Author: Ingrid Hu Dahl

My Community Matters
April 24, 2008 6-8 pm
Chicago Children’s Museum
700 East Grand Ave. at Navy Pier
FREE ADMISSION
Please join us to celebrate My Community Matters, a collaboration among Street-Level Youth Media, Chicago Children’s Museum, and partnering Chicago public schools. Street-Level is leading a series of workshops with Chicago public school students to produce media about their communities. These media pieces feature the rich, diverse voices of Chicago’s young people and are showcased on a rotating basis in the installation’s video and audio booths.
This project was made possible with the support from
the Chicago Community Trust, National Endowment for the Arts, Northern Charitable Trust, and Target.
The cityscape murals and installation were designed using artwork by students from the Mark Sheridan Math and Science Academy.
See you there!
Street-Level Youth Media educates Chicago’s urban youth in media arts and emerging technologies for use in self-expression, communication, and social change. Street-Level’s programs build critical thinking skills for young people who have been historically neglected by public policy makers and mass media. Using video and audio production, computer art and the Internet, Street-Level’s youth address community issues, access advanced communication technology and gain inclusion
in our information-based society.

Project New Media Literacies a research initiative within MIT’s Comparative Media Studies program. Our central goal is to engage educators and learners in today’s participatory culture. It is our belief that young people need to both make and reflect upon media and in the process, acquire important skills in team work, leadership, problem solving, collaboration, brainstorming, communications, and creating projects.
Join NML’s Online Focus Group
You’ve been asking and we’re ready to share NML materials! Our goal is for educators to download and test our learning modules in your classroom or after-school program and provide us feedback from both you and your
students.
Help us improve our materials and
provide us a basis for evaluating and understanding the impact of our work.
Digital Media Ethics
Join the conversation!
This week, the MacArthur Foundation’s Spotlight Blog hosts a five-part series of posts about the collaboration with Howard Gardner’s GoodPlay project and our mutual interest in ethical issues around digital media.
We encourage you to comment on the blog and give us feedback.
NML Transparency
We encourage you to subscribe to our RSS feed and comment on our blog, and let us know what you think about the ways we’re doing research.
On our blog you’ll also find relevant news and commentary about developments in the media literacy field, interviews with NML staff, notices about our speaking engagements, and cross-posts to and from MacArthur’s digital media and learning community as well as other blogs in the CMS community.

The Rashawn Brazell Memorial Scholarship
Empowering the Next Generation of Scholars and Activists
The Rashawn Brazell Memorial Scholarship aims to provide a sustainable
tribute to Rashawn Brazell, a 19-year-old Brooklyn native who was brutally
murdered in February 2005. With each year the award is offered, we encourage
a new wave of New York City high school students to reflect upon Brazell¹s
legacy of selfless service and to think critically about the impact of
intolerance and violence on their communities.
The scholarship will be awarded annually to a college-bound student of color
who resides in New York City. Although the award is not need-based, it is
need-sensitive, meaning we strongly encourage applications from students who
experience financial hardship. The scholarship is available to high school
seniors, recently graduated students (within 1 year of graduation) and
recent GED attainees (within 1 year) who have been accepted to an accredited
undergraduate program.
Selection will be based on the student’s interest in the struggle against
racism, sexism, homophobia and other forms of oppression, as well as their
commitment to creating peace in the community by affirming and celebrating
diversity.
Scholarship Features:
Scholarship winners will receive a one-time award of $1500 in the summer
prior to their freshman year. Because this award is paid directly to the
selected scholar, the student (and his/her family) may decide to apply it to
tuition, living costs, books or other college-related expenses.
In addition to the monetary award, selected scholars also have the
opportunity to be paired with a RBMS mentor. Throughout the year, mentors
and students maintain regular contact to establish an ongoing dialogue about
how to face the challenges that students often encounter in their community
service and scholarly pursuits. Moreover, mentors provide emotional support
at a crucial time in the lives of our scholars, as they begin to develop
both their professional and personal visions.
Scholarship Details:
Applications must be postmarked by June 15, 2008.
Late applications will not be considered.
DF Files available for download:
* Application Form:
http://rashawnbrazell.com/files/2008_RBMS_Application.pdf
More Information:
http://rashawnbrazell.com/scholarships/
http://rashawnbrazell.com/files/2008_RBMS_Application.pdf

Asia Society and The Goldman Sachs Foundation are pleased to announce the 2008 Youth Prizes for Excellence in International Education. Up to five winners will be selected to receive up to $10,000 each as well as an all-expense paid trip to New York City in November 2008 to receive their prize.
The 2008 competition asks students to create an in-depth written essay or multimedia feature examining a social or economic issue that has relevance to them in a global context. In the essay category, students will compare and contrast how the issue affects their community and a community abroad, as well as create recommendations for what lessons the two communities could learn from each other. In the multimedia category, students will explore how a global problem or challenge affects their life as an individual, as a member of their local community, and/or as a global citizen.
Please visit http://askasia.org/students/gsfprizes.html for the contest questions, eligibility rules, guidelines and helpful hints, and submission instructions. The deadline for applications for the Youth Prizes is Thursday, June 12, 2008.
The 2007 winners of The Goldman Sachs Foundation Prizes for Elementary/Middle Schools, High Schools, States, and Media/Technology Organizations have just been announced! Please visit http://www.internationaled.org/prizes/ for more information about the 2007 winners and for the announcement of the 2008 cycle of prizes in early autumn.
Sincerely,
The Goldman Sachs Foundation Prizes Team

