tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-74291247109057294372024-03-19T02:15:51.481-07:00P&I Community CollaborationsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger85125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7429124710905729437.post-44935676095514286162010-09-24T16:03:00.000-07:002010-09-25T16:50:13.459-07:00Imagining America Conference Links**New Programs I have learned about while at the <a href="http://imaginingamerica.org/">Imagining America</a> conference, <span class="style32"><i>Convergence Zones: Public Cultures and Translocal Practices</i>, in Seattle, WA</span><br />
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<span class="style32"><a href="http://www.prairie.org/programs/public-square">The Public Square</a> (Chicago) </span>By building bridges between theory and practice, <strong><em>The</em> </strong><em><strong>Public Square </strong></em>encourages the use of ideas as tools to improve people’s lives.<span> These </span>programs promote participatory democracy and create space for public conversations. Knowledge is power, yet much crucial knowledge still circulates only in small, isolated communities.<span class="style32"> </span><br />
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<a href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7429124710905729437">RW121 Emerson Medellín</a> - a bi-lingual, bi-national project among 100 students working across 5 First-Year Research Writing classes at Emerson College and MIT in Boston and 5 library parks (Parques Bibliotecas) and the Universidad Nacional in Medellín, Colombia.<br />
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<a href="http://makeartstopaids.org/home.htm">Make Art / Stop AIDS</a><br />
part of Art and Global HealthCenter at UCLA<br />
(nod to Douglas Crimp- In 1987 edited a special AIDS-issue of <i>October</i>, entitled <i>AIDS: Cultural Analysis/Cultural Activism</i>. In his introduction to the edition Crimp argued for "cultural practices actively participating in the struggle against AIDS and its cultural consequences.")<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtDmzWOisHSRD-H1_QL_MR7s1ummrZ6ZMS9ISjEkd46LUMlOUQLmaJTHODGo0YvBr27JHsynVEy83LpVouBjWssb7Hbn7O5N2i9kCuR0g9oeLbM3jCKozJGbwIcVo05V_oAKkt9-vgVnA/s1600/tpe_logo.gif" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtDmzWOisHSRD-H1_QL_MR7s1ummrZ6ZMS9ISjEkd46LUMlOUQLmaJTHODGo0YvBr27JHsynVEy83LpVouBjWssb7Hbn7O5N2i9kCuR0g9oeLbM3jCKozJGbwIcVo05V_oAKkt9-vgVnA/s320/tpe_logo.gif" /></a></div>Through Positive Eyes<a href="http://throughpositiveeyes.org/"> throughpositiveeyes.org</a><br />
Through Positive Eyes tells the story of HIV/AIDS at the end of the third decade of the epidemic, when potent antiretroviral medication has been devised, but when treatment access is far from universal. (Los Angeles, Mexico City, Johannesburg, Rio de Janeiro)t<br />
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<a href="http://artofregionalchange.ucdavis.edu/">The Art of Regional Change</a> (UC DAVIS) brings together scholars, students, artists, and community groups to collaborate on media arts projects that strengthen communities, generate engaged scholarship and inform regional decision-making <br />
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<a href="http://margainc.com/">Marga, Inc </a> - A Firm, Founded by David Maurrasse, Committed to Developing Communication between Communities and Institutes<br />
— <a href="http://www.margainc.com/html/anchor_task_force.html%20">Anchor Institutions Task Force</a> - network to promote the role of anchor institutions in community engagement<br />
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<a href="http://www.geog.buffalo.edu/research/geokids/">Children's Urban Geographies</a> (Univ. of Buffalo)Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7429124710905729437.post-44214018676111213662010-09-23T17:23:00.000-07:002010-09-25T13:25:02.751-07:00Notes on Community EngagementFragments of NOTES/THOUGHTS from the <b>Imagining America conference, Convergence Zones: Public Cultures and Translocal Practices</b>, Seattle, WA, 9.23-9.25.10<br />
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You can be global while being local.<br />
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<a href="http://www.syr.edu/chancellor/index.html">Nancy Cantor</a>, Chancellor - <a href="http://www.syr.edu/about/vision.html">Scholarship in Action</a> @ Syracuse U<br />
institutional responsibility and engagement<br />
promoting scholarship and community simultaneously <br />
Say YES to education program providing tuition to Syracuse city high school students<br />
