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It was an eventful occasion that included student-led tours of our new media lab facilities, remarks by EVC students, Manhattan Borough President Gale A. Brewer, City-As-School Principal Alan Cheng, Harlem Renaissance HS Assistant Principal and EVC alumni Ahmed Edwards, and EVC Executive Director Steve Goodman followed by a ribbon cutting ceremony. Thanks to all our guests for joining us to celebrate our new media lab and the life-changing works of our students and alumni. Our new space would not have been possible without the generous capital support from Manhattan Borough President Gale A. Brewer, New York City Comptroller Scott M. Stringer, New York City Council Member Corey Johnson, and The Hyde and Watson Foundation. With state-of-the-art cameras and digital editing workshop facilities, we are excited to bring you more of EVC’s youth-produced documentary films in the new year! This can only happen with your continued support. For this holiday season, please include a generous donation to EVC’s Annual Appeal in your year-end giving and help us reach our fundraising goal of $6,000 by the end of December. Each dollar you give contributes to the education of a future EVC youth producer. Don’t wait — click here to make your tax-deductible donation today. We hope to see you at our students’ premiere screening at HBO on January 7th!

We Cannot Wait to See You at HBO in January! This event is free and open to the public. Refreshments will be served following the screening. To RSVP, click here or email events@evc.org. With your support, our youth are able to express their voices, collaborate with local organizations, and showcase their films to the community. As we approach the end of another year, please make a generous tax deductible donation to EVC’s Annual Appeal and help us reach our fundraising goal of $6000 today so we can continue teaching and transforming young lives. On behalf of the EVC family, we wish you and your loved ones a happy and peaceful holiday and New Year! EVC’s Youth Documentary Workshops, New Media Arts Apprenticeship, and Professional Development Programs are made possible with generous support from: Lily Auchincloss Foundation, Bay and Paul Foundations, Bloomberg, The Brenner Family Foundation, HBO, Jewish Communal Fund the National Board of Review, The National Endowment for the Arts, the New York State Council on the Arts, The NYC Department of Cultural Affairs, The Open Society Foundations, The Office of Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer, The Office of Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer, The Office of New York City Council Member Corey Johnson, The Pinkerton Foundation, The W. Clement and Jessie V. Stone Foundation, Schumann Media Center, The After-School Corporation, The Taft Foundation, Variety New York, Laura B. Vogler Foundation, The Wellspring Foundation, the Milton A. & Roslyn Z. Wolf Family Foundation Teacher of Conscience Fund, and you.

THANK YOU FOR HELPING US REACH OUR FUNDRAISING GOAL! Thank you for your generous donations. You helped us reach, and surpass, our fundraising goal of $6,000! With your support, we are able to sustain our award-winning youth media programming, impact the lives of our students through transformative storytelling and learning at EVC, and showcase youth-produced documentary films in our communities. We are thrilled to launch the new year with our Youth Doc Workshop Premiere Screening at HBO this Thursday, January 7th. Please come out and support our students, and see the true impact of your contribution. View the below flyer for more details and RSVP to events@evc.org. We hope to see you there!

Register for EVC’s Youth and Community Voices Educator Workshop Series In collaboration with NYU’s Steinhardt School of Culture Education and Human Development’s Partnership Schools Program, the Educational Video Center is thrilled to announce a series of ten workshops designed to promote youth and community voices in school settings. See below for more details and please help spread the word through your networks! Please contact Jennifer Proulx at jproulx@evc.org if you have any questions.

Join us at our annual benefit premiere screening to honor the works of our students and professionals dedicated to the field of youth media and film making. See below for more details and please help spread the word through your networks! EVC’s Youth Documentary Workshops, New Media Arts Apprenticeship, and Professional Development Programs are made possible with generous support from: The Academy Foundation, Lily Auchincloss Foundation, The Bay & Paul Foundations, Bloomberg, The Brenner Family Foundation, The Robert Bowne Foundation, HBO, Jewish Communal Fund, Mozilla HIVE, The National Board of Review, National Endowment for the Arts, New York City Comptroller Scott M. Stringer, New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, New York State Council on the Arts, Office of Manhattan Borough President Gale A. Brewer, Office of New York City Council Member Corey Johnson, The Open Society Foundations, The Pinkerton Foundation, The W. Clement and Jessie V. Stone Foundation, ExpandEDSchools, The Taft Foundation, Variety the Children’s Charity of New York, Laura B. Vogler Foundation, The Wellspring Foundation, Milton A. & Roslyn Z. Wolf Family Foundation Teacher of Conscience Fund, and you!

EVC youth producers and Executive Director Steve Goodman will be presenting at the Youth Voices and Civic Engagement Through STEAM at Barnard.

