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By Any Media Necessary: Mapping Youth and Participatory Politics

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2. Vant to Skype Vid Me?
4. 19th Century Reforms: Crash Course US History #15
7. "FA$T CA$H: Easy Credit & the Economic Crash" - (Music Video by Dorian Electra)
9. MOVE: Invisible Children's new film from the creators of KONY 2012
10. Batman Welcomes Ramadan
12. #BYP100 Responds to George Zimmerman Verdict
17. Capitol Hill Day with The Can Kicks Back
19. The INFORM Act: Facing the Facts, Not Kicking the Can
21. George Carlin remix - Save the Trees
24. Talks@Google: Wajahat Ali - From Chaiwallah to Playwright
27. CAFAM Granny Squared: did you know?
28. Roll With The Flow by Dorian Electra ( Official Music Video )
32. How To Change the World
33. Caine's Arcade
35. Ron Finley: A guerilla gardener in South Central LA (TED Talk)
37. I'm in Love with Friedrich Hayek by Dorian Electra ( Official Music Video)
38. Lily Myers - "Shrinking Women" (CUPSI 2013)
41. Caine's Arcade 2: From a Movie to a Movement
43. "Fear the Boom and Bust" a Hayek vs. Keynes Rap Anthem
46. Official Trailer: We Cause Scenes
48. About Yarn Bombing Los Angeles
50. To All My DREAMheads
52. ASK A SLAVE Ep 3: You Can't Make This Stuff Up
53. Blank Noise: HOT NEWS/ TAAZA SAMACHAR
57. 2013 Fourth Estate Summit (Invisible Children)
61. Reading Rainbow Remixed | In Your Imagination | PBS Digital Studios
63. CAFAM Granny Squared: 14,000 squares
65. Part 1 DC DREAM Act National Graduation
67. The Best Parody of NOM's "Gathering Storm" Ad
70. ASK A SLAVE Ep 5: Two Sides to Every Coin
72. Accio Books: LeakyCon Edition
73. UndocuQueer Manifesto
81. Hacktivism: Political Hacking's Global Reach, From Scientology to Wikileaks to the Arab Spring
82. Why I Can't Go to LeakyCon
85. Food is Free Backstory
86. Hack for Change: National Day of Civic Hacking-2014
89. Books on FIRE
91. No Justice No Peace: California's Battle Against Police Brutality & Racist Violence
94. 20 Condoms
95. Kait Rokowski - "How To Cure a Feminist"
97. Food is Free Project Plants a Community Garden in the Street SXSW
99. Buffy vs Edward: Twilight Remixed -- [original version]
101. Fuck Cancer
105. Black And Yellow - AnCap Remix
106. Food is Free Project: Open-Source Front-Yard Community Gardens
107. A MOVEABLE MOSQUE - Deena's Footsteps Through Prayer
108. Supply & Demand Rap: WE GOT IT 4 CHEAP by Dorian Electra ( Official Music Video ) Uploaded on Dec 12, 2011 This song was created to enter the Supply and Demand Video Contest sponsored by Fayetteville State University's Hackley Endowment. We are students at Shimer College and Northwestern University. Made by: Dorian Electra & Neil Lokken Music by: Matt Kawahara Special Thanks: Lynn Hong, Bryan Maddox, Robin Babb, Allison Savage, Allon Libermann, Rachel Davison. LYRICS: Yo. We got it 4 cheap And we're tryin to be supplyin So we got to compete. OH. And we try to understand The laws we all cant help but follow called: SUPPLY AND DEMAND If I'm sellin somethin Here's what I got to know To ensure my sales be bumpin If we raise the price, fewer people be buyin If we push that price down low, customers be multiplyin It's not to simple just to sell it for cheap You got to cover your costs Ya tryna make ends meet Say we were forced to keep our price way down. LOW Our goods become more scarce become the talk of the town. OH If the law won't let us respond in turn by raising our money PRICE Then our lovely customers will have to pay the price in non- monetary costs such as waitin in line On day when you could be HUSTLIN and now you wastin yo time So when the prices are fixed costs remain, don't fall for tricks That extra cost don't disappear It just shift from here to here You got dem long long lines? Wait a sec, shorty, that ain't right UHM. SHORTY DAT LOOK LIKE A SHORTAGE SHORTY, SHORTY DAT LOOK LIKE A SHORTAGE Ooo. When dat price so low So they be rushin to da store tramplin one another to DA FLOOR uh Ya get it? It's about supply and demand. Ya get it? Yyeeaaaaaaaaahhhhh Yes sir, sir yes, what about a surplus? Yes sir, sir yes, what about a surplus? When you got leftover GOODS on your HANDS Cos the quantity supplied exceeds the quantity demanded Yo. We got it 4 cheap And we're tryin to be supplyin So we got to compete. OH And we try to understand The laws we all cant help but follow called: SUPPLY AND DEMAND