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Caryn McTighe Musil - American Association of Colleges and Universities<br />
Our {universities and colleges) welfare tied to community's welfare<br />
Civic learning spiral - braided elements with public action<br />
only 1% of community-based work is political according to the AAC studies.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7429124710905729437.post-17784966046646587432010-09-23T16:35:00.000-07:002010-09-23T16:35:34.215-07:00If you have to come to help me...."If you have come to help me, you are wasting your time, but if you have come because your liberation is bound up with mine, then let us work together."<br />
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Lila Watson, part of an Australian Aboriginal Group, is given credit for this quote, but when interviewed she “was quite clear… that she was not comfortable being credited for something that had been born of a collective process” <a href="http://www.northlandposter.com/">northlandposter.com</a><br />
(<a href="https://djterasaki.wordpress.com/2007/12/19/lila-watsons-quote-well-sort-of/">reference came from this blog</a>)Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7429124710905729437.post-70945154116991383952010-05-09T10:38:00.000-07:002010-05-09T10:41:04.149-07:00The Public School New York & Triple Canopy<a href="http://nyc.thepublicschool.org/" target="_blank"><b>THE PUBLIC SCHOOL NEW YORK</b> </a> is a school with no curriculum. <b>It's GLOBAL</b><a href="http://nyc.thepublicschool.org/" target="_blank"><br />
</a>At the moment, it operates as follows: first, classes are proposed by the public (I want to learn this or I want to teach this); then, people have the opportunity to sign up for the classes (I also want to learn that); finally, when enough people have expressed interest, the school finds a teacher and offers the class to those who signed up.<br />
<a href="http://nyc.thepublicschool.org/" target="_blank">THE PUBLIC SCHOOL</a> is not accredited, it does not give out degrees, and it has no affiliation with the public school system. It is a framework that supports autodidactic activities, operating under the assumption that everything is in everything.<b><br />
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<a href="http://nyc.thepublicschool.org/" target="_blank">THE PUBLIC SCHOOL</a> project was initiated in New York by common room and Telic Arts Exchange as The Public School (for Architecture) and operated with support from the Van Alen Institute between September and December 2009.<br />
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<b><a href="http://www.canopycanopycanopy.com/" target="_self">TRIPLE CANOPY</a></b> works collectively with writers, artists, researchers and other collaborators on projects that deal critically with culture and politics, and the ways people engage them, both online and in the world at large. <b><a href="http://www.canopycanopycanopy.com/about" target="_blank">more</a></b><br />
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THE PUBLIC SCHOOL NEW YORK and TRIPLE CANOPY are based at 177 Livingston Street, Brooklyn, NY 11201. <a href="http://www.lightindustry.org/" target="_blank">Light Industry</a> (a venue for film and electronic art in Brooklyn) also shares the storefront at 177 Livingston. <a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=177+Livingston+St,+Brooklyn,+NY&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=28.611123,54.580078&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=177+Livingston+St,+Brooklyn,+Kings,+New+York+11201&z=16"><b>map</b></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7429124710905729437.post-39292327156771833032010-05-02T11:59:00.000-07:002010-05-02T12:06:48.691-07:00Teaching for the First Time<span style="font-family:georgia;">"I found that even with an exciting subject to teach (photography), it is not a simple thing to engage students, and that there has to be a well developed plan to hook them in on the first class."