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Putting Powerful Tools
of Self-Directed Learning
Into the Hands of High School Students and Staff
The Producers' Project,
a not-for-profit education corporation, was established
in Summer of 2002 to provide student and teacher enrichment
and training programs that increase the effectiveness, relevance,
permanence and reach of education by blending academic inquiry
and discovery with marketable media skills and applications.
The
Producers' Project is currently seeking
funding to underwrite existing and future programming.
The objective of The Producers' Project programs is to deepen, enliven and add
real-world relevance to academic subjects. This is accomplished
by introducing students and teachers to the powerful tools
of production, presentation and self-directed learning that
are found in the creation of documentary films and websites.
• For Teachers: The Producers' Project provides professional development training
in production tools and their application to academics.
• For Students: The Producers' Project
provides access to new mediums (filmmaking and web production)
that enhance academic inquiry, discovery and demonstration.
By pairing successful professionals from a wide variety
of industries and academic areas with students and teachers,
The Producers' Project builds a framework
that bolsters teaching and learning and raises the bar for
results – demonstrating that classwork and fieldwork
do apply, and that their underlying principles and key findings
will be seen and heard.
Through a variety of in-school, after-school
and summer Producers' Project programs,
academic activities are strengthened by the addition of
co-teachers and contributing experts from the fields of:
• Publishing
• Broadcast
• Film
• Internet
These experts share their research, writing,
photography, web/video production and presentation skills
with students and teachers and assist them in the production
of a 10- to 30-minute documentary video and a vibrant, informative
website (including personal pages, activities, tests, contests
and teaching guides) that correspond with each course.
Each course’s website and documentary
– and the professional tools and methods used to create
them – serve to enrich student research, inquiry,
discovery, collaborative learning, leadership skills and
workforce readiness. Within this framework, and with these
deliverables in mind, The Producers' Project
also helps participants outreach to, work with, and interview
industry and academic experts from such fields as literature,
media literacy, current events, history, conflict resolution,
economics, space, geology and more. These experts provide
subject-level knowledge that fortifies the academic foundation
of each program.
In Summer 2002, in cooperation with the
Alternative
Superintendency of New York City’s Board of Education
and serving students recruited from their 72 high schools,
The Producers' Project piloted its program through
two accredited camps:
• English/Language
Arts: Finding Your Voice in an Age of Conflict
• Science:
Looking into Space
The results of the Summer pilot –
the documentaries “Media and the Truth” from
Finding Your Voice in an Age of Conflict and “Life
in Space” from Looking into Space, along with their
compendium websites (www.vergant.com/producers)
– provided concrete results related to the potential
academic achievements attainable through Producers' Project programming.
According to Maria Giacone, Director of
Instruction for the Alternative Superintendency, “The Producers' Project provided teachers and students
with many eye-opening moments. Through reflection and by
uncovering assumptions held, they were able to use tools
introduced through the program to think and learn critically
and creatively. The program provides a strong and innovative
framework for integrating the standards required for educational
excellence.”
According to Terry Born, principal of Robert
F. Wagner Jr. Secondary School for Arts and Technology,
home to The Producers' Project’s first summer
camp and fall programs: “The enthusiasm, from both
the staff and the students was infectious throughout the
school. The students were engaged in experiential learning,
and were talking about the program in such a way that students
and teachers not participating in the program wanted to
get involved.”
Details of the Summer ’02 programs
and their Screening/Wrap Parties are attached. If you are
interested in viewing the documentaries created during the
Summer 2002 pilot camps please contact Wendy Dubit at 212-463-9334
or wendy@vergant.com.
In
Fall 2002, The Producers' Project is
extending its offerings with concurrent programs for teachers
and students from within the New York City Alternative Superintendency.
In addition to academic courses, The Producers' Project
is providing professional development training to teachers
who are both participating in current Producers' Project
coursework and those interested in leading Producers'
Project courses in the future. Additionally, The
Producers’ Club will be launched in order
to provide additional and ongoing educational opportunities,
including invitations to such aligned events as the National
Book Foundation’s annual awards and information on
mentoring, internship and scholarship opportunities for
students.
