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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 & Civic Engagement Opportunities
  
YIG TV – It’s a Wrap!
The Youth In Government TV crew
wrapped up another year of successful news gathering at the YIG Model
Assembly. Stories ranged from an investigative report on “How
Green Is YIG” to stories on bill signings, interviews with actual
senators, a profile of the Leadership Corps and out-of-state guests to the
Model Assembly. The YIG TV newscast will be aired every Sunday in
February at 3 & 7pm or you can check it out on the
web at www.yigtv.blogspot.com.
SPNN Youth Online!
The
SPNN Youth staff has started a new blog on our website called Cubicle Cafe. We will be using it to
share resources for making media, videos from around the internet, and
other items that excite us. You can check for new updates every few days
at http://www.spnn.org/departments/youth/cubiclecafe
, and while you’re there, click the “Subscribe” link to
follow us in your favorite RSS reader.
We’ve
also created SPNN Youth and Set It Up
fan pages on Facebook. This is a great way to find out about special events
and screenings happening here at SPNN Youth. You can find the SPNN Youth
Facebook page at http://www.facebook.com/pages/SPNN-Youth/43328253852
or click the “Find Us on Facebook” button on our homepage.
SPNN Youth
Media Monday
Starting this fall SPNN is the place to be on Mondays
after school from 3-5 pm. Youth can come to Media Monday to work on
independent projects at SPNN Youth Open Lab (SOL), learn new video skills
at workshops, watch youth-produced and other films at screenings, and
attend Youth Advisory Committee (YAC) meetings.
February schedule:
Feb 2: SOL and YAC: Come make
your own SPNN youth t-shirt at YAC or work on an independent project at
SOL.
Feb 9: SOL and Screening with
Filmmaker Q&A: Watch Witness, a
youth-produced film by local social documentarian Joanna Kohler.
From the filmmaker's
website:
Witness
(premiered 1999 with the Walker
Art Center)
tells a story of four youth who challenged the adult leadership of the
Minneapolis GLBT youth center, by raising issues of accountability in youth
and adult partnerships. This story begins with a poem written by the
filmmaker on a youth graffiti wall. Confronted with this visual and
dynamic resistance, the adults cover up the poem, and abolish these youth
from the center. Witness follows the story of these youth as they try to
make sense of this struggle and begin an ongoing conversation by creating a
film project - "Witness."
Watch a clip of Witness : here
Learn more about the Filmmaker: here
Read Joanna Kohler's Youth Media Reporter article - "Overcoming
Identity Politics in Youth Media": here
Feb 16: No School, No Media
Monday
Feb 23: SOL and Personal
Storytelling Workshop: Join local social documentarian Joanna Kohler in
the small studio for a workshop focused on telling your own stories with
video or work on an independent project at SOL.
Set It Up Update
The
Set It Up crew just finished
production on our season premiere. The episode features three stories from
crew members. You can watch our premiere Monday nights at 3pm & 7PM in
February on YTV, channel 16, and watch for the episode to
be added to the Media Library on our website in the next few days!
Schedule on Channel 16
February 2009
Monday through Sunday: 3-4PM & 7- 8PM
Monday:
7PM SPNN Youth Video: Set It Up Season 2008-2009
(Premiere)
7:30PM SPNN Youth Video: NVC
Summer 2008
Tuesday:
7PM NYMAP: PSA’s (Premiere) & Youth Voices 2008 (Premiere)
7:30PM NYMAP: Youth Voices 2008 (Cont). (Premiere)
Wednesday:
7PM St. Paul Central Touring Theater
“Stand For Me” Part 1: The
Making of… & Part 2 The
Play (Premiere)
7:30PM St. Paul Central Touring Theater
“Stand For Me” Part 2 The
Play(Cont.) (Premiere)
Thursday:
7PM Asian Media Access: East Meets West
~ Teen Discussion (Premiere)
7:30PM Asian Media Access: East Meets West ~
Teen Discussion (Cont.)
Friday:
7PM Swept Away TV: Rockstar Stories Show
9-6. Featuring new music and interviews from Salvia, Hawthorne Heights,
and the Red Jumpsuit Apparatus (Premiere)
7:30PM Swept Away TV: Rockstar
Stories Show 9-1.
Saturday:
7PM In Progress: On the Road
7:30PM Phillips Community Television: Our
Turn
Sunday:
7PM SPNN Youth Video: YIG 2009 (Premiere)
7:30PM SPNN Youth Video: YIG 2009 (Cont.)
