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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 Next Generation Is Now video series, we will hear stories from other EVC alumni like Ahmed, as they reflect on their past films, and how they’re using their EVC experience to change the world today. With your continued support, EVC can help the next generation of students to make their voices heard and be change agents in their communities. 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. The next generation is now. 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, 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.

Date: Thursday, December 3rd, 2015 Time: 6:00pm-8:00pm Location: City-As High School 16 Clarkson Street, Media Lab Room #407 New York, NY 10014 Google Map Beverages and hors d’oeuvres will be served. The program will include: tours of the facilities, screenings of EVC youth-produced documentaries, and remarks by Manhattan Borough President Gale A. Brewer and New York City Council Member Corey Johnson as well as EVC Executive Director, Steve Goodman, and City as School Principal Alan Cheng. To RSVP, please email us at events@evc.org. 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, 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.

Happy Fall! As we begin another exciting school year at EVC, we are delighted to share our new website, where you’ll find our upcoming events, new film releases, and success stories from EVC graduates. Our new features include: A Homepage slider of video testimonials highlighting the life changing impact we’ve had on our youth participants and the inspiring paths they’ve taken since graduating from EVC. A Special Projects page featuring the EVC documentary “Unequal Education Revisited” and video interviews with internationally renowned education scholars and reformers including Maxine Greene, Deborah Meier, Pedro Noguera, and Norm Fruchter. An updated Web store featuring our library of award-winning youth-produced films on gender, mental health, human rights, and more – an invaluable resource for K-12 and university teachers, counselors, and librarians. An Impact page spotlighting our achievements, awards, and graduates over the past thirty years. While we are looking back at EVC’s legacy, we are also looking forward to the important changes this next generation of EVC youth will make in the world. With new beginnings, we wish you a rewarding and productive school year. We hope you’ll visit our site regularly and stay in touch with us throughout the year. To support EVC and its mission with a secure, tax-deductible donation, please click here.

The Youth Powered Video Film Festival amplifies youth voices by providing an audience for their creativity, perspectives, and community solutions. EVC will present a variety of youth-produced short videos, produced through EVC’s Professional Development Programs. To RSVP, please contact Jennifer Proulx at jproulx@evc.org #AMCTheatres #filmfestival #YouthMedia #YouthPoweredVideo

2014 was EVC’s milestone 30th year. And to celebrate, we are proud to unveil EVC’s Timeline of 30 Years of youth documentaries changing the world. Click here to journey with us through EVC’s history. Stay tuned in 2015 as we grow the timeline with more highlights! Thank you for your dedication over these years. It’s been an extraordinary journey. And thank you for your inspired support as we teach today’s youth to become the next generation of filmmakers. Contribute to the next 30 years and beyond of EVC work! Please click here to make a secure tax-deductible donation. We have come a long way. Looking back at this year, we could not be prouder of our youth producers. They’ve won fellowships and festival awards here in NY and out in California. They’ve continued to produce hard-hitting documentaries and made their voices heard on the most pressing issues in their lives including: gun violence, youth depression, homophobia, prescription drug abuse, and street harassment of girls. We’re working with teachers in every borough of the city to integrate EVC’s model of student media projects into their classes. We’ve launched a new web and PhotoShop design apprenticeship program and we’re creating an archive to make our 3 decades of youth produced media publicly accessible. We couldn’t do this work without you. Therefore, we ask you to show your support and consider a generous gift in this season of giving. Follow EVC on Facebook and Twitter to be the first to hear about 30th Anniversary events and updates.Share our 30th Anniversary Timeline on Twitter, and don’t forget to use the hashtag #EVC30! Happy Thanksgiving, from the EVC family to yours! EVC’s Youth Documentary Workshops and Professional Development Programs are made possible with generous support from: The Academy Foundation, The Brenner Family Foundation, the Brightwater Foundation, HBO, the Manhattan Borough President’s Office, the National Board of Review, the National Endowment of the Arts, the New York State Council on the Arts, the NYC Department of Cultural Affairs, the Pinkerton Foundation, the Schumann Media Center, the W. Clement and Jessie V. Stone Foundation, The After-School Corporation, and the Milton A. & Roslyn Z. Wolf Family Foundation, and you.

