word out on important issues. We saw this extensively on the issue of the Iran election on Twitter, where the news media wasn't allowed to cover the violence or tragedy, but the power of information was put into the hands of the people, who told the whole world from Twitter. I believe this is one of the most underrated parts of the Internet, which I hope will be more utilized in the future.
For info from YouTube and Google, go to http://www.citizentube.com/, http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2009/07/digital-activism-on-youtube.html, and http://www.videovolunteers.org/.
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