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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
   
Erika bids SPNN Farewell…
This
October I, Erika, will be moving from the Twin Cities to Los Angeles,
CA. I have greatly enjoyed
working with so many amazing change-makers,
artists, teachers, and students. You have all taught me so much
about the importance of this work and I want to thank you for sharing your
creativity, kindness, knowledge and passion with me! I have loved
my time working here and I will very much miss being a part of the
day-to-day life of the SPNN family! I will be staying connected with this work
and hope to see many of you in new capacities. Thank you so very much!
I
am excited and pleased to announce that Mary Pumphrey will be my successor.
She is an amazing youth media instructor and community organizer. Please
welcome her into this new role!
Neighborhood Video Project explores the Journey Through
Beginning this fall the Neighborhood Video Project heads
to The University Corridor where we'll work with youth at Skyline Tower
in partnership with CommonBond Communities and the Hamline Midway History
Corps to create videos about the unique history of Skyline and the
surrounding neighborhood. Our theme for this leg of NVP is "Journey
Through" and we're excited to explore the different topics (including
immigrant histories and the role of transportation in shaping the neighborhood)
that this theme will lead us to.
For more information about NVP contact Mary Pumphrey at pump...@spnn.org. To arrange a
screening of NVP videos from the Skyline or previous projects contact Ariel Kitch at ki...@spnn.org.
Schedule on Channel 16
October 2009
Monday through Sunday: 3-4PM & 7-8PM
Monday:
3 & 7PM SPNN Youth Video: Set
It Up Season 2008-2009 Best Of Reel
3:30 & 7:30PM SPNN
Youth Video: YIP 2009 (Premiere)
Tuesday:
3 & 7PM SPNN Youth:
Digital Storytelling Summer 2009
(Premiere)
3:30 & 7:30PM SPNN Youth: Real
Reality TV Summer 2009 (Premiere)
Wednesday:
3 & 7PM Video
Voices: 2009 Documentaries Show 5: Teen Driving & Domestic Abuse
3:30 & 7:30PM Video Voices:
Documentaries Show 6: Bicycling/Transit
Thursday:
3 & 7PM SPNN Youth
Video: Set It Up Archives ~ Teen Civil Rights
3:30 & 7:30PM SPNN Youth
Video: Set It Up Archives ~ Art
Friday:
3 & 7PM Swept Away: Rockstar
Stories 10-1
3:30 & 7:30PM Swept Away: Rockstar
Stories
Saturday:
3 & 7PM In Progress
3:30 & 7:30PM PCTV: Our Turn:
What’s Your Target
Sunday
3 & 7PM IFP: War, Peace,
and protest: Then & Now (Premiere)
3:30 & 7:30PM MNN: Prisons to Schools
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
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TCYMN ALL
CITY FILM SHOWCASE: SUBMIT NOW
The
All City Youth Video Showcase features some of the best films made by Minnesota students
under the age of 19. Videos are selected and curated by a panel of young
filmmakers from the Twin Cities Youth Media Network (TCYMN). The Showcase
is presented by TCYMN, a collective of 18 organizations and schools that
support young filmmakers.
If you are under 19, made a film/video short in the last two years, THIS
IS FOR YOU!
Deadline
for submissions is October 26,
2009
2009 ALL CITY YOUTH VIDEO SHOWCASE
Saturday, November 21, 3 pm
Walker Art Center Cinema
SUBMIT
HERE
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YFEN FILM CONTEST DEADLINE: EXTENDED
THROUGH OCTOBER 23
Free
Speech in School (Does it Exist?)
Make your voice heard!
Film your response in 4 minutes or less. Entries can be videos of any kind,
including documentary, animation, experimental, or music video. The top
three winners will be awarded cash prizes ($1000, $500, and $250) and the
first place winner will receive a partial scholarship to the New York Film Academy.
MORE
INFO. HERE
The
Wireless Film Contest: How has Technology Affected,
Influenced, or Changed your life?