Join us for another EVC 30th Anniversary Event! Save the date for EVC’s Premiere Screening of Unequal Education Revisited. Screening will be followed by discussion and wine and cheese reception. Introductory remarks will be made by Joseph P. McDonald, Professor of Teaching and Learning at NYU’s Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development, and at the Metro Center, and most recently author of American School Reform: What Works, What Fails, and Why. Video reflections on the film from Maxine Greene, Debbie Meier and others will also be screened. Join us in celebrating 30 years of EVC youth changing the world — one documentary at a time. See you there! WHEN: Wed, November 12th 6:00 pm WHERE: Teachers College, Columbia University 179 Grace Dodge Hall (West 120th Street) Google Map Location *************************************** Synopsis of Unequal Education Revisited In 1992, EVC’s youth team produced Unequal Education for the national PBS series, “Listening to American With Bill Moyers.” Their film revealed the stark contrast in resources and opportunities offered to students in two Bronx middle schools – one in a middle-class area and one in a low-income community – in the same district. More than twenty years later, the crew reunited to produce Unequal Education Revisited, bearing witness to the long-term impact that inequities plaguing our society – in education, justice and healthcare – have on those struggling to survive. *************************************** To RSVP, please contact our Office and Communications Assistant, Winnie Lau, at wlau@evc.org To make a tax-deductible gift, click here Thanks to the Media and Social Change Lab and the Center for Multiple Languages and Literacies for co-sponsoring this event.

MAKE SURE TO SHARE, DISCUSS, AND WATCH LIFE UNDER SUSPICION NOW. EVC youth producer Raelene Holmes-Andrews will be accepting the award on behalf of her team at a ceremony on October 15th at SFJAZZ Center in San Francisco. During their visit, Raelene and Steve Goodman will be screening the film for middle school students at Thomas Edison Charter Academy, at the invitation of principal Olivia Lynch. Sponsored by the National Council on Crime and Delinquency, this is one of the only national awards focusing on criminal justice, juvenile justice, and child welfare issues. Life Under Suspicion is of critical relevance in the current climate of police violence in the US, from Staten Island to Ferguson. Read about the democratizing role of the film in the Journal of Digital and Media Literacy. Special thanks to Christina Biddle for her leadership and guidance of this workshop of youth producers, to our partners at the Manhattan Borough President’s office, the NYCLU, Fortune Society, Umoja, and City Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito, and to all our funders for their generous support. Finally, thank you to the youth and community members who courageously shared their stories. Please give what you can to EVC so we can continue this life-changing work. Click here to make a secure tax-deductable online donation. Thank You and Happy Fall, from EVC!

EVC’s 30th Anniversary events continue this MONDAY, JUNE 16 at the Brooklyn Historical Society as we launch the first transmedia project from our New Media Arts Apprenticeship — an interactive documentary that “remixes” and updates the history of the 1991 Crown Heights disturbances, captured by EVC students at the time. Meet the youth producers and check out their new site at this free event – RSVP to events@evc.org. Hope to see you there! When: Monday, June 16th, 2014 6 – 8pm Where: Brooklyn Historical Society 128 Pierrepont Street FREE & OPEN TO THE PUBLIC – RSVP to events@evc.org Click here to make a tax-deductible contribution in celebration of our 30th anniversary

In this three-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 all participants the opportunity to work collaboratively with their peers to create a project. Readings on literacy development and group facilitation will also be discussed. HOW TO APPLY Download application (Word Doc) and email to jproulx@evc.org LOCATION Educational Video Center, 16 Clarkson Street, NYC (located in City-As-School) DATES July 28, 29, 30 9am – 3pm REGISTRATION FEE Individual: $725 Colleague Discount: Additional registrants from the same school pay $625 ($100 discount) PAYMENT Send completed form with check payable to “Educational Video Center, Inc” to our offices at 16 Clarkson Street, #401, New York, NY 10014 or register online: http://tinyurl.com/ns67zs4 DOWNLOAD FLYER

