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		<title>Breakthrough&#8217;s new Facebook game, America 2049, uses multimedia to explore race and migration in the U.S.</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Breakthrough is pleased to present our ground-breaking new Facebook game, AMERICA 2049! (Twitter hashtag #america2049) The game has already been featured by TIME.com and Wired.com and this is just the beginning!<br />
We invite you to play by becoming an agent, charged with the responsibility to protect the future of our country.<br />
The game features appearances &#8230;]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a rel="attachment wp-att-9952" href="http://restorefairness.org/2011/04/breakthroughs-new-facebook-game-america-2049-uses-multimedia-to-explore-race-and-migration-in-the-united-states/am2049pstr_fb/"><img class="size-medium wp-image-9952  alignleft" title="AM2049Pstr_fb" src="http://restorefairness.org/wp-content/uploads/AM2049Pstr_fb-197x300.jpg" alt="" width="197" height="300" /></a>Breakthrough is pleased to present our ground-breaking new Facebook game, <strong><a href="http://www.america2049.com/" target="_blank">AMERICA 2049</a></strong>! (Twitter hashtag #america2049) The game has already been featured by <a href="http://techland.time.com/2011/04/05/america-2049-brings-political-drama-to-facebook-games/" target="_blank">TIME.com</a> and <a href="http://www.wired.com/video/gaming/gamelife/605181200001/america-2049-trailer/885454597001" target="_blank">Wired.com</a> and this is just the beginning!</p>
<p>We <a href="www.america2049.com" target="_blank">invite you to play </a>by becoming an agent, charged with the responsibility to protect the future of our country.</p>
<p>The game features appearances by <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0674782/" target="_blank">Harold Perrineau</a> (LOST),  <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001255/" target="_blank">Victor  Garber</a> (Alias), <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0427728/" target="_blank">Cherry Jones</a> (24),  <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0710829/" target="_blank">Anthony Rapp</a> (Rent) and  <a href="http://www.margaretcho.com/" target="_blank">Margaret  Cho</a> (Notorious C.H.O.), who generously donated their time and talents to   help Breakthrough put a human face on complex social issues.</p>
<p>&#8220;America 2049&#8243; players are activated as agents for the  <a href="http://councilonamericanheritage.com/" target="_blank">Council on  American Heritage</a> headed by Jefferson Williams II (Garber), and tasked  with the capture  of alleged terrorist Ken Asaba (Perrineau).</p>
<p>Over 12  weeks, &#8220;America  2049&#8243; players will take on missions and face challenges  based on human  rights themes including immigration, race, sexual  orientation, sex  trafficking, religion, labor, national security and  more.</p>
<p>Commenting on the concept of the game and his involvement, Perrineau said-</p>
<blockquote><p>&#8220;&#8216;America 2049’ entertains and enlightens about the real-world issues  of acceptance and tolerance. The project resonated with me because I  love the idea of people fighting at all costs for their right to pursue  the life they choose without fear of persecution. I hope that through  playing ‘America 2049,’ young people in particular will be inspired to  help stop institutionalized hatred and intolerance — today.&#8221;</p></blockquote>
<p>In &#8216;America 2049,&#8217; players actively explore how the choices and  challenges Americans now face will shape the future of the country, its  democratic values and how America defines itself as a nation. The game  challenges players to ask: how close are we already to America 2049&#8211;  and how can we work together, in real life, to build a better future?</p>
<p>Mallika Dutt, President and CEO of Breakthrough, added-</p>
<blockquote><p>The game experience allows us to immerse ourselves in a future that  could be — but also inspires us to envision, and recommit to, a real  America built on pluralism, democracy, dignity, equality and human  rights for all.</p></blockquote>
<p>&#8220;America 2049&#8243; is the first Facebook game to integrate the social  networking platform with many other resources, online and off:  multimedia and interactive features, clues planted across the Internet  and real-life events at leading cultural institutions nationwide,  including members of the <a href="http://www.sitesofconscience.org/en/" target="_blank">International Coalition of Sites of Conscience</a>.</p>
<p>Watch the <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=coM5uFy2--Y" target="_blank">America 2049 trailer</a> here:</p>
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<p><strong>Agent, if you can handle the mission,  join us in game play and &#8220;like&#8221; the </strong><a href="http://www.facebook.com/America2049" target="_blank"><strong>&#8220;America 2049&#8243; Facebook page</strong></a><strong> to get the latest updates.</strong></p>
<p><strong>Share with friends and protect the future of this country! </strong><strong><a href="http://www.america2049.com" target="_blank">Play the game on Facebook here. </a></strong></p>
<p>As <a href="http://techland.time.com/2011/04/05/america-2049-brings-political-drama-to-facebook-games/" target="_blank">TIME.com says</a>-</p>
<blockquote><p>[T]he timing may be right to click into the world of <em>2049</em> and  absorb its messages. You might be moved into acting on or learning   about an important cause. And that&#8217;s okay, because your farm or  vendetta  can wait.</p></blockquote>
<p>Good luck!</p>
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