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As we celebrate three decades of powerful youth media, EVC invites you to join us at our Youth Documentary Workshop Premiere Screening on Thursday, January 16 at 6 p.m. at the HBO Theater, located at 1100 Avenue of the Americas (b/t 42nd and 43rd St), NYC. This event is free and open to the public; refreshments will be served following the screening. This semester, our students investigate issues of growing concern among our city’s youth: street harassment and gun violence. To RSVP, click here or email events@evc.org. For directions via Hopstop, click here.

Join us for this powerful program that provides the youth perspective on Underage Drinking, with a post-screening discussion featuring EVC’s Youth Producers. Attendees will receive a short version of the film to use in future classes. RSVP to liu.trc@gmail.com by Thurs, Oct. 28. EVENT INFO: WHEN: 4:30pm, Monday, November 4 WHERE: Teacher Resource Center @ Long Island University – Brooklyn Campus, 9 Hanover Pl (b/t Fulton & Livingston Sts) SYNOPSIS: Under 21 is an intimate portrait of how two NYC youth get access to alcohol, why they drink, and the potential consequences. Taking the spotlight of the individual consumer, this documentary explores how the drinking culture and oversaturation of alcohol ads in the Lower East Side and Upper East Side influence young people from those neighborhoods. PROGRAM DESCRIPTION: Under 21 was produced by high school students who participated in EVC’s Fall 2012 Youth Documentary Workshop. Youth Documentary Workshop is a 15-week credit-bearing course that teaches high school students from underserved communities across New York City to research, shoot, and edit compelling documentaries that examine issues of immediate relevance in their lives. This screening will be presented by EVC’s Youth Speakers Bureau, a community engagement program funded by the Partnership for a Healthier Brooklyn and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Check out the Youth Speakers Bureau blog at evcyouthpoweredvideo.wordpress.com.

EVC is now accepting applications for our signature program, Youth Documentary Workshop (YDW). Interviews will be held during the week of September 16th, 2013. For more information and an application, please contact the Youth Documentary Workshop Co-Directors at youthdocworkshop@evc.org ABOUT THE PROGRAM YDW is EVC’s 15-week internship program, which starts Wednesday September 25th and runs Mon through Thurs, 3pm – 6pm. In the BYDW, students produce a 20 min. film using professional documentary techniques and receive HIGH SCHOOL CREDIT! You will also learn: • How to use a professional video camera and audio equipment • How to use a professional digital editing system on a Mac • How to investigate and report on a story • How to compose shots • How to interview people • How to write narration with an audience in mind ELIGIBILITY You do not need prior video experience to be eligible for Basic Doc Workshop. You are eligible if you are a New York City public HS student and: • You are comfortable working in a group with other youth • You have a desire to take initiative and pride in your work • You have an interest in learning about social issues in your community • You are comfortable writing about your daily experience as you become a youth producer • You are willing to become knowledgeable on a social topic and represent your film during public screenings • You can commit to the program schedule!

