Youth-produced submissions are welcome and will be considered for all awards.
The fee for submissions is $20 (US $) (checks payable to Arts Engine, Inc.). Youth / Student submissions are FREE - you must provide proof that you are a student by sending in a photocopy of your dated school ID or an official letter from your school administration indicating your enrollment.
MEDIA THAT MATTERS FILM FESTIVAL: DEADLINE JAN. 19
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(14 jan 2005) With advances in video technology making high-quality equipment increasingly affordable, it seems like everybody and his sister has made a film these days. And you'd be surprised how good some of them are. If you've got a film with a message, enter it in this year's festival for a chance to reach millions. If you don't have one, check out some of the entries and be inspired.
http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/101385/2332/11763
From: MediaRights.org
The fifth annual Media That Matters Film Festival is a celebration of short films, videos, digital stories and new media that inspire people to speak out and take action for social change.
Our yearlong Festival features 24/7 online streaming
http://www.mediathatmattersfest.org/,20+ community screenings
http://www.mediathatmattersfest.org/mtm04/archives/the_media_that_matters_traveling_film_festival.php
around the country, numerous national and local broadcasts and
distribution of a DVD http://www.mediathatmattersfest.org/mtm04/dvd/index.php and Teacher's Guide to thousands of teachers and activists.
Sixteen works will be chosen by a jury
http://www.mediathatmattersfest.org/mtm04/archives/jury.php
of esteemed filmmakers, activists, journalists and industry
professionals. The festival will launch in May 2005 with a Premiere
http://www.mediathatmattersfest.org/mtm04/archives/premiere_at_bam_a_huge_success.php
and a high-profile Awards Ceremony in New York City. (Previous hosts include rapper/activist Chuck D and comedian David Cross.)
Flmmakers will receive a cut of all VHS and DVD sales, and many official selections will receive $1,000 grants to be used for further outreach and distribution campaigns. That's right, in addition to the impact of Media That Matter's national outreach campaign, selected media makers will get $1,000
http://www.mediarights.org/apply/mtm05/about_the_cash_awards.php to create a Web site, send out mailings, publicize screenings, or to do any of the other things that will help your media and its important message mobilize audiences to take action.
The Media That Matters Film Festival is a project of MediaRights, a nonprofit organization that helps media makers, educators, librarians, nonprofits, and activists use documentaries to encourage action and inspire dialogue on contemporary social issues. Visit our site to learn more.
http://www.mediarights.org/
Begin Application
http://www.mediarights.org/apply/mtm05/application_step_1.php
Sunday, January 16, 2005
Fiji Women Community Radio Initiative Takes Suitcase Radio to the
Fiji Women Community Radio Initiative Takes Suitcase Radio to the Field
10-01-2005 (femLINKpacific) - Another exciting initiative is about
to take place with femLINKpacific (Media Initiatives for Women), a
womenÃs media NGO which in 2004 launched femTALK 89.2FM, its mobile
womenÃs community radio project. This month, the femLINKpacific
volunteer team takes to the road with their "radio in a suitcase"® in
Fiji.
http://portal.unesco.org/ci/en/ev.php-URL_ID=17911&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html
or this shorter URL
http://tinyurl.com/3z9pz
For more on femLINKpacific see this Google Search
femLINK pacific
or
femLINKpacific
10-01-2005 (femLINKpacific) - Another exciting initiative is about
to take place with femLINKpacific (Media Initiatives for Women), a
womenÃs media NGO which in 2004 launched femTALK 89.2FM, its mobile
womenÃs community radio project. This month, the femLINKpacific
volunteer team takes to the road with their "radio in a suitcase"® in
Fiji.
http://portal.unesco.org/ci/en/ev.php-URL_ID=17911&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html
or this shorter URL
http://tinyurl.com/3z9pz
For more on femLINKpacific see this Google Search
femLINK pacific
or
femLINKpacific
Tuesday, January 11, 2005
The "Edge" Annual Question-2005
"WHAT DO YOU BELIEVE IS TRUE EVEN THOUGH YOU CANNOT PROVE IT?"
Great minds can sometimes guess the truth before they have either the
evidence or arguments for it (Diderot called it having the "esprit de
divination"). What do you believe is true even though you cannot
prove it?
http://edge.org/q2005/q05_print.html
The 2005 Edge Question has generated many eye-opening responses from
a "who's who" of third culture scientists and science-minded
thinkers. The 120 contributions comprise a document of 60,000 words.
The New York Times ("Science Times") and Frankfurter Allgemeine
Zeitung ("Feuilliton") have been granted rights to publish excepts in
their print and online editions simultaneously with Edge publication.
The editors of "Science Times" and "Feuilliton", respectively, made
their own selections. The Italian newspaper, Il Sole 24 Ore will
follow on Sunday, January 9th.
This year there's a focus on consciousness, on knowing, on ideas of
truth and proof. If pushed to generalize, I would say it is a
commentary on how we are dealing with the idea of certainty.
We are in the age of "searchculture", in which Google and other
search engines are leading us into a future rich with an abundance of
correct answers along with an accompanying naïve sense of certainty.
In the future, we will be able to answer the question, but will we be
bright enough to ask it?
This is an alternative path. It may be that it's okay not to be
certain, but to have a hunch, and to perceive on that basis. There is
also evidence here that the scientists are thinking beyond their
individual fields. Yes, they are engaged in the science of their own
areas of research, but more importantly they are also thinking deeply
about creating new understandings about the limits of science, of
seeing science not just as a question of knowing things, but as a
means of tuning into the deeper questions of who we are and how we
know.
It may sound as if I am referring to a group of intellectuals, and
not scientists. In fact, I refer to both. In 1991, I suggested the
idea of a third culture, which "consists of those scientists and
other thinkers in the empirical world who, through their work and
expository writing, are taking the place of the traditional
intellectual in rendering visible the deeper meanings of our lives,
redefining who and what we are. "
I believe that the scientists of the third culture are the
pre-eminent intellectuals of our time. But I can't prove it.
Happy New Year!
John Brockman
Publisher & Editor
This year's Edge Question was suggested by Nicholas Humphrey.
(120 contributors; 60,000 words:) Howard Gardner *Nicholas Humphrey
*Marc D. Hauser *Daniel Gilbert *George Dyson *Daniel C. Dennett
*William Calvin *Lawrence Krauss *Neil Gershenfeld *Joseph LeDoux
*Stephen Kosslyn *Philip W. Anderson *Kevin Kelly *Paul Davies *Haim
Harari *Janna Levin *Steven Pinker *Alison Gopnik *Martin E. P.
Seligman *John McWhorter *Freeman Dyson *Robert Sapolsky * Leonard
Susskind *Keith Devlin *Susan Blackmore *Clifford Pickover *Piet Hut
*Gino Segre *Roger Schank *Alan Kay *Bruce Sterling *Judith Rich
Harris *Arnold Trehub *Gregory Benford *Lynn Margulis *Sam Harris
*Elizabeth Spelke *Kai Krause *Todd Feinberg *Nassim Nicholas Taleb
*Irene Pepperberg *Jesse Bering *Scott Atran *Karl Sabbagh *Gary
Marcus *Stuart A. Kauffman *Ray Kurzweil *John Barrow *Jaron Lanier
*Alex Pentland *Richard Dawkins *Jean Paul Schmetz *Thomas Metzinger
*John R. Skoyles *John Horgan *David Gelernter *Jordan Pollack *Lee
Smolin *Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi *Jeffrey Epstein *Michael Shermer
*Leon Lederman *Tom Standage *Simon Baron-Cohen *Stephen Petranek *J.