</span>Vaughan Henryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11975927787818810928noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7429124710905729437.post-42090977119607910212010-04-28T07:14:00.000-07:002010-04-28T07:18:38.773-07:00Have Them Sit Down: The Civilians' Method<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://culture.wnyc.org/articles/civilians/2010/apr/28/civilians-method/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img height="180" src="http://parmenides.wnyc.org/media/photologue/photos/cache/comic_1_pt1__storyslide_image.jpg" title="Comic by: Nikole Beckwith" width="320" /></a></div><b><a class="external-link" href="http://www.thecivilians.org/" target="_blank">The Civilians</a></b> were founded in 2001. Our work often combines aspects of journalism with a creative process. We like to engage directly with the real world through interviews, community residencies and other experiences in order to create new theater from creative inquiries into the most vital questions of the present. <a href="http://culture.wnyc.org/articles/civilians/2010/apr/28/civilians-method/" target="_blank">read more of NPR story</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7429124710905729437.post-3572025130246975272010-04-09T13:31:00.000-07:002010-04-09T13:32:25.789-07:00Visual Citizenship<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.nyu.edu/ipk/conferences/visual-citizenship-conference/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Visual Citizenship: Belonging through the Lens of Human Rights and Humanitarian Action" height="300" src="https://www.nyu.edu/ipk/files/images/conference/c_4_5190595884bb241c821122.png" width="400" /></a></div>Community Collaborations' books and website will be included in an exhibition on Visual Citizenship that is part of the 2 day conference <a href="https://www.nyu.edu/ipk/conferences/visual-citizenship-conference/" target="_blank">Visual Citizenship: Belonging through the Lens of Human Rights and Humanitarian Action</a> at Institute of Public Knowledge, April 23-24. Other Photography and Imaging Alumni and Faculty will part of the exhibition and conference.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7429124710905729437.post-11156205709722185802010-02-07T12:54:00.000-08:002010-02-07T12:54:55.672-08:00Born into Brothels<i>from the BBC:</i> Born into a brothel in the Indian city of Calcutta, Avijit Halder's life has undergone a dramatic transformation.<br />
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The 20-year-old is currently pursuing a degree at one of the top film schools in the US. It all started with the filming of an Oscar-winning documentary, Born into Brothels, which dealt with the lives of the children of Indian sex workers.<br />
Avijit Halder was one of eight children of sex workers who featured in the 2004 documentary film, co-directed by Zana Briski and Ross Kauffman. <a href="Born into a brothel in the Indian city of Calcutta, Avijit Halder's life has undergone a dramatic transformation. The 20-year-old is currently pursuing a degree at one of the top film schools in the US. It all started with the filming of an Oscar-winning documentary, Born into Brothels, which dealt with the lives of the children of Indian sex workers. Avijit Halder was one of eight children of sex workers who featured in the 2004 documentary film, co-directed by Zana Briski and Ross Kauffman. ">read rest of article</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.kids-with-cameras.org/home/">Kids with Cameras foundation</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7429124710905729437.post-58296397557389845292009-11-16T09:55:00.000-08:002009-11-16T09:57:28.924-08:00HRW YOUTH PRODUCING CHANGE: CALL FOR SUBMISSIONSI posted this on the CoCo website, but I thought I'd put it here as well. If anyone is working with youth filmmakers, the <a href="http://www.hrw.org/iff" target="blank">Human Rights Watch International Film Festival</a> has put out their <a href="http://www.photographycompetitions.net/" target="blank">Call for Submissions</a> for 2010. Check out the website for the submission form, and the deadline is December 10, 2009.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6ODouWsjp2UYS0J0AsOFvD2_aUACtOKTjuyJSEgxYyKEUpY0W4QpI8mTtCgHQnSCBTpR_ZzzPLLwYZzub_mE2poEJR6_C6lli5eauXr3s1m4hdW67gT01hAV8Pea_vrwb069aJB7vxo-f/s1600/Youth_HRWIFF_logo.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 243px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6ODouWsjp2UYS0J0AsOFvD2_aUACtOKTjuyJSEgxYyKEUpY0W4QpI8mTtCgHQnSCBTpR_ZzzPLLwYZzub_mE2poEJR6_C6lli5eauXr3s1m4hdW67gT01hAV8Pea_vrwb069aJB7vxo-f/s320/Youth_HRWIFF_logo.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5404761541406855650" /></a><br /><br />Please spread the word!sterlingyeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17729631638463792077noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7429124710905729437.post-6620596730268027202009-10-26T06:41:00.001-07:002009-10-26T06:41:49.902-07:00Housing is a Human Right NYC multimedia project<object width="400" height="220"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /><param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=7005747&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1" /><embed src="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=7005747&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="400" height="220"></embed></object><p><a href="http://vimeo.com/7005747">Housing is a Human Right Teaser</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/housingisahumanright">Housing is a Human Right</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com">Vimeo</a>.</p><br />
