Apply for Youth Views Institute

Posted by on August 20, 2004

It’s that time of year again! We are soliciting applications for the 3rd Annual Youth Views Institute.

The Youth Views Institute will bring together 20 young community leaders, ages 16-20, from New York City and around the country to offer training in how to integrate independent documentaries with their community work, and create a rare chance to network with other young people working in their communities. The Youth Views Institute is based on the premise of non-fiction storytelling as a tool for creating positive social change. It focuses on emerging and young leaders who are involved with community issues, and will feature documentary screenings as well as workshops on critical thinking and media literacy skills pertaining to independent and commercial media; diversity training; and community organizing, including crafting a vision for working with media, outreach methods and event planning and promotion. Presenters will include P.O.V. filmmakers, community organizers, P.O.V. staff and members of the Youth Views Advisory Board. This year’s Institute will be held at Project Reach in New
York City, New York.

Applications, a fact sheet and feedback from past participants is available at <a href="http://www.pbs.org/pov/utils/youthviews.html">http://www.pbs.org/pov/utils/youthviews.html</a>

We invite young people from your communities to apply. Please note that the deadline is September 15th, 2004.

Irene Villase?or, Youth Views Manager
P.O.V./American Documentary, Inc.
32 Broadway, 14th Floor, New York, NY 10004
(212) 989-8121, extension 319, (212) 989-8230-fax
<a href="http://www.pbs.org/pov">http://www.pbs.org/pov</a>