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Here’s what’s in this months update:
- SPNN
Programs Update
- YTV (Youth
Television) Channel 16 Schedule
- Youth
Media Opportunities
- Job,
Internship & Scholarship Opportunities
SPNN
Programs Update
Film Produced by SPNN Youth Interns Selected for Project
Girl Exhibition
This
past summer, three girls from SPNN’s Youth Intern Program
(YIP)—Daryll Berg, Dedrian Davis, and Bao Yang—formed a team to
make a short documentary about the negative impact of media images on
girls’ self-esteem. Coming from different backgrounds, the three
girls came up with this topic as something they all could relate to and
wanted to explore. The film, titled Girls
and the Media, screened at Walker Art
Center’s Girls in the Director’s Chair Film Showcase
this spring.
Now,
Girls and the Media
has been selected to be part of Project Girl, the
nationally touring visual arts exhibition designed to defend adolescent
girls from the harmful effects of media messages. Project Girl presents an amazing and unique opportunity
for these young filmmakers to share their work and engage with others
around the issue of girls and the media. For more info about this
exhibit, go to www.intermediaarts.org.
For more info about SPNN Youth’s intern program, go to www.spnn.org/youth.
I am Minnesota's
Future Video Contest
YOUTH SPACES
PSA Wins Second Place
SPNN Youth Produced PSA wins
second place in Citizens League contest: (from Citizens League press
release)
The
Citizens League
announced today that St. Paul students Steve Lewer, 18; Mark Gwen, 15; and
Aubri Jackson, 13; were awarded second place for their video Youth Spaces PSA in
the "I am Minnesota's Future Video Contest."
In honor of Minnesota's sesquicentennial this year,
the Citizens League
launched the Minnesota Anniversary Project (MAP 150) to look ahead to the
state's next 150 years. This contest asked young people to create
short videos answering: "What kind of state do you want to live
in when you're an adult, and what do you think ought to be done to make
sure that happens?" Students responded with video entries that
addressed issues ranging from global warming to immigration, from peace to
technology and opportunities for young people.
Contestants were asked to
address what legacy they would like today's policy makers to leave for
them. All the videos can be found on the sponsoring site, www.studentsspeakout.org, as well as YouTube.
These students created this
video at SPNN in collaboration with St. Paul Connections. For more
information about St. Paul Connections career exploration courses please contact
Steve Wojta at 651-221-1446 / Stephe...@spps.org
or visit www.connections.spps.org.
 
.edu Film
Festival
Two SPNN Youth Films
Screened
Two SPNN Youth documentaries
screened Friday, May 23rd at the Parkway Theater in Minneapolis during the .edu Film Festival.
The festival was “Minnesota’s first school sponsored,
state-wide film festival, featuring short films written, shot, edited, and
scored by high-school filmmakers.” Hundreds of youth producers
from around the state made their way to the Parkway for the festival.
Unidentified
Black Male: A Look at Racial Profiling in Saint Paul and Girls in the Media,
both produced during the 2007 Youth Intern Program were shown along with
eleven other youth produced documentaries during the festival’s
morning session. Unidentified Black Male
also received “Special Mention” in the documentary category!
Congratulations filmmakers!
Set It Up
End of the Year
& “St Paul
Places” Episode
The Set It Up crew is about to gather for
their final editing session. They are wrapping up production on their
“St. Paul Places” episode which includes a segment about Lake
Phalen and the break-dancers that dance there as well as one about the new
Rondo Community Outreach Library. The “Places” episode
will premiere in July. So, as always, tune into YTV, Cable Channel 16
at 7pm for Set It Up on
Monday nights.
  
APPLY NOW! Youth Intern
Program ~ Applications Due June 6th APPLY
NOW!
SPNN Youth Programs is accepting
applications from 9th-12th grade St. Paul high school students for the summer
Youth Intern Program (YIP). YIP is an intensive paid program where St. Paul teens work
together to make meaningful media about community issues. This program
provides hands-on media production experience including camera operation,
interviewing, and digital editing. Bus passes are provided during the
program. YIP 2008 starts on
July 14th and runs until August 21st. Youth commit
to sixteen hours per week during that time and receive both pay and St. Paul high school
elective credits.
Applications are due June 6, 2008. To
apply,
download an application at www.spnn.org/youth
or fill one out online @ CLICK
HERE. For more
information, contact Erika Backberg at 651.298.8919 or ebac...@spnn.org.
SPNN YOUTH launches new Website
SPNN
Youth has a new website using the open source content management system
Drupal. On the new site, you will be able to find new updates from all of
our programs, improved bios of SPNN Youth Staff and Youth Producers, as
well as a Media Library where you can watch all of the new media coming
from SPNN Youth. Check us out at www.spnn.org/youth!
Schedule
on Channel 16
June
2008
Monday
through Sunday: 7- 8PM
Monday:
7PM SPNN
Youth Video: NVC Winter 2007-2008 Reel (Premiere)
7:30PM SPNN
Youth Video: Real Reality TV Spring 2008 PSA’s & Digital
Storytelling Winter 2008 (Premiere)
Tuesday:
7PM NYMAP Video Exchange: The European Union
7:30PM NYMAP
Video Exchange: Future Kulture
Wednesday:
7PM Video
Voices: Gay Adoption
7:30PM Video
Voices: Puttin’ on the Style
Thursday:
7PM NYMAP:
MNN Schools to Prisons
7:30PM
NYMAP: MNN Schools to Prisons (cont.)