111. Fuck Cancer + Funny or Die Present: Touching Ourselves!
115. A Gaythering Storm
116. Understand the Sequester (Spoiler: It's Bananas.)
118. Urban Letters by Yarn Bombing Los Angeles
119. Coming out of the Shadows - Dream Activist Philadelphia
120. Gathering Storm Spoof
126. UndocuQueer Manifesto
127. InterOccupy, Occupy Sandy Meeting 11-18-12 (raw footage)
131. Coders Early Love For Technology | American Express | #PassionProject
134. UC Davis Pepper Spray Incident, Four Perspectives
141. The Can Kicks Back
150. Food is Free Project: How to Build a Raised Wicking Bed!
154. Liberty in North Korea: Rescue Campaign
155. Rebel Music: Native America | Frank Waln Performs "My Stone"
160. Get Lit: WHAT DO THE TEACHERS THINK?
162. Black Girls Code - Coders Early Love For Technology | American Express | #PassionProject
163. Why We Rise
168. Get Lit: WHAT IS A BLITZ?
169. Social justice through parody NWP Albert is an Economics teacher at Locke High School in the Watts area of South LA and member of the UCLA Writing Project, shown here describing a lesson plan he created for students to engage with social issues through parody and activism by using some of the media examples he found on the By Any Media Necessary web resource. He talks about moving beyond concepts of supply and demand by infusing his economics classes with social justice themes that students are receptive to, and talks about how part of his course asks students to think about the implications of globalization on poverty. He explains his process of looking through media examples on the site that discuss social issues through parody, draws inspiration from a DREAMer video that speaks to healthcare for millions of undocumented immigrants, and talks about using these kinds of videos as a springboard to bring to light these and other social issues. Connecting it to his lesson plan, he will have students create a parody around a social issue they choose, helping them to think about what they can do with the current situation, spaces, and resources they have.
170. Brave New Voices Finals - Los Angeles "Shots Fired"
183. Rachel Rostad - "Names" (NPS 2013)
184. Statement and poem by Kathy Jetnil-Kijiner, Climate Summit 2014 - Opening Ceremony
185. The Black Bruins [Spoken Word] - Sy Stokes
188. The complete package NWP Albert is an Economics teacher at Locke High School in the Watts area of South LA and member of the UCLA Writing Project, shown here talking about various ways he could incorporate the digital media examples, workshops, conversation starters, and media making resources he found through the By Any Media Necessary (BAM) web resource into his lessons and curriculum. Speaking from experience as a teacher who already seeks to incorporate creative use of digital media into this classrooms, he also talks about how different aspects of the BAM resource can help students think even more critically and engage with creative and maker practices that they are passionate about.
189. Get Lit: WHAT IS THE CLASSIC SLAM?
190. Bringing the Noise '15 - Caitlyn
194. But we're speaking Japanese!　日本語喋ってるんだけど
196. The Black Beavers [Spoken Word] - UCLA Black Bruins Response
198. Standards and Cellphones NWP Kate is a 10th grade Language Arts teacher at Locke High School in the Watts area of South LA and member of the UCLA Writing Project, shown here discussing administrative and structural barriers to working with cellphones and other kinds of digital media and technology in classrooms, and ways to legitimize and work around barriers to doing this kind of work for teachers at her school and elsewhere.
