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Youth Views

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About Me

Hi guys! Interested in making a change in your neighborhood, but don't seem to know how or where to start? Well, just your luck because Youth Views happens to be a program for young people and educators who want to learn how to use documentary films to educate and empower their communities! We are a project of the Community Engagement and Education department at American Documentary, producers of the award-winning PBS documentary series P.O.V. (“point of view”), and we provide free resources and training in facilitation and media literacy to help you develop your leadership skills, community programs and educational curricula. Join others from across the country in learning how to use independent media responsibly in your community to effect positive social change. Youth Views #1 goal is paving the way for the future leaders, educators, activists, organizers, and storytellers of tomorrow just like you. Right now, you are living your historic time period and if we as youth do not step up to the plate and leave a mark, then who will?!?

Meet past participants of Youth Views
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My Interests

P.O.V. (a cinema term for "point of view") is television's longest-running showcase for independent non-fiction films. P.O.V. premieres 14-16 of the best, boldest and innovative programs every year on PBS. Since 1988, P.O.V. has presented over 225 films to public television audiences across the country. P.O.V. films are known for their intimacy, their unforgettable storytelling and their timeliness, putting a human face on contemporary social issues.

I'd like to meet:

Independent Film and Documentary lovers, young people and adults transforming their communities, activists, organizers, visionaries, media producers, artists, thinkers and questioners, people who believe in social justice and people who want to use media to support their communities and all buena gente (good people) out there!We'd also like to meet from the P.O.V. series: The Camden 28 , Shelby Knox , Sierra Leone's Refugee All Stars , Alex White Plume , Eric Daniel Metzgar , and Stanley Jr. from Artic Son .

Music:

Alice Tan Ridley, Kahurangi Maori Dance Theatre of New Zealand, Tibetan Sunday School, Cetiliztli Nauhcampa Quetzalcóatl in Ixachitlán Danza Mexica, Margaret Yellow Wolf Tarrant, SilverCloud Singers

Movies:

Organize screening and discussion events with P.O.V. films! See what's available & apply online at pbs.org/pov/getinvolved.html

Television:

Check out P.O.V.'s 2007 schedule at pbs.org/pov/tvschedule.php

Heroes:

Fred Korematsu, Bayard Rustin, The Women Outside, Vine Deloria Jr., people seeking justice for the disappeared women in Juarez, Steven Coza, Malcolm X, The Young Lords, Shirley Chisholm, Iris Baez, Doris Busch Boskey, Kadiatou Diallo, Georgina Beyer, His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama, Florence Jones, Audre Lorde, Ernest Besig, Rosa Parks, Marlon Riggs, Vernon Masayesva, Thomas Banyacya, King David Kalakaua, Yuri Kochiyama, Cesar Chavez, all the boys and their families in the Boys of Baraka
Cool Slideshows

My Blog

Nine Star Hotel Review By Sarah Zayas

9 Star Hotel is a documentary focused upon the day-to-day lives of a select group of Palestinians. It centers on the lives of two young men who live out in the outskirts of the Israeli city of Modi'in...
Posted by Youth Views on Mon, 02 Jun 2008 12:26:00 PST

Bright Leaves review by Sarah Zayas

The film "Bright Leaves" is about Ross McElwee's journey into his family past. It all started when McElwee had a dream about being surrounded by tobacco leaves. This dream led to major discovery. ...
Posted by Youth Views on Mon, 02 Jun 2008 01:16:00 PST

International Symposium-November 2008

International Symposium« 25th Anniversary of AMARC :Development and Empowerment through Community Radio »Montréal, November 7, 20081. RationaleThe world association of Community Radio Broadcasters, AM...
Posted by Youth Views on Mon, 02 Jun 2008 10:52:00 PST

ARTEEAST AT THE BOWERY POETRY CLUB TOMORROW NIGHT

ARTEEAST PRESENTSArteEast, in collaboration with Simon & Schuster and Adalah-NY, invites you to a book reading with Palestinian author and human rights lawyer RAJA SHEHADEH* Winner of the 2008 Orwell ...
Posted by Youth Views on Mon, 02 Jun 2008 08:13:00 PST

Youth Justice Board-Second Reminder!!!

The Center for Court Innovation is now recruiting new members for thenextcohort of the Youth Justice Board! The Youth Justice Board is anafter-school program that introduces the voices of teens into t...
Posted by Youth Views on Fri, 30 May 2008 10:49:00 PST

Last minute, but come on down anyway!

The Lower Eastside Girls Club is pleased to announce a screening of "The Education of Shelby Knox" on Friday May 30th at 4pm. Also, we are having a DJ dance party on Saturday May 31st at 3:30pm, so d...
Posted by Youth Views on Fri, 30 May 2008 09:55:00 PST

Tuesday, June 3rd - Covering High-Profile Police Shootings

Tuesday, June 3rd - Covering High-Profile Police Shootings6:30 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.New York Press Club Penthouse330 W 42 Street (8th & 9th, 33 floor)A panel of print, radio and television reporters, join...
Posted by Youth Views on Fri, 30 May 2008 09:52:00 PST

Win $ Contest!

Applications for the Goldman Sachs Foundation Youth Prizes for Excellence in International Education are due Thursday, June 12, 2008! The online application for the contest is now available at: http:/...
Posted by Youth Views on Thu, 29 May 2008 11:48:00 PST

I taught a workshop!

It's not the first workshop that I've taught, but it was the first one that I've done with P.O.V. so I'm very happy about that. My supervisor and I went to Millennium High School last Friday to teach ...
Posted by Youth Views on Wed, 28 May 2008 09:50:00 PST

ARTEEAST PRESENTS

ARTEEAST PRESENTSArteEast, in collaboration with Simon & Schuster and Adalah-NY, invites you to a book reading with Palestinian author and human rights lawyer RAJA SHEHADEH* Winner of the 2008 Orwell ...
Posted by Youth Views on Wed, 28 May 2008 07:04:00 PST