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COMMON GROUND: Free Premiere Thurs July 24 7pm @ Tower Theatre |
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FRESNO, Calif. ‹ Five Fresno area high school students have spent the past
year working on a documentary film tracing the lives of three San Joaquin
Valley families who came to California to work the land and create new lives
in America's agricultural heartland.
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Summer Video Program! |
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 The Center for Multicultural Cooperation presents the Summer of Service 2008 Summer video program. This is a FREE program for youth aged 12-18.
Our first meeting takes place on Monday, June 23rd, at 5:30 pm, at the Fresno Veteran's Memorial Auditorium, 2425 Fresno Street, Fresno, CA 93721. This is an orientation meeting for all interested people, and everyone is welcome!
The program takes place in the evenings, and will run until early August. We will train you in video production and provide all necessary equipment. No experience necessary.
Following the 6 week program, we will hold a leadership camp for the youth, for 1 week at UC Santa Cruz, CA, all expenses paid. We will also be awarding prizes such as free video cameras. Come check it out!
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UC Promoters Technology and Leadership Institute |
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The Center for Multicultural Cooperation is currently fundraising and recruiting for the 2nd Annual UC Promoters Technology and Leadership Institute. The goal of the Institute is to bring first generation high school students from the Central Valley to the UC campus for one week in June, where they will be:
• Provided with outreach materials and contact with counselors while immersed in the university setting
• Exposed to new, innovative uses of technology to impact the community by the Global Information Internship Program (GIIP)
• Guided in the production of a digital video about college admissions, financial aid resources, and student support after enrollment, to be shared in schools and throughout the community upon return.
In June 2007, one dozen young people from the Fresno metropolitan area travelled to U.C. Santa Cruz to take part in the 1st Annual UC Promoters Technology and Leadership Institute. Students became engaged in the university experience by sleeping in the dormitories, eating in the dining hall, working in the University computer lab, and learning and interacting with university staff and students. Students gained a detailed understanding of the process of applying for college and funding their education, through sessions with U.C. representatives from the Admissions and Financial Aid Offices. These students returned to Fresno, where they became the leaders and Executive Youth Producers of the Summer of Service, which rallied youth throughout the city to volunteer at community center computer labs to document the stories of elders who have made significant contributions to culture, community, and country.
Contact the Center for Multicultural Cooperation if you are interested in participating in the 2nd Annual UC Promoters Technology and Leadership Institute, or can help to make this initiative possible for a greater number of students this summer!
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Fresno Youth Receive Recognition for Commissioned Film |
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The following appeared in the Fresno Bee, April 18th, 2008:
"Five Fresno high school students shot their final piece of film
Sunday for a documentary that tells the story of different ethnic
groups in the Valley and their relationship to agriculture and one
another.
"Common Ground: Sowing Seeds of Understanding in the
San Joaquin Valley" is one of only eight youth films in the state
commissioned by the California Council for the Humanities in 2007.
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intent of the film is to explore the history of the interaction of
different ethnic groups in the Valley. Through the project, students
also gained technology skills and learned local history through three
families, including the Arenas family who generations ago began as
migrant workers but now own a 40-acre ranch in Del Rey...
Click here to read more at fresnobee.com
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Help an Elder Tell Their Story This Summer |
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 California Voices is recruiting youth and adult volunteers to help elders produce movies at Community Centers around Fresno this summer.
Are you a young person or adult who is interested in learning how to
make movies? Would you like to help ensure that a veteran has his story
of service to this country preserved forever through the Library of
Congress? Join us this Summer for the upcoming California Voices production cycle in the FresnoConnect labs.
We are looking for dedicated volunteers who can commit to a few hours each week, conducting a recorded
interview, and working in intergenerational teams to produce a short
documentary using video editing software. If you are interested, please
call or email CMC to be invited to the next volunteer orientation,
scheduled for mid-June.
You can preserve history while making history at the same time. Join us!
(559) 445-0015 |
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