Future plans include the establishment
of Producers' Project programs in numerous schools
throughout the New York City Public School system in 2003,
and replication of The Producers' Project to additional
cities in 2004. The following list illustrates some of the
academic tracks and after-school activities that The Producers' Project will encompass and enhance:
• English Language Arts
• Mathematics/Economics
• Science/Social Sciences
• History/Social Studies/Current Events
• Music/Art
• Foreign Language
• School newspapers, websites, speech and drama clubs
and more
While the program has been awarded preliminary
acceptance for a multi-year contract with the New York City
Board of Education and is currently being successfully piloted
through the Board of Education’s Alternative Superintendency
(with classrooms and some teacher support provided), additional
funding is needed to move The Producers' Project into
subsequent semesters and additional venues. Salaries, tools,
technology, overhead and administrative costs, although
kept to a minimum, must be covered.
The Producers' Project is currently seeking seed funding
and ongoing support in the form of tax-deductible contributions,
grants, program underwriting, sponsorships, and donations
of goods and services (including but not limited to computer
hardware and software; still and video camera equipment;
books, videos and research tools; studio time and documentary
distribution). Discussions with foundations, corporations,
organizations and additional educational agencies are underway.
Your personal and/or corporate involvement
is key to the success of The Producers' Project. And
we look forward to discussing it with you.
In addition to the founding team –
which includes corporate entrepreneurs Wendy Dubit, Yvette
DeBow and Barbara Frerichs, master staff developers John
Nassivera and Barbra Stoddard, consultants Gary Welz, Kim
Brizzolara, Susan Finley and an array of experts from the
fields of journalism, television and film – The
Producers' Project is seeking industry experts and leaders
to share their skills and to serve on our advisory board
and board of directors. An outline of current
initiatives, key player bios, and
sponsorship opportunities follows.
For every good reason, we hope you will
join us.
* The Producers' Project is a not-for-profit*
education corporation with 501(c)(3) in formation.
Via an accredited summer pilot in collaboration
with the Alternative Superintendency of New York City’s
Board of Education, The Producers' Project operated
two ten-day camps in which academic areas were bolstered
by the addition of and guest teachers from the fields of
publishing, broadcast and new media as well as by subject-level
experts. Learning from and working alongside such experts,
students and staff produced a vibrant website and a 10-minute
documentary to correspond with each course.
English
Language Arts: Finding your Voice in an Age of Conflict
June 24 - July 9, 2002. Based out of Robert F. Wagner Jr.
Secondary School for Arts and Technology in LIC, with field
trips to relevant sites and with a June 16 Wrap Party at
the AOL TW Screening Room.
In “Finding your Voice in an Age of Conflict,”
12 students from an array of Alternative High Schools examined
major local, national and global events as the backdrop
against which they found and expressed their own visions,
voices and viewpoints. Internationally renowned war photographer
Teun Voeten, whose memoir was published in Summer 2002,
co-taught the course along with master teachers Renee Drygg
and John Nassivera, documentary maker Diane Paragas of Civilian
Studios, web developer Dennis Crowley of Dodgeball.com,
and such guest experts as media dissector Danny Schechter,
NBC News director Mark Kusnetz, Peace of Mind producer Mark
Landsman, GNN.tv founder Josh Shore, and others. The results
are visible at www.vergant.com/producers
and via “Media and the Truth,”
a Producers' Project documentary available on CD-ROM
and VHS.
Science/Social
Science: Looking into Space
July 15 - July 26 2002. Based out of Edward A Reynolds West
Side High School in Manhattan, with field trips to relevant
sites, and with an August 1 Wrap Party at the AOL TW Screening
Room.
In “Looking Into Space,” 11
students from an array of Alternative High Schools explored
topics ranging from our environment on earth to life, art,
music, literature and business in space. Through successive
levels of inquiry and discovery from “My Space”
to “Outer Space,” students posed provocative
questions, conducted interviews and experiments, took field
trips and interfaced (live and via distance learning) with
such noted astrophysicists as “Invisible Universe”
author Fiorella Terenzi and Neil de Grasse Tyson of The
American Museum of Natural History. The course was taught
by Alternative Superintendency science/math lead teacher
John Nassivera with web developer Dennis Crowley of Dodgeball.com
and documentary maker Amy Lawday of Leftfield Pictures.
The results are visible at www.vergant.com/producers
and via “Life in Space,” a
Producers' Project documentary available on CD-ROM
and VHS.
This semester, from October 19 - January
25, and based out of Robert F. Wagner Jr. Secondary School
for Arts and Technology, The Producers' Project will
extend its offerings to include a two-month Professional
Development series for teachers who plan to implement Producers' Projects in their schools and classrooms, as well as two
accredited after-school student courses, which are described
below.
