This issue of the EVC in Focus Newsletter includes:

Notes From Steve:
Midsummer Teacher Reflections, an article written by EVC Founder and Executive Director Steve Goodman

Youth in Focus:
An interview with Doc Workshop student Shakeima Cooks, co-producer of the EVC documentary The War Within: Youth Depression

Events:
Upcoming EVC Summer 2009 screenings and events

EVC Store:
Watch an excerpt from The War Within: Youth Depression, where youth tell powerful stories of their experiences with depression and the treatments they have found to cope with it

Happening at EVC:
The Ford Foundation supports design and pilot testing of new EVC evaluation tools and EVC's Executive Director Steve Goodman has been invited as one of 40 youth media leaders to participate in the 2009 Youth Media Summit funded by the McCormick Foundation. EVC will also present a workshop on its method of teaching critical literacy at the NAMLE (National Association for Media Literacy Education) Conference this August in Detroit, MI.