October 2007 Archives

GLSEN Student of Color Organizing Conference
By: Ingrid Hu Dahl
Published: October 31, 2007
GLSEN, the Gay, Lesbian & Straight Education Network is pleased to announce our fifth Student of Color Organizing Conference to be held on January 18th – January 21st 2008 in Atlanta. The Students of Color Organizing (SOCO) Conference, which...

No Easy Answers: What's New at WKCD
By: Ingrid Hu Dahl
Published: October 31, 2007
So much of teaching and learning falls outside the answer box. What happens when street smarts enter the SAT? When we ask middle school students to take intellectual risks? When teenagers meet up with Web 2.0? When we wonder what...

Call for submissions: Convention on the Rights of the Child Online Art Exhibit
By: Ingrid Hu Dahl
Published: October 31, 2007
18 @ 18 Online Art Exhibit: Call to Action The Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) is celebrating its 18th anniversary. *INTRODUCTION* In 1989, world leaders decided that children needed a special convention just for them because people...

Global Kids Educators Fellowship
By: Ingrid Hu Dahl
Published: October 31, 2007
Please consider applying for Global Kids Educators Fellowship. In addition to receiving 2K to use how you see fit, you'll receive support from a group of like-minded activist-oriented teachers/youth workers who are also trying to implement positive change in their...

AWAAM seeking facilitators in video, web publishing and radio production
By: Ingrid Hu Dahl
Published: October 31, 2007
Arab Women Active in the Arts and Media is seeking to partner with organizations or individuals for their weekend program for young women. They are seeking mentors to facilitate workshops in three areas: video, web publishing and radio production. Each...

Democracy 2.0 Declaration
By: Ingrid Hu Dahl
Published: October 25, 2007
Please help spread the word about the Democracy 2.0 Declaration -- a statement created by hundreds of young people about what they want to see their democracy be and become -- and encourage people to sign online, in order to...

First Youth Camera Action Screening
By: Ingrid Hu Dahl
Published: October 25, 2007
Please join the Urban Youth Collaborative, the NYCLU, and the Student Safety Coalition for the first NYCLU Youth Camera Action Screening. Urban Youth Collaborative youth will facilitate a screening of three short youth produced documentaries on the over-policing of New...

REGISTER NOW: Blogging and Journalism, November 15
By: Ingrid Hu Dahl
Published: October 23, 2007
Blogging for Journalists & Writers An evening workshop with Prof. SREE SREENIVASAN, Columbia Journalism School and WNBC-TV's tech reporter Thursday, November 15. 6PM - 10PM Lecture Hall An intensive, hands-on workshop about the myriad ways journalists and writers can use...

Call for Submissions: Hans Blix Launches "Students for a Nuclear Weapons-Free World"
By: Ingrid Hu Dahl
Published: October 23, 2007
GENEVA, NEW YORK CITY, TORONTO - October 23, 2007 "The reality is that any nuclear weapon, wherever located, and in any hands, is a special threat which we must seek to eliminate". - Dr. Hans Blix. On the occasion of...

Scholarship Opportunity: University of Wisconsin First Wave
By: Ingrid Hu Dahl
Published: October 23, 2007
As part of Urban Word NYC's continuing relationship with the University of Wisconsin, we are seeking out high-achieving seniors, with a passion for the arts and writing, to apply for the chance to win a 4-year full ride to the...

Global Kids: Power of Citizenry Leadership Program
By: Ingrid Hu Dahl
Published: October 23, 2007
Global Kids would like to invite students to join our city-wide Power of Citizenry leadership program which meets at our office in Manhattan every Friday at 4:00pm. This program provides young people with the opportunity to learn about world...

Order Indykids for your public school library!
By: Ingrid Hu Dahl
Published: October 22, 2007
IndyKids has been added to the list of vendors that New York City public school librarians can order for their students. *IndyKids* is a progressive newspaper for kids. We strive to provide information about current issues that may not...

US-Palestine Youth Solidarity Network Reportback
By: Ingrid Hu Dahl
Published: October 22, 2007
Beautiful young people, students, educators, youth organizers, and media makers....please come out to PEP's US-Palestine Youth Solidarity Network Reportback hosted at the lovely Manhattan Neighborhood Network Studio! We want to share our work with you and figure out how to...

Internship Opportunity: Block the Shot Project
By: Ingrid Hu Dahl
Published: October 22, 2007
For youth aged 14 to 19 to work with a great organization that does a lot of anti-police brutality work. *Justice Committee, Inc. * *Block the Shot Project* *We are an organization that is seeking three youth interns (ages14-19) who...

letter from the editor
By: Ingrid Hu Dahl
Published: October 15, 2007
This issue explores the use of digital media in relation to young people and community in an increasingly global world. Many thanks to this months contributors from Zongo Junction Youth Photography Project, the Lower East Side Girls Club, P.O.V. Youth Views, and Amigos de las Americas.

Turning the Lens toward Community
By: Samuel Bathrick
Published: October 11, 2007
Teaching photography to students in Ghana to transcend a cultural tsunami.

Amity to launch 24/7 Education channel 'Youth TV'
By: Ingrid Hu Dahl
Published: October 11, 2007
Noida (Uttar Pradesh): In a first foray by an Indian university in the entertainment media segment, Amity University (Noida) will launch a 24-hour education channel, 'Youth TV', targeting the vital human resource which needs the right path to scale new...

Explorers of Exchange: Girls Traverse the Digital Divide
By: Lyn Pentecost, Ph.D.
Published: October 11, 2007
Girls from the Lower East Side use digital photography to define global exchange with girls in Chiapas, Mexico.

this month's youth media professional
By: Ingrid Hu Dahl
Published: October 11, 2007
Irene is a loud and proud Riot Grrrl that has dreams to attend a Buddhist seminary. Irene has made a significant impact in youth media and organizing since her teenage years when she launched the first Gay/Straight Alliance at her high school while co-producing a film regarding the youth movement.

Street-Level Youth Media Benefit
By: Ingrid Hu Dahl
Published: October 11, 2007
You're invited to the annual Street-Level Youth Media Benefit! October 18 2007, 6-9pm Chicago Public rAdio Studios at Navy Pier. Due to the hard work of our Board and event committee, this year's benefit is going to be amazing! Held...

Out of the Screening Room and into the Streets
By: Irene Villaseñor
Published: October 11, 2007
Using film beyond the screening to engage young people and communities in social and grassroots activism.

Amigos de las Américas: Incorporating media in youth-oriented Latin American volunteer projects
By: Tara White
Published: October 11, 2007
Youth led digital media is critical to introducing technology to marginalized communities and for creating cultural exchange.

Girls Write Now Celebrate 10th Year Anniversary
By: Ingrid Hu Dahl
Published: October 11, 2007
You're invited to attend the Girls Write Now 10th Anniversary Fall Friendraiser! Thursday, October 18th, 2007 5:30-6:30 pm Mentor-Mentee Pair Reading and Chapbook Showcase at Bluestockings the radical bookstore, fair trade cafe and activist center at 172 Allen Street (between...

How Young People Use Media: Youth DNA Study Measures Trends
By: Ingrid Hu Dahl
Published: October 11, 2007
New research on youth and media called Youth Media DNA will help newspaper comanies develop strategies for reaching young readers