199. Get Lit Promo 2013 Video
200. BLACK GIRLS CODE SERIES EP #2: Miami
201. Bringing the Noise '14: José Vadi
203. A Quick Guide to Understanding Immigration Reform
204. Race & Higher Education - HANGOUT with us, #ITooAmHarvard, #BBUM, and the UCLA Black Bruins TODAY!
207. 10th graders in Watts NWP Kate is a 10th grade Language Arts teacher at Locke High School in the Watts area of South LA and member of the UCLA Writing Project, shown here describing the neighborhood and community context that situates her lesson plan about vehicles of protest as a response to trauma. She starts by describing the everyday lived realities of her students, the disconnect between what the district requires them to read and learn in their classes, and how she has reframed canonical books to be more responsive to students who live in communities like Watts, and how this kind of lesson can be identified with everywhere. She uses Lord of the Flies as an example of how she reframed the book characters’ experiences to talk about trauma, violence, limited resources, and support and help seeking practices.
208. "THE CORNER" - Jose Vadi {The Bigger Picture Project} "How far do we have to slip before we end this edible misery and rewrite our recipe?"In THE CORNER, directed by Jamie DeWolf, José Vadi speaks about how local communities have greater accessibility to fast food restaurants and corner stores, which increases their risk of Type 2 Diabetes. Youth Speaks and UCSF Center for Vulnerable Populations are leading the campaign against Type 2 Diabetes with our new project, The Bigger Picture. Raise your voice TODAY!http://www.TheBiggerPicture.org http://www.twitter.com/BigPicCampaign
212. Crisis of Distrust: Police and Community in Toronto A Policing Literacy Initiative Production. This documentary explores the issue of 'carding' in Toronto and distrust between police and community. Featuring Deputy Chief Peter Sloly of the Toronto Police Service, Jim Rankin of the Toronto Star Dr. Scot Wortley of University of Toronto, Gary Newman of Breaking the Cycle, Noa Mendelsohn Aviv of the Canadian Civil Liberties Association, and members of the Policing Literacy Initiative, among others.
213. #AfterTheHashTag - Race on College Campuses
217. There's no reason anyone can't do it NWP Albert is an Economics teacher at Locke High School in the Watts area of South LA and member of the UCLA Writing Project, shown here talking about pushing the boundaries to work within the system as a social justice educator, the learning process of becoming a teacher, and learning how to incorporate digital media into lessons. At the end of this clip, he says, “If we can do it in South Central at a school that’s going through crazy transformations, and students can get into these amazing projects, there’s no reason why anyone can’t do it.”
218. Raise Up - Get Lit Players Raise Up - by Get Lit Players. Youth Speaks, in collaboration with the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts Millennium Stage, present an evening to celebrate the winners of the national spoken word competition designed to foster discussion among young people and adults about the challenges and opportunities students face as they strive to stay on the path to graduation. Hosted by D.C. hip-hop artist Gabriel “Asheru” Benn, the program will feature performances from each of the five winners, plus an appearance by DJ Questlove and Black Thought, NPR’s Glynn Washington, and Hill Harper. The RAISE Up project is part of American Graduate - Let's Make It Happen! - a public media initiative to address the drop out crisis, supported by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.
219. "By Any Sweets Necessary" by Luke Tailor {The Bigger Picture} Sacramento-based MC Luke Tailor’s addictive diet follows him everywhere he goes - in school, at the park, even the emergency room - but what Luke doesn’t know is how such an unhealthy high-sugar diet can lead to serious chronic illnesses like type 2 diabetes. Watch Luke’s diet catch up to him in this new music video for the Bigger Picture, “By Any Sweets Necessary.” Directed by Jamie DeWolf and edited by Kevin Holmes.Download Luke Tailor’s music here:http://Luketailor.bandcamp.comhttp://www.soundcloud.com/Luke-TailorThe Bigger Picture is a collaboration between Youth Speaks and UCSF’s Center for Vulnerable Populations. Follow us:http://www.twitter.com/BigPicCampaignhttp://www.instagram.com/BigPicCampaignhttp://www.thebiggerpicture.org
222. "Home Invasion": Vote NO on Prop 8
223. 33
225. Protest songs and images NWP Kate is a 10th grade Language Arts teacher at Locke High School in the Watts area of South LA and member of the UCLA Writing Project, shown here discussing the lesson plan she created on different vehicles of protest as a response to trauma, drawing inspiration from examples of protest songs, spreadable image and hashtag campaigns, and internet memes. She talks about expanding on traditional notions of civic engagement so that students can engage peers and their communities in ways that are meaningful to them, and also discusses figuring out how to navigate privacy and safety when working with images or videos of her students, sharing various levels of “publicness” that can be achieved through creative lesson planning. At the end of this clip, Kate emphasizes the importance of scaffolding, modeling, and having students practice these kinds of civic engagement, so that they can develop their voices as well as strategies to advocate for themselves and their communities, and learn ways to participate civically.