A special screening of EVC’s award-winning documentary, “Unequal Education: Failing Our Children” will be held on Friday May 16th as part of a two-day conference at NYU commemorating the 60th anniversary of the historical Brown v. Board of Education ruling that signaled the end of legalized racial segregation in U.S. schools. A panel discussion will follow, moderated by Farai Chideya and featuring David Jones, Deborah Meier, Michael Rebell, and former NYC schools chancellor Rudy Crew. Register for the event at brown60.org.

Celebrate 30 Years of EVC! Save the date for EVC’s 30th Anniversary Benefit & Premiere Screening, scheduled for June 4th at the Film Society of Lincoln Center. Join us in celebrating 30 years of EVC youth changing the world — one documentary at a time. See you there! WHEN: Wed, June 4, 2014 6:00 pm WHERE: The Walter Reade Theater – Film Society of LIncoln Center 165 W. 65th St (between Broadway & Amsterdam) *************************************** To join the Benefit Planning Committee or find out how you can support EVC, contact our Development and Communications Manager at support@evc.org To make a tax-deductible gift, click here Ticket and sponsorship packages available soon

THROUGH OUR EYES: Three Decades of EVC Youth Documentaries An EVC Retrospective Program 9: Waste & Water 6:30 – General Screening – Buy Tickets At the FSLC Web Site Where: The Elinor Bunin Munroe Film Center Amphitheater 144 West 65th Street (Between Broadway and Amsterdam Avenue) HopStop Map for 144 West 65th Street Spanning three decades worth of extraordinary work, the EVC Retrospective Series captures moments in New York’s history through the fresh, but unblinking eyes of emerging teen filmmakers. In celebration of Earth Day, EVC presents four short documentaries on environmental issues from recycling to water pollution to the effects of Hurricane Katrina. NYC and the Hudson River (1994, 14m) This visually creative work highlights the importance of the Hudson River and examines the causes and consequences of its pollution, through interviews with the Hudson River Keeper and visits to the then newly constructed sewage treatment plant in Harlem. ********************************************** EVC is proud to partner with the Film Society of Lincoln Center to present the retrospective series, THROUGH OUR EYES: Three Decades of EVC Youth Documentaries. Each Program will be screened twice at the Elinor Bunin Munroe Film Center Amphitheater, with an afternoon screening for school audiences and an evening screening for general audiences. Both screenings will be followed by a question-and-answer session with producers from the short films featured in the programs. To RSVP for the FREE School Screenings or more information on the EVC Retrospective, contact Theresa Navarro at Tnavarro@EVC.org. EVC’s Youth Documentary Workshop is a 15-week credit-bearing course that teaches high school students from across New York City to research, shoot, and edit compelling documentaries that examine community and youth-related issues. ********************************************** EVC’s Youth Documentary Workshops and Professional Development Programs are made possible with generous support from: The Bay and Paul Foundations; The Robert Bowne Foundation; The Brenner Family Foundation; The Brightwater Fund; The Gerald & Janet Carrus Foundation; HBO; Hyde and Watson Foundation; Jewish Communal Fund; National Board of Review; Open Society Foundations; The Pinkerton Foundation; W. Clement and Jessie V. Stone Foundation; Time Warner Foundation; The Wellspring Foundation; and The Milton A. & Roslyn Z. Wolf Family Foundation Teacher of Conscience Fund. EVC is supported, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council. EVC programs are also made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Cuomo and the New York State Legislature. In-kind support is provided by Benjamin Moore & Co, Claudia Giselle Design LLC, Gray Matters NYC, the Lawyers Alliance for New York, and the New York City Department of Education.