To
learn more about our national youth media partners and the youth media we
program, please visit our YTV webpage
http://www.spnn.org/departments/youth/YTV
Youth Media
Opportunities
- Opportunities from TCYMN Organizations
- .Edu Film Festival – Call for
Submissions
- The University
of Minnesota School of Public Health PSA Contest
Opportunities from TCYMN Organizations
ThreeSixty: Summer Journalism Workshops
Location:
University of St. Thomas, St.
Paul campus
Date: June 14-26th
or July 6-30th
Event description:
Apply today for ThreeSixty’s intermediate journalism camp, a
two-week residential camp held from June 14-26, 2009. Students will work
with professional journalists and University of St.
Thomas faculty to produce print, video, photo
and audio stories. You can use the same application to apply for the
introductory camp from July 6-30,2009, a day camp that introduces beginners
to a range of journalistic skills. Every
student chosen for the camps will receive a full scholarship.
Application
deadline: April 24, 2009
MORE
INFO. HERE
Perpich Day at the Capitol!
We
need enthusiastic Perpich
Center for Arts
Education supporters to help us shine a bright light on the value of arts
education for all Minnesotans. LOTS AND LOTS of volunteers are needed to
participate in a "creative and passionate demonstration of support"
for arts education, tentatively scheduled for February 9th from 10 AM to 2 PM
at the State Capitol Rotunda in St.
Paul. To participate, contact Kristin Kowler,
763-591-4715, 800-657-3515.
MORE
INFO. HERE
.Edu Film Fest ~ CALL FOR ENTRIES!!
Minnesota's first school sponsored, state-wide
film festival, featuring short films written, shot, edited, and scored by
high-school filmmakers
Eligibility: All entrants must either be Minnesota
high school students, or Minnesota
residents under the age of 19. Please include a photocopy of a valid state
ID or driver's license, or a valid school ID.
Length:
There is no time limit for entries, although we suggest that submissions
are between four and seven minutes long.
Medium: All videos should be submitted as a Quicktime file via CD or DVD.
Content: The .edu Film Festival will not condone nor accept entries with
content that:
·
Glamorizes
and/or graphically depicts acts of violence
·
Glamorizes
any act of selling, consuming, or distributing drugs or alcohol
·
Glamorizes
any act of theft
·
Glamorizes
or emphasizes any sexual act whether implied or directly stated
·
Makes
any direct or indirect threat to an individual, group, or entity
·
Harasses
and/or bullies an individual, group, or entity
·
Is
performed while under the influence of drugs, alcohol, or any other
intoxicating substance
·
Contains
profane or obscene language
All entries must be submitted by April 1,
2009, but please send entries as soon as you have them.
It
is a big help to see submissions as soon as possible.
Send submissions to:
.edu Film Festival
c/o ComArt High School
2526 27th Ave South
Minneapolis, MN 55406
The University of Minnesota
School of Public Health PSA Contest
The University of
Minnesota School of Public Health is sponsoring its 3rd annual
“It’s Global” Public Service Announcement (PSA) contest. School of Public Health (SPH) officials hope
it will attract talented novice and seasoned filmmakers from across the
country and beyond to heed the call and submit their work. The contest
provides filmmakers an opportunity to showcase their original work while
making a statement on global public health topics such as pollution,
nutrition, refugee health, climate change, clean water, infectious disease
and preparing for natural disasters.
Entrants will get to test their talent as they describe a public health
problem, identify a potential solution and present, via film media, a clear
call to action. The entries must be 30 seconds or less (without credits).
Select entries will be showcased, Monday, April 6, 2009, and the $250 youth
category first-place prize and the adult category $500 first-place prize
will be awarded. All entries will be screened throughout SPH sponsored
National Public Health Week Film Festival (April 6-11) in Minneapolis. The 2008 PSA Contest winners
were all under the age of 14. Trish Peterson, Saddie Haddow, and Emily
Sylvestre wrote, directed, and composed the music for their PSA called
“Alone.” To view past entries, including the 2008 winners,
please go to www.sph.umn.edu/psa .
Deadline: March 6th, 2009 at
Noon
MORE
INFO. HERE
Job, Internship, Scholarship & Civic Engagement
Opportunities
- College Exploration Tips: Choosing a
college, Getting Scholarships, Avoiding Scholarship Scams
- The Presidential Election is over, now what?
