Return-Path: <nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.10.2/8.10.2) with SMTP id h33FEZM21034; Thu, 3 Apr 2003 10:14:36 -0500 (EST) Date: Thu, 3 Apr 2003 10:14:36 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <EE81FC4A94703A46976D9DF51EF101863460FF@2kexmb.hq.corp.pbs.org> Errors-To: listowner@literacy.nifl.gov Reply-To: nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov Sender: nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov Precedence: bulk From: "Frances Keenan" <fkeenan@pbs.org> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-ESL:8874] PBS New Americans series and outreach grants X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-Type: text/plain; Status: O Content-Length: 9087 Lines: 203 Below you will see an e-newsletter I've forwarded to the list that talks about "The New Americans" series due to air on public television this Fall in the US. See part V. about outreach grants. These will be awarded to public television stations working with community groups. (You can locate your own public television station by visiting the pbs.org website and entering your zip code in the "What's On Tonight?" search window.) You can sign up for this newsletter following the link below.... Fran Keenan PBS Adult Learning Service fkeenan@pbs.org Welcome to THE NEW AMERICANS e-newsletter-the latest information on grant opportunities, producer notes, broadcast updates from PBS, as well as details on outreach resources and community planning across the country. In this issue, you'll find: I. Introducing THE NEW AMERICANS II. Outreach Campaign III. Outreach Tools and Resources IV. What's Happening: An Outreach Update V. Apply for an Outreach Grant! VI. National Partners To subscribe to the email newsletter, log onto http://www.itvs.org/outreach/newamericans/subscribe.htm Please forward this newsletter to a colleague or community partner. ============================================================ I. Introducing THE NEW AMERICANS ============================================================ Produced by Kartemquin Films, the makers of Hoop Dreams, THE NEW AMERICANS is a seven-hour PBS series on immigrants and refugees. Airing on PBS in the fall of 2003, the series captures the intimate stories of a diverse group of contemporary immigrants and refugees from Nigeria, India, the Dominican Republic, the Israeli-occupied West Bank and Mexico. The filmmakers have spent years documenting the daily triumphs and setbacks of the subjects' lives, from the homelands they tearfully leave behind through their first tenuous years in America. The New Americans puts a human face on the breadth and scope of immigrants' and refugees' experience in America, telling their stories through their own eyes and voices, their humor and wisdom, their triumphs and failures. Visit http://www.itvs.org/outreach/newamericans/stories.html for a glimpse of the stories of the five families and for updates from the production team. ============================================================ II. Outreach Campaign ============================================================ THE OUTREACH CAMPAIGN ITVS-Community Connections Project, Active Voice, The National Issues Forums and Outreach Extensions have joined forces to develop a dynamic community outreach campaign for THE NEW AMERICANS. The campaign goals are: o Improve student and faculty cultural sensitivity on immigrant issues. o Encourage professional development and sensitivity training for service providers and business leaders who work with immigrants. o Recognize and cultivate leaders in immigrant communities. o Develop and strengthen coalitions and their resources and activities. o Convene preview screenings and public forums. o Build awareness of the series using electronic networks, newsletters and websites. To learn more about the outreach partners and their individual campaign focus, visit http://www.itvs.org/outreach/newamericans/resources.html ============================================================ III. Outreach Tools and Resources ============================================================ The outreach team has developed a campaign and partnerships that transport the content of THE NEW AMERICANS from the living room to the classroom and into the community. Each outreach organization has been developing specific tools and outcomes for a target audience which are outlined on the website and in The New Americans brochure. Download our New Americans Community Engagement Resources brochure to learn more and share with others. Visit http://www.itvs.org/outreach/newamericans/resources.html ============================================================ IV. What's Happening: Outreach Updates ============================================================ In each issue of the newsletter we'll share with you how collaborations are evolving in communities across the states in preparation for the series release this fall. We'd like to hear from you. Please tell us about your work and we'll try to include it in a future newsletter and on our interactive website (coming soon). CHICAGO A screening of The New Americans was the kickoff event for Chicago's annual Immigrant and Refugee Week and United Nations Day last October. After the screening, three of the film's subjects and the filmmakers took part in a panel discussion hosted by the Chicago Commission on Human Relations Advisory Council on Immigrant and Refugee Affairs and ITVS. In December, Truman College hosted a focus group of partners and local organizations working with immigrants, to help guide the development of ITVS' New Americans resources for higher education. SAN ANTONIO KLRN public television has conducted a series of financial literacy workshops using video segments from The New Americans to illustrate financial choices immigrant families often face. The workshops have been conducted in Laredo, Texas for families with children ages 7-12. KLRN is working with many community partners including the Good Samaritan Center, Hispanas Unidas, the YWCA and an area elementary school. The workshops have been developed in partnership with Iowa Public Television through funding from the National Center for Outreach and Anne E. Casey's Making Connections Media Outreach Initiative, an Outreach Extensions' project. NORTHERN CALIFORNIA San Francisco and California's Central Valley are a pilot sites for Active Voice. Some partners, like San Francisco Mayor's Commission on Immigrant Rights, will use the series to highlight local issues at pre-broadcast press events. Others will pilot long term strategies -- for example the Northern California Citizenship Project and the Central Valley Partnership for Citizenship are helping to develop a "Civic Participation" video module and toolkit drawn from the series. A customized training packet for educators will be piloted by school districts and professional development. San Francisco's KQED is also planning workshops on immigration and diversity. ============================================================ V. Apply for an Outreach Grant! ============================================================ The Independent Television Service (ITVS) is offering grants to public television stations to support outreach planning in partnership with community colleges and other community organizations concerned with newcomer issues. Ten grants of up to $5,000 will be awarded. You can download the Request for Proposals at http://www.itvs.org/outreach/newamericans. The application deadline is May 2, 2003. For more information contact Jim Sommers, Outreach Manager, ITVS, 415-356-8383 ext. 242 or Jim_Sommers@itvs.org The National Center for Outreach recently announced their Community Connector Grant awards for public television stations. These awards will enable stations to build yearlong outreach initiatives around PBS broadcasts with similar themes. Seven of the fifteen public television stations that received the $10,000 grants have identified The New Americans as a key series in their initiative. To see if efforts are underway in a community near you visit http://www.nationaloutreach.org/Grants/Connector/Awards.html ============================================================ VI. National Partners ============================================================ A comprehensive list of national partners who are actively involved in outreach and education around The New Americans. To view this list and get your organization involved: http://www.itvs.org/outreach/newamericans/partners.html ________________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe yourself from this list: send a message to itvslists@info.itvs.org with "UNSUBSCRIBE NewAmericans" in the body of the message. If this email was forwarded to you and you would like to subscribe, send a message to itvslists@info.itvs.org with "SUBSCRIBE NewAmericans" in the body of the message. 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