Craig Venter *Maria Spiropulu *David Buss *Esther Dyson *David Myers
*Denis Dutton *Donald Hoffman *Kenneth Ford *Margaret Wertheim *Alun
Anderson *Philip Zimbardo *Paul Bloom *Robert Provine *W. Daniel
Hillis *Martin Nowak *Seth Lloyd *Donald I. Williamson *Jonathan
Haidt *Rebecca Goldstein *Ned Block *Christine Finn *Rupert Sheldrake
*Rudy Rucker *Douglas Rushkoff *Verena Huber-Dyson *Chris W. Anderson
*Charles Simonyi *Carolyn Porco *Martin Rees *Pamela McCorduck *James
O'Donnell *John McCarthy *Carlo Rovelli *Leo Chalupa *Howard
Rheingold *Steve Giddings *Tor Nørretranders *Stanislas Deheane
*Benoit Mandelbrot *Ellen Winner *Paul Steinhardt *Oliver Morton
*Alexander Vilenkin *Terrence Sejnowski *Brian Goodwin *Stephen H.
Schneider *Randolph Nesse *Timothy Taylor *Marti Hearst *Daniel
Goleman *Jared Diamond *Anton Zeilinger *Ian Wilmut *Robert Trivers
*Ian McEwan
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Great minds can sometimes guess the truth before they have either the
evidence or arguments for it (Diderot called it having the "esprit de
divination"). What do you believe is true even though you cannot
prove it?
http://edge.org/q2005/q05_print.html
The 2005 Edge Question has generated many eye-opening responses from
a "who's who" of third culture scientists and science-minded
thinkers. The 120 contributions comprise a document of 60,000 words.
The New York Times ("Science Times") and Frankfurter Allgemeine
Zeitung ("Feuilliton") have been granted rights to publish excepts in
their print and online editions simultaneously with Edge publication.
The editors of "Science Times" and "Feuilliton", respectively, made
their own selections. The Italian newspaper, Il Sole 24 Ore will
follow on Sunday, January 9th.
This year there's a focus on consciousness, on knowing, on ideas of
truth and proof. If pushed to generalize, I would say it is a
commentary on how we are dealing with the idea of certainty.
We are in the age of "searchculture", in which Google and other
search engines are leading us into a future rich with an abundance of
correct answers along with an accompanying naïve sense of certainty.
In the future, we will be able to answer the question, but will we be
bright enough to ask it?
This is an alternative path. It may be that it's okay not to be
certain, but to have a hunch, and to perceive on that basis. There is
also evidence here that the scientists are thinking beyond their
individual fields. Yes, they are engaged in the science of their own
areas of research, but more importantly they are also thinking deeply
about creating new understandings about the limits of science, of
seeing science not just as a question of knowing things, but as a
means of tuning into the deeper questions of who we are and how we
know.
It may sound as if I am referring to a group of intellectuals, and
not scientists. In fact, I refer to both. In 1991, I suggested the
idea of a third culture, which "consists of those scientists and
other thinkers in the empirical world who, through their work and
expository writing, are taking the place of the traditional
intellectual in rendering visible the deeper meanings of our lives,
redefining who and what we are. "
I believe that the scientists of the third culture are the
pre-eminent intellectuals of our time. But I can't prove it.
Happy New Year!
John Brockman
Publisher & Editor
This year's Edge Question was suggested by Nicholas Humphrey.
(120 contributors; 60,000 words:) Howard Gardner *Nicholas Humphrey
*Marc D. Hauser *Daniel Gilbert *George Dyson *Daniel C. Dennett
*William Calvin *Lawrence Krauss *Neil Gershenfeld *Joseph LeDoux
*Stephen Kosslyn *Philip W. Anderson *Kevin Kelly *Paul Davies *Haim
Harari *Janna Levin *Steven Pinker *Alison Gopnik *Martin E. P.
Seligman *John McWhorter *Freeman Dyson *Robert Sapolsky * Leonard
Susskind *Keith Devlin *Susan Blackmore *Clifford Pickover *Piet Hut
*Gino Segre *Roger Schank *Alan Kay *Bruce Sterling *Judith Rich
Harris *Arnold Trehub *Gregory Benford *Lynn Margulis *Sam Harris
*Elizabeth Spelke *Kai Krause *Todd Feinberg *Nassim Nicholas Taleb
*Irene Pepperberg *Jesse Bering *Scott Atran *Karl Sabbagh *Gary
Marcus *Stuart A. Kauffman *Ray Kurzweil *John Barrow *Jaron Lanier
*Alex Pentland *Richard Dawkins *Jean Paul Schmetz *Thomas Metzinger
*John R. Skoyles *John Horgan *David Gelernter *Jordan Pollack *Lee
Smolin *Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi *Jeffrey Epstein *Michael Shermer
*Leon Lederman *Tom Standage *Simon Baron-Cohen *Stephen Petranek *J.
Craig Venter *Maria Spiropulu *David Buss *Esther Dyson *David Myers
*Denis Dutton *Donald Hoffman *Kenneth Ford *Margaret Wertheim *Alun
Anderson *Philip Zimbardo *Paul Bloom *Robert Provine *W. Daniel
Hillis *Martin Nowak *Seth Lloyd *Donald I. Williamson *Jonathan
Haidt *Rebecca Goldstein *Ned Block *Christine Finn *Rupert Sheldrake
*Rudy Rucker *Douglas Rushkoff *Verena Huber-Dyson *Chris W. Anderson
*Charles Simonyi *Carolyn Porco *Martin Rees *Pamela McCorduck *James
O'Donnell *John McCarthy *Carlo Rovelli *Leo Chalupa *Howard
Rheingold *Steve Giddings *Tor Nørretranders *Stanislas Deheane
*Benoit Mandelbrot *Ellen Winner *Paul Steinhardt *Oliver Morton
*Alexander Vilenkin *Terrence Sejnowski *Brian Goodwin *Stephen H.
Schneider *Randolph Nesse *Timothy Taylor *Marti Hearst *Daniel
Goleman *Jared Diamond *Anton Zeilinger *Ian Wilmut *Robert Trivers
*Ian McEwan
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Saturday, January 08, 2005
US Federal voyeurism law aimed at peeping Toms, not journalists
Federal voyeurism law aimed at peeping Toms, not journalists
http://www.rcfp.org/news/2005/0103s1301p.html
Reporters and photographers are not targeted by a new law banning
video voyeurism on federal property.
Jan. 3, 2005 -- A new law making it a federal offense to knowingly
photograph a naked or partially clad person on federal property with
a camera phone or other hidden recording device only applies to those
who intend to capture such private images in a situation where the
subject has a reasonable expectation of privacy. Many similar state
laws are not as specific in what types of activities are covered, and
consequently can be used against journalists using undercover cameras.
The Video Voyeurism Act of 2004 makes it a crime to photograph or
videotape a person in such situations without their consent. The law
applies only in federal jurisdictions such as federal buildings,
military bases and national parks.
The law targets photographs of a "private area of an individual,"
which is defined as "the naked or undergarment clad genitals, pubic
area, buttocks, or female breast of that individual."
Under the law, an expectation of privacy can exist in public places
in some contexts. A reasonable expectation exists under
"circumstances in which a reasonable person would believe that he or
she could disrobe in privacy" or "that a private area of the
individual would not be visible to the public, regardless of whether
that person is in a public or private place."
The law, recently passed by Congress and signed by President Bush on
Dec. 23, is geared toward stalkers and peeping Toms who use cell
phones and other micro-recording devices to shoot photos that are
frequently posted on "upskirting" or "downblousing" Web sites.
(S. 1301; Public Law No: 108-495) -- KM
Related stories:
Congress approves criminal "video voyeurism"
http://www.rcfp.org/news/2004/0923s1301b.html
http://www.rcfp.org/news/2005/0103s1301p.html
Reporters and photographers are not targeted by a new law banning
video voyeurism on federal property.