EVC is proud to announce that our fall 2012 documentary, BREATHING EASY, has been selected by the David J. Sencer CDC Museum and CDC’s Office of Minority Health and Health Equity to be part of the upcoming exhibition Health Is a Human Right: Race and Place in America. In the video, EVC youth producers reported on environmental health issues in low-income housing, focusing on a fellow student’s mold infested Harlem apartment, struggles with asthma, and how community advocates help her family. The exhibition is organized around the social determinants of health and spanning the 20th and 21st centuries ,and opens on Saturday, September 28th as part of the Smithsonian magazine’s Museum Day Live, and runs through January 17, 2014. ABOUT THE EXHIBITION Over 100 museums, archives, libraries, foundations, non-profit and research organizations, and individuals from across the United States have contributed documents, photographs, health promotion materials, data charts, and objects to this exhibition. Programs and divisions across the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have provided materials as well. We want to extend a special recognition to Shades of San Francisco at the San Francisco Public Library for providing the wonderful classroom picture that we have used to “brand” the exhibition. FULL PRESS RELEASE CDC Museum Presents New Exhibition – Health is a Human Right: Race and Place in America The David J. Sencer CDC Museum, located at CDC Headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia announces its upcoming exhibition, Health is a Human Right: Race and Place in America. The exhibition looks back through history at how minority groups have experienced health problems differently; helps us understand why these differences persist; and examines our efforts to reduce and eliminate health disparities. The exhibition runs September 28, 2013 through January 17, 2014. Opening on Smithsonian magazine’s Museum Day Live!, Saturday, September 28, Health is a Human Right: Race and Place in America examines some historic challenges of the past 120 years in achieving health equity for all in the United States. We know that “race and place” as important factors in achieving one’s full potential. People with low incomes, minorities, and other socially-disadvantaged populations face significant inequities in opportunities for optimal health, along the lines of race, ethnicity, and place. Historic photographs, documents and objects illustrate the struggles of diverse groups to pursue their health as a basic human right. Videos, including one of First Lady Michelle Obama talking about access to fresh fruits and vegetables, will be integrated throughout, while interactive atlases illustrate the health of every community nationwide. More than 100 lenders and partners from across the U.S. have contributed to the exhibition. Health is a Human Right: Race and Place in America coincides with CDC’s Office of Minority Health and Health Equity’s 25th anniversary celebration in September 2013. It examines the forces that have shaped health over the last century, as well as the contributions of public health to eliminating health disparities. Health is a Human Right: Race and Place in America is organized and sponsored by the David J. Sencer CDC Museum, Office of the Associate Director for Communication, and the Office of Minority Health and Health Equity, CDC; with additional support from The California Endowment through the CDC Foundation. Located at the headquarters of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the David J. Sencer CDC Museum is an educational facility designed to teach about the history and scope of CDC, public health, and the prevention of disease. The museum is free and open to the public. Museum information: http://www.cdc.gov/museum/about.htm Museum Day Live!: http://www.smithsonianmag.com/museumday/ Share with your partners! Visit our social media tools, copy the code of our Museum button, and paste it on your website http://www.cdc.gov/socialmedia/tools/buttons/healthyliving/index.html U.S. Department of Health and Human Services CDC works 24/7 saving lives and protecting people from health threats to have a more secure nation. Whether these threats are chronic or acute, manmade or natural, human error or deliberate attack, global or domestic, CDC is the U.S. health protection agency.

UPDATE: We are two weeks away from the event and already 50% to our goal! Every ticket and tax-deductible donation helps support youth media — and one of our supporters have offered to match donations up to $5000. In addition, all donors who make a contribution from today until the Benefit at the FAN LEVEL or HIGHER will receive EVC’s special retrospective DVD box set. We also have a special Alumni ticket price on the event page here. EVC will premiere two short youth-produced documentaries, which report on the timely issues of bullying and dating violence. During the program, we will honor editor/partner of Union Editorial, Sloane Klevin, and psychologist and radio host, Dr. Fritz Galette. We will also announce the recipient of the Judy Doctoroff Fund for the Next Generation of Documentary Journalists. To purchase a ticket online, click here. To send a check, download ourform-fillable Donor Response Card and send the completed form toevents@evc.org or EVC, 120 West 30th Street, New York, NY 10001. Hope to see you there! ********************************************** EVC’s Youth Documentary Workshops and school programs are generously supported by: the Bay and Paul Foundations, the Brenner Family Foundation, the Brightwater Fund, the Gerald & Janet Carrus Foundation, HBO, Hyde and Watson Foundation, Milton A. & Roslyn Z. Wolf Family Foundation Teacher of Conscience Fund, National Board of Review, the Pinkerton Foundation, the Robert Bowne Foundation, Time Warner, Inc, W. Clement and Jessie V. Stone Foundation, and Wellspring Foundation; with public support from the National Endowment for the Arts, NYC Department of Education, New York State Council on the Arts – Arts Education General Program Support and Electronic Media and Film, and the NYC DYCD Summer Youth Employment Program; and individual donors; and with in-kind support from Benjamin Moore & Co, Gray Matters NYC, the Lawyers Alliance for New York, and Satellite Academy High School.

