Month: September 2009

EPIC NATIONAL PARKS SERIES

press release source: http://www.thirteen.org/localparks

http://www.thirteen.org/blog/programs/the-national-parks-americas-best-idea/166/

Shot primarily by three CUNY students, Daniel Cowen, from the Macaulay Honors College at Hunter, Andres Otero, from CUNY Hunter, and Davi Santos, from Macaulay Honors College at Lehman, THIRTEEN’s National Parks: New Yorkers’ Memories profiles New Yorkers’ Life-Changing Adventure of America’s National Parks. This is a unique collaboration with film students seeking a real-life, hands-on experience in television production. This is one of the first on-air and online projects shot entirely by students. Filmed By CUNY Students, Television And Web Content Profiles New Yorkers’ Life-Changing Adventures of America’s National Parks
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Nothing Less than Full Equality

Cleve Jones on “Nothing Less than Full Quality” -3:00 PM Lang Recital Hall

Thursday, September 24, 2009
3:00 pm, Lang Recital Halll
495 Park Avenue, Hunter North, Room 424

In 1997, Harvey Milk, the first openly gay politician was elected to office in San Francisco. At his right hand was Cleve Jones, a young activist who became one of the foremost leaders for HIV and AIDS awareness in the country. Throughout the 70s, 80s, and 90s, Cleve Jones fought tirelessly to fight for the government to recognize and help fight against the onset of the AIDS epidemic as more than just a “gay cancer.”
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