<a href="http://www.housingisahumanright.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">housingisahumanright.org</a> <br />
<div id="bio">Housing is a Human Right is a multi-media documentary portrait of the struggle for Home in New York City. The project collects and shares first person stories of Home, community and ongoing efforts to maintain or obtain housing, celebrating our desire for a place to call Home. The stories act as a reminder that home is as tenuous a space in New York City as the shelter that sustains it.<br />
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<a href="http://vimeo.com/housingisahumanright">Watch Housing is a Human Right Videos</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7429124710905729437.post-46502931492035880622009-09-21T05:58:00.000-07:002009-09-21T06:01:50.799-07:00Waterfire Providence<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.waterfire.org/files/images/Granite_Looking_South.preview.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="273" src="http://www.waterfire.org/files/images/Granite_Looking_South.preview.jpg" width="420" /></a><br />
</div><b><a href="http://www.waterfire.org/">Waterfire Providence</a> </b>, a sculpture by <a href="http://www.waterfire.org/about-waterfire/behind-scenes" target="_blank">Barnaby Evans</a> installed on the three rivers of downtown Providence. WaterFire’s one hundred sparkling bonfires, the fragrant scent of aromatic wood smoke, the flickering firelight on the arched bridges, the silhouettes of the firetenders passing by the flames, the torch-lit vessels traveling down the river, and the enchanting music from around the world engage all the senses and emotions of those who stroll the paths of Waterplace Park. WaterFire has captured the imagination of over ten million visitors, bringing life to downtown, and revitalizing <st1:state w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Rhode Island’s capital city. </st1:place></st1:state>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7429124710905729437.post-30814022953565166092009-09-14T10:23:00.000-07:002009-09-14T10:25:06.166-07:00Youth Film Program SuggestionsThe Human Rights Watch film festival is looking for youth filmmaking programs to collaborate with this year. If you know of any organizations that are working on a film project, let me know!<br /><br />Hope you're all having a good school year.sterlingyeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17729631638463792077noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7429124710905729437.post-41633151778599653042009-08-03T05:46:00.000-07:002009-08-03T05:57:28.021-07:00<a href="http://www.aloveoflearning.org/programs/communityprograms/elotrolado#quotes" target="blank"><img alt="orr.jpg" src="http://www.communityarts.net/apinews/images/orr.jpg" class="picmarginlft" align="left" height="54" width="54" />Chrissie Orr's Santa Fe Project on Migration, Rights</a> <h1><a href="http://www.aloveoflearning.org/programs/communityprograms/elotrolado#quotes"><b><img src="http://www.aloveoflearning.org/userfiles/homepageimage.jpg" alt="El Otro Lado image" align="right" height="188" width="250" /></b></a></h1> <a href="http://www.aloveoflearning.org/programs/communityprograms/elotrolado#quotes" target="blank">El Otro Lado</a> is an unusual collaborative public art project by Chrissie Orr about migration, human rights, boundaries and a sense of home, underway in Santa Fe, N.M.T he intergenerational cross cultural participants are actively involved in developing symbolic maps/cartograms, visual representations and audio recordings of their stories, their journeys, their landmarks, their boundaries and their sense of place and home. An intensive series of workshops are underway with youth at Tierra Encantado Charter School, with additional workshops for families, women, children and individual community members. The workshops are specifically designed to provide a safe space for all to be able to share and express delicate stories and topics in relation to migration, journey and human rights. Community-based organizations, art institutions, educational entities and positive community mentors supported the design of the workshops. <i>El Otro Lado</i> provides the opportunity for a community-wide activation of the perennial and profound inquiry into, “Who am I?”<br /><br /><a href="http://elotroladosantafe.