April 12-14, 2013 Teachers College, Columbia University Macy Art Gallery 525 West 120th St., New York, NY 10027 Participation to the conference is free and open to all audiences. For more information contact youthmediavisions@gmail.com Conversations Across Cultures: Youth Media Visions highlights newly emerging cultures and explores the pedagogic potentialities of learning with and from media produced by young people. The three-day-conversations weekend will generate a space for dialogue bringing together educators, youth and media professionals from NY and from overseas who use video as a means of expression, reflection and learning in formal and informal educational settings. The event, co-organized by Teachers College Columbia University and United Nations Alliance of Civilizations, focuses on how young people explore diversity, migration and social inclusion, through the means of video production. A central feature of the weekend conversations will be presentations and screenings of youth video productions in the Macy Art Gallery as part of the exhibition Youth Media Visions, April 12-19, 2013. For program and more information, click here.

When: Thursday, April 11 3:30 – Student Screening – RSVP atkrubenstein @evc.org and receive complimentary Viewer Guide 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 City’s history through the fresh, but unblinking eyes of emerging teen filmmakers. In this program, three short documentaries examine the critical problems of homophobia in schools and sexual violence against teenage girls and women, as well as the school programs and organizations that are addressing these problems. Post-screening discussions include former EVC youth producers and their EVC instructors, and resources for SEXUAL ASSAULT AWARENESS MONTH (SAAM). SPECIAL GUESTS: * School Screening: PROJECT ENVISION is a collaborative with individuals, families, local businesses, and social service agencies aiming to identify and address community specific needs surrounding sexual violence in the Lower East Side. The collaborative seeks to engage community members in healthy dialogue to explore the myths and norms that perpetuate sexual violence. By normalizing conversations surrounding sexual violence, they hope to be empowered as a community towards sustainable social change. For more information, visitprojectenvisionLES.wordpress.com. * General Screening: FRANCES BRADLEY is a visual and performing artist from Flint, Michigan. She earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the University of the Arts in Philadelphia and has been recognized for her visual artwork by the National Conference of Artist in Philadelphia for the Artist Legacy Award. Now a New York resident, Frances has a strong passion for social change through the arts and continues teaching diverse forms of art designed to visually enhance impoverished communities. Frances recently launched her latest project, Womanhood or Woman’s-Hurt. PROGRAM EVC youth producers examine the causes of violence and discrimination against women. Skillfully weaving interviews with peers, feminist scholars and social workers, they offer an insightful critique of the media’s role in reinforcing negative gender stereotypes. A powerful media literacy discussion tool, this video has been used for training by the New York City Alliance Against Sexual Assault and screened by educators at the University of Istanbul in Turkey. Out Youth in Schools (1998, 22m) Weaving together moving personal stories, archival news footage, street interviews and dramatizations, this powerful video examines the critical problem of homophobia in schools and the national movement of gay/straight alliances that has grown up in response. It’s Not About Sex (2007, 23m) This Documentary Workshop film takes a fresh look at the prevalence of sexual assault in our contemporary society. Shocked by the statistic that more than half of all rapes happen to people under 18, student producers search for the roots of the violence. They examine why many survivors of sexual crimes are afraid to report them. On their journey to understand this complex issue, they talk to people from all walks of life, from sex crimes prosecutors and anti-rape activists, to people in the sex industry. Producers challenge their own assumptions while calling for society to take prevention seriously at an earlier age.********************************************** 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. For more information on the EVC Retrospective at the Film Society of Lincoln Center, click here or 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.

April is Alcohol Awareness Month and EVC has been invited to join the Partnership for a Healthier New York City to raise awareness about Underage and Excessive Alcohol Use. This year, EVC premiered UNDER 21: WHY WE DRINK – a look at how NYC youth get access to alcohol, why they drink, and the potential consequences. A collaboration with the Manhattan Coalition at Mount Sinai School of Medicine, the video will be screened as part of Alcohol Awareness Month events citywide, including next week’s “Uncovering Alcohol’s Hidden Harms” program at Macaulay Honors College on Wed, 4/10 at 4:30pm. As an official Neighborhood Contractor, EVC will be partnering with schools and community groups in Brooklyn to focus on environmental change and help realize the Partnership’s goal to “make healthy living easier, safer and more affordable for everyone – no matter who you are or where you live.”