Friday:
7PM Swept Away TV: Rockstar Stories #707
7:30PM Swept Away TV #710
Saturday:
7PM In
Progress: On the Road Colorado
7:30PM Phillips
Community Television: Our Turn
Sunday:
7PM Perpich Center for the Arts: In the Box #3
7:30PM SPNN Youth Video: Digital
Storytelling 2007
Youth
Media Opportunities
- Opportunities from TCYMN Organizations
- Native American Youth Get Your Film On!
- VOTE! Video Voices
Opportunities
from TCYMN Organizations
TCYMN Youth
Media Calendar
TCYMN
has put together an online calendar. Youth media opportunities offered by
our 15 member organizations will be highlighted, and include workshops,
screenings, and events. You can link directly with the organization or
school offering the activity you are interested in. Our member
organizations are diverse, providing a variety of youth media resources in
the Twin Cities.
The calendar will continue to grow for easy access. For more information
visit TCYMN
Calendar
TCYMN PICKS A DATE FOR 2008 SHOWCASE!
TCYMN's All City Youth Film Showcase 2008 will take place on OCTOBER 25th at the Walker
Art Center.
The submission deadline for youth media is SEPTEMBER 26th. Stay tuned for more information this summer!
NATIVE AMERICAN YOUTH GET YOUR FILM ON!
Here are some great opportunities coming up with Migizi
Communications
1) A 10-week institute for students finishing 10th and 11th grade in
cooperation with MCTC's Cinema Division.
2) Part time positions for students interested in
working with three and four year olds teaching them technology/media tools
and early literacy skills.
3) Recruiting American Indian young people (minimum of
high school completion) to participate in the American Indian Summer
Institute in Los Angeles
in June. The program will also include a week long job shadowing experience
in selected departments at Fox 9 here locally prior to going out to LA.
For more
information visit http://www.migizi.org.
“Why
is voting important?? How does it help your communities?”
Video Voices
That’s the question the Keith Ellison campaign is posing to Minnesota, and we
want to hear your answers in video form!
Keith’s Youtube channel, http://www.youtube.com/keithellisondotorg
is launching the project later this month, and we’d like to be able
to have some example videos on the site by the time it starts to get
promoted. Can you help?
We are asking you to make a short (60 sec.) video expressing the importance
of getting out to vote. Upload the video onto www.Youtube.com so it can be added to
the www.KeithEllison.org
channel.
Make it fun! Creativity is a plus.
Job,
Internship & Scholarship Opportunities
- St. Paul
Second Shift Youth Commission
- National Conference for Media Reform
- Pay It Forward Foundation Grant
Saint Paul Second Shift Youth
Commission
Seeking Applicants for 2008-2009 School
Year
Hey young leaders of Saint Paul,
It is time for youth to Stand Up… Speak Up…
LEAD! Mayor Chris Coleman wants Saint Paul
to be the best city in America
for youth. He is getting all kinds of people together to make our
neighborhoods, Park & Recreation Centers, Libraries, and other places
that are important to young people the best they can be. The city and the
Mayor need leadership from youth to solve community issues and make Saint
Paul the best city in America!
You can play a
leadership role by applying to be a Youth Commissioner on the:
Saint
Paul Second Shift Youth Commission
If you serve as a City Youth Commissioner you will:
þ
Play
a very important role in making sure all young people in Saint Paul have
what they need to be successful: places to get involved, learn, play and
make a difference in your community.
þ
Tackle
serious issues that youth face and take action by creating the solutions.
Make sure other teens in your neighborhood are involved and have a voice
too.
þ
Strengthen
your own leadership skills and build your POWER!
Other important details:
·
17 youth
from neighborhoods all over the city will be selected to serve on the
Second Shift Youth Commission. There will be 5 at-large (non-voting)
positions.
·
Youth
Commissioners must be in the 9th grade, 10th grade,
11th grade or 12th grade during the 08-09 school
year.
·
The
youth commission needs all kinds of youth who have all kinds of different
interests, skills, and talents!
·
The
Youth Commission meets on the 3rd Monday of each month September
2008 - June of 2009. August of 2008 there will be a 2-day orientation
retreat and we will begin meeting monthly again starting September of
2008. There are addition meetings each month for subcommittee projects.
·
Interested
youth must fill out an application and attend an interview.
APPLICATIONS
ARE DUE BY 5:00PM ON THURSDAY JUNE 12th!!
To access a downloadable an application CLICK HERE. Still have
questions? Call Kari Denissen at 651-266-6422, she’ll be happy to
help you. Or you can send an email to: Kari.d...@ci.stpaul.mn.us.
The National Conference for Media Reform is HERE
Join thousands of people from across the country for an unforgettable
weekend in Minneapolis
on June
6-8, 2008.
The great program is taking shape and we've already lined up amazing
speakers like Bill Moyers, Arianna Huffington, Amy Goodman, Naomi Klein,
Juan Gonzalez, Van Jones, Lawrence Lessig, Sen. Byron Dorgan, FCC
Commissioners Michael Copps and Jonathan Adelstein -- and so many more.
For more information visit http://www.freepress.net
Pay it Forward Foundation Grant
The Pay it Forward Foundation offers students the
opportunity to identify what they consider to be the challenges of their
communities. They tackle such problems as homelessness, pollution, youth
violence, literacy issues, the loneliness experienced by long-term hospital
and nursing home patients, and the alienation of today's at-risk youth from
the community. The Pay It Forward Foundation provides seed money for such
worthwhile projects.
Your school, church or community youth group may apply
for this $500
mini-grant to fund a one time project with a Pay
It Forward focus. Applications will be accepted anytime by email to gra...@payitforwardfoundation.com.
For more information please visit http://payitforwardfoundation.org/educators/grant.html
or e-mail in...@payitforwardfoundation.org.
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