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Call Out for Sistas Telling it Like it Is 2006

Summer Media Justice Digital Storytelling Training Camp
Dates: July 28-30, 2006
Location: San Francisco, CA

Application Deadline: July 20, 2006

The Sistas of Third World Majority are putting out a call for our San Francisco Bay Area Women, Trans and Genderqueers of Color Digital Storytelling Workshop.

WHAT is SISTAS TELLING IT LIKE IT IS 2006: Media Justice Digital Storytelling Camp?
During the three days of the workshop, women, trans, and genderqueers of color organizers from all over the Bay Area will gather together to get trained in creating their own three-to-five minute video. This training includes introductions to the basics of scripting a movie, camera and interview basics, as well as how to use Adobe Photoshop and Final Cut Pro, all in a Media Justice centered curriculum. All participants in the training will also be part of a joint screening in October for Domestic Violence Awareness month. So, if your organization has a story to tell about how women, trans, and genderqueers of color like you are resisting violence and making Justice real for your community, and you would like to build with other organizers, then the TWM Summer Media Justice workshop is for you!

This workshop is a pilot of our new national Media Justice Arts Training Initiative which will replicate this workshop nationally for various sectors of the Social Justice field, such as prison justice, immigrant rights, environmental justice, indigenous rights, educational justice, reproductive rights, queer and trans justice, as well as in various regions such as the Southwest, the Midwest, the Southeast, and the Northwest. If you are not a Bay Area based organizer but want to get trained and be part of this movement please contact the TWM office at: 510.465.6941 or e-mail: wanda@cultureisaweapon.org.

WHO CAN APPLY TO SISTAS TELLING IT LIKE IT IS 2006:
BAY AREA WOMEN, TRANS, AND GENDERQUEERS OF COLOR
Summer Media Justice Training Camp

This workshop is open to women, trans, genderqueers of color organizers and their organizations who are based in the Bay Area that are interested in gaining media production skills to support and enhance their organizations' campaigns. Applicants must be currently based at an organization in the Bay Area. Through the support of the San Francisco Foundation, the Fleishhacker Foundation, the Community Technology Foundation, the Nathan Cummings Foundation, and the Bay Area Video Coalition, selected organizations will be fully funded to attend the three-day training workshop. Each participating organization will be required to send one organizational representative. All admitted applicants must be willing to participate both in the workshop and in the community screening in October, 2006. Submitted applications will be reviewed by TWM staff who will determine the participating eight (8) organizations.

FOR MORE INFORMATION:

Digital stories created out of past TWM workshops are available for online viewing at the TWM Web site: cultureisaweapon.org (click on the link, "story").

HOW TO APPLY:

We hope to hear from you soon and wish you luck in the application process. If you need any special accommodations with this deadline or are planning to send the application by mail, please e-mail TWM so that we can expect your application or address your needs immediately.

Application forms are available for download at:
cultureisaweapon.org/sista

Please complete the application form and return it no later than July 10, 2006 to the address below:

THIRD WORLD MAJORITY
369-15th Street
Oakland, CA 94612
wanda@cultureisaweapon.org

NOTE: Please call 510.465.6941 if you plan to send your application by mail, so that we can expect your application.

Starts06/27/2006
Ends07/11/2006
IssuesGay/Lesbian, Gender/Women, Media, Racial Justice, Transgender
Homepagewww.cultureisaweapon.org
Contactwanda@cultureisaweapon.org

Posted on June 27, 2006 in Event / Call to action by outreach