Local and National Youth Civic Engagement Resources
- Do Something Awards
- Pay It Forward Foundation Grant
College Exploration Tips: Choosing a College, Getting Scholarships,
Avoiding Scholarship Scams
It's never too early
to start planning for college. There are many different types of colleges,
so you need to think about what programs you are interested in, do some
research and visit campuses to see which type fits best with your
personality, budget and career plans. Also,
make sure to speak with parents, guidance counselors,
admissions counselors at various schools, to make sure that you know
all your best options. The following are a few resources to help you get
started.
Career Exploration Resource www.iseek.org
Recommended by over
15,500 high schools and 3,500 colleges, FastWeb.com
is the nation's largest, most accurate,
and most frequently updated scholarship database online and it’s FREE.
Free Scholarship Search. Personalized Scholarship Matching. Side-by-side College Comparison. Financial Aid
and Student Loan Tips. Part-Time Jobs and Internships Search.
Make
sure not to get scammed when applying for scholarships!!! Learn how to identify scholarship scams, how to
distinguish between legitimate and fraudulent organizations, how to protect
yourself from scholarship scams; and what to do if you are scammed. The
following resources will help you learn about these scams and how not to
get robbed!
http://www.purdue.edu/dfa/sandg/scams.pdf
http://www.finaid.org/scholarships/scams.phtml
http://www.ftc.gov/scholarshipscams
http://www.collegeboard.com/student/pay/scholarships-and-aid/408.html
The Presidential Election is over, how do I get/stay
involved?
“Young
people are among the more vulnerable members of our society, and they are
also among the least heard. Youth
media in an election year gives young people the opportunity to weigh in on
the very real issues and policies that affect them—providing that
editors and the audience listen. (Kelly Nuxol)”
This next
section is dedicated to highlighting resources created by civically engaged
youth and youth allies from around the country. Whether you could vote or
not, you have a voice. Inform yourself,
voice your opinions, get involved, tell your story!
Genv.net - Youth Venture
is a global movement of young changemakers. We are made up of young people
– Venturers – from around the world who have launched lasting
social ventures that create positive impact in our communities. We also
include many supporters: adult Allies, Technical Allies, partners, and the
Youth Venture global staff team. All of us believe in the importance of
supporting all young people to become changemakers. If we are to become a
better society that’s more able to address the many social problems we
face, then we must have more changemakers in the world to take initiative
and create positive social change. We believe that you have to start on the
path as a changemaker when you’re young, while you’re still
open to the many possibilities of the leader you can become.
The criteria for
becoming a Youth Venture Team are:
• Your
Venture’s leadership team is between the ages of 12-20.
• Your Venture benefits the community.
• Your Venture is youth-created and youth-led.
• Your Venture is a new organization, club or a major new initiative
within an existing organization.
• Your Venture is ongoing/ sustainable (not a one-time event).
• Your Venture has clear, attainable goals, and a realistic budget.
• Your Venture has the support of adult ally.
• You are part of a team that is trustworthy and committed to ethical
standards.
If you have any
questions about whether your team is qualified, don’t hesitate to
contact us at in...@youthventure.org.
Do you know of more nonpartisan (event or organization which
does not advocate on behalf of a political party or candidate) youth
empowerment resources around the Twin Cities? If so, please send them to ebac...@spnn.org. Thanks!
Do Something Awards: Deadline March 1, 2009
The
premier award for young people changing the world!!
Athletes
have the Olympics, Singers have the Grammy’s, World-changers have the
Do Something Award. Since 1996, Do Something has honored the nation’s
finest young world-changers. Do Something Award Winners represent the best
in their field or issue and are rewarded with a huge community grant,
participation in a special award ceremony, media coverage, and continued
support from Do Something. In 2009, five winners will receive a minimum of
$10,000 in community grants and scholarships (if applicable). Of those five
winners, 1 will be selected as the grand prize Do Something Award winner.
That grand prize Do Something Award winner receives a total of $100,000 in
community grants. The Do Something Award community grant money is paid
directly to the not-for-profit of the winner’s choice. Only winners
who are age 18 and under are eligible for a scholarship of $5,000 and a
$5,000 community grant (total= $10,000 Do Something Award). Winners age 19-25
(applicants must be born on or after 8/30/1983) receive their entire award
in the form of a community grant.
MORE
INFO. HERE
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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