Favela Rising Screening
August 15, 2006 at 10:15 am | In Happenings/Events, Screening | 1 CommentImagenation presents its fourth annual Harlem Outdoor Film Festival this month. On Aug. 8 and 15, from 7:45 p.m. to 9:30 p.m., Imagenation will screen films outdoors at Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Harlem State Office Building Plaza, 125th Street and Seventh Avenue. The free screenings feature independent films from the African diaspora.
Favela Rising, which will be screened today, tells the true story of drug dealer Anderson Sá, as he undergoes a personal transformation that moves him to rally his community to counteract the violent oppression enforced by teenage drug armies and sustained by corrupt police. This winner of 24 film awards–including Best Emerging Documentary Filmmaker at New York City’s Tribeca Film Festival–has garnered as much praise for its sound track as for its cinematography. Visit the film’s website for info on additional screenings across the country.
StraightForward Media Minority Scholarship
August 10, 2006 at 3:32 pm | In Scholarship/Fellowship | Leave a CommentProvided by StraightForward Media, the Minority Scholarship is available to current and prospective students of color. All fields of study are welcome to apply. The deadlines for applications are: March 31, June 30, September 30 and December 31. Please visit http://www.straightforwardmedia.com/minority for further information.
Volunteer Translators Needed by Peaceful Tomorrows
August 9, 2006 at 2:33 pm | In Community, Happenings/Events | Leave a CommentPeaceful Tomorrows, a non-profit organization made up of family members of September 11th victims, is hosting an international conference between September 4th to 12th, 2006. The attendees are from all over the world; each has been affected by violence and uses his or her experiences to encourage peace.
If interested please contact stephanie@peacefultomorrows.org or sign up online. You can also read its mission statement here.
Stand Up for Equality: Discussion with James Dale
August 8, 2006 at 2:50 pm | In Happenings/Events | 1 CommentSummer interns, students, and young activists are invited to take a break from the heat and join People For the American Way Foundation tomorrow, Wednesday, August 9th, 2006, as the Foundation presents its final exciting installment of the Andrew Heiskell Center for Democracy Brown Bag Lunch Professional Development Series. Join civil rights activist James Dale (Dale v. Boy Scouts of America, USSC) for a discussion of LGBT rights activism and his experience fighting for fairness all the way to the United States Supreme Court.
Wednesday, August 9th, 2006, from 11:45 AM to 1:30 PM
Andrew Heiskell Center for Democracy
People For the American Way Foundation
149 Fifth Avenue at 21st Street, 7th Floor
New York, NY 10010
Community Service with City Year New York
August 2, 2006 at 10:32 am | In Community, Intership and Jobs | Leave a CommentWant to learn powerful career skills?
Want to earn $4,725 for college while learning powerful career skills?
Want to do something good for yourself and others?
City Year New York is actively recruiting 17 to 24 year-olds to join its program of full-time community service. Anyone between the ages of 17 and 24 is encouraged to apply!
Learn more and apply today! Please contact Dan McDermott at (646) 452-3640 or visit http://www.cityyear.org/new_york.
W.E.B. DuBois Fellowship Program
August 1, 2006 at 11:40 am | In Scholarship/Fellowship | Leave a CommentNational Institute of Justice is soliciting applications to advance knowledge regarding the confluence of crime, justice, and culture, particularly in diverse cultural contexts. DuBois Fellows will focus on policy relevant questions in a manner that reflects their saliency as an integral part of the American past, present, and, increasingly, the future. Topics of interest include transnational crime, human trafficking, ethnographic studies, police-community relations, and immigration, crime and victimization.
All applications are due by February 1, 2007. Applicants are encouraged to apply well in advance of the deadline. Official document on this opportunity is available here (pdf).
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