Math:
Easy as Pi?
From the math our bodies do on a moment-by-moment basis
to math’s leading role in areas ranging from navigation,
construction, technology, business and economy to art, music
and more, students will explore underlying and overarching
principles, and will choose an enticing math topic from
among the above as the focus of their own inquiry, discovery
and documentary. Depending upon the topic chosen and the
availability of speakers, guest experts might include Leon
Gruenbaum of Math Camp (lead man of the popular music group,
and an inventor of math-based musical instruments), Kevin
Jones of Math Boat (a software programmer who teaches math
via sailing), Ntiedo Etuk and Robert Clegg of Tabula Digita
(designers of math-based games and teaching tools), Gary
Welz (mathtermind and math video maker), and/or others.
Science:
The Interdependence of Life
How related are we, really? More than you might imagine.
It is said that what separates the DNA of man from other
species could fit on a floppy drive; while the elements
that make us same could not be contained on a mainframe.
And while it is said that “we are what we eat,”
we are even more so what we drink. (Think WATER!) After
a sometimes-surprising overview of inter-connectedness (personal,
environmental, evolutionary and more), students will choose
an area of passion to explore, experiment in, document and
present. Depending upon the topic chosen and the availability
of speakers, guest experts could include “Natural
History of the Senses” author Diane Ackerman, primatologist
Jane Goodall, musicologist David Rothenberg, and/or others.
The Producers' Project was created
by corporate entrepreneur Wendy Dubit,
whose numerous entertainment, non-profit, publishing and
new media initiatives – built under the Vergant brand
(www.vergant.com) and
for such companies as BMG, AOL, Pantone and The Council
on Economic Priorities – all carry a strong and central
educational thread. In 1997, Wendy founded HEAVEN: Helping
Educate, Activate, Volunteer and Empower via the Net. HEAVEN's
technology training programs taught web production, journalism
and leadership skills to NYC students and staff, won broad
industry support and significant contracts from the New
York City Board of Education, and were honored by ComputerWorld/Smithsonian
for their "visionary use of technology in education."
Prior to HEAVEN, Wendy was Director of Business Development
for The Hub (a joint venture of America Online and New Line
Cinema); worked with BMG to launch the Jim Henson Records
label, the music and video careers of Mary-Kate and Ashley
Olsen, and the “Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego”
audio line; served as founding editor of Wine Enthusiast
magazine; and wrote for and consulted to a variety of publications.
Through The Producers' Project, key skills from each
of these industries are harnessed to education – fostering
the creation and distribution of compelling Math, Science,
Social Studies and English Language Arts programming by
and for students and teachers.
Yvette DeBow. Yvette is
a New York-based Internet and Media consultant focusing
on the convergence of digital and traditional media and
its implications for children’s education. Most recently,
Yvette was Vice President, Marketing for 3Path, Inc., a
hosted Internet solution for the delivery of critical business
documents. In this role, she oversaw all marketing communications
and product development activities for the company. Prior
to joining 3Path, Yvette was an executive at Jupiter Communications,
a leading Internet economy research and advisory services
firm, for more than five years. She is also the President
of Women in New Media (WINM), a non-profit, volunteer driven,
educational and networking organization for professional
women in the new media industry; previously, she was chair
of WINM's community service committee and helped create
WINM’s scholarship program for college-bound high
school seniors, raising over $30,000 in its inaugural event.
Prior to joining Jupiter in January 1995, Yvette was a business
and technology journalist. In addition to Women in New Media,
Yvette has volunteered and financially supported organizations
involved in children’s education development, including
MOUSE, HEAVEN, the East Harlem Tutorial Program, and Paul
Robeson High School’s Virtual Enterprise program.
Barbara Frerichs. Barbara
is President of Lion Marketing, Inc., which specializes
in building strategic partnerships for companies and causes.
A noted author and entrepreneur, Barbara is also an eCommerce
pioneer with a strong background in finance and technology.
She has consulted with a number of technology and content
companies on strategic marketing; has played roles ranging
from interim chief operating officer to advisory board member;
and has been responsible for raising more than $35 million
in capital for early-stage businesses and non-profit organizations.
Prior to her consulting work, Barbara founded ReadUSA.com,
where she pioneered the first online interactive transaction
sites with partners such as America Online, CompuServe,
Prodigy and others. She served as CEO and president of ReadUSA.com
for seven years. Currently she is also involved in several
publishing and media projects and is active in business-related
associations and several charitable organizations, among
them, the City Parks Foundation, Women in New Media and
The Producers' Project.