Jan. 3, 2005 -- A new law making it a federal offense to knowingly
photograph a naked or partially clad person on federal property with
a camera phone or other hidden recording device only applies to those
who intend to capture such private images in a situation where the
subject has a reasonable expectation of privacy. Many similar state
laws are not as specific in what types of activities are covered, and
consequently can be used against journalists using undercover cameras.
The Video Voyeurism Act of 2004 makes it a crime to photograph or
videotape a person in such situations without their consent. The law
applies only in federal jurisdictions such as federal buildings,
military bases and national parks.
The law targets photographs of a "private area of an individual,"
which is defined as "the naked or undergarment clad genitals, pubic
area, buttocks, or female breast of that individual."
Under the law, an expectation of privacy can exist in public places
in some contexts. A reasonable expectation exists under
"circumstances in which a reasonable person would believe that he or
she could disrobe in privacy" or "that a private area of the
individual would not be visible to the public, regardless of whether
that person is in a public or private place."
The law, recently passed by Congress and signed by President Bush on
Dec. 23, is geared toward stalkers and peeping Toms who use cell
phones and other micro-recording devices to shoot photos that are
frequently posted on "upskirting" or "downblousing" Web sites.
(S. 1301; Public Law No: 108-495) -- KM
Related stories:
Congress approves criminal "video voyeurism"
http://www.rcfp.org/news/2004/0923s1301b.html
Friday, January 07, 2005
FIAT TV Award 2005
The International Federation of Television Archives FIAT Award 2005
[31st March 2005 deadline]
The FIAT Award honours a television production first broadcast or
produced in the previous year, which is significantly based on and
makes best use of audiovisual archive material.
http://www.fiatifta.org/awards/index.html
The winner will be invited to the Award ceremony during the Annual
Conference 2005 in New-York as a guest of FIAT/IFTA.
Nomination
Any media organization and/or FIAT/IFTA member can nominate one programme.
Nomination forms must give a detailed description of the reason for
the nomination, the programme concept and content in English or
French.
http://www.fiatifta.org/awards/docs/nomination_form_2005.doc
For the FIAT/GLS Award 2005, the nomination form together with a
video cassette, preferably VHS Pal and if possible subtitled in
English or French, must be sent to the address below by 31st March
2005. Nominations which arrive after this deadline cannot be
considered for the FIAT Award.
Three programmes shortlisted by the FIAT/IFTA Programming and
Production Commission will be screened in full length at the IFTA
annual conference. Each conference delegate will be entitled to vote
in a secret ballot after the screening.
Rules
The FIAT Award will be open to television programmes first
transmitted or produced in any country in 2004, which display
outstanding use of audiovisual archival material. This material must
represent a significant contribution to the programme.
Please note
Participation in the Awards gives FIAT/IFTA the authority to display
the programme on the FIAT/IFTA website, duplicate the VHS for the
internal use of FIAT/IFTA and copy for replay at FIAT/IFTA gatherings
.
Address for questions and nominations
Südwestrundfunk
Controlling FS
z.H. Herrn Karl Maier
Postfach 820
76522 Baden-Baden
Germany
E-mail: Karl.Maier@swr.de
Tel: + 49 7221-929-3497
Fax: +49 7221-929-6177
The International Federation of Television Archives is an
international professional association established to provide a means
for co-operation amongst broadcast and national audiovisual archives
and libraries concerned with the collection, preservation and
exploitation of moving image and recorded sound materials and
associated documentation.
http://www.fiatifta.org/
[31st March 2005 deadline]
The FIAT Award honours a television production first broadcast or
produced in the previous year, which is significantly based on and
makes best use of audiovisual archive material.
http://www.fiatifta.org/awards/index.html
The winner will be invited to the Award ceremony during the Annual
Conference 2005 in New-York as a guest of FIAT/IFTA.
Nomination
Any media organization and/or FIAT/IFTA member can nominate one programme.
Nomination forms must give a detailed description of the reason for
the nomination, the programme concept and content in English or
French.
http://www.fiatifta.org/awards/docs/nomination_form_2005.doc
For the FIAT/GLS Award 2005, the nomination form together with a
video cassette, preferably VHS Pal and if possible subtitled in
English or French, must be sent to the address below by 31st March
2005. Nominations which arrive after this deadline cannot be
considered for the FIAT Award.
Three programmes shortlisted by the FIAT/IFTA Programming and
Production Commission will be screened in full length at the IFTA
annual conference. Each conference delegate will be entitled to vote
in a secret ballot after the screening.
Rules
The FIAT Award will be open to television programmes first
transmitted or produced in any country in 2004, which display
outstanding use of audiovisual archival material. This material must
represent a significant contribution to the programme.
Please note
Participation in the Awards gives FIAT/IFTA the authority to display
the programme on the FIAT/IFTA website, duplicate the VHS for the
internal use of FIAT/IFTA and copy for replay at FIAT/IFTA gatherings
.
Address for questions and nominations
Südwestrundfunk
Controlling FS
z.H. Herrn Karl Maier
Postfach 820
76522 Baden-Baden
Germany
E-mail: Karl.Maier@swr.de
Tel: + 49 7221-929-3497
Fax: +49 7221-929-6177
The International Federation of Television Archives is an
international professional association established to provide a means
for co-operation amongst broadcast and national audiovisual archives
and libraries concerned with the collection, preservation and
exploitation of moving image and recorded sound materials and
associated documentation.
http://www.fiatifta.org/
Bloggers undercut reporters' 1A privilege defense [fs]
Date: Fri, 07 Jan 2005 00:07:37 -0500
From: Declan McCullagh
Sender: politech-bounces@politechbot.com
[I meant to send this out last month. It's provocative and raises
some of the hoary who's-a-journalist-and-can-get-creds issues that
are becoming important again. --Declan]
http://daily.nysun.com/Repository/getmailfiles.asp?Style=OliveXLib:ArticleToMail&Type=text/html&Path=NYS/2004/12/06&ID=Ar00600
Bloggers Blur the Definition of Reporters' Privilege
By JOSH GERSTEIN Staff Reporter of the Sun
As two prominent Washington journalists struggle to avoid jail
time over their refusal to disclose confidential sources, one of the
biggest obstacles the reporters face is America's fastgrowing army of
citizen Web loggers, or bloggers.
It's not that the town criers of the online world are campaigning
to send Judith Miller of the New York Times and Matthew Cooper of
Time Magazine to prison. Rather, it's the bloggers' very existence
that undercuts the journalists' legal defense.
On Wednesday, lawyers for Ms. Miller and Mr. Cooper are scheduled
to appear before a federal appeals court in the capital to argue that
reporters should have a legal privilege not to testify about their
sources under most circumstances. A federal prosecutor investigating
whether the White House leaked the name of a CIA operative,Valerie
Plame, has asked the pair to appear before a grand jury to answer
questions.They have refused.
The crux of the reporters' contention is that the public would be
less well informed if journalists could not promise their sources
confidentiality. However, the proliferation of blogs and bloggers
could represent the Achilles' heel in this approach. If Ms. Miller
and Mr. Cooper are entitled to claim special treatment in the courts,
so too could hundreds of thousands of Americans who use the Internet
to post comments about their views on current events.
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Urgent Appeal to Support Local Media in Asia, January 6, 2005
From: "Patricia Chadwick" pchadwick@internews.org http://www.internews.org
Subject: INTERNEWS FLASH: Urgent Appeal to Support Local Media in
Asia, January 6, 2005
Date: Thu, 6 Jan 2005 10:42:58 -0800
PLEASE HELP SUPPORT LOCAL JOURNALISTS AND MEDIA OUTLETS IN THE
TSUNAMI-RAVAGED AREAS OF ASIA
January 6, 2005
Rehabilitating the capacity of local media is critical to the
humanitarian response in the aftermath of the December 26, 2004
earthquake and tsunami in Asia .
