VIDEO CONTEST

Community Values and Immigration

Here is the link
http://www.movementvisionlab.org/blog/1000-video-contest-community-values-immigration
Here is the description:

We know that, as a country and as a world, we’re all in it together and we’re more than the sum of our parts.  That goes for both sides of the border.  What would it mean to value everyone equally, no matter where they come from and how they got here?  How would you tell America that immigration is about Community Values?

TO ENTER

Create a short video under three minutes (3 mins) in length and submit it through You Tube to the Community Values & Immigration Video Contest.  Your video can be fictional or documentary, live action or animation, any form you want it to take.  Just make sure it tells a positive story about the immigration and Community Values.  To learn more about Community Values, check out this short film.

The deadline for entries is 5:00pm EST on February 29, 2008.

CRITERIA & PRIZE

The winner will be selected by the staff of the Movement Vision Lab (with no right of appeal) and announced on the Movement Vision Lab website and You Tube.  The winning film, as well as runners up, will be shown on the Movement Vision Lab website and distributed to immigrant rights organizations across the United States.  The winning filmmaker will receive a check for $1000 from the Center for Community Change.

GRANT OPPORTUNITY

The Chicago Instructional Technology Foundation requests proposals from Chicago area filmmakers working on projects that could produce social change. CITF seeks to fund content that reflects the diversity of the human experience, advances under-represented points of view, compels public dialogue, and produces social change.

There are three categories for funding:

The CITF Established Filmmakers Production Grant provides grants to established filmmakers who are defined as professional filmmakers who have completed projects that were considered for screening or were screened at major film festivals.

The CITF New Filmmaker’s Production Grant provides grants to emerging filmmakers who are defined as anyone 18 years of age or older who has some experience in filmmaking.

The CITF Youth Filmmaker’s Production Grant provides grants to youth filmmakers who are defined as filmmakers18-years old or younger.

Productions already underway with a completion scheduled within the next year are most encouraged.

Please visit the website at www.citf.org

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Why? Because research is an essential way that youth media groups can understand and expose the problems that youth face using concrete data and evidence. Research also gives us insight, not only about the problems but about the solutions. Research empowers us to advocate to policy makers and our constituencies why the work we do is necessary and effective.

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Dr. Bailey takes this kid to the principal’s office and he tapes it with his camera.