226. "The Drop In" (Raise Up Project)
227. Bringing the Noise '15 - Ryan
228. Black Girls Code: Bridging The Digital Divide
235. Rebel Music: Native America | Nataanii Means Performs "Genocide"
236. "Prop 8 - The Musical" starring Jack Black, John C. Reilly,
239. Bringing the Noise '15 - Connor
240. Bringing the Noise '15 - Sarah
241. BLACK GIRLS CODE EP #1: The Revolution Will Be Mobilized.
245. Rachel Rostad - "To JK Rowling, from Cho Chang" (CUPSI 2013 Finals)
246. Demonstrators 'disrupt' STL symphony singing a 'Requiem for Mike Brown'
247. Orphans vs. Empires: Andrew Slack at TEDxYouth@SanDiego
248. Rebel Music: Native America | Official Trailer
251. Get Lit Promo PBS Video
252. Teaching Teachers NWP Nicole Mirra, teacher educator, scholar, and member of the UCLA Writing Project, talks about encouraging pre-service teachers to incorporate the teaching of civic and media literacy skills in their classrooms. Using examples from the BAM resource and through sharing her lesson planning and scaffolding documents and processes, she demonstrates how she incorporates these themes in her own teaching. She also makes the case for the value of this kind of work and connects these practices to common core state and national standards.
253. The Raise Up Project: RaiseUpProject.org http://www.raiseupproject.org/Raise Up is an online hip hop and spoken word competition for youth ages 15-22. Youth who enter are asked to speak on the national high school drop out crisis. Five individual winners will each receive a $5,000 educational scholarship and a trip to Washington DC to perform at the Kennedy Center on September 28. One group piece will also be selected to receive a $2,500 award. #RaiseYourVoice & #RaiseTheRate at RaiseUpProject.org Follow us @RaiseUpProject on Twitter, Instagram & Facebook
256. Response To Critiques of "To JK Rowling, From Cho Chang"
258. Frank Waln - AbOriginal
259. Get Lit Player Emerita Maia Mayor performing her original poem "Perfect"
260. "Brown VS. Board of Education" by Brandon Santiago (Raise Up Project)
263. After Sandy, Occupy Movement Re-Emerges as Relief Hub for Residents in Need
264. A Fair(y) Use Tale
265. #OccupyLowes with a #HijabiFlashMob
266. [Orignal full version] 1 Marine vs. 30 Cops (By. J. handy)
Contents of this tag:
3. "FA$T CA$H: Easy Credit & the Economic Crash" - (Music Video by Dorian Electra)
5. #BYP100 Responds to George Zimmerman Verdict
6. Capitol Hill Day with The Can Kicks Back
7. The INFORM Act: Facing the Facts, Not Kicking the Can
10. Roll With The Flow by Dorian Electra ( Official Music Video )
13. I'm in Love with Friedrich Hayek by Dorian Electra ( Official Music Video)
16. "Fear the Boom and Bust" a Hayek vs. Keynes Rap Anthem
20. To All My DREAMheads
22. Part 1 DC DREAM Act National Graduation
24. Hacktivism: Political Hacking's Global Reach, From Scientology to Wikileaks to the Arab Spring
25. Supply & Demand Rap: WE GOT IT 4 CHEAP by Dorian Electra ( Official Music Video ) Uploaded on Dec 12, 2011 This song was created to enter the Supply and Demand Video Contest sponsored by Fayetteville State University's Hackley Endowment. We are students at Shimer College and Northwestern University. Made by: Dorian Electra & Neil Lokken Music by: Matt Kawahara Special Thanks: Lynn Hong, Bryan Maddox, Robin Babb, Allison Savage, Allon Libermann, Rachel Davison. LYRICS: Yo. We got it 4 cheap And we're tryin to be supplyin So we