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">El Otro Lado BLOG</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7429124710905729437.post-52604069524515679012009-08-03T05:38:00.000-07:002009-08-03T05:45:15.512-07:00Community Artists on the Job<h4><a href="http://www.communityarts.net/readingroom/archivefiles/2009/07/the_long_hot_su_1.php" target="_blank">The Long, Hot Summer of Service: Community Artists on The Job</a></h4> <div class="byline">By Arlene Goldbard</div> And the word for this summer is … service! New national service initiatives are making headlines, generating new hopes for community arts jobs. Read on to learn what’s happening right now and to explore what could happen in the lead-up to 2010, the 75th anniversary of “Federal One,” the constellation of federal arts programs that employed an estimated 40,000 writers, performers, visual artists and others from 1935-39. <a href="http://www.communityarts.net/readingroom/archivefiles/2009/07/the_long_hot_su_1.php">read on</a><br /><br />this is from the <a href="http://www.communityarts.net/" target="_blank">CAN website</a><br /><br />also take a look at <br /><a href="http://www.communityarts.net/readingroom/archivefiles/2009/02/social_imaginat.php" target="_blank">Social Imagination: Documenting Engagement in Canada</a>: nine mid-career artists from across Canada to examine the practice of community-based arts and the potential of digital video as a means to document the aesthetics of engagement inherent in their work.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7429124710905729437.post-37621375330343134752009-07-31T17:45:00.000-07:002009-07-31T17:51:41.333-07:00NYC Grants from Lower Manhattan Cultural Center<a href="http://lmcc.net/grants/boroughwide/index.html">Boroughwide Grants</a> from Lower Manhattan Cultural Center (<a href="http://lmcc.net/">LMCC</a>)<br /><br /><a href="http://lmcc.net/grants/boroughwide/creativecurricula/2009/index.html">Creative Curricula</a><br />Creative Curricula is a local arts-in-education funding program, supported by NYSCA’s Local Capacity Building Initiative. The program makes matching grants to Manhattan schools working with cultural organizations or individual teaching artists. Creative Curricula supports projects that integrate arts and non-arts subjects in Pre-K through High School classrooms. [Deadline for 2009-10 has passed]<br /><a href="http://lmcc.net/grants/boroughwide/fundcreativecomm/2010/index.html"><br />The Fund for Creative Communities</a> DEADLINE 9-22-09<br />Supported by NYSCA’s Decentralization Program for Manhattan, The Fund for Creative Communities (The Fund) is designed to augment the financial resources of small to midsize nonprofit, community-based organizations that provide local, high-quality arts programs. Grants of up to $5,000 are awarded to organizations for arts projects with a significant public component and a direct impact on one of Manhattan’s diverse communities.<br /><a href="http://lmcc.net/grants/boroughwide/manncommartfund/2010/index.html"><br />Manhattan Community Arts Fund</a> DEADLINE 9-22-09<br />DCA and the office of the Manhattan Borough President provide the funding for the Manhattan Community Arts Fund (MCAF) grant, which supports local arts organizations and artists that have little access to other government funding sources. Both individual artists and nonprofit organizations are eligible to apply. The goal of this program is to prepare applicants to apply for and obtain public funds while enabling grant recipients to eventually leverage financial support from other sectors.<br /><br />I recommend joining the <a href="http://lmcc.net/multimedia/stayconnected.html">list for LMCC email newsletter</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7429124710905729437.post-84635684264007179572009-07-20T17:45:00.000-07:002009-07-20T17:59:17.252-07:00Mouse Squad<img src="http://mousesquad.org/files/u4/mouselogo_2inches.gif" alt="" align="right" height="112" width="144" /><a href="http://www.mouse.org/">MOUSE</a> is an innovative youth development organization that prepares students with essential technology and 21st century skills, empowering them to become the leaders of tomorrow.