Year: 2011

IMA student Betty Yu is a featured speaker

IMA student Betty Yu is a featured speaker at
The 2011 New York Life Symposium: Civic Engagement in the Era of New Media

Wednesday, March 16th from 5 to 8pm in New York City

Betty Yu, Media Action Grassroots Network Coordinator, Center for Media Justice

Betty Yu is a longtime community organizer, media activist, and filmmaker. Prior to joining CMJ, Yu served as director of community outreach and media services at Manhattan Neighborhood Network (MNN), New York City’s community-access TV organization. She additionally worked as a lead organizer for the Chinese Staff and Workers’ Association. Yu was recognized as a semi-finalist for a National Brick “Do Something” Award, the recipient of a Union Square Award for grassroots activism, and a fellow of the National Rockwood Fellowship in Media, Communications and Information Policy.

RSVP: http://2011symposium.eventbrite.com/

Article on Prof. Miranda’s work

Article about Prof. Miranda’s work VOTEMOS.US and a work by artist Jenny Polak Design for the Alien Within in the LLJournal “The Un-accounted Body in Performance: Who is the Subject of the Rights of the Illegal Alien?”

“Both Votemos.us (Miranda) and Design for the Alien Within (Polak) imagine treating the illegal alien as if he/she matters; Votemos.us considers their political substance through hypothetical voting rights, and Design for the Alien Within considers their safety.”
– Laura V. Sandez

IMA Alum Jonas Pariente has 2 new screenings

IMA Alum Jonas Pariente has two new screenings of his new film “Next Year in Bombay.”

The first screening is on Thursday, March 3 at 7:30 p.m. at the Washington D.C. Jewish Community Center.
http://thejdc.convio.net/site/Calendar/663937684?view=Detail&id=126762

The second screening of the film is on Monday, March 14 at 6:30pm at the Center for Jewish History in New York. It is part of the 15th NY Sephardic Film Festival.

http://sephardicfilmfest.org/#Monday

For more information on the film please visit www.nextyearinbombay.com.