American Center to run Facebook contest ahead of Obama’s visit

MUMBAI - The American Center in Mumbai Friday announced a youth First Citizen contest through its Facebook Fan page in honour of the visit of President Barack Obama to India in November.

Any youth between the age of 14-30 who is engaged in working to make his/her society a better place to live can be nominated for ‘First Citizen’, said American Center director Anne Grimes.

In any society, especially strong and vibrant democracies such as the United States and India, citizens are important to the development of a vibrant civil society. We are looking for youth ‘First Citizens’ of western India, she said.

The person has to describe in 300 words or less about how he/she is contributing to the community and why he/she deserves to be voted the First Citizen.

Entries can be submitted through the contests tab on the American Center Mumbai Facebook page: www.facebook.com/amcentermumbai, by Nov 8.

Both, the nominators and the nominees, must be Indian nationals residing in the five states encompassing the US Consulate General Mumbai consular district: Chhattisgarh, Goa, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, and Maharashtra.

As this is an interactive contest, the judges will consider the number of likes each entry receives, although the main evaluation will be of the description and impact of the work that the nominee is doing.