As we mourn for the victims of the tsunami, Internews is seeking to
do all that we can to help and we urgently need your support!
Getting local radio stations back up and running is essential to
delivering relief and saving lives.
Local media in areas hard hit by the Tsunami are vital in assuring
that important public health and relief information reach the most
vulnerable in their communities.
Local audiences need accurate, investigated, and balanced information
in their local languages during this chaotic and traumatic time and
relief agencies need credible feedback from the communities on the
services they need to provide.
Unfortunately, most of these local media outlets, like the towns and
villages they serve, have been devastated by the earthquake and
tsunami.
We are making a worldwide appeal to individuals, foundations, and
corporations to invest in the rehabilitation of local independent
media in Aceh and Sri Lanka .
HOW CAN YOU HELP?
More Information:
http://www.internews.org/prs/tsunami/tsunami_relief_050105.html
How to Make a Donation:
http://www.internews.org/about/donations.htm
For additional information on how you can help local media outlets
and journalists affected by the earthquake and tsunami in the Indian
Ocean , please contact JoAnne Sullivan, Internews Director of
Development, at +1(202) 833-5740 ext 208 or mailto:jsullivan@internews.org .
Subject: INTERNEWS FLASH: Urgent Appeal to Support Local Media in
Asia, January 6, 2005
Date: Thu, 6 Jan 2005 10:42:58 -0800
PLEASE HELP SUPPORT LOCAL JOURNALISTS AND MEDIA OUTLETS IN THE
TSUNAMI-RAVAGED AREAS OF ASIA
January 6, 2005
Rehabilitating the capacity of local media is critical to the
humanitarian response in the aftermath of the December 26, 2004
earthquake and tsunami in Asia .
As we mourn for the victims of the tsunami, Internews is seeking to
do all that we can to help and we urgently need your support!
Getting local radio stations back up and running is essential to
delivering relief and saving lives.
Local media in areas hard hit by the Tsunami are vital in assuring
that important public health and relief information reach the most
vulnerable in their communities.
Local audiences need accurate, investigated, and balanced information
in their local languages during this chaotic and traumatic time and
relief agencies need credible feedback from the communities on the
services they need to provide.
Unfortunately, most of these local media outlets, like the towns and
villages they serve, have been devastated by the earthquake and
tsunami.
We are making a worldwide appeal to individuals, foundations, and
corporations to invest in the rehabilitation of local independent
media in Aceh and Sri Lanka .
HOW CAN YOU HELP?
More Information:
http://www.internews.org/prs/tsunami/tsunami_relief_050105.html
How to Make a Donation:
http://www.internews.org/about/donations.htm
For additional information on how you can help local media outlets
and journalists affected by the earthquake and tsunami in the Indian
Ocean , please contact JoAnne Sullivan, Internews Director of
Development, at +1(202) 833-5740 ext 208 or mailto:jsullivan@internews.org .
Thursday, January 06, 2005
BLOGS' POWER STRETCHES BEYOND POLITICS
Blogs' power stretches beyond politics
Chris Nolan: While blogs have grabbed the public's attention for
their political revelations, their value as forums for collective
knowledge is becoming known in other areas as well.
http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1748637,00.asp
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Chris Nolan: While blogs have grabbed the public's attention for
their political revelations, their value as forums for collective
knowledge is becoming known in other areas as well.
http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1748637,00.asp
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Community News Photography
Community News Photography
WestportNow http://www.westportnow.com/ is a "citizen journalism"
website (published in blog format) serving a tony Connecticut
community of 26,000. Run part-time by Gordon Joseloff , the site puts
special emphasis on photography by community members. You can see the
work of more than 50 citizen photographers in the site's " Year In
Pictures 2004 " http://www.westportnow.com/2004inreview/index.htm
feature. (Alas, there are no captions, but it will give you an idea
of the contributions the site receives.)
While most of the images that run on WestportNow.com aren't
professional quality, many are. And when news breaks in Westport, the
website does a nice job; the site was the best place to find coverage
and photographs http://www.echoditto.com/node/519 of an early
morning Christmas Day fire that almost devastated a Westport landmark.
Joseloff, a former UPI and CBS News journalist, says the photography
on the site does not just fall into his lap; he works at getting it.
In addition to taking lots of images around town himself at community
events (he's head of the city council, among other things), he seeks
out volunteers who are competent photographers and encourages them to
participate in the site. Typical "pay": mugs and t-shirts. And he
gives advice to his volunteers, explaining what he wants for the site
and selecting the best of their work.
Joseloff wonders why more newspaper reporters aren't following his
lead into hyper-local community journalism. The way he sees it, what
he's done in Westport -- now two years old -- is the equivalent of
starting a small community newspaper 20 years ago.
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WestportNow http://www.westportnow.com/ is a "citizen journalism"
website (published in blog format) serving a tony Connecticut
community of 26,000. Run part-time by Gordon Joseloff , the site puts
special emphasis on photography by community members. You can see the
work of more than 50 citizen photographers in the site's " Year In
Pictures 2004 " http://www.westportnow.com/2004inreview/index.htm
feature. (Alas, there are no captions, but it will give you an idea
of the contributions the site receives.)
While most of the images that run on WestportNow.com aren't
professional quality, many are. And when news breaks in Westport, the
website does a nice job; the site was the best place to find coverage
and photographs http://www.echoditto.com/node/519 of an early
morning Christmas Day fire that almost devastated a Westport landmark.
Joseloff, a former UPI and CBS News journalist, says the photography
on the site does not just fall into his lap; he works at getting it.
In addition to taking lots of images around town himself at community
events (he's head of the city council, among other things), he seeks
out volunteers who are competent photographers and encourages them to
participate in the site. Typical "pay": mugs and t-shirts. And he
gives advice to his volunteers, explaining what he wants for the site
and selecting the best of their work.
Joseloff wonders why more newspaper reporters aren't following his
lead into hyper-local community journalism. The way he sees it, what
he's done in Westport -- now two years old -- is the equivalent of
starting a small community newspaper 20 years ago.
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On the role of citizen journalism in a disaster.
THE GUARDIAN has an interesting article on the role of citizen
journalism in a disaster.
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http://www.guardian.co.uk/online/story/0,3605,1383611,00.html
posted at 10:38 AM by Glenn Reynolds
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Tsunamis and this Thing Called Humanity
Tsunamis and this Thing Called Humanity
From the Oceans, Indiscriminate Devastation
Manuel Valenzuela
Millions of humans die prematurely each year not by tsunamis or
earthquakes, but by our exploitation of their lands and labor, by our
indifference to their plight as industrialized nations commit yearly
acts of economic genocide, as their nation's treasure is gobbled up
by banks and lending institutions, as their lands and their resources
are pillaged and raped, as their social programs are gutted to suit
the needs of America and other northern nations, condemning billions
to a life subsisting on two dollars a day, their talents ignored,
opportunity made extinct and futures oppressed.
http://207.44.245.159/article7628.htm
From the Oceans, Indiscriminate Devastation
Manuel Valenzuela
Millions of humans die prematurely each year not by tsunamis or
earthquakes, but by our exploitation of their lands and labor, by our
indifference to their plight as industrialized nations commit yearly
acts of economic genocide, as their nation's treasure is gobbled up
by banks and lending institutions, as their lands and their resources
are pillaged and raped, as their social programs are gutted to suit
the needs of America and other northern nations, condemning billions
to a life subsisting on two dollars a day, their talents ignored,
opportunity made extinct and futures oppressed.
http://207.44.245.159/article7628.htm
BETWEEN THE LINES A weekly radio newsmagazine
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Poverty at the root of tsunami tragedy
POVERTY AT THE ROOT OF TSUNAMI TRAGEDY
In the infancy of the 21st century, two sudden human tragedies have
found dramatic attention in the global eye: the terror attacks of
September 11, 2001, and the tsunami of 2004. That two such different
events can be compared is testament to the importance of 9/11's
lasting influence on the order of global political power. But the
tsunami, ostensibly a natural force for which no people or nation can
suffer blame, has its political dimension, too.