got to compete. OH. And we try to understand The laws we all cant help but follow called: SUPPLY AND DEMAND If I'm sellin somethin Here's what I got to know To ensure my sales be bumpin If we raise the price, fewer people be buyin If we push that price down low, customers be multiplyin It's not to simple just to sell it for cheap You got to cover your costs Ya tryna make ends meet Say we were forced to keep our price way down. LOW Our goods become more scarce become the talk of the town. OH If the law won't let us respond in turn by raising our money PRICE Then our lovely customers will have to pay the price in non- monetary costs such as waitin in line On day when you could be HUSTLIN and now you wastin yo time So when the prices are fixed costs remain, don't fall for tricks That extra cost don't disappear It just shift from here to here You got dem long long lines? Wait a sec, shorty, that ain't right UHM. SHORTY DAT LOOK LIKE A SHORTAGE SHORTY, SHORTY DAT LOOK LIKE A SHORTAGE Ooo. When dat price so low So they be rushin to da store tramplin one another to DA FLOOR uh Ya get it? It's about supply and demand. Ya get it? Yyeeaaaaaaaaahhhhh Yes sir, sir yes, what about a surplus? Yes sir, sir yes, what about a surplus? When you got leftover GOODS on your HANDS Cos the quantity supplied exceeds the quantity demanded Yo. We got it 4 cheap And we're tryin to be supplyin So we got to compete. OH And we try to understand The laws we all cant help but follow called: SUPPLY AND DEMAND
28. Why I Can't Go to LeakyCon
29. Books on FIRE
31. InterOccupy, Occupy Sandy Meeting 11-18-12 (raw footage)
32. Understand the Sequester (Spoiler: It's Bananas.)
33. The Can Kicks Back
34. No Justice No Peace: California's Battle Against Police Brutality & Racist Violence
35. Coming out of the Shadows - Dream Activist Philadelphia
41. Liberty in North Korea: Rescue Campaign
42. Why We Rise
43. Rebel Music: Native America | Frank Waln Performs "My Stone"
48. UC Davis Pepper Spray Incident, Four Perspectives
49. The Black Bruins [Spoken Word] - Sy Stokes
50. Target Ain't People
51. The Black Beavers [Spoken Word] - UCLA Black Bruins Response
53. Race & Higher Education - HANGOUT with us, #ITooAmHarvard, #BBUM, and the UCLA Black Bruins TODAY!
54. #AfterTheHashTag - Race on College Campuses
56. Orphans vs. Empires: Andrew Slack at TEDxYouth@SanDiego
57. 33
58. Cathy Cohen, Ph.D., Challenges Voter ID Laws
59. Statement and poem by Kathy Jetnil-Kijiner, Climate Summit 2014 - Opening Ceremony
60. Rebel Music: Native America | Nataanii Means Performs "Genocide"
61. West Wing Weak: Your Guide to Obama's Scandal-Filled Week
62. A Quick Guide to Understanding Immigration Reform
63. Rebel Music: Native America | Official Trailer
65. Frank Waln - AbOriginal
67. The Case Against Gun Background Checks
Contents of this tag:
1. Vant to Skype Vid Me?
4. 19th Century Reforms: Crash Course US History #15
5. MOVE: Invisible Children's new film from the creators of KONY 2012
6. Batman Welcomes Ramadan
7. Capitol Hill Day with The Can Kicks Back
16. Blank Noise: HOT NEWS/ TAAZA SAMACHAR
17. I'm in Love with Friedrich Hayek by Dorian Electra ( Official Music Video)
18. Reading Rainbow Remixed | In Your Imagination | PBS Digital Studios
20. ASK A SLAVE Ep 3: You Can't Make This Stuff Up
22. To All My DREAMheads
23. "Fear the Boom and Bust" a Hayek vs. Keynes Rap Anthem
28. 2013 Fourth Estate Summit (Invisible Children)