Critical Teaching in Action Conference “Teaching, Technology & Social Justice” Mount St. Mary’s College Doheny Campus, Los Angeles, CA Saturday, March 16, 8am – 4:30pm The Educational Video Center is proud to present a workshop and screening series at the Critical Teaching in Action Conference, scheduled for Saturday, March 16 at Mount St. Mary’s College Doheny campus in Los Angeles. The 2013 conference brings together educators (K-higher ed), community activists and students interested in sharing social justice curricula that integrate or investigate the impact of digital technology in teaching. EVC Founder and Executive Director Steve Goodman will be delivering the keynote address. The day will also include interactive workshops, demonstrations, and a retrospective of EVC student documentary shorts, including: 2371 2nd Ave: An East Harlem Story EVC students document the living conditions of fellow student Millie Reyes’s family, who live in a rat-infested apartment building with no heat or hot water. They follow the story as Reyes leads the other residents to confront the landlord and go on rent strike… more info Unequal Education: Failing our Children A year in the life of two seventh graders reveals the inequitable race and class-based contrast in resources and opportunities offered by each of their schools, revealing the colossal failure of the local school system — a tragedy of national proportion… more info Still Standing Ms. Gertrude Ross fights to retain and rebuild her demolished home amid the New Orleans real estate frenzy and corruption following hurricane Katrina… more info Alienated: Undocumented Immigrant Youth Alienated gives voice to undocumented young immigrants enduring incarceration and imminent deportation, and exploitation with no options for legalized work or college…more info To view the full day’s agenda is available now, click 2013 Program Catalog & Calendar To register for the conference, click here To find out more about the Center for Cultural Fluency at Mount St. Mary’s College, visit the resource website To browse the EVC catalog, visit our store at evc.org or contactorders@evc.org

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Linda was a tireless advocate, unwavering and passionate in her commitment to EVC. She was a supremely generous woman, giving of her ideas, her time, and her resources — and always for the wellbeing of others. She was committed above all to ensuring our students — particularly the most disadvantaged and marginalized — would have the opportunities and support they needed to grow into their fullest potential. For her, this meant not just fighting for better schools, but for healthier communities, and for the radical vision of a more just and humane society. Dedicated to advancing equity and social justice through education for over thirty years, Linda was formerly a professor of special education and museum education, and associate dean of the Graduate Faculty at Bank Street College of Education. After she stopped teaching, she never really retired, remaining active at Bank Street, and on boards at EVC, and Grey Matters and elsewhere. As she once said, “What would I do if I retired? I can’t imagine not being a part of the progressive educational community that’s been the center of my life.” Whatever the challenge on our Board — whether it was creating a strategic plan, improving our marketing, raising funds, finding new space, bringing people to a student documentary screening — she always threw herself into it 1,000 percent. She was a consummate connector, hosting screenings and “friendraiser” gatherings in her home. She found great delight in making introductions and bringing her vast network of friends and colleagues together to create new synergy and more effective partnerships to get things done. Linda’s smile was as radiant as her determination was unshakeable. She brought to her work a warmth, a sense of hope and possibility, a great spirit of community and a profound love of people. She touched the lives of everyone around her. She will be deeply missed, and always remembered. Download PDF

Youth Documentary Workshop is a 15-week internship program, which starts February 11 and runs Mon-Thurs 2pm – 5pm. Interviews will be held during the week of February 4, 2013; apply today and find out how you can: • Study film produced by professionals and youth filmmakers • Experience shooting video in different documentary styles • Learn about audio recording and lighting • Learn editing techniques • Examine social issues • Collaborate with other youth producers Basic Youth Documentary Workshop is open to students of all levels of experience. For more information on Basic Youth Doc Workshop (BYDW), contact Tanya Jackson at tjackson@evc.org or 212.465.9366×16. Download BYDW Application Advanced Youth Documentary Workshop is only offered during the spring semester; read eligibility requirements below. For more information on Advanced Youth Doc Workshop (AYDW), contact Christine L. Mendoza at cmendoza@evc.org or 212.465.9366×25. Download AYDW Application. You are eligible for Advanced Doc Workshop if you are a HS Student and: You have taken EVC’s Basic YDW; You have taken another media class at school or in an after-school program; You have had another internship involving media production; or You have strong skills in one of the following areas: Camera work Audio production Music production Video editing Photography Interviewing o Research Web-based media (i.e. HTML, Flash)