> by Raywat Deonandan
>
http://www.rabble.ca/news_full_story.shtml?x=36065
[excerpts]
Consider if the tsunami had struck a wealthier part of the world,
perhaps the eastern seaboard of the United States.
[...]
Canada has shown leadership in this matter, with our federal
government now pledging $80 million in aid. The provinces have so
far given over $18 million independently, while individual Canadians
continue to give in heartwarming amounts. In addition, we have placed
a moratorium on debt payments from stricken nations who owe us a
total of $993.3 million.
The United States, however, initially announced a donation of only
$US35 million. This is equivalent to 12 cents for every U.S. citizen
and is noticeably less than the $US40 million Bush has earmarked for
his own inauguration ceremonies in the new year. Poorer Western
nations like Spain and Sweden have pledged $US68 million and $US75
million respectively; Sweden's GDP is one seventh the size of the
U.S.'s.
[...]
The entire U.S. foreign aid budget in 2004 was $US2.4 billion, loudly
touted as the most generous aid budget in the world. Yet this is
what the Bush administration spends in occupying Iraq every 10 days.
Moreover, aid is rarely if ever strictly altruistic. The much touted
$US3 billion/year of HIV/AIDs money ("Bush money" to field workers)
is tainted: only nations which agree to receive imports of U.S.
genetically modified foods are eligible to receive it.
In the infancy of the 21st century, two sudden human tragedies have
found dramatic attention in the global eye: the terror attacks of
September 11, 2001, and the tsunami of 2004. That two such different
events can be compared is testament to the importance of 9/11's
lasting influence on the order of global political power. But the
tsunami, ostensibly a natural force for which no people or nation can
suffer blame, has its political dimension, too.
> by Raywat Deonandan
>
http://www.rabble.ca/news_full_story.shtml?x=36065
[excerpts]
Consider if the tsunami had struck a wealthier part of the world,
perhaps the eastern seaboard of the United States.
[...]
Canada has shown leadership in this matter, with our federal
government now pledging $80 million in aid. The provinces have so
far given over $18 million independently, while individual Canadians
continue to give in heartwarming amounts. In addition, we have placed
a moratorium on debt payments from stricken nations who owe us a
total of $993.3 million.
The United States, however, initially announced a donation of only
$US35 million. This is equivalent to 12 cents for every U.S. citizen
and is noticeably less than the $US40 million Bush has earmarked for
his own inauguration ceremonies in the new year. Poorer Western
nations like Spain and Sweden have pledged $US68 million and $US75
million respectively; Sweden's GDP is one seventh the size of the
U.S.'s.
[...]
The entire U.S. foreign aid budget in 2004 was $US2.4 billion, loudly
touted as the most generous aid budget in the world. Yet this is
what the Bush administration spends in occupying Iraq every 10 days.
Moreover, aid is rarely if ever strictly altruistic. The much touted
$US3 billion/year of HIV/AIDs money ("Bush money" to field workers)
is tainted: only nations which agree to receive imports of U.S.
genetically modified foods are eligible to receive it.
Wednesday, January 05, 2005
United Nations opens Official Document System to general public public
Date: Tue, 04 Jan 2005 11:37:22 +0100
Subject: [huridocs-tech] United Nations opens Official Document
System to general public
United Nations opens Official Document System to general public
http://www.un.org/News/Press/docs/2004/pi1631.doc.htm
An ODS Training Guide is posted at:
http://www.un.org/Depts/dhl/resguide/train.htm
NEW YORK, 23 December -- The United Nations today announced the
availability of its Official Document System (ODS), the premier
full-text web resource for official United Nations documentation, to
the general public via http://documents.un.org, as of 31 December
2004. The ODS covers all types of official United Nations
documentation originating from duty stations worldwide, including
selective documents of the regional commissions: Economic and Social
Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA), Economic and Social Commission
for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP), Economic Commission for Latin
America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) and Economic Commission for Europe
(ECE).
Comprehensive coverage starts in 1993. Older United Nations documents
are added to the system on a daily basis. Selective coverage of
General Assembly and Security Council documentation currently reaches
back to 1985. The ODS also provides access to the resolutions of the
General
Assembly, Security Council, Economic and Social Council and the
Trusteeship Council from 1946 onwards.
Currently, the ODS contains close to 800,000 files and approximately
100,000 new documents are added each year.
Users may take advantage of the ODS benefits such as: quick access
to valuable United Nations official documents, easy-to-use search
functionality, easy-to-print PDF documents and user-friendly design.
An ODS Training Guide is posted at:
http://www.un.org/Depts/dhl/resguide/train.htm
announcement received from Patrick M=FCller, CPT-Council of Europe,
Strasbourg
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Communication Rights: Use Them or Lose Them
Communication Rights: Use Them or Lose Them
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(A) Free Speech, Democracy and You
(B) Free as in Freedom
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(A) Free Speech, Democracy and You
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Tuesday, January 04, 2005
US & British aid is dwarfed by the billions both spend on
The victims of the tsunami pay the price of war on Iraq
US and British aid is dwarfed by the billions both spend on slaughter
By George Monbiot 01/04/05 " The Guardian "
Over the past few months, reviewing the complete lack of public
interest in what is happening in the Democratic Republic of Congo,
and the failure, in the west, to mobilise effective protests against
the continuing atrocities in Iraq, I had begun to wonder whether we
had lost our ability to stand in other people's shoes. I have now
stopped wondering.
[...]
But one obvious question recurs. Why must the relief of suffering, in
this unprecedentedly prosperous world, rely on the whims of citizens
and the appeals of pop stars and comedians? Why, when extreme poverty
could be made history with a minor redeployment of public finances,
must the poor world still wait for homeless people in the rich world
to empty their pockets?
The obvious answer is that governments have other priorities. And the
one that leaps to mind is war. If the money they have promised to the
victims of the tsunami still falls far short of the amounts required,
it is partly because the contingency fund upon which they draw in
times of crisis has been spent on blowing people to bits in Iraq.
The US government has so far pledged $350m to the victims of the
tsunami, and the UK government £50m ($96m). The US has spent $148
billion on the Iraq war and the UK £6bn ($11.5bn). The war has been
running for 656 days. This means that the money pledged for the
tsunami disaster by the United States is the equivalent of one and a
half day's spending in Iraq. The money the UK has given equates to
five and a half days of our involvement in the war.
[full story at]
http://207.44.245.159/article7617.htm
===
Congress expects $100 billion war request:
Congress expects the White House to request as much as $100 billion
this year for war and related costs in Iraq and Afghanistan,
congressional officials say.
http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/iraq/2005-01-03-iraq-costs_x.htm?POE=click-refer
http://snipurl.com/brsu
===
US and British aid is dwarfed by the billions both spend on slaughter
By George Monbiot 01/04/05 " The Guardian "
Over the past few months, reviewing the complete lack of public
interest in what is happening in the Democratic Republic of Congo,
and the failure, in the west, to mobilise effective protests against
the continuing atrocities in Iraq, I had begun to wonder whether we
had lost our ability to stand in other people's shoes. I have now
stopped wondering.
[...]