29. Caine's Arcade
30. Lily Myers - "Shrinking Women" (CUPSI 2013)
32. Caine's Arcade 2: From a Movie to a Movement
34. Roll With The Flow by Dorian Electra ( Official Music Video )
35. How To Change the World
37. Food is Free Project: Open-Source Front-Yard Community Gardens
38. UndocuQueer Manifesto
39. Buffy vs Edward: Twilight Remixed -- [original version]
40. Understand the Sequester (Spoiler: It's Bananas.)
44. A MOVEABLE MOSQUE - Deena's Footsteps Through Prayer
46. The Can Kicks Back
47. Gathering Storm Spoof
49. No Justice No Peace: California's Battle Against Police Brutality & Racist Violence
50. The Best Parody of NOM's "Gathering Storm" Ad
51. A Gaythering Storm
53. Black And Yellow - AnCap Remix
55. ASK A SLAVE Ep 5: Two Sides to Every Coin
56. Food is Free Backstory
58. Coming out of the Shadows - Dream Activist Philadelphia
59. Urban Letters by Yarn Bombing Los Angeles
61. Fuck Cancer
63. Accio Books: LeakyCon Edition
64. Part 1 DC DREAM Act National Graduation
67. Fuck Cancer + Funny or Die Present: Touching Ourselves!
68. Kait Rokowski - "How To Cure a Feminist"
70. Supply & Demand Rap: WE GOT IT 4 CHEAP by Dorian Electra ( Official Music Video ) Uploaded on Dec 12, 2011 This song was created to enter the Supply and Demand Video Contest sponsored by Fayetteville State University's Hackley Endowment. We are students at Shimer College and Northwestern University. Made by: Dorian Electra & Neil Lokken Music by: Matt Kawahara Special Thanks: Lynn Hong, Bryan Maddox, Robin Babb, Allison Savage, Allon Libermann, Rachel Davison. LYRICS: Yo. We got it 4 cheap And we're tryin to be supplyin So we got to compete. OH. And we try to understand The laws we all cant help but follow called: SUPPLY AND DEMAND If I'm sellin somethin Here's what I got to know To ensure my sales be bumpin If we raise the price, fewer people be buyin If we push that price down low, customers be multiplyin It's not to simple just to sell it for cheap You got to cover your costs Ya tryna make ends meet Say we were forced to keep our price way down. LOW Our goods become more scarce become the talk of the town. OH If the law won't let us respond in turn by raising our money PRICE Then our lovely customers will have to pay the price in non- monetary costs such as waitin in line On day when you could be HUSTLIN and now you wastin yo time So when the prices are fixed costs remain, don't fall for tricks That extra cost don't disappear It just shift from here to here You got dem long long lines? Wait a sec, shorty, that ain't right UHM. SHORTY DAT LOOK LIKE A SHORTAGE SHORTY, SHORTY DAT LOOK LIKE A SHORTAGE Ooo. When dat price so low So they be rushin to da store tramplin one another to DA FLOOR uh Ya get it? It's about supply and demand. Ya get it? Yyeeaaaaaaaaahhhhh Yes sir, sir yes, what about a surplus? Yes sir, sir yes, what about a surplus? When you got leftover GOODS on your HANDS Cos the quantity supplied exceeds the quantity demanded Yo. We got it 4 cheap And we're tryin to be supplyin So we got to compete. OH And we try to understand The laws we all cant help but follow called: SUPPLY AND DEMAND
73. Social justice through parody NWP Albert is an Economics teacher at Locke High School in the Watts area of South LA and member of the UCLA Writing Project, shown here describing a lesson plan he created for students to engage with social issues through parody and activism by using some of the media examples he found on the By Any Media Necessary web resource. He talks about moving beyond concepts of supply and demand by infusing his economics classes with social justice themes that students are receptive to, and talks about how part of his course asks students to think about the implications of globalization on poverty. He explains his process of looking through media examples on the site that discuss social issues through parody, draws inspiration from a DREAMer video that speaks to healthcare for millions of undocumented immigrants, and talks about using these kinds of videos as a springboard to bring to light these and other social issues. Connecting it to his lesson plan, he will have students create a parody around a social issue they choose, helping them to think about what they can do with the current situation, spaces, and resources they have.
74. Coders Early Love For Technology | American Express | #PassionProject
76. Get Lit: WHAT DO THE TEACHERS THINK?
77. Vote NO on Prop 8
78. Liberty in North Korea: Rescue Campaign
79. Rebel Music: Native America | Frank Waln Performs "My Stone"
80. Why We Rise
81. Get Lit: WHAT IS A BLITZ?
82. Get Lit Promo PBS Video
83. Rebel Music: Native America | Official Trailer
84. Chow Down (at Chick-fil-A)
86. Statement and poem by Kathy Jetnil-Kijiner, Climate Summit 2014 - Opening Ceremony
87. Protest songs and images NWP Kate is a 10th grade Language Arts teacher at Locke High School in the Watts area of South LA and member of the UCLA Writing Project, shown here discussing the lesson plan she created on different vehicles of protest as a response to trauma, drawing inspiration from examples of protest songs, spreadable image and hashtag campaigns, and internet memes. She talks about expanding on traditional notions of civic engagement so that students can engage peers and their communities in ways that are meaningful to them, and also discusses figuring out how to navigate privacy and safety when working with images or videos of her students, sharing various levels of “publicness” that can be achieved through creative lesson planning. At the end of this clip, Kate emphasizes the importance of scaffolding, modeling, and having students practice these kinds of civic engagement, so that they can develop their voices as well as strategies to advocate for themselves and their communities, and learn ways to participate civically.