Gala Screening: Our City, My Story
May 2, 2008 at 6 p.m.
Fourth Annual program heralding the vision of NYC youth-made media!
To be held at AMC 19th Street (890 Broadway)
Reception to follow at Chelsea Museum of Art (556 West 22nd Street)
Please RSVP to:
apeoples@tribecafilminstitute.org
TRIBECA Film Institute

Annual Print Subscription
The print journal of Youth Media Reporter compiles all the web issues into one resource along with 8-10 “special features” articles that are not available to the web, which are intellectual and scholarly analyses of the field. To ensure YMR remains an accessible resource for the entire field, we have decided to offer YMR on a sliding scale ranging from $49.99 to $149.99 depending on organizational type and operating budget. Special rate for students.
• A student (with no organizational affiliation), [Price=$25.00, shipping waived]

• An individual (with no organizational affiliation), school or a non-profit organization with an operating budget less than $500,000 [Price=$49.99+s&h]

• A non-profit organization with an operating budget of more than $500,000 [Price=$99.99+s&h]

• An institution (libraries, universities, foundations) or commercial organization [Price=$149.99 +s&h]

You can also subscribe via check and send to:
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For those in the field that will be in NYC the evening of Wed. March 19th, from 6-8 pm join 100 youth media practitioners, media organizations, foundations, academics and supporters of youth media as we celebrate the first annual print journal of Youth Media Reporter.
Drink wine and enjoy hors d’heurves, get a free copy of the journal (available only in this year), win a free subscription to 2009’s issue, meet our 13 person peer review board, and toast this year’s success at the Academy for Educational Development 100 Fifth Ave, 8th Floor.

By Mindy Faber
Over the last few decades, the proliferation of low cost digital media production tools has given rise to an expanding number of after-school programs that use digital media to engage young people in art, organizing, journalism, citizenship and leadership development. The explosion of this this new media is redefining how youth learn, create, and participate in the public sphere.
Although the issue of youth and their relation to the media is taking on a new sense of urgency among educators, policy-makers and social researchers, especially in the context of the recently proposed 21st Century Community Learning Center budget cuts, research on the topic is still difficult to find.
Featuring the work of the MIT/MacArthur Foundation Digital Media and Learning Initiative, Center for Media Justice, Pew Internet and American Life Project, Free Expression Policy Project, Open Society Institute, Stuart Foundation, and many more, some of the topics researched in the body of work, housed together for the first time, include:
–Findings on the positive impact of after-school programs, the budget for which President Bush has recently proposed a cut of over 50%, despite findings which prove they bring about greater parental involvement in school, student engagement, and student commitment to homework
–An analysis of how young people are using new media to participate in the electoral process
–A study of the digital divide between immigrant youth and their native-born peers
–An examination of policy concerning intellectual copyright, network neutrality, and radio deregulation, each of which give shape to young people’s ability to access information and participate in mainstream discourse
–Case studies of effective youth media programs within the United States and abroad
To access this collection, please visit: http://www.issuelab.org/closeup
To add your nonprofit organization’s research to Issuelab (a free service), please visit:
http://www.issuelab.org/rc_accounts/start
To read, review, and comment on works of research in our archive, and to sign up for issue-specific rss feeds, please visit:
http://www.issuelab.org/accounts/create
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http://www.issuelab.org/enews
IssueLab is an online publishing forum for nonprofit research. Our mission is to more effectively archive, distribute and promote the extensive and diverse body of work being produced by the third sector. For more information, please contact Sarah Macaraeg at 312-315-8476 or sarah@issuelab.org; or visit www.issuelab.org.

An intensive intergenerational workshop to encourage and sustain visionary leadership in the arts.
June 8-12, 2008
Silver Falls Conference Center located in the forested foothills of Oregon’s Cascade Mountains
Are you interested in strengthening your peer network? NAMAC’s Leadership Institute will support you in renewing your energy and strengthening your leadership abilities.
The NAMAC Leadership Institute is an intensive intergenerational workshop designed to encourage and sustain visionary leadership in the arts. Time is built in for reflection, networking with peers, and enjoying a beautiful wooded setting at the foothills of Oregon’s Cascade Mountains. Designed for staff leaders at all levels in NAMAC member organizations, the Institute offers the opportunity to:
Increase awareness of your leadership strengths, challenges and opportunities.
Appreciate the gifts and preferences of younger / older colleagues and anticipate the impact of generational differences on your organization.
Identify actions you can take to help sustain your organization long-term.
Identify and practice key leadership skills for working with change.
Broaden your network of peer support for continuing learning and collaboration.
For more information, go here.

Entertainment Software Association Foundation offers funding for Youth Programs (DEADLINE: April 15, 2008 ). Grants will be awarded to nonprofit organizations providing programs in personal development, health awareness, risk behavior prevention, education, and media arts to youth between the ages of 7 and 18. The foundation seeks to harness the collective power of the interactive entertainment industry to create positive social impact in America’s communities. The interactive entertainment industry supports geographically diverse projects and programs that benefit American youth of all races and denominations and both genders. More details here.