Kim Brizzolara. In addition
to her extensive experience as a private investment manager,
Kim is co-chair of Hampton's International
Film Festival, Films of Conflict & Resolution, where
she oversees an international advisory board in the development
and production of a juried section of films from conflict
zones of the world. She is also involved with the festival’s
Science in Films section, and works with Children’s
Media Project to facilitate student participation in the
festival. She has also served as a grantsmaker for the Threshold
Foundation, where she designated funds to non-profit organizations
that focus on peace and national security issues; as acting
director of the Coexistence Center at Baruch College School
of Public Affairs, which focuses on conflict resolution,
race relations, ethnic diversity and equity in the academic
environment and in the community; as conference coordinator
for Economists Allied for Arms Reduction and the Robert
F. Kennedy Memorial Center for Human Rights; as a campaign
organizer for Mario Cuomo, David Dinkins and Michael Dukakis;
as author of numerous policy and position papers, grants
proposals and freelance articles; and as a reporter for
East Side Express and The Philadelphia Inquirer.
Susan Finley. An award-winning
new media designer, screenwriter and film producer and the
founder of Rhinoceros Presentations, Inc., Susan Finley
will be spearheading The Producers’ Club,
which will offer ongoing skills and subject-level development
for student and teacher participants of The Producers'
Project. For her Masters thesis at NYU's Interactive
Telecommunication Program, Susan Finley created THE LIZZYS
(www.lizzys.com) --
an animated CD-ROM for kids about coping with the process
of growing up. It won the school's award for "Pioneering
Work in Interactive Media" as well as awards from the
Milia Festival in Cannes and The New Voices, New Visions
Contest and a commission from the Education Department of
the National Gallery of Art, which was featured in USA Today,
CNN and Yahooligans. Susan also co-authored the film THE
FIRST TIME for New Line Cinema, was Script Consultant for
the movies WALL STREET for 20th Century Fox, and IRON AND
SILK for Miramax, and is currently Co-Producing INTERSTELLAR
PIG with Nickelodeon Movies for Paramount. She wrote and
co-designed OCEAN VOYAGER, an award-winning adventure game
about the ocean for the Smithsonian's Ocean Planet Exhibit;
and "HI, IT'S ME," an interactive exhibit for
kids featuring AT&T Lab's newest technology at the Tech
Museum in San Jose, CA. Susan has also written and/or produced
for numerous educational websites, including Zillions (Consumer
Reports for Kids), Sesame Workshop and The College Board.
Barbra Stoddard. As founder
and president of Stoddard Tech Tactics, Barbra
is a consultant and trainer with deep and long expertise
in analyzing, planning, implementing, assessing and evaluating
technology and education initiatives. From 1995 - 2000,
she worked in increasingly broad capacities for Edison Schools
Inc., first as Technology Director of the Boston Renaissance
Charter School, for which she created, implemented and supported
the educational technology program; later as Director of
Educational Technology for schools across the country, where
she was responsible for the hiring, training and support
of school technology directors and conducted on-site reviews
of technology personnel, programs, and plans; and most recently
as Vice President of Start-Up School Technology, where she
managed the hiring and training of first-year school technology
directors, planned and coordinated training institutes and
conferences, and provided mentoring and ongoing professional
development and support. Prior to this, Barbra served as
Technology Specialist for Falls Church City Schools, where
she coordinated the computer curriculum and collaborated
with the Department of Education on model teaching projects.
Barbra is a frequent presenter at educational conferences
and forums and is widely published in educational journals.
John Nassivera. John is
an educator with more than 15 years of experience as a staff
developer, teacher, educational consultant, and curriculum
developer. He has a special expertise in high school science
education as well as the training of teachers. John has
worked with universities and school districts to integrate
the research and resources of informal learning centers
(e.g., American Museum of Natural History and The New York
Botanical Garden) into the curriculum of secondary science
classrooms and has written and directed the implementation
of grants to fund the training of teachers, design of curriculum
and the implementation of special educational opportunities
for high school students in informal learning settings.
He has designed curricula for secondary science classrooms
for the New York City Board of Education, where he has provided
teacher training for the past five years. For the past four
years, John has been an Adjunct Lecturer in Science Education
at Lehman College, Hunter College and City College of the
City University of New York.