EVC documentary New Visions: A Deeper Look at the American Dream has been accepted into the Los Angeles Cine Fest! In New Visions, EVC youth producers examine the American Dream from the perspective of student Mohammed, who contrasts his expectations of America with the harsh realities of life in NYC after emigrating from Africa’s Ivory Coast. Features interviews with the New York Immigration Coalition, Black Alliance for Immigration, and B&H warehouse workers. Please support our film by participating and voting in the Best Audience Competition and enjoy the trailer of the film here:

THE NEXT GENERATION IS NOW: EVC ALUM SPOTLIGHT We at EVC are proud to celebrate our graduates from the past three decades whose documentaries have challenged us to think critically about pressing social issues in our lives. And we’re proud that they’ve gone on to make a difference in the world in countless ways — through the films they create, the communities they serve, and the students they teach. In the spirit of Women’s History Month, we honor EVC graduate Christine L. Mendoza, a feminist, media activist, and inspiring role model and educator who has taught documentary workshops for youth in Northern Ireland, South Africa, and for many years here at EVC. When she was an EVC student back in 2001, she taught video for justice-involved youth in partnership with CASES while producing Tough on Crime, Tough on Our Kind, an award-winning documentary on juvenile justice that premiered at the Human Rights Watch Film Festival. Now as Education Coordinator at the Film Society of Lincoln Center, Christine teaches film to elementary school students, continuing to give back, and inspire the next generation of young filmmakers to tell their stories. We’re sure you will be inspired by her story. To view more student snapshots and video testimonials, click here. To support EVC and its mission with a secure, tax-deductible donation, please click here. STAY IN TOUCH! EVC’s Youth Documentary Workshops, New Media Arts Apprenticeship, and Professional Development Programs are made possible with generous support from: The Academy Foundation, Lily Auchincloss Foundation, The Bay & Paul Foundations, Bloomberg, The Brenner Family Foundation, The Robert Bowne Foundation, HBO, Jewish Communal Fund, Mozilla HIVE, The National Board of Review, National Endowment for the Arts, New York City Comptroller Scott M. Stringer, New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, New York State Council on the Arts, Office of Manhattan Borough President Gale A. Brewer, Office of New York City Council Member Corey Johnson, The Open Society Foundations, The Pinkerton Foundation, The W. Clement and Jessie V. Stone Foundation, ExpandEDSchools, The Taft Foundation, Variety the Children’s Charity of New York, Laura B. Vogler Foundation, The Wellspring Foundation, Milton A. & Roslyn Z. Wolf Family Foundation Teacher of Conscience Fund, and you!

Click here to download the flyer. Help us spread the word! In this five-day professional development intensive, teachers and youth workers will learn to plan, facilitate and assess Common Core aligned, media project-based units that will build their students’ 21st century literacy, critical thinking and artistic storytelling skills. The workshop is experiential, giving participants the opportunity to work collaboratively to produce an inquiry-based video, then reflect on that experience and discuss effective facilitation strategies and lesson plans for scaffolding the very same critical and creative process for their students. P Credit might be available for NYC public school teachers! To obtain an application form, please contact Jennifer Proulx at jproulx@evc.org.

It’s been a busy and productive summer at the Educational Video Center! In June, EVC students Orlando Ramos and Mohamed Fofana travelled to Detroit with Director of Youth Documentary Workshop Jessie Levandov to participate in the annual Allied Media Conference, which brings together a “vibrant and diverse community of people using media to incite change.” In July Jennifer Proulx and Emmanuel Garcia facilitated a successful week-long Youth Powered Video Summer Institute for K-12 teachers. Teachers braved the heat and took to the streets to explore issues ranging from culture and identity, to the Pokémon Go phenomenon, all the while learning how to facilitate video inquiry projects with their students. Gil Feliciano led the Summer Youth Documentary Workshop team with support from Austin Goodman and Laura Scheiber, in the production of a video about educational equity, Understanding the Common Core. On August 12 they premiered their work to an audience of their peers and family members at the 1199/SEIU Conference Center. Before the screening the Youth Producers facilitated a conversation with the audience on education, policy, and standardized testing, and discussed their experience at EVC. For participation in the program, students earned stipends through the Summer Youth Employment Program and the WorkForce 2000 1199/SIEU. Students in the summer session of New Media Arts Apprenticeship created an interactive website updating the 1990 EVC-produced documentary, Trash Thy Neighbor. Students went on location to interview Chief Keith Mellis of the NYC Department of Sanitation, and to document barges transporting paper to a recycling facility. They earned credit attending the summer school class that was facilitated by Amy Melnick and Leslie Englander, and made possible with support from ExpandED Schools. We’re looking forward to seeing you for our fall programs! EVC is currently recruiting for Youth Documentary Workshops. Please contact Jessie Levandov (jlevandov@evc.org) and Gil Feliciano (gfeliciano@evc.org) to enroll your students.

