media and human rights

if you're interested, there is a teacher training institute sponsored by youth views and the human rights watch coming up next month that will "offer teachers the opportunity to engage with filmmakers, human rights researchers and educational media experts to learn about available resources and how to integrate independent documentaries and human rights curricula in the classroom."
the deadline for participation has been extended until october 21st.

for more information, goto: http://www.listenup.org/newsblog/archives/000651.html
and here: http://www.pbs.org/pov/utils/youthviews_instit_app.html

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http://www.listenup.org/newsblog/archives/cat_events.html