Renee Drygg. Artist, technologist
and teacher Renee Drygg has a long and accomplished career
in arts and technology education and integration. She is
currently Technology Coordinator at Robert F. Wagner, Jr.
Secondary School for Arts and Technology, where she oversees
sophisticated computer, video editing and distance learning
facilities and networks; designs and maintains the school’s
www.rfwagnerjr.org
website, teaches computer arts and manages innovative initiatives
with such community partners as The Producers' Project,
New Visions for Public Schools and MOUSE. She has also taught
basic, advanced and interactive math; media literacy; and
an array of art and art appreciation classes both at R.
F. Wagner and at the community college level. Her solo and
group art exhibitions have appeared in locales ranging from
Allgirls Gallery in Berlin to The Museum of Contemporary
Art in Chicago, and articles about her work have appeared
in The Chicago Tribune, The Chicago Reader, The New Art
Examiner and elsewhere.
Dennis Crowley. Webmaster
extraordinaire and fluent in such languages as HTML, ASP/VBScript,
WAP/WML/HDML/cHTML, dHTML & CSS, BuddyScript, Javascript,
and vXML/XML, Dennis is the founder and
lead developer of Dodgeball.com – a network of city
guide products built around the concept of user-generated
content. He has developed applications for the web, internet-enabled
mobile phones, Palm /PocketPC organizers, instant messenger
clients, and IVR/voice response networks. Previously, Dennis
was a member of the product development team at Vindigo
– the leading developer of personal navigation applications
for wireless and mobile devices – where he shaped
user experience of and defined UI and functionality changes
for both Palm OS and WAP-enabled products. Dennis also served
as Senior Producer/Web Production Manager for Jupiter Communications,
where he acted as project manager for front-end design and
production of Jupiter's website and was responsible for
the production and maintenance of all online content and
deliverables.
Gary Welz. Gary has over
20 years of experience in education and media as a teacher,
writer, speaker, producer, consultant and journalist. He
has special expertise in science and mathematics education
as well as digital media production, asset management and
distribution. For 12 years, Gary was an Adjunct Lecturer
in Mathematics at John Jay College and Lehman College of
the City University of New York. He taught Calculus at the
Barnard School in New York and he has also taught basic
multimedia authoring classes at various levels. Gary is
the author of many conference papers and trade press articles
about the development of the media industry on the Internet
and multimedia technologies. In 1991, with support from
the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, he conceived and authored
a business plan for a television network for scientists
and engineers. As founder of Science Television, he produced
and directed video lectures by several well-known mathematicians.
The American Mathematical Society distributes these tapes.
Co-Teachers and Mentors for The
Producers' Project Include:
Teun Voeten, (http://www.teunvoeten.com/),
reporter/correspondent who has extensively photographed
war-torn Bosnia, Rwanda, Afghanistan, Sierra Leone and the
Sudan, and whose memoir, “How De Body: One Man’s
Terrifying Experience in Sierra Leone,” will be published
this summer.
Danny Schechter, MediaChannel
(http://www.mediachannel.org/)
founder and executive editor Danny Schechter is also a founder
and Vice President/Executive Producer of Globalvision, Inc.,
an award-winning media company formed in l987.
Marc Kusnetz, For more
than 20 years, Marc Kusnetz has been a producer for NBC’s
Nightly News.
Geo Geller, artist and
videographer whose works include “Framing New York,”
“Random Place” and extensive tapings at Half
King literary readings and Cornelia Street Café’s
Science Sundays.
Diane Paragas is a writer/producer/director
of award-winning international television documentaries
and commercials. Diane began her career in advertising and
eventually broke into television at MTV in 1995 to help
launch MTV Networks in Asia.
Mark Landsman has taught
video production in New York City public schools and is
an independent filmmaker whose recent work centers around
youth culture. He is the producer and director of PEACE
OF MIND, the first documentary to be jointly produced with
a group of Palestinian and Israeli teenagers. The film won
an Audience Award for Best Documentary at the 1999 Hamptons
International Film Festival and was presented on the ABC
News program, "Nightline."
Josh Shore, a television
producer and brand strategist, is co-founder of Guerilla
News Network (www.gnn.tv). Josh, along with his partner,
Stephen Marshall created gnn.tv to provide an alternative
distribution channel to showcase under-reported news and
events from around the world. Their most recent documentary,
Crack the CIA was an award winner at the 2002 Sundance On-Line
Film Festival in the live action category.
