resources

Allied Media Conference
The Allied Media Conference cultivates media strategies for a more just and creative world. It is the primary point of intersection in the U.S. for alternative media makers and committed social justice activists.
http://www.alliedmediaconference.org

Aspira Association
Grass roots organization working to provide leadership development and educational assistance to Latino communities. Works with over 25,000 Latino youths, has 7 regional groups.
http://www.aspira.org/

Boys & Girls Clubs of America
Youth development network of neighborhood-based facilities serving more than 3 million disadvantaged kids.
http://www.bgca.org/

Global Youth Connect.org
A comprehensive list of conference and training events (in chronological order) of interest to young activists.
http://www.globalyouthconnect.org/Pages/conferences.html

iEarn
Started in 1988, iEARN is the world's largest non-profit global network that enables teachers and young people to use the Internet and other new technologies to collaborate on projects that both enhance learning and make a difference in the world.
http://www.iearn.org/

International Youth Media Summit
Nearly 90 people from 26 countries attended the last summit and represented diversity in identifying and addressing seven core issues: racism, poverty, violence, environment, health, youth empowerment, and women's empowerment. The outcome was 7 X 1 minute Public Community Announcements filmed and edited by student filmmakers as well as researched and prepared by the student diplomats.
http://www.roamingreporters.net/IRMAS/Welcome.html

Media and American Democracy Symposium
What do students need to know in order to become more thoughtful consumers of media messages related to politics? High school teachers can explore this and other questions at the annual Media and American Democracy Symposium, a joint venture of the Harvard Graduate School of Education and the Shorenstein Center on the Press, Politics and Public Policy at Harvard's JFK School of Government.
http://www.teachingdemocracy.gse.harvard.edu/front.htm

National Youth Leadership Council
Funded by the Kellogg Foundation. Allied with Youth Service America, a federation of over 200 organizations. Provides service-learning professional development to primary through high school educators, administrators, teacher education staff and faculty, researchers, youth leaders, parents, program coordinators, community-based organization staffs, policy makers, and corporate and foundation officers.
http://www.nylc.org/

REACH Youth Development Conference
This workshop for both youth and adults had workshops in 2008 that included Youth-Led Community Change, Using Media, Culture, Art and Technology, Sustaining Youth Development Programs, Youth-Adult Partnerships, and Hot Issues (such as workforce readiness).
http://www.reachyouthprogram.org/node/3446

Singapore Youth and Media Conference
The Singapore Youth & Media Conference (SYMC) is an international media conference organised by students from Ngee Ann Polytechnic's School of Film and Media Studies (FMS) for youths at the tertiary level.
http://www.np.edu.sg/symc/

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