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January 23, 2010 in Video, education, technology by Selina

Hey Viewers! This is Juan, Selina, and Jose and we have just made a movie for Tech 4 America. Tech 4 America is a program offered to college graduates with skills in media programs (i.e. Photoshop, Audacity, Flash, Final Cut Express, etc.) interested in reaching out to inner city youth and teaching them these skills in programs. (Similar to Teach For America) Tech 4 America is not an official program, but it is a program that we could propose to the Obama Administration. (HEY OBAMA! If you’re watching) Please visit the Tech 4 America at: ___________________.

January 17, 2010 in Featured, Social Change, Video by Virgil

The Smashcasters had an opportunity to meet with One Web Day’s Executive Director and produced this video about how they see the digital divide manifested in their communities and some strategies for overcoming it.

November 14, 2009 in Discussion, Featured, Opinion, Social Change by Estefania

Some people claim that racism in the U.S. has  dissolved over time, but recently it has come to our attention that there are still marks of racism being imprinted in our nation’s history. Up until last year, Charleston High School in Mississippi had been having two separate proms: the “white” prom and the “black” prom. In the movie “Prom Night in Mississippi” Paul Saltzman tells the story of how home town-native Morgan Freeman offers to pay for their 2008 prom, as long as it was a single-integrated prom.