A journalistic initiative funded by the Carnegie and
Knight Foundations, is asking
young people to put together a 2-3 minute drama on how technology has
affected, influenced, or changed their lives. It can be silly, serious,
sad, or hopeful. Students upload
their videos and join this group: http://www.youtube.com/group/youngandthewireless
to enter. The grand prize is $1,000, and there is money to be had for 2nd and 3rd
place as well.
Further instructions are available at www.thewirelesscontest.com
Job,
Internship, Scholarship & Civic Engagement Opportunities
· Free Food and Science Day @ the Science Museum
FREE Food & Science Day @ the Science Museum
The second Kitty Andersen Youth Science Center Drop-In will be
held this Saturday,
October 3, from 2:30pm-5pm in the KAYSC, with a bunch of fun and messy food science
activities for youth ages 12-18. This event is funded by the Marjorie
Bolz-Allen Memorial Grant. Please share this flyer and the following
information with any youth aged 12-18 that you think would be interested!
KAYSC Drop-In Day
Food & Science
Saturday, October 3, 2:30-5pm
Anyone ages 12-18
FREE!
Bus passes, parking vouchers, museum wristbands and snacks will be provided.
Kitty Andersen
Youth Science
Center
Level 2, Science
Museum of Minnesota
120 W. Kellogg Blvd.
St. Paul,
MN 55406
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!
MN Youth
Council ~ APPLY NOW
An
exciting opportunity for youth in Minnesota
has arisen. A brand new MN Youth
Council is currently being created,
which will have a direct voice in the Minnesota political process.
The Council, made up of youth across Minnesota, will advise the House of Representatives, the Senate,
and the Governor on issues relating to MN and USA youth. There will be 20
delegates in total on the Council. Below you will find specific
details about the role of a delegate. If you or any youth you know
are interested in this opportunity,
please contact Joseph Gibson at 612-741-6083,
or joewg...@yahoo.com .
The
responsibilities of a delegate are as follows:
1. Attend
meetings either in person or by tele-conference
2. Represent
MN youth in all meetings, and vote accordingly
3. Travel MN
and the mid-west giving speeches and meeting with other youth
4. Represent
the decisions of the general assembly (all 20 delegates) to their
committees
The
requirements of a potential youth delegate:
1. Be age
15-24
2. Be
interested in politics and current events
3. Be able to
meet once every two weeks in St. Paul at the Capital (we are getting a
youth council office set up)
4. Be willing
to work with other delegates to achieve the council’s goals
“Although
we are just getting started, no council like this has ever existed in MN.
I want to stress that all youth interested realize that these will be
the most powerful 20 youth in MN politics, and they should be dedicated and
professional. Other than that, it will be a fun and amazing
opportunity to not only get involved at the legislature, but to have a
powerful voice on bills that involve youth.”
St. Paul Youth Commission Subcommittee ~ Apply Now
The Saint Paul Second
Shift Youth Commission is the place for young people in Saint Paul to have a voice at city hall!
Youth Commissioners work along side other youth and adults in city
government and in the community to solve community issues and make Saint
Paul the most livable city in America. The Youth Commission
is made up of youth from neighborhoods across Saint Paul.
Youth Commissioners:
·
Tackle
serious issues that youth face! They design innovative solutions and work
with youth and adults to make the solutions happen
·
Help
ensure that all youth in Saint
Paul have places to get involved, learn,
play and make a difference in their community
·
Impact
city wide policies and meet government representatives
·
Strengthen
their leaderships skills and build youth power!
Young people are
citizens and leaders today. If you want to make a difference, you better be at the table – join us now
and see what we can do by working together!
The application
process for becoming a St. Paul
youth commissioner has passed for the 2009-2010 school year. But don’t
worry, you can still participate in the Youth
Commission's work! Any young person in 7th-12th grade can join
a Youth Commission Subcommittee. Subcommittee members can participate
fully in community action projects but are not voting members of the
city-wide youth commission.
For
more information visit http://www.ci.stpaul.mn.us/index.aspx?NID=391
or call 651-247-5538.
Do you know
of more nonpartisan (event or organization which does not advocate on behalf
of a political party or candidate) action items or youth empowerment
resources around the Twin Cities? If so, please send them to ebac...@spnn.org.
Thanks!
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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