I created a little smorgasboard of my notes from one-on-one calls, the PSO in January, the MA area meeting last week, and the Digital Media group call a couple weeks ago to produce the long awaited Digital Media Group Updates! Wooohoo! [I've taken the liberty to bold the most interesting tidbits.]
- AJ McGuire (HOME Inc.) - working with school as part of Research Action Change Class, on issues of global warming and educational inequality, and created videos; working on implementing the MOSAIC media literacy curriculum and incorporating video production
- Colleen Kelly (Project: Think Different)- youth action summit on MLK Jr. day with media watch team; managing interns; implementing a media literacy program at Edwards Middle School two days a week
- Dan Chen (Pui Tak Center) - tasked to develop digital media program for youth, incorporating his photography and graphic design skills; helping the org by developing template for the annual report and updating the website; writing grants for new cameras and looking for volunteers/mentors
- Derek Maxwell (Phillips Community Television) - *new* - doing well so far, although PCTV is not really a cable access station...
- Elisha Durrant (The Inland Northwest Community Access Network) - *new* - youth media and community outreach for TINCAN;
- Jessica McCoy (Center for Digital Storytelling) - getting into nitty gritty of collecting content and doing phone interviews for the StoreForChange.net portal for community digital storytellers; also working on Youth Uprising project to develop curriculum for collecting digital content for Oakland Tribune; updating CDS cookbook with more on post-production of digital stories and managing some interns to take over some of the post-production tasks on CDS workshops
- Julie Bohnlein (Boston Community Access and Programming Foundation, Inc.) - *new* - working at Roxbury studios primarily of BNN to create youth show/channel; has a nice cubicle and a phone; floating between Roxbuy and downtown studios; needs foodstamp letter; connect with Lauren and Richard
- Kevin Palmer (HOME Inc.) - just received grant to create a community radio station at a school and writing more grants for other media labs at other local high schools; partnering with Julie at BNN to create Boston youth media program/show
- Lauren Bratslavsky (Media Bridges, Cincinnati, Inc) - attended Media Reform conference in Memphis; started Saturday youth media lab… intro curriculum to use Photobooth and working on handouts tutorials for iMovie; developing Youth Media Block (new name on the channel); working with charter school's wed elective day to do PSA workshop and planning a summer program; has an intern from the university
- Leena Silverman (YMCA of Greater Boston) - *new* - establishing more technology programs at Eggleston Sq YMCA through Cyber Y lab; setting up new policies/procedures and summer youth program; implementing Kinetic City
- Mike Matthews (The Media Aid Center) - *new* - working with Ramon on developing tv programs and focusing on distribution
- Naomi Jimenez (Marcus A. Foster Educational Institute/OTXWest) - *new* - working with new multimedia center and updating digital storytelling curriculum for summer institute; working on Sat to attend/ghost classes at OTX; connected with ol CTC VISTA (now staff) Jeff Benton
- Ramon Myers (The Media Aid Center) - *new* - started out as a volunteer but now is a VISTA working to develop TV programs and marketing in TV studio embedded in a high school; working on outreach into the community
- Richard Anderson (Grand Rapids Community Media Center) - working on some video projects; working a little on the audio stuff but the financial status of the station/center; hosted January open house to do community outreach; doing some interview with Catalyst Radio program;
- Shaneka Smith (Westside Youth Technical Entrepreneur Center) - continuing work on entreprenuerial projects with youth like t-shirt buisness and commercials; doing more music mixing, album covers, & music videos; also working on awareness videos with Girls program on the topic of abusive relationships
- Tony O'Rourke (Boys & Girls Clubs of the East Valley, AZ) - sat down with supervisor and successfully talked about expectations; started doing outreach with the community with kids to come to Club, targeted Young Champions (young athletes); reorganized the computer lab over the holidays and writing grants to get new equipment
- Will Quinones (Reel Works Teen Filmmaking) - went to Sundance Festival and presented as part of the Adobe Youth Vision, paired with filmmaker and did a daily video blog; doing outreach for ReelWorks through MySpace and ListenUP!
- Sharon Smack (Seventh Day Baptist Community Development Education and Service Outreach Ministry) - switched from Community Organizing group in January; created commercials for the youth service projects and will also be doing some radio broadcasting.
[Yes, I'm missing a few folks...don't worry...I'm on the case!]
Comment from danielle martin on March 15, 2007 - 10:22pm
Hey Doreen,
Have you heard about CTCNet's C4All grants? http://ctcnet.org/what/initiatives/C4All/ The Project is just forming a partnership with ATA too so we're hoping to have access to lots of accessibility resources for VISTAs very soon.
-Danielle
Comment from Catherine Moore on March 19, 2007 - 11:12am
Good to hear from you, good luck w/ all your projects!