<br /><br /><a href="ttp://mousesquad.org" target="_blank">Mouse Squad</a><br />MOUSE Squad is a school- or community organization-based, student run technical help desk. Students who work on the MOUSE Squad are called technicians and they are responsible for fixing, taking care of, and supporting all of the computer-related needs in their schools. As a MOUSE Squad technician, you are given a whole lot of responsibility and, in return, you are asked to act professionally as you troubleshoot computer problems, clean and maintain technical equipment, and support the teachers in their regular computer use. <a href="http://mousesquad.org/about" target="_blank">more</a><br /><br />MOUSE Squad is a cost-effective solution to the problem of inadequate levels of on-site support in schools and the need to serve the 21st century educational and professional needs of students. Rather than looking outside the school community to create the basic level of computer troubleshooting and maintenance support needed to assist teachers in their work to integrate technology into teaching and learning, MOUSE Squad draws upon the motivation, skills, and abilities of any school’s greatest resources – its students.<br /><br />MOUSE Squad provides middle, and high school students with opportunities to develop 21st century skills and apply them as they solve technical problems faced by their schools. The program, modeled on the type of help desks that have become standard in business and industry, prepares and supports participants in the creation and operation of a student-run, school-based, data-driven, technical support help desk.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7429124710905729437.post-61540129329989907842009-07-17T11:52:00.001-07:002009-07-17T11:57:30.919-07:00HRW International Film Festival presented...Sorry I didn't post this earlier! The Human Rights Watch International Film Festival, in association with Adobe, screened work produced by youth around the world (mostly NYC students though). Topics ranged from youth homelessness to water as a human right. Some of the work was really stunning, and I couldn't believe how sophisticated some of the films were. This is the <a href="http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/ayv/index.cfm" target="blank">Adobe</a> website, and they seem to sponsor other programs as well. The HRWIFF link seems to be broken, but here's the link to the films that played in <a href="http://www.hrw.org/en/iff/new-york" target="blank">New York</a>. (The YPC link is at the bottom.)<br /><br />Hope your summers are all going well!sterlingyeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17729631638463792077noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7429124710905729437.post-83793223252305233912009-07-08T14:03:00.001-07:002009-08-03T10:13:02.539-07:00Girl empowerment programs<a href="http://www.girlswritenow.org/gwn/" target="_blank">Girls Write Now</a> NYC based program. Writer mentors with girls, college essay writing workshops, and more.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.girlsinc.org/index.html" target="_blank">Girls Inc.</a> - global<br /><br /><a href="http://vibetheater.org" target="_blank">viBe Theater Experience</a> (viBe) is a non-profit performing arts/ education organization that empowers teenage girls through the creation and production of original performances. <a href="http://www.vibetheatre.org/about.php" target="_blank">more</a><br />Read an article by director Dana Edell at CAN: <a href="http://www.communityarts.net/readingroom/archivefiles/2006/02/ripples_of_the.php" target="_blank">Ripples of the Fourth Wave: New York's viBePoetry</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7429124710905729437.post-31460188921321092642009-07-03T21:13:00.000-07:002009-07-03T21:20:52.637-07:00Indigenous Media<a href="http://mediacommons.futureofthebook.org/imr/2009/05/01/beyond-broadcast-launching-nitv-and-isuma-tv">Beyond Broadcast: Launching NITV on Isuma TV</a><br />article by Faye Ginsburg on in<span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);">media</span>res<br /><br /><a target="_blank" class="ext" href="http://www.isuma.tv/" rel="nofollow">Isuma TV</a>, a free internet video portal for global indigenous media, available to local audiences and worldwide viewers.<br /><br />On May 29, 2009, Isuma will launch NITV on Isuma TV, a digital distribution project, bringing a hi-speed version of <a href="http://www.isuma.tv/">IsumaTV</a> into remote Nunavut communities where the bandwidth is inadequate to even view YouTube. <strong>NITV</strong> allows films to be re-broadcast through local cable or low-power channels, or downloaded to digital projectors. [<a href="http://mediacommons.futureofthebook.org/imr/2009/05/01/beyond-broadcast-launching-nitv-and-isuma-tv">read more</a>]Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7429124710905729437.post-29187981397065433432009-06-12T14:32:00.000-07:002009-06-12T14:34:22.923-07:00Fall 09 Internship at Guggenheim Learning Through Art<div style="text-align: left;">Artist’s Assistant Internship Openings</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Learning