But one obvious question recurs. Why must the relief of suffering, in
this unprecedentedly prosperous world, rely on the whims of citizens
and the appeals of pop stars and comedians? Why, when extreme poverty
could be made history with a minor redeployment of public finances,
must the poor world still wait for homeless people in the rich world
to empty their pockets?
The obvious answer is that governments have other priorities. And the
one that leaps to mind is war. If the money they have promised to the
victims of the tsunami still falls far short of the amounts required,
it is partly because the contingency fund upon which they draw in
times of crisis has been spent on blowing people to bits in Iraq.
The US government has so far pledged $350m to the victims of the
tsunami, and the UK government £50m ($96m). The US has spent $148
billion on the Iraq war and the UK £6bn ($11.5bn). The war has been
running for 656 days. This means that the money pledged for the
tsunami disaster by the United States is the equivalent of one and a
half day's spending in Iraq. The money the UK has given equates to
five and a half days of our involvement in the war.
[full story at]
http://207.44.245.159/article7617.htm
===
Congress expects $100 billion war request:
Congress expects the White House to request as much as $100 billion
this year for war and related costs in Iraq and Afghanistan,
congressional officials say.
http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/iraq/2005-01-03-iraq-costs_x.htm?POE=click-refer
http://snipurl.com/brsu
===
Tsunami of Kindness: Adopt a Village
Date: Tue, 04 Jan 2005 14:08:07 -0800
To: justice@pej.ca
From: Alan Rycroft
Subject: Justice.int-- Dauncey: Tsunami of Kindness: Adopt a Village
Tsunami of Kindness: Adopt a Village
Posted by: rycroft on http://PEJ.org Tuesday, January 04, 2005 - 02:08 PM
Can you pass this around? This "adopt a village" idea is beginning to get
legs, and the timing is very urgent. In particular, it needs to reach
people in the key aid agencies.
Date: Tue, 04 Jan 2005 13:37:15 -0800From: Guy Dauncey
Subject: Tsunami of Kindness: Adopt a
VillageThis was published in today's Vancouver Sun, Globe & Mail, Tyee
andStraight Goods. Here's the Tyee's
version:http://www.thetyee.ca/Views/current/ATsunamiKindness.htm
A Tsunami of Kindness: Adopt a Village
By Guy Dauncey
The images tell it all.
All down the coastlines of Thailand, Indonesia, Sri Lanka and so man yother
places, we see the same heart-wrenching images of loss and destruction. The
survivors not only have to cope with losing their families and neighbours;
their homes, boats, jobs and local economies have also been washed away.
The world is organizing a massive relief mission, but the recovery effort
will need to go on for months, perhaps years.
We are already writing cheques, and clicking the electronic button to send
money to the agencies which are racing to get supplies to the people who
need it. But quietly in the sidelines, waiting to become properly organized,
lies a whole new movement which could radically affect the way we respond to
disasters of this kind.
ItÂ’s called "adopt a village".
In the small town of Nelson, BC, the Kootenay Christian Fellowship is asking
residents to raise $10,000 to adopt a small fishing village near
Mamallapuram, on the disaster-stricken coast of India.
In Vancouver, the lounge and events club Campoverde wants Vancouver to adopt
a village devastated by the tsunami, and is holding a silent auction on
January 20th to get their efforts started. "By focusing on one particular
village," they say, "our community can focus our resources to make a viable
contribution." They are inviting other communities in Canada and around the
world to do the same.
In Upper Township, New Jersey, the Catholic Church of the Resurrection has
adopted the fishing village of Colachel, on the southern tip of India, where
hundreds were killed in the deadly tsunami.
In India, the Rotary ClubÂ’s District 3000 in Tamil Nadu is planning to adopt
a village or two, and to take responsibility for all the reconstruction
efforts. The Indian Bollywood actor Vivek Oberoi has adopted a village in
the Nagapattinam region of Tamil Nadu, and is supporting it with medicines,
fishing nets, and food packages.
Two years ago, in India, members of the India Gospel League adopted villages
in the stricken earthquake area of Gujarat, knowing that most relief
agencies would withdraw after the initial stage of relief was over. They are
now planning to use the same strategy to help peoplere build their homes,
provide them with basic amenities, utensils and supplies, and provide
micro-credit of $500 each to 100 families to help them restart their fishing
businesses. The former Indian prime minister, Atal Bihari Vajpayee, has
asked each of his partyÂ’s MPs to adopt a village.
Still in India, the non-profit, non-religious social service organization
Udavum Karangal, based in Chennai (Madras), is adopting villages near
Chidambaram and Cuddalore. They plan to provide low cost housing for 500
families, at a cost of 15,000 to 20,000 rupees per house ($415 to $520 CAN,
totalling $250,000).
In Hyderabad, India, the Andhra Pradesh Real Estate Developers'Association
has offered to adopt a village hit by the tsunami, and construct at least 50
houses to rehabilitate the worst affected people.
Back in Canada, the community of Squamish, British Columbia also wants to
adopt a village. Councillor Jeff Dawson, who is spearheading the project,
remembers that Squamish received a lot of help when it was hit by floods
just over a year ago, and he wants to return the generosity, hoping that
Squamish will raise hundreds of thousands of dollars.
So letÂ’s pause, and look at this globally.
There are five million people who need help, as they struggle to rebuild
their lives and their villages. Can we respond to the cruelty of the tsunami
with a tsunami of kindness?
There are millions of people who live in the worldÂ’s wealthy
nations,however, and many people in India, Thailand and elsewhere who
also want to help.
Using the Internet, it is possible to visualize someone creating a website
which would list every village that needed help, from the beach resorts of
Thailand to the fishing villages of India and Sr iLanka. Cities, villages,
Rotary Clubs, churches, businesses, and community groups could then step
forward and say "weÂ’ll sponsor that village".
We could include the Haitian town of Gonaives, still in shock after the
disastrous flooding it received from Hurricane Jeanne this summer,and the
Caribbean island of Grenada, savaged by Hurricane Ivan, along with other
small communities which have been hit hard by natural disasters.
It is also possible to believe that global and local aid agencies would
welcome this kind of participation. The biggest challenge they face is how
to sustain their fund-raising efforts once the global media has moved on to
other things.
By putting down roots at the village level, where individuals feel they can
make a difference, we could stabilize the flow of aid, while building
long-term relationships which would enrich peopleÂ’s lives for years. The
agencies could guide the movement by setting up partnerships with the
sponsoring communities, and the personal connections which would make it
come alive.
The Internet allows us to think, plan and organize in totally new ways, as
we address the challenges of the 21st century. It also allows ordinary
people to share in huge global undertakings.
The tsunami is the biggest natural disaster that has hit us in modern times,
aside from wars and famines. If the agencies can help the fledgling adopt a
villageÂ’ movement to find its legs, using the Internet to its fullest
capacity, they may be surprised how fast it an run.
*
Guy Dauncey is author of Stormy Weather: 101 Solutions to Global Climate
Change (New Society Publishers, 2001) and President of the BC Sustainable
Energy Association (http://www.bcsea.org).He lives in Victoria, B.C.,
Canada. http://www.earthfuture.com
Links:Campoverde, Vancouver: http://www.campoverde.caHyderabad
Realtors:http://www.hindu.com/2005/01/01/stories/2005010103400500.htmNelson,
BC: http://www.nelsonbc.ca/adopt_a_village.htmlRotary
Club:http://www.rotary.org/programs/wcs/disaster/reliefefforts.htmlUdavum
Karangal: http://www.udavumkarangal.org/default.aspUpper Township, New
Jersey:http://www.nbc10.com/news/4030554/detail.html
Canadian Red Cross: http://www.redcross.caCARE Canada:
http://www.carecanada.caMédecins Sans Frontières: http://www.msf.caOxfam
Canada: http://www.oxfam.caUNICEF Canada: http://www.unicef.ca
o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o
Alan Rycroft, Sunshine Communications
Public Relations and Fundraising Consultant
250.592.8307 Canada
Box 8307, Victoria, BC, V8W 3R9
rycroft@SunshineCommunications.ca
http://SunshineCommunications.ca
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Subject: Justice.int-- Dauncey: Tsunami of Kindness: Adopt a Village
Tsunami of Kindness: Adopt a Village
Posted by: rycroft on http://PEJ.org Tuesday, January 04, 2005 - 02:08 PM
Can you pass this around? This "adopt a village" idea is beginning to get
legs, and the timing is very urgent. In particular, it needs to reach
people in the key aid agencies.
