May 2007 Archives

Seeking Submissions: Urban Word NYC Anthology
By: Ingrid Hu Dahl
Published: May 23, 2007
Calling all poets, spoken word artists, emcees, creative writers and thinkers, activists and youth leaders! Urban Word NYC is currently accepting submissions for a new anthology of youth poetry that will be published this summer by UW Press. Please send...

Calling young filmmakers and media mentors
By: Ingrid Hu Dahl
Published: May 23, 2007
This year at the USSF in Atlanta, Georgia Arts Engine will present the voices and visions of emerging and young filmmakers by holding a round table discussion with them and their media mentors who use media as a tool for...

Namibia: Children's Film Shot on Location
By: Ingrid Hu Dahl
Published: May 23, 2007
During the first two weeks of April, a group of Namibian, German and Polish students based themselves at Baumgartsbruhn, a primary school just outside Windhoek, to work on a very unique project producing a short feature film for children. The...

The First Sarajevo Talent Campus Call for Entries
By: Ingrid Hu Dahl
Published: May 23, 2007
Young filmmakers and students from the Region can apply via an online application form which is available from May 21 to June 21, 2007. SARAJEVO TALENT CAMPUS The First Sarajevo Talent Campus, a new educational programme dedicated to young filmmakers...

'Food Force' Video Game Sweeps Northern Europe
By: Ingrid Hu Dahl
Published: May 23, 2007
'Food Force' will help children become better global citizens.

Annual Spring Reading for Girls Write Now
By: Ingrid Hu Dahl
Published: May 23, 2007
Sunday, June 10th New York City 4-6 PM Barnes & Noble Astor Place The grand culmination of the 2006-07 Girls Write Now season, you won't want to miss this opportunity to hear the best teen writers in New York City...

Conferences
By: Ingrid Hu Dahl
Published: May 21, 2007
Upcoming youth media-related conferences.

Documents
By: Ingrid Hu Dahl
Published: May 21, 2007
Links | Documents | Conferences Youth Media Fellowship Youth Media Learning Network, Application deadline May 25th, 2007 Download the Fellowship PDF Investing in Youth Media: A Guide for Grantmakers Open Society Institute, 2007 Download the Guide for Grantmakers PDF Youth...

Links
By: Ingrid Hu Dahl
Published: May 19, 2007
Youth Media Organizations, Intermediaries, and Funders

Youth Media Fellowship: Call for Applications
By: Ingrid Hu Dahl
Published: May 15, 2007
The Youth Media Learning Network (YMLN) seeks applicants from the greater New York City area to participate in the inaugural cohort of the Youth Media Fellowship, a 10-month-long professional development opportunity for youth media educators. The fellowship will offer participants...

The Third Annual NYC Youth Activist Conference
By: Ingrid Hu Dahl
Published: May 15, 2007
Come to The Third Annual NYC Youth Activist Conference with YELL! (Young Eclectic Liberation Leaders). YELL! is a diverse group of youth dedicated to activism, community based education and youth liberation. The conference is open to all NYC youth interested...

Free Minds, Free People Conference
By: Ingrid Hu Dahl
Published: May 15, 2007
Free Minds, Free People will bring together teachers, youth, parents, researchers and community-based educators from across the country to begin building a movement to develop and promote Education for Liberation. Education for Liberation is an umbrella term we use to...

2nd Annual Spoken Word & Hip-Hop Teacher & Community Leader Training Institute
By: Ingrid Hu Dahl
Published: May 15, 2007
June 18th – 22nd University of Wisconsin at Madison This summer, Urban Word NYC and the Hip-Hop Association team up with the University of Wisconsin’s Office of Multicultural Initiatives (OMAI) to offer a weeklong program for teachers, educators, community leaders...

Nation Student Writing Contest
By: Ingrid Hu Dahl
Published: May 15, 2007
The Nation is looking for original, thoughtful, provocative student voices to convey what the most important issues for young people are in the 2008 presidential campaign. Essays should not exceed 800 words and should be original, unpublished work that demonstrates...

INVITE: 7th annual Media That Matters Film Festival Worksho
By: Ingrid Hu Dahl
Published: May 15, 2007
As a part of the 7th annual Media That Matters Film Festival, youth media professional are invited to an exciting opportunity to bring education, film and activism together and discuss how to effectively use media for social change. Be a...

An International Conference on Media
By: Ingrid Hu Dahl
Published: May 15, 2007
MEDIA: Overseas Conversations (IV) An International Conference on Media Literacy-Ecology-Studies-Education May 31 to June 2, 2007 / New York City http://www.mocnyb.org This international conference provides an open forum for exploring media and youth culture. The conversations will accent the positive...

Youth Interviewers Needed
By: Ingrid Hu Dahl
Published: May 15, 2007
Youth Researchers for a New Education System need youth interviewers ages 16-21 who will receive community service credit for their efforts. Youth interviewers will help a team of youth researchers conduct a survey to figure out what's needed in order...

Peabody Award for Listen Up!'s Beyond Borders
By: Ingrid Hu Dahl
Published: May 15, 2007
Listen Up! won a Peabody Award for Beyond Borders, which aired on IFC: http://www.peabody.uga.edu/news/pressrelease.asp?ID=142...

The Resource Center's Effective Practices Collection
By: Ingrid Hu Dahl
Published: May 15, 2007
Corporation for National and Community Service involves youth with projects in poetry, art and performance.

this month's youth media professional
By: Ingrid Hu Dahl
Published: May 14, 2007
Kristina Rizga is the editor and director of WireTap Magazine who saw first hand how small journals, films, and music created by young people inspired and grew movements for social change in the former Soviet Union.

letter from the editor (volume 1:issue 5)
By: Ingrid Hu Dahl
Published: May 14, 2007
This month showcases ways youth media professionals can use blogs, virtual communities, and Second Life, as well as revenue-based models from the field.

Non-profit does not mean Non-revenue
By: Sara Melillo
Published: May 14, 2007
A journalism program officer from the McCormick Tribune Foundation gives useful revenue-based tips to (and from) the field.

Engaging Youth with a New Medium: The Potentials of Virtual Worlds
By: Rafi Santo
Published: May 14, 2007
Best Practices from the point of view of Global Kids Online Leadership Program Staff.

Youth, Professionals, and the Blog-o-sphere
By: Patti Binder
Published: May 14, 2007
Patti Binder, founder of the blog What's Good For Girls, gives insights to youth media professionals bound to follow in her lead.

The Mind of BLOC
By: Ingrid Hu Dahl
Published: May 14, 2007
An Interview with Ibrahim Abdul-Matin from Movement Strategy Center, founding member of BLOC (Building Leadership Organizational Communities).

2007 International Essay Contest for Young People
By: Ingrid Hu Dahl
Published: May 1, 2007
For youth essays on peace using media and technology |Deadline: June 30 2007 The Goi Peace Foundation and the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) invite young people throughout the world up to 25 years of age to...

UK TV partners with Mediabox
By: Ingrid Hu Dahl
Published: May 1, 2007
ITV Local partners with Mediabox to showcase young people's work to mainstream audiences throughout the United Kingdom.