Through Art, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Learning Through Art (LTA), a program of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, is a curriculum-based arts education program serving public elementary school students throughout New York City. The museum pairs teaching artists with classroom teachers to design twenty-week art projects that allow students to learn art skills and techniques and explore ideas and themes related to the school curriculum. The program immerses students in the process of making art and encourages curiosity and critical thinking. Viewing and discussing works of art in the classroom as well as at the museum in an important component of LTA.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Artist’s Assistants are apprentices who assist teaching artists one day each week in a New York City public school for the duration of an LTA residency (twenty weeks). We are currently seeking Artist’s Assistants for all residencies for the 2009-2010 school year.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">During the residency, responsibilities include:</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"> * Working with Teaching Artist to conduct curriculum-based art workshops one day a week for twenty weeks</div><div style="text-align: left;"> * Helping to maintain an organized classroom, including monitoring art supplies, and setting up and cleaning up the work space</div><div style="text-align: left;"> * Working with students one-on-one and in small groups</div><div style="text-align: left;"> * Assisting Teaching Artist with image and content research</div><div style="text-align: left;"> * Assisting Teaching Artist with hanging of in-school exhibitions and other displays of student artwork</div><div style="text-align: left;"> * Staffing LTA events as necessary, including Family Days at the Guggenheim</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">LTA makes every attempt to ensure that these internships provide Artist’s Assistants with teaching experience, related professional development, and an opportunity to observe and discuss NYC public school culture and policies. To this effect, Artist’s Assistants may also participate in the following professional development programs:</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"> * Artist’s Assistant Meetings</div><div style="text-align: left;"> * Training in how to give tours to elementary students in the Guggenheim Museum</div><div style="text-align: left;"> * Workshops and lectures</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">This is a volunteer position. In exchange for their work, the museum can arrange for students to receive college or internship credit, as allowed by the school. Other perks include free admission to museums across the country and discounts at the Guggenheim café and gift shop.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">For more information visit: <a href="http://www.learningthroughart.org/" target="_blank">www.learningthroughart.<wbr>org</a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">TO APPLY:</div><div style="text-align: left;">Twenty week residencies will start in October 2009. Please apply by August 1 for Fall 2009 positions.Submit resume and cover letter by e-mail to:</div><div style="text-align: left;">Miriam Leviton</div><div style="text-align: left;">Education Assistant, Learning Through Art</div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="mailto:mleviton@guggenheim.org" target="_blank"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"></span></a><a href="mailto:mleviton@guggenheim.org" target="_blank">mleviton@guggenheim.org</a></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7429124710905729437.post-83232979701915328502009-06-01T17:34:00.000-07:002009-06-01T17:36:47.452-07:00NYTimes: A High Schooler Views Her Community<a href="http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/06/01/showcase-a-high-schooler-views-her-community/">Lens: Showcase: A High Schooler Views Her Community</a><br />Deondra Scott, 18, photographs her neighbors in Montgomery, Ala.