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Are you hopeful about the future?

Msnbc.com invites high school and college students to share their thoughts with an essay or a video blog.


Cell phone and smartphone users:

Use your phone's email or MMS (multimedia message service) to send photos or video to firstperson@msnbc.com.

Some phones can easily send photos to contacts in the address book.  We have provided this vCard that allows you to easily add “FirstPerson” to your mobile contacts list.

Include a descriptive subject line so editors can easily find your submission.

In the body of your message, include additional details about the content: who, what, when, where, etc.