SXSW Attendees: Vote On Best Videos Alerting To Global Scourges

AUSTIN, TEXAS — The public is invited to vote on the best videos presented during SXSW pointing to critical societal challenges worldwide.

The videos are part of an initiative by Johnson & Johnson dubbed CaringCrowd, of which a video contest is a component. Three finalists are vying for top honors in the categories of Violence Prevention, Period Poverty, and Sudden Unexplained Death in Childhood. The finalists' videos pointing to the societal scourges — while calling for the need to eradicate them — can be voted on by members of the public by clicking here.

Among the panelists in the SXSW presentation is Austin based nurse Joanne Chiwaula, founder of the African Mothers Health Initiative, who has raised more than $56,000 through projects on CaringCrowd. Also featured will be John Brennick, co-founder of CaringCrowd. In total, CaringCrowd has raised nearly $2 million (in donations + matching) for health-focused nonprofits.

CaringCrowd, Johnson & Johnson’s free, health-focused crowdfunding platform for nonprofits, will unveil the three finalists of its Show You Care video contest at SXSW’s panel event, Crowdfunding: Improving Health in Africa and Beyond, on Saturday, March 9, at 11 a.m. CST in Salon FG Floor 3 in the JW Marriot.

At the event, SXSW attendees will be asked to vote on a winner, indicating the health cause they believe needs more attention and support. The winning finalist will have their entry turned into a professionally produced video, officials said. Click here to see the finalists' videos.

Johnson & Johnson also will be showcasing a project on the CaringCrowd site focusing on providing health services to uninsured children in Texas — an urgent need given that Texas has the dubious distinction of having the highest number of uninsured kids in the entire United States.

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