[hr-education-na] Call for Applications - 2006 Youth Views Institute Teacher Training

CALL FOR APPLICATIONS 

2006 Youth Views Institute Teacher Training
Presented by the Human Rights Watch International Film Festival High
School Program and P.O.V./American Documentary with the Museum of
Television and Radio 
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Date: Tuesday, November 7, 2006, 10am - 4:30pm 
Location: Museum of Television and Radio 
25 West 52 Street New York 

Please submit your application using our online form:
http://amdoc.org/tti/ 
Applications are due by 5pm on Friday, October 13 
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+ Announcement: 
Human Rights Watch International Film Festival High School Program
and P.O.V. in partnership with the Museum of Television and Radio are
pleased to announce a one-day training for 30 New York City educators
as part of the 2006 Youth Views Institute. 

The Youth Views Institute Teacher Training will offer teachers the
opportunity to engage with filmmakers and educational media experts
to learn about available resources and how to integrate independent
documentaries and human rights curricula in the classroom. In
addition, the Institute offers a networking opportunity for educators
working with human rights curriculum in their communities. 

Focusing this year around issues of economic justice, speakers will
discuss ways to use media and community resources to introduce human
rights education into your school. Joining us will be P.O.V. Roger
Weisberg, who will screen his award-winning film Waging A Living at
the Institute. Recently premiered on PBS, Waging A Living chronicles
the day-to-day battles of four low-wage earners fighting to lift
their families out of poverty. The film puts a human face on the
growing economic squeeze that is forcing millions of workers into the
ranks of the poor. The filmmaker will be on hand to discuss the
creative process and the film’s campaign to stimulate a
national discussion on the growing economic squeeze that is forcing
millions of workers into the ranks of the poor. 

Finally, P.O.V., Human Rights Watch, Museum of TV and Radio and
representatives from the Media That Matters Film Festival and WITNESS
will be on hand to discuss the resources that will enable you to
bring this film and countless others into your classrooms.
Participants will get a chance to tour the Museum of TV and Radio to
learn about the many resources and educational programs available to
you. 

+ About the Youth Views Institute: 
Begun in 2001 as a two-day training for youth organizers, the Youth
Views Institute expanded in 2004 to include a one-day teacher
training presented by the Human Rights Watch Film Festival High
School Program in partnership with P.O.V. Based on the premise of
non-fiction storytelling as a tool for creating positive social
change, the Institute is an annual conference providing youth
organizers and educators with training and materials for using media
as a tool for engaging young people. Workshops focus on critical
thinking and media literacy; intergenerational collaboration;
community organizing; and curriculum building. To date, over 90 youth
organizers and 65 educators have been trained at the Institute. 

+ About The Human Rights Watch International Film Festival High
School Program: 
The Human Rights Watch International Film Festival High School
Program is a human rights media resource, offering over 150 free
videos and educational materials to high school and after-school
teachers supplement existing high school and after-school program
curricula. The High School Program seeks to promote the inclusion of
human rights curricula in secondary and after-school education and to
inspire youth dialogue and youth media production around issues of
human rights. Each year the program offers a new catalog of videos on
a variety of human rights topics. You can view this year’s
catalogue at: www.hrw.org/iff/2006/classroom 

+ About P.O.V.'s Youth Views: 
A project of the award-winning PBS documentary series, P.O.V.’s
Youth Views is a peer-led initiative, offering new models for working
with youth and the media to encourage civic engagement that can be
replicated by youth, educators and community-based organizations
across the country. Since 1988, P.O.V. (‘point-of-view’)
has pioneered the art of presentation and outreach using independent
non-fiction media to build new communities in conversation about
today’s most pressing social issues. Begun as a pilot project
in 2000, Youth Views works with youth-run and youth-serving
organizations, with a particular emphasis on groups working on behalf
of communities of color and marginalized communities, to present
screening events nationwide and to provide training in facilitation
and media literacy for young leaders in the New York City area. 

+ About The Museum of Television & Radio 
The Museum of Television & Radio was founded by William S. Paley to
collect and preserve television and radio programs and advertisements
and to make them available to the public. Since opening in 1976, the
Museum has organized exhibitions, screening and listening series,
seminars, and education classes to showcase its preeminent collection
of over 120,000 television and radio programs and advertisements. The
Museum’s Education Department uses the collection in
partnership with schools and other educational institutions to
explore important themes and issues that have shaped contemporary
history, as well as to develop and refine our audience’s
critical thinking and viewing skills. The Museum offers on-site
classes in New York City, distance learning classes that originate
from each city, and workshops for educators. 

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+ 2006 Youth Views Institute Teacher Training 
Agenda Highlights 
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Tuesday, November 7 – Teacher Training at the Museum of
Television & Radio 

9:30 - 10am Coffee/Bagels 

10 - 10:30am Welcome/Introductions 

10:35am - 12:30 pm Presentations by P.O.V., Human Rights Watch,
Museum of T.V. and Radio and Media That Matters Film Festival. 

12:30 - 1:30pm Lunch break/Networking 

1:30 - 3:30 pm Screening of Waging A Living and Q&A with
filmmaker Roger Weisberg. 

3:30-3:40 Break 

3:40 - 4:15pm Wrap Up of the Day and Evaluation 



Jennifer Nedbalsky 
Program Manager 
Human Rights Watch International Film Festival High School Program 
www.hrw.org/iff/2006/classroom 
Phone: 212. 216. 1247 
Fax: 212.736.1300 





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