Dear Kamayani, The deadline has already reached and I was too preoccupied. First ,I was looking for someone who might be personally known to me, but of no avail so far. Now, I will forward this messageto a few forums and persons. Thanks, Venu.
On Mon, Feb 15, 2010 at 8:17 AM, Kamayani Bali Mahabal < [email protected]> wrote: > PL SEND ME SOME CONTACTS > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Kamayani Bali Mahabal <[email protected]> > Date: Sun, Feb 14, 2010 at 11:27 AM > Subject: NOMINATION- VV program- URGENT > To: Bobby Kunhu <[email protected]>, Venugopalan K M < > [email protected]> > Cc: "Shahina K K." <[email protected]>, Sudeep K S <[email protected]>, > jenny rowena <[email protected]>, Bindu Menon <[email protected]>, > Maymon Madathingal <[email protected]>, carmel christy < > [email protected]>, Anil Tharayath <[email protected]>, Ranju > RADha <[email protected]>, "Sunandan K.N." <[email protected]>, > Sreejitha <[email protected]>, bablus <[email protected]> > > > DEAR ALL > > PL SEND ME NOMINATIONS BY TODAY MAX MONDAY > > thanks > > kamayani > > >> >> >> I’m writing to tell you about VIVIDH, a new program Video Volunteers (VV) >> is launching. I hope you can be part of it! >> >> *Imagine a journalist, activist or government official receiving a press >> release and a video in her inbox and it reads,** “The practice of >> Untouchability in schools in India is a problem many people assume no longer >> happens. Well, last month, 60 community journalists investigated the issue >> in every state in India, and found troubling visual evidence of the practice >> across the country. These activist-journalists are rallying their >> communities to address this issue. Will you join them in speaking out? See >> the proof, realize the scale of the problem and take action!” * >> >> *Clicking on the link leads you to a video gallery with 60 short videos, >> each from a different region/state, demonstrating the widespread nature of >> this issue and other problems. The main video provides a journalistic >> roundup of the overall problem. Other links lead viewers to take concrete >> action to combat the issue. * >> >> As activists we know how people’s issues are usually left out of the >> mainstream media. We at Video Volunteers believe that the only way to >> change this situation is for the underprivileged communities to create their >> own media. We are passionate about empowering community voices and have a >> well-worked strategy to create campaigns targeted to decision makers and the >> media for highlighting real issues facing India. >> >> To this effect, we are launching *VIVIDH* - *Community Journalism program >> * where we will give fellowships to 60 local activists from across the >> country and train them in video journalism. The long term outcome of the >> CJ program is to create a video news agency from the poorest parts of the >> world, a sort of Reuters for the slums and villages that enables news >> agencies to access fascinating personal stories of social change and human >> rights from the most rural and remote parts of the country. The mainstream >> media we are negotiating with are interested in vivid stories of local >> corruption and the non-implementation of otherwise pro-poor government >> policies. By unifying dozens of local stories from around the nation into an >> accessible media package for the mainstream media, we will bridge the gap >> between demand for content and the media exposure our issues need. >> >> *We need your help to identify these 60 people who VV will train as >> Community Journalists*. We want one or two fellows from every state and >> Union Territory in India. >> VV will recruit the best possible candidate in your area who fulfills the >> following criteria: >> >> 1. Associated with social movements, human rights campaigns and/or >> NGO’s >> 2. Belong to a disadvantaged background >> 3. Strong interest in communicating local stories to the world >> 4. Basic knowledge of computers desirable >> 5. Willingness to work full-time on this project for at least one year >> 6. Can communicate in Hindi or English >> >> *We request you to nominate candidates from your areas. Please** forward >> this mail* to them or alternatively fill out the application form here >> <http://e2ma.net/go/6558722192/208059435/209807948/11375/goto:http://www.videovolunteers.org/community-journalism-program-our-new-initiative/community-journalism-registration-form/>on >> their behalf. We will be happy to email you the application form if you >> prefer to print it out. >> >> Read more about >> VIVIDH<http://e2ma.net/go/6558722192/208059435/209807949/11375/goto:http://www.videovolunteers.org/community-journalism-program-our-new-initiative/> >> Read about the fellowship criteria and >> process<http://e2ma.net/go/6558722192/208059435/209807950/11375/goto:http://www.videovolunteers.org/community-journalism-program-our-new-initiative/fellowship-criteria-and-process/> >> Apply/Nominate >> candidate<http://e2ma.net/go/6558722192/208059435/209807951/11375/goto:http://www.videovolunteers.org/community-journalism-program-our-new-initiative/community-journalism-registration-form/> >> >> >> We also need your help in passing this information to social >> movements/human rights campaigns or NGOs in other parts of the country from >> where we can find interesting candidates. >> >> *VIVIDH *will be the eyes and ears and of the communities, voicing the >> many struggles and stories that the rest of the country ought to hear and >> see. I hope you will take some time and make this possible. >> >> Thank you for your solidarity and support. >> >> In harmony, >> >> *Stalin K >> *On behalf of the entire Video Volunteers team >> Newsletter produced by Video Volunteers >> C/O Temin and Co., 750 Lex Ave., 26th Fl. New York, NY 10022 >> [email protected] | www.videovoluteers.org >> >> > > > > -- > Kamayani Bali Mahabal > > The world does not need a war against ‘terrorism’, it needs a culture of > peace based on human rights for all. > -- Irene Khan > > www.otherindia.org > www.binayaksen.net > www.phm-india.org > > I carry a torch in one hand > And a bucket of water in the other: > With these things I am going to set fire to Heaven > And put out the flames of Hell > So that voyagers to God can rip the veils > And see the real goal....... > Rabia (Rabi'a Al-'Adawiyya) > > > > > > -- > Kamayani Bali Mahabal > > The world does not need a war against ‘terrorism’, it needs a culture of > peace based on human rights for all. > -- Irene Khan > > www.otherindia.org > www.binayaksen.net > www.phm-india.org > > I carry a torch in one hand > And a bucket of water in the other: > With these things I am going to set fire to Heaven > And put out the flames of Hell > So that voyagers to God can rip the veils > And see the real goal....... > Rabia (Rabi'a Al-'Adawiyya) > > > -- You cannot build anything on the foundations of caste. You cannot build up a nation, you cannot build up a morality. Anything that you will build on the foundations of caste will crack and will never be a whole. -AMBEDKAR http://venukm.blogspot.com http://www.shelfari.com/kmvenuannur http://kmvenuannur.livejournal.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Green Youth Movement" group. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/greenyouth?hl=en-GB.
