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com For Immediate Release: Fulfilling the Promise of Arab Spring PeaceMidan launches first global online pitchfest for peace [OTTAWA, CANADA] PeaceMidan, a non-profit dedicated to supporting innovative and sustainable development in the Middle East, North Africa and Turkey, launches 3 20Reality, its global online competition eliciting ideas intended to make a posi tive contribution toward resolving the areas challenges. Multi-cultural and multi -lingual, 320Reality provides a positive online venue for social entrepreneurs a round the world, allowing them to hear about others ideas directly through videos , interact with one another, vote on the best ideas, and support one another in efforts toward peace and development. Spokesperson Aaida Mamuji says, 320Reality is similar to an online pitchfest. Its intention is to generate innovative and practical ideas to meet the Middle Easts challenges. Its also designed bring social entrepreneurs together, whether its a shopkeeper in Istanbul or a sixteen year old in Iowa. To this end, 320Reality wil l present in 3 languages -- English, Arabic and Turkish and provide subtitles to submitted videos. 320Reality is a year-long competition that will culminate in PeaceMidans conferen ce in Long Beach, California in September 2013. The 320Reality competition is se t up in stages: Social entrepreneurs from around the world are invited to submit 3 minute videos of their best ideas for sustainable development and bridging communication barr iers in the Middle East; The online community will vote on these ideas, selecting the most compelling; Winners of the first round will be invited to submit follow-up videos to further flesh out their proposals; The online community and a panel of judges will collaboratively choose six final ists from this round who will be invited to attend PeaceMidans first internationa l conference in September 2013; The six finalists will pitch their ideas at the conference in 20-minute presenta tions and the final 3 winners will receive financial and professional support to turn their ideas into reality. We believe that the solutions of the areas challenges will come from the people, sa ys Ms. Mamuji, an international grassroots movement of people who are willing to work hard, be innovative, and support one another. About PeaceMidan: PeaceMidan is a non-profit dedicated to support the developmen t of the Middle East, Turkey, and North Africa by implementing unique, innovativ e, and sustainable initiatives. PeaceMidans initial programs include 320Reality, an online pitchfest where people from around the globe can submit their innovati ve ideas with the potential of gaining financial and professional support to tur n these ideas into reality. PeaceMidans first international, interactive conferen ce will be held in Long Beach in September 2013. Further information can be foun d on the public websites at http://www.320Reality.com and http://www.PeaceMidan. com. Also visit http://youtu.be/LIhZT36UTwI for more about the 320Reality compet ition.