Community Media Corner

CM CornerWelcome to the MNN Community Media & Outreach Department's e-newsletter, Community Media Corner. You can check out the archives at http://www.mnn.org/com [0].

In this edition:

MNN'S CALL FOR ALTERNATIVE ELECTION PROGRAMS--SEND US SEGMENTS BY OCT. 24TH

In an effort to amplify the grassroots/independent voices on this year's elections we are doing a call out to organizations to send us video segments to be included in our special Election block that will air the week of November 3rd.

Send us your videotapes/segments (under 10mins preferred, on Mini DV tape)--we will do our best to include them in our special block.

*Segments sought addressing such themes as:
1) Community-based perspectives on social/economic justice issues (such as housing, labor, immigrant rights, education, etc) that are being left out of the election discourse and mainstream media.
2) Community driven efforts to hold elected officials accountable
3) Amplify the voices of disenfranchised communities whose issues are not addressed in the election debate
4) Alternative perspectives to the two party system.

Please send your tapes by Oct. 24th and include: 1) organizational contact info and description of the vieo piece

Send tapes to:
Manhattan Neighborhood Network
ATTN: Jennifer Wager
537 West 59th Street
NY, NY 10019
Attn: jennifer@mnn.org

(We are accepting mini dv and dvd formats- we prefer minidv)

PLEASE SPREAD the WORD to other organizations!

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rsvp@hiphopassociation.org [2]
After-party at Sutra Lounge

ABOUT H2O
H2O [Hip-Hop Odyssey] is the media initiative of the Hip-Hop Association. Our media activities includes the H2O [Hip-Hop Odyssey] International Film Festival, the Freshest Youth Program, the Odyssey Awards, Defuse News, and H2ONewsreel. Our mission is to support the use of Hip-Hop culture and media as a tool for social awareness and youth empowerment. Through the development of online technology, distribution outlets, and media preservation, the Hip-Hop Association is able to provide accessible alternative media and educational tools for teaching, organizing, and civic engagement. Our annual H2O [Hip-Hop Odyssey] International Film Festival (H2OIFF) helps increase awareness of independent filmmakers, and provides a wide lens into the culture of Hip-Hop. H2OIFF works with aspiring and established filmmakers, encouraging them to develop and create new work that showcases positive images of Hip-Hop culture.

ABOUT Hip Hop Association
Founded in 2002, the Hip-Hop Association (H2A) was formed to facilitate, foster, and preserve Hip-Hop culture. Our mission is to utilize Hip-Hop culture as a tool to facilitate critical thinking and foster social change and unity, while preserving Hip-Hop culture for scholarship and future generations. We accomplish this by cultivating and empowering the community through the use of media, technology, popular education, social entrepreneurship, and leadership development. www.hiphopassociation.org [3]

MNN Community Media Corner is distributed by MNN's Community Education & Outreach Department. For information about how your organization start to make its own local television programming, please call the Community Media Training Request line at 212-757-2670 x352 or email: cm@mnn.org [4]. You may also learn more about us on our website, at http://www.mnn.org/com [4].