Dr. Neil de Grasse Tyson
is the first occupant of the Frederick P. Rose Directorship
of the Hayden Planetarium. Tyson's professional research
interests include star formation, exploding stars, dwarf
galaxies, and the structure of our Milky Way. Tyson's recent
books include a memoir The Sky is Not the Limit: Adventures
of an Urban Astrophysicist.
Fiorella Terenzi, (www.fiorella.com)
– PhD astrophysicist and author/producer of “Heavenly
Knowledge” (HarperCollins/Avon Books), “Invisible
Universe” (best-selling Voyager CD-ROM) and “Music
from the Galaxies” (an Island Records/Polygram album
based on Fiorella’s acoustic astronomy research).
And Many More….
The Producers' Project relies upon program sponsorship
and underwriting, charitable contributions, education contracts
and government grants to operate its education program and
web and video productions. The Producers' Project’s
plans to build and expand a replicable model will only be
possible through the generous support of individuals, corporations
and foundations.
Through sponsorship of The Producers' Project, you will be seeding a unique educational, motivational
and workforce development program that will enrich young
lives and provide the foundation for a national and international
program.
In addition to grants, corporate sponsorship
and charitable contributions, The Producers' Project
is seeking nominees for our board of advisors and volunteers
who can share their skills, serve as mentors, host field
trips and interns and help seed our scholarship program.
In addition to the specific sponsor opportunities
listed below, The Producers' Project is interested
in pursing individual and corporate tax-deductible contributions
that will be used to develop, manage and expand our professional
development and student programming. For more information,
please contact Wendy Dubit at 212.463-9334.
Fall 2002 Producers' Project Packages
Include:
Title Sponsors:
Diamond Star: $50,000
Underwrites all Fall 2002 student programming. Name above
the Title of Websites and Documentaries
produced in Fall 2002 or Spring 2003
Platinum Star: $25,000
Underwrites one student course in the Fall of 2002. Name
below the Title of all
Websites and Documentaries produced in Fall 2002 or Spring
2003
Gold Star: $12,500
Underwrites a portion of a student course. Name below
the Title of any one Website and Documentary
produced in Fall 2002 or Spring 2003
Title Sponsors will receive prominent mention
in all prepared collateral material (including press releases),
as well as significant recognition at:
• The Producers' Project Wrap Parties**
• The Producers' Project organization Website
Contributing Sponsors:
Silver Star: $10,000
Bronze Star: $5,000
Co-Star: $2,500
Underwrites a portion of student courses
produce in the Fall 2002 or Spring 2003. Contributing Sponsors
will receive suitable recognition at all Producers' Project
Promotional Events, including Producers' Project
Wrap Parties** and The Producers' Project
organization Website.
Producers’ Pack Sponsors:
$5,000 plus donations of applicable gear
Examples of Producers’ Pack
Camp gear:
• Coursebooks (minimum quantity: 50 per book)
• Co-Branded Backpacks/Messenger bags (minimum quantity:
50)
• Co-Branded T-Shirts Hats (minimum quantity: 50)
• Digital equipment, software & supplies (computers,
scanners, video recorders, cameras, film, software)
• Workbooks (minimum quantity: 50)
• Complimentary or discounted passes to cultural institutions,
film screenings, theatrical productions and more (minimum
quantity: 50 per pass)
**Summer 2002 Producers' Project Wrap Parties, both
held at AOL Time Warner’s 75 Rockefeller Plaza screening
room, took place approximately one week after the conclusion
of each Camp. Teacher, mentors, students, family members,
friends, contributors, industry and academic experts, press
and special guests were invited to celebrate the achievements
of the students. Both Wrap Parties included overviews of
the program and websites, presentations of the documentary
films and question-and-answer sessions with The
Producers. They provided ample opportunity to meet
and mingle with the pioneering students, teachers and mentors
of The Producers' Project and to get first-hand accounts
of this innovative and exciting program. A similar screening
of both pilot program documentaries will be held this Fall,
while documentaries made in Fall 2002 will be screened in
January of 2003.
For every good reason, and because
youth are 30% of our present population but 100% of our
future, we hope you will join us!!!
*The Producers' Project is a not-for-profit corporation
with 501(c)(3) in formation. Contributions of all forms
are tax-deductible to the extent allowed by law, with checks,
made payable to The Producers' Project, sent to the
address below.
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