88. Raise Up - Get Lit Players Raise Up - by Get Lit Players. Youth Speaks, in collaboration with the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts Millennium Stage, present an evening to celebrate the winners of the national spoken word competition designed to foster discussion among young people and adults about the challenges and opportunities students face as they strive to stay on the path to graduation. Hosted by D.C. hip-hop artist Gabriel “Asheru” Benn, the program will feature performances from each of the five winners, plus an appearance by DJ Questlove and Black Thought, NPR’s Glynn Washington, and Hill Harper. The RAISE Up project is part of American Graduate - Let's Make It Happen! - a public media initiative to address the drop out crisis, supported by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.
89. "By Any Sweets Necessary" by Luke Tailor {The Bigger Picture} Sacramento-based MC Luke Tailor’s addictive diet follows him everywhere he goes - in school, at the park, even the emergency room - but what Luke doesn’t know is how such an unhealthy high-sugar diet can lead to serious chronic illnesses like type 2 diabetes. Watch Luke’s diet catch up to him in this new music video for the Bigger Picture, “By Any Sweets Necessary.” Directed by Jamie DeWolf and edited by Kevin Holmes.Download Luke Tailor’s music here:http://Luketailor.bandcamp.comhttp://www.soundcloud.com/Luke-TailorThe Bigger Picture is a collaboration between Youth Speaks and UCSF’s Center for Vulnerable Populations. Follow us:http://www.twitter.com/BigPicCampaignhttp://www.instagram.com/BigPicCampaignhttp://www.thebiggerpicture.org
90. Get Lit Player Emerita Maia Mayor performing her original poem "Perfect"
91. The Black Beavers [Spoken Word] - UCLA Black Bruins Response
92. Cathy Cohen, Ph.D., Challenges Voter ID Laws
93. I Too Am Harvad: MSNBC Segment w Interviews
94. Rachel Rostad - "To JK Rowling, from Cho Chang" (CUPSI 2013 Finals)
95. But we're speaking Japanese!　日本語喋ってるんだけど
96. "The Drop In" (Raise Up Project)
97. Bringing the Noise '15 - Ryan
98. Race & Higher Education - HANGOUT with us, #ITooAmHarvard, #BBUM, and the UCLA Black Bruins TODAY!
99. Response To Critiques of "To JK Rowling, From Cho Chang"
100. A Quick Guide to Understanding Immigration Reform
101. Bringing the Noise '15 - Connor
102. Bringing the Noise '15 - Sarah
103. #AfterTheHashTag - Race on College Campuses
104. Rachel Rostad - "Names" (NPS 2013)
105. Crisis of Distrust: Police and Community in Toronto A Policing Literacy Initiative Production. This documentary explores the issue of 'carding' in Toronto and distrust between police and community. Featuring Deputy Chief Peter Sloly of the Toronto Police Service, Jim Rankin of the Toronto Star Dr. Scot Wortley of University of Toronto, Gary Newman of Breaking the Cycle, Noa Mendelsohn Aviv of the Canadian Civil Liberties Association, and members of the Policing Literacy Initiative, among others.
106. Teaching Teachers NWP Nicole Mirra, teacher educator, scholar, and member of the UCLA Writing Project, talks about encouraging pre-service teachers to incorporate the teaching of civic and media literacy skills in their classrooms. Using examples from the BAM resource and through sharing her lesson planning and scaffolding documents and processes, she demonstrates how she incorporates these themes in her own teaching. She also makes the case for the value of this kind of work and connects these practices to common core state and national standards.
