In partnership with the Educational Video Center, the Center for the Study of Brooklyn is pleased to present Journeys Through the Red, White, & Blue, a 35-minute documentary produced by a team of New York City youth of color which is specifically designed to address the interests and concerns of their peers. The Center for the Study of Brooklyn is based at Brooklyn College and is the first and only research institution devoted exclusively to the study of public affairs and policy issues in Brooklyn. To attend this event, contact Casey Miller at CMiller@brooklyn.cuny.edu or 718-808-5465. For further information on this screening or on the Center for the Study of Brooklyn, contact Gretchen Maneval at 718-951-5852 orGMaveval@brooklyn.cuny.edu. Download the PDF (177KB)

PDF File: evc-in-focus-vol2-issue3.pdf This issue of the EVC in Focus Newsletter includes: Notes From Steve:Teaching in Hard Times, an article written by EVC Founder and Executive Director Steve Goodman Principal in Focus: An interview with Tyona Washington, EVC collaborator and Principal of the newly established High School for Excellence and Innovation in Washington Heights Events: Upcoming EVC Fall 2009 screenings and events EVC Video: Watch a short interview clip with Aliyah Vinikoor, a New York City-based social worker committed to helping youth in juvenile detention, shot by students from EVC’s Youth Documentary Workshop Happening at EVC: EVC’s Youth Documentary Workshop partners with award-winning filmmaker Eugene Jarecki Partner Again and welcome to Natalie Cosby, EVC’s new Youth Documentary Workshop Program Manager

PDF File: evc-in-focus-vol2-issue2.pdf 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.

PDF File: evc-in-focus-vol2-issue1.pdf This issue of the EVC in Focus Newsletter includes: Notes From Steve: Hope and Possibility, an article written by EVC Founder and Executive Director Steve Goodman Youth in Focus: An interview with Irum Malik, a student involved in EVC’s Youth Documentary Workshop and YO-TV Programs. Events: Upcoming EVC Winter 2009 screenings and events EVC Store: View sample lesson plans and watch an excerpt from the DVD that accompanies EVC’s Youth-Powered Video: A Hands-on Curriculum for Teaching Documentary Video Happening at EVC: An invitation to Doc Workshop’s Fall Semester Premiere Screening at Time Warner

EVC IN FOCUS, VOL 1 ISSUE 4 PDF File: evc-in-focus-vol1-issue4.pdf This issue of the EVC in Focus Newsletter includes: Notes From Steve: Making History: Freedom Schools and EVC, an article written by EVC Founder and Executive Director Steve Goodman Youth in Focus: An interview with Jessica Cele, EVC Advanced Doc Workshop student and co-producer of It’s Not About Sex, a documentary exploring the prevalence of sexual violence. Events: Upcoming EVC Winter 2008 screenings and events EVC Store: Watch an excerpt from The Baby in Me: A Story of Teen Pregnancy Happening at EVC: This year’s YO-TV crew will explore youth depression in communities of color and EVC Receives a grant from the Maxine Greene Foundation.

PDF File: evc-in-focus-vol1-issue3.pdf This issue of the EVC in Focus Newsletter includes: Notes From Steve: Feeling Giggly: Building Print Literacy Through Video Production, an article written by EVC Founder and Executive Director Steve Goodman Youth in Focus: An interview with Brian Fernandez, co-producer of the YO-TV documentaryJourneys through the Red White & Blue, an EVC documentary on youth participation in the upcoming election. Events: Upcoming EVC Fall 2008 screenings and events EVC Store: Watch an excerpt from Journeys Through the Red, White, and Blue, a documentary that puts a face on “the youth vote” by following the stories of New York City youth Brian, Shon, and Tidiane. Happening at EVC: Read more about EVC’s voter registration screenings targeting first time voters, funded by the Open Society Institute’s Campaign for Black Male Achievement

PDF File: evc-in-focus-vol1-issue2.pdf This issue of the EVC in Focus Newsletter includes: Notes From Steve: Community Engagement and Education, an article by EVC Founder and Executive Director Steve Goodman Youth in Focus: An interview with Tidiane Balde, one of six YO-TV students who producedJourney Through the Red White and Blue,” a documentary about the 2008 election Events: Upcoming EVC Summer 2008 screenings and events EVC Store: Watch an excerpt from It’s Not About Sex, an EVC documentary on the prevalence of sexual assault in our society Happening at EVC: Join EVC for the premiere screening of this year’s YO-TV documentaryJourney Through the Red White and Blue, an exploration of this historic election from the perspective of three young people who ask “What is the value of my vote?”

PDF File: evc-in-focus-vol1-issue1.pdf This issue of the EVC in Focus Newsletter includes: Notes From Steve: Culture and Identity, an article written by EVC Founder and Executive Director Steve Goodman Youth in Focus: An interview with Doc Workshop Student Rhodine, co-producer of the EVC documentary Shame on You Events: Upcoming EVC Spring 2008 screenings and events EVC Store: Watch an excerpt from Shame On You: That Can Be Reused!, a must-see inter-generational documentary on environmental justice and recycling Happening at EVC: Fifteen high school students from all five boroughs of New York City have joined together for this semester’s Advanced Doc Workshop class.

EVC Executive Director Steve Goodman will lead a professional development seminar on November 11, 2009 for social workers and counselor staff at FEGS (Federation Employment and Guidance Service).

EEP Director Lindsay Fauntleroy will present a teacher workshop at the Coalition of Essential Schools’ annual Fall Forum conference in New Orleans on Friday, November 6, 2009.

EVC will screen The War Within: Youth Depression at New York University’s Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development on November 6, 2009.

Miriam Neptune and Jessica Cele have been chosen to present It’s Not About Sex as a case study for youth documentary activism at the Reel Girls, Reel Change Workshop convened by Working Films, The Fledgling Fund andChicken and Egg Pictures.