<br /><br />- i like how the titles/captions are in the voices of her subjectsUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7429124710905729437.post-16094744555873096142009-05-25T12:09:00.000-07:002009-05-25T12:22:45.192-07:00Soliya - global network between the "West" & "Arab/Muslim World"<a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.soliya.net/">Soliya</a> is developing a global network of young adults and empowering them to bridge the divide between the "West" and the "Arab & Muslim World." <br /><br />Soliya is a pioneering non-profit organization using new technologies to facilitate dialogue between students from diverse backgrounds across the globe. Our flagship program, the Connect Program, uses the latest web-conferencing technology to bridge the gap between university students in the Middle East, North Africa, Europe and the United States. In a time when media plays an increasingly powerful role in shaping peoples’ viewpoints on political issues, Soliya provides students with the opportunity, skills, and tools to shape and articulate their own viewpoints on some of the most pressing global issues facing their generation. <a href="http://www.soliya.net/?q=what_we_do_overview">more</a><br /><br />watch this for an overview<br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/Q5cEMtLDA0M&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Q5cEMtLDA0M&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7429124710905729437.post-9937431487063484072009-05-24T14:16:00.001-07:002009-05-24T14:21:17.988-07:00Creativity in SchoolsA humorous and thoughtful <a href="http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/ken_robinson_says_schools_kill_creativity.html" target="blank">talk</a> about how creativity is cultivated or suppressed in our current education system. Good to listen to if you're doing mindless internship work, like stuffing envelopes.sterlingyeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17729631638463792077noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7429124710905729437.post-89683735793639608582009-05-13T11:42:00.000-07:002009-05-13T11:48:16.706-07:002009 WEBSITE LAUNCH<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photoandimaging.net/coco"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQJo_l9Ye77KXeOpy72wBPCBTmYI2fcM8KqvMHOV9THJh9PfqiEIMPHAnvnrnXPLTY7p7qQf3liQ1RuJDxPbkhRu31KcxXlGzQPVjw_l99wEakhCZI7Y7SPRm3DksYncJEq7nDmzaA4qg/s400/CoCo2009.png" alt="" id="COCO 2009"r="0" /></a><br /><br /><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://photoandimaging.net/coco">www.photoandimaging.net/coco</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7429124710905729437.post-11559276022519607442009-05-09T05:31:00.000-07:002009-05-09T05:32:50.468-07:00Augusto Boal<img alt="Boal-web-2" class="storyimage" src="http://i2.democracynow.org/images/story/43/17643/boal-web-2.jpg" /><a href="http://www.theatreoftheoppressed.org/">International Theater of the Opressed Organization</a><br /><span style="font-size:100%;">Augusto Boal, Founder of the The </span>ater of the Oppressed, Dies at 78<br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><a href="http://www.democracynow.org/2009/5/6/augusto_boal_founder_of_the_theater">Story and Interview from Democracy NOW</a> </span>: Augusto Boal, the legendary Brazilian political playwright and popular educator, died Saturday at the age of seventy-eight. He was the founder of the Theater of the Oppressed, a popular international movement for a participatory form of theater as a means of promoting knowledge, democratic forms of interaction, and transformation. We play a never-before-aired interview on his life and work. [includes rush transcript]May 03, 2009<span style="font-size:100%;"><br /><br /><div class="intro"> <a href="http://www.communityarts.net/apinews/archivefiles/2009/05/augusto_boal_pa.php#more" target="blank">Augusto Boal Passes<br /></a> <div class="text11"> <img alt="Boal.jpg" src="http://www.communityarts.net/apinews/images/Boal.jpg" class="picmarginlft" align="left" height="54" width="54" /> CAN website<br />Augusto Boal, the Brazilian theater director and playwright known for the interactive genre called the "Theater of the Oppressed," died Saturday, May 2, 2009. He was 78. Boal died of respiratory failure following a long battle with leukemia, says an AP story (5/3/09). Boal, who studied theater arts at New York City's Columbia University, created Theater of the Oppressed in the early 1960s as a way to establish a dialogue between audience, playwright, director and actors that encouraged political activism. Seen as a threat to the dictatorship that ruled Brazil between 1964 and 1985, Boal was arrested, jailed and tortured before being exiled to Argentina. He returned to Brazil after the fall of the military regime. His impact on the field of community-based art is incalculable. <span class="text9">[<a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/feedarticle/8486840" target="_blank">LINK</a>]<br /><br />Finally, the <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/09/theater/09boal.html?_r=4&ref=3Dobituari=" target="blank">NYTimes Obit on Boal</a><br /></span> </div></div></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0