107. The Raise Up Project: RaiseUpProject.org http://www.raiseupproject.org/Raise Up is an online hip hop and spoken word competition for youth ages 15-22. Youth who enter are asked to speak on the national high school drop out crisis. Five individual winners will each receive a $5,000 educational scholarship and a trip to Washington DC to perform at the Kennedy Center on September 28. One group piece will also be selected to receive a $2,500 award. #RaiseYourVoice & #RaiseTheRate at RaiseUpProject.org Follow us @RaiseUpProject on Twitter, Instagram & Facebook
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110. The complete package NWP Albert is an Economics teacher at Locke High School in the Watts area of South LA and member of the UCLA Writing Project, shown here talking about various ways he could incorporate the digital media examples, workshops, conversation starters, and media making resources he found through the By Any Media Necessary (BAM) web resource into his lessons and curriculum. Speaking from experience as a teacher who already seeks to incorporate creative use of digital media into this classrooms, he also talks about how different aspects of the BAM resource can help students think even more critically and engage with creative and maker practices that they are passionate about.
111. "Brown VS. Board of Education" by Brandon Santiago (Raise Up Project)
114. Standards and Cellphones NWP Kate is a 10th grade Language Arts teacher at Locke High School in the Watts area of South LA and member of the UCLA Writing Project, shown here discussing administrative and structural barriers to working with cellphones and other kinds of digital media and technology in classrooms, and ways to legitimize and work around barriers to doing this kind of work for teachers at her school and elsewhere.
115. Get Lit Promo 2013 Video
116. Bringing the Noise '15 - Caitlyn
118. California Teens Demand a Plan to End Violence
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Nerdfighters
About
The Nerdfighters are an online community of young people that coalesced around the YouTube channel of the “VlogBrothers,” John and Hank Green. John Green is a best-selling young adult author and Hank Green is a musician and entrepreneur, and both engage in a wide variety of online educational projects. Since 2007, the two brothers (inspired by video artist Ze Frank) have uploaded two to three videos a week to their YouTube vlog (video-blog) channel. Their topics range widely, from “How to make friends,” to “Revolution in Egypt: a 4-minute introduction.”
The name Nerdfighters refers to the predominantly young followers of the VlogBrothers. As the brothers’ YouTube vlog became increasingly popular, the brothers’ followers adopted the term to describe themselves, and the VlogBrothers since address many of their vlogs to Nerdfighters or “Nerdfighteria.” Over time, Nerdfighters came to exist as a community, coalescing mostly online, on YouTube, Tumblr or on Facebook group pages, but also face-to-face, in meet-ups of informal local groups. The Nerdfighter community has reached significant proportions—the average Vlogbrother video is viewed over 400,000 times. In the yearly “Nerdfighteria census” of 2014, conducted by the Vlogbrothers, over 100,000 Nerdfighters participated. The “barriers of entry” to Nerdfighteria are kept low. As the VlogBrothers quip: “Am I too young / old / fat / skinny / weird / cool / nerdy / handsome /tall / dead to be a Nerdfighter? No!! If you want to be a Nerdfighter, you are a Nerdfighter.”
Nerdfighters pursue a shared social agenda, which they loosely define as “decreasing world suck.” As the VlogBrothers enigmatically define, “World Suck is kind of exactly what World Suck sounds like. It’s hard to quantify exactly, but, you know, it’s like, the amount of suck in the world.” This broad definition leaves much space for individual Nerdfighters to interpret what “World Suck” (and decreasing it) means to them, from being a good person or cheering up a friend, to collective acts that fit within existing definitions of civic engagement, such as donating money to charity or volunteering. For example, Nerdfighters are very active on Kiva.org, a non-profit organization enabling individuals to make small loans to people without access to traditional banking systems. The Nerdfighters also support Project for Awesome (P4A), an annual event in which members are encouraged to create videos about their favorite charity and non-profit organization and simultaneously post those on YouTube. In the 2013 P4A, Nerdfighters uploaded hundreds of videos and donated impressive amounts of money to the “Foundation to Decrease World Suck” (a non-profit created by the VlogBrothers). Nerdfighters could then vote on which charities should receive the donation (see this list of total grants they gave out in past years).
See Neta Kligler-Vilenchik's By Any Media Necessary Chapter, Decreasing World Suck, to learn more about the Nerdfighters and other groups who employ fan activism.
Those interested in learning more about Nerdfighters and how to get involved may contact Valerie Barr at valerie@nerdfighteria.com.
Contributed by Neta Kligler-Vilenchik on 9/29/14
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