Date: Tue, 04 Jan 2005 13:37:15 -0800From: Guy Dauncey
VillageThis was published in today's Vancouver Sun, Globe & Mail, Tyee
andStraight Goods. Here's the Tyee's
version:http://www.thetyee.ca/Views/current/ATsunamiKindness.htm
A Tsunami of Kindness: Adopt a Village
By Guy Dauncey
The images tell it all.
All down the coastlines of Thailand, Indonesia, Sri Lanka and so man yother
places, we see the same heart-wrenching images of loss and destruction. The
survivors not only have to cope with losing their families and neighbours;
their homes, boats, jobs and local economies have also been washed away.
The world is organizing a massive relief mission, but the recovery effort
will need to go on for months, perhaps years.
We are already writing cheques, and clicking the electronic button to send
money to the agencies which are racing to get supplies to the people who
need it. But quietly in the sidelines, waiting to become properly organized,
lies a whole new movement which could radically affect the way we respond to
disasters of this kind.
ItÂ’s called "adopt a village".
In the small town of Nelson, BC, the Kootenay Christian Fellowship is asking
residents to raise $10,000 to adopt a small fishing village near
Mamallapuram, on the disaster-stricken coast of India.
In Vancouver, the lounge and events club Campoverde wants Vancouver to adopt
a village devastated by the tsunami, and is holding a silent auction on
January 20th to get their efforts started. "By focusing on one particular
village," they say, "our community can focus our resources to make a viable
contribution." They are inviting other communities in Canada and around the
world to do the same.
In Upper Township, New Jersey, the Catholic Church of the Resurrection has
adopted the fishing village of Colachel, on the southern tip of India, where
hundreds were killed in the deadly tsunami.
In India, the Rotary ClubÂ’s District 3000 in Tamil Nadu is planning to adopt
a village or two, and to take responsibility for all the reconstruction
efforts. The Indian Bollywood actor Vivek Oberoi has adopted a village in
the Nagapattinam region of Tamil Nadu, and is supporting it with medicines,
fishing nets, and food packages.
Two years ago, in India, members of the India Gospel League adopted villages
in the stricken earthquake area of Gujarat, knowing that most relief
agencies would withdraw after the initial stage of relief was over. They are
now planning to use the same strategy to help peoplere build their homes,
provide them with basic amenities, utensils and supplies, and provide
micro-credit of $500 each to 100 families to help them restart their fishing
businesses. The former Indian prime minister, Atal Bihari Vajpayee, has
asked each of his partyÂ’s MPs to adopt a village.
Still in India, the non-profit, non-religious social service organization
Udavum Karangal, based in Chennai (Madras), is adopting villages near
Chidambaram and Cuddalore. They plan to provide low cost housing for 500
families, at a cost of 15,000 to 20,000 rupees per house ($415 to $520 CAN,
totalling $250,000).
In Hyderabad, India, the Andhra Pradesh Real Estate Developers'Association
has offered to adopt a village hit by the tsunami, and construct at least 50
houses to rehabilitate the worst affected people.
Back in Canada, the community of Squamish, British Columbia also wants to
adopt a village. Councillor Jeff Dawson, who is spearheading the project,
remembers that Squamish received a lot of help when it was hit by floods
just over a year ago, and he wants to return the generosity, hoping that
Squamish will raise hundreds of thousands of dollars.
So letÂ’s pause, and look at this globally.
There are five million people who need help, as they struggle to rebuild
their lives and their villages. Can we respond to the cruelty of the tsunami
with a tsunami of kindness?
There are millions of people who live in the worldÂ’s wealthy
nations,however, and many people in India, Thailand and elsewhere who
also want to help.
Using the Internet, it is possible to visualize someone creating a website
which would list every village that needed help, from the beach resorts of
Thailand to the fishing villages of India and Sr iLanka. Cities, villages,
Rotary Clubs, churches, businesses, and community groups could then step
forward and say "weÂ’ll sponsor that village".
We could include the Haitian town of Gonaives, still in shock after the
disastrous flooding it received from Hurricane Jeanne this summer,and the
Caribbean island of Grenada, savaged by Hurricane Ivan, along with other
small communities which have been hit hard by natural disasters.
It is also possible to believe that global and local aid agencies would
welcome this kind of participation. The biggest challenge they face is how
to sustain their fund-raising efforts once the global media has moved on to
other things.
By putting down roots at the village level, where individuals feel they can
make a difference, we could stabilize the flow of aid, while building
long-term relationships which would enrich peopleÂ’s lives for years. The
agencies could guide the movement by setting up partnerships with the
sponsoring communities, and the personal connections which would make it
come alive.
The Internet allows us to think, plan and organize in totally new ways, as
we address the challenges of the 21st century. It also allows ordinary
people to share in huge global undertakings.
The tsunami is the biggest natural disaster that has hit us in modern times,
aside from wars and famines. If the agencies can help the fledgling adopt a
villageÂ’ movement to find its legs, using the Internet to its fullest
capacity, they may be surprised how fast it an run.
*
Guy Dauncey is author of Stormy Weather: 101 Solutions to Global Climate
Change (New Society Publishers, 2001) and President of the BC Sustainable
Energy Association (http://www.bcsea.org).He lives in Victoria, B.C.,
Canada. http://www.earthfuture.com
Links:Campoverde, Vancouver: http://www.campoverde.caHyderabad
Realtors:http://www.hindu.com/2005/01/01/stories/2005010103400500.htmNelson,
BC: http://www.nelsonbc.ca/adopt_a_village.htmlRotary
Club:http://www.rotary.org/programs/wcs/disaster/reliefefforts.htmlUdavum
Karangal: http://www.udavumkarangal.org/default.aspUpper Township, New
Jersey:http://www.nbc10.com/news/4030554/detail.html
Canadian Red Cross: http://www.redcross.caCARE Canada:
http://www.carecanada.caMédecins Sans Frontières: http://www.msf.caOxfam
Canada: http://www.oxfam.caUNICEF Canada: http://www.unicef.ca
o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o
Alan Rycroft, Sunshine Communications
Public Relations and Fundraising Consultant
250.592.8307 Canada
Box 8307, Victoria, BC, V8W 3R9
rycroft@SunshineCommunications.ca
http://SunshineCommunications.ca
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Peace, Earth & Justice News - http://PEJ.org
Subscriptions . Information . Links . Toolkit - http://pej.ca
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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Monday, January 03, 2005
Math in Indigenous Weaving - An Overview
Math in Indigenous Weaving
http://www.ankn.uaf.edu/Tlingit/MathinWeaving/
An Overview
http://www.ankn.uaf.edu/Tlingit/MathinWeaving/overview.html
BASKETRY RESOURCES ON THE WEB Compiled by Steve Henrikson
http://www.ankn.uaf.edu/Tlingit/MathinWeaving/resources.html
Tlingit Weaving Glossary
http://www.ankn.uaf.edu/Tlingit/MathinWeaving/glossary.html
Tlingit Elders Traditional Education Checklist
http://www.ankn.uaf.edu/Tlingit/MathinWeaving/educationchecklist.html
Math in Tlingit Art curriculum project Power Point slide show
http://www.ankn.uaf.edu/Tlingit/MathinWeaving/MathTlingitArt.html
See also
Tlingit Basketry: Art~Math~Technology:
http://uashome.alaska.edu/~jflmh/TlingitBaskets/
Andy Hope
July 2004
Approximately twenty educators gathered at the Sitka Campus of the
University of Alaska Southeast (UAS) in August 1999 for an Indigenous
Curriculum Development in Science Institute. Dr. Claudette
Engblom Bradley (UAF), Dr. Tom Thornton (UAS), Michael Travis, Dr.