We at EVC are proud to celebrate our graduates from the past three decades whose documentaries have challenged us to think critically about pressing social issues in our lives. And we’re proud that they’ve gone on to make a difference in the world in countless ways—through the films they create, the communities they serve, and the students they teach and mentor. Before the 2016 release of Ava DuVernay’s 13th, and before the NYPD’s stop and frisk policies ignited the news and the presidential debates, EVC students produced Tough on Crime, Tough on Our Kind. Their award-winning documentary delivered a powerful youth perspective on the juvenile justice system. It premiered at the Human Rights Watch Film Festival in 2001. Kellon Innocent was a part of the EVC youth crew that produced Tough on Crime, Tough on Our Kind. He continued to work at EVC for several years as an assistant instructor and equipment manger, and then went on earn a BFA in Media & Communication Arts at City College, where he graduated Magna Cum Laude. Kellon is now a camera assistant for film and television, and continues to mentor the next generation of students at EVC. Watch his story and prepare to be inspired! To view more student snapshots and video testimonials, click here: Tell us your story! If you are an EVC alum, reconnect with us by sharing your experience here. To support EVC and its mission with a secure, tax-deductible donation, please click here. STAY IN TOUCH! EVC’s Youth Documentary Workshops, New Media Arts Apprenticeship, and Professional Development Programs are made possible with generous support from: Lily Auchincloss Foundation, Bay and Paul Foundations, Bloomberg, The Brenner Family Foundation, HBO, ExpandED Schools, The Hive Digital Media Learning Fund in The New York Community Trust, Jewish Communal Fund the National Board of Review, The National Endowment for the Arts, the New York State Council on the Arts, The NYC Department of Cultural Affairs, The Office of Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer, The Office of New York City Council Member Corey Johnson, The Pinkerton Foundation, The W. Clement and Jessie V. Stone Foundation, Schumann Media Center, Variety New York, Laura B. Vogler Foundation, The Wellspring Foundation, the Milton A. & Roslyn Z. Wolf Family Foundation Teacher of Conscience Fund, and you.

At EVC, youth are empowered to make their voices heard about critical issues in their lives. And the impact of EVC stays with them years later, as they carry our values and ideals with them in their schools and communities. Just last Thursday EVC Graduate Raelene Holmes-Andrews co-facilitated an orientation at Harlem NeON Arts for a new EVC video workshop for court-involved youth from the local community. Earlier that morning another EVC graduate, Rafael Gel, presented about his EVC experience at the Connected Credentials Convening held in Carnegie Hall. We need your support now to keep serving more students like Rafael and Raelene. A little about Rafael. By the time Rafael found EVC, he had already been in and out of several high schools and worried that he was never going to graduate. At EVC, he became a leader of his video team, not only learning important camerawork and editing skills, but also finding and interviewing the main subject for his film on street harassment, Gender Power. The film premiered at HBO Theater and won awards at three festivals. Rafael went on to graduate high school and earn an Associate’s degree from Borough of Manhattan Community College, where he became President of the Film Club. And next Fall, he will be attending NYU! A little about Raelene. After dropping out of high school, Raelene enrolled in a GED program where her advisor recommended that she join EVC. Her group’s first documentary was Life Under Suspicion, about the NYPD’s stop and frisk policy. It won the Media for Just Society Award and Raelene flew out to San Francisco to accept the award on behalf of her team! Raelene returned to EVC to produce Breathing Easy about toxic mold in her family’s public housing apartment, which was viewed by over 40,000 people in the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Museum’s “Health is a Human Right” exhibition. Raelene went on to enroll in LaGuardia Community College, majoring in communications, and now is now back with EVC as an Assistant Teacher for the Harlem NeON youth documentary workshop project. We couldn’t be prouder of Raelene and Rafael and the hundreds of other alumni who have gone on to make a real difference in the world. Their films have inspired others to join the fight against sexism, police brutality, environmental injustice and other social justice issues. But we know there are tough times ahead for us, especially for those most vulnerable in our communities. We need your support now more than ever. Your gift will make it possible for EVC to continue offering life changing programs. Please tell your friends, co-workers, and family members about EVC, and save the date for our Youth Doc Workshop’s premiere screening at HBO. Thank you so much for your love and support! SAVE THE DATE: JANUARY 12, 2017 Youth Documentary Workshop Premiere Screening, 6pm–9pm HBO, 1100 Avenue of the Americas RSVP: info@evc.org