Richard and Mrs.Nora Dauenhauer (Sealaska Heritage Foundation) served
as the Institute instructors.
The purpose of the institute was: (1) to develop classroom
adaptations of science lessons based on the Cultural Atlas (which
began in 1997 in the Southeast Region) and Axe Handle Academy (Which
began in 1996)curriculum projects; (2) To inform teachers about the
work of Tom Thornton, Michael Travis, Lydia George (Tlingit Elder)
and Jimmy George on the Angoon Cultural Atlas (which was produced in
1998); (3) To familiarize teachers with the bioregional, thematic
curriculum of the Axe Handle Academy developed by Richard and Nora
Dauenhauer (1996-present); (4) To provide teachers with field
experience with middle school student science projects at Dog Point
Fish Camp of Sitka, AK.; and (5) To facilitate development of science
curriculum for Southeast Alaska schools in the 1999-2000 school year.
http://www.ankn.uaf.edu/Tlingit/MathinWeaving/
An Overview
http://www.ankn.uaf.edu/Tlingit/MathinWeaving/overview.html
BASKETRY RESOURCES ON THE WEB Compiled by Steve Henrikson
http://www.ankn.uaf.edu/Tlingit/MathinWeaving/resources.html
Tlingit Weaving Glossary
http://www.ankn.uaf.edu/Tlingit/MathinWeaving/glossary.html
Tlingit Elders Traditional Education Checklist
http://www.ankn.uaf.edu/Tlingit/MathinWeaving/educationchecklist.html
Math in Tlingit Art curriculum project Power Point slide show
http://www.ankn.uaf.edu/Tlingit/MathinWeaving/MathTlingitArt.html
See also
Tlingit Basketry: Art~Math~Technology:
http://uashome.alaska.edu/~jflmh/TlingitBaskets/
Andy Hope
July 2004
Approximately twenty educators gathered at the Sitka Campus of the
University of Alaska Southeast (UAS) in August 1999 for an Indigenous
Curriculum Development in Science Institute. Dr. Claudette
Engblom Bradley (UAF), Dr. Tom Thornton (UAS), Michael Travis, Dr.
Richard and Mrs.Nora Dauenhauer (Sealaska Heritage Foundation) served
as the Institute instructors.
The purpose of the institute was: (1) to develop classroom
adaptations of science lessons based on the Cultural Atlas (which
began in 1997 in the Southeast Region) and Axe Handle Academy (Which
began in 1996)curriculum projects; (2) To inform teachers about the
work of Tom Thornton, Michael Travis, Lydia George (Tlingit Elder)
and Jimmy George on the Angoon Cultural Atlas (which was produced in
1998); (3) To familiarize teachers with the bioregional, thematic
curriculum of the Axe Handle Academy developed by Richard and Nora
Dauenhauer (1996-present); (4) To provide teachers with field
experience with middle school student science projects at Dog Point
Fish Camp of Sitka, AK.; and (5) To facilitate development of science
curriculum for Southeast Alaska schools in the 1999-2000 school year.
Tlingit Whale House Series
Nine years ago, brilliantly carved Tlingit artifacts linking the
Chilkat people with their ancestors were sold and removed from the
village of Klukwan. Since then, families, neighbors and lawyers have
fought bitterly over ownership. No one sees them now.
By Marilee Enge
Whale House Series
http://www.ankn.uaf.edu/Tlingit/Battle/
Series At A Glance
Part 1 : The sale of the Whale House legacy.
http://www.ankn.uaf.edu/Tlingit/Battle/part1.html
Part 2 : Carving the masterworks.
Modern-day carvers and anthropologists follow the trail of a Tlingit
artist of profound skill and vision
http://www.ankn.uaf.edu/Tlingit/Battle/part2.html
Part 3 : A Tlingit buyer of Tlingit artifacts.
Tlingit nobleman Louis Shotridge, so of a keeper of the Whale House,
becomes a scholar of his people - and a controversial collector
http://www.ankn.uaf.edu/Tlingit/Battle/part3.html
Part 4 : A dealer's passion for the Whale House.
A Seattle art dealer's decade of obsession ends in bitterness and in court.
http://www.ankn.uaf.edu/Tlingit/Battle/part4.html
Part 5 : Epic sage becomes litigation.
A tangle of bloodlines and birthrights is now a court's to unravel.
http://www.ankn.uaf.edu/Tlingit/Battle/part5.html
See also
CHILKAT INDIAN VILLAGE, IRA v. JOHNSON Decision
Summary
In an action brought by the Chilkat Indian Village, IRA against an
individual and a corporation and individuals comprising the "Whale
House Group" for the conversion of tribal trust property and
violation of a tribal ordinance which prohibits the removal of such
property from the village without prior notification of and approval
by the Chilkat Village Council seeking declaratory and injunctive
relief and monetary damages, the Chilkat Indian Village Tribal Court
orders the return of artifacts and the payment of expenses for the
artifacts' return as well as costs and fees of litigation.
Full Text
http://www.ankn.uaf.edu/Tlingit/ChilkatIndianVillage/
Chilkat people with their ancestors were sold and removed from the
village of Klukwan. Since then, families, neighbors and lawyers have
fought bitterly over ownership. No one sees them now.
By Marilee Enge
Whale House Series
http://www.ankn.uaf.edu/Tlingit/Battle/
Series At A Glance
Part 1 : The sale of the Whale House legacy.
http://www.ankn.uaf.edu/Tlingit/Battle/part1.html
Part 2 : Carving the masterworks.
Modern-day carvers and anthropologists follow the trail of a Tlingit
artist of profound skill and vision
http://www.ankn.uaf.edu/Tlingit/Battle/part2.html
Part 3 : A Tlingit buyer of Tlingit artifacts.
Tlingit nobleman Louis Shotridge, so of a keeper of the Whale House,
becomes a scholar of his people - and a controversial collector
http://www.ankn.uaf.edu/Tlingit/Battle/part3.html
Part 4 : A dealer's passion for the Whale House.
A Seattle art dealer's decade of obsession ends in bitterness and in court.
http://www.ankn.uaf.edu/Tlingit/Battle/part4.html
Part 5 : Epic sage becomes litigation.
A tangle of bloodlines and birthrights is now a court's to unravel.
http://www.ankn.uaf.edu/Tlingit/Battle/part5.html
See also
CHILKAT INDIAN VILLAGE, IRA v. JOHNSON Decision
Summary
In an action brought by the Chilkat Indian Village, IRA against an
individual and a corporation and individuals comprising the "Whale
House Group" for the conversion of tribal trust property and
violation of a tribal ordinance which prohibits the removal of such
property from the village without prior notification of and approval
by the Chilkat Village Council seeking declaratory and injunctive
relief and monetary damages, the Chilkat Indian Village Tribal Court
orders the return of artifacts and the payment of expenses for the
artifacts' return as well as costs and fees of litigation.
Full Text
http://www.ankn.uaf.edu/Tlingit/ChilkatIndianVillage/
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