" Mr.S.
By visiting
http://www. The standards-
based lesson plans and teacher guides will be available free online.
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The MBC is currently designing supplementary lesson plans and teacher
guides that will meet national educational standards and that will facilitate
the integration
of select programs into existing curricula. Barone
Network
-- The Documentary Institute
-- CBS News -- Clarice Durham
-- CNN -- Abigail Ginzberg
-- Georgia Public Television
-- Kupcinet Productions
-- WABC (New York, NY) -- Judith McCray
-- WSVN (Miami, FL) -- University of Alabama
-- WMAQ (Chicago, IL)
-- Iverson White
-- WSFA (Montgomery, AL)
-- WTTW (Chicago, IL)
With the mission of preserving important radio and TV programs, the MBC
seeks to maximize
the influence of its collection and use digital content in
service of Illinois' economic, educational
, and cultural development.
The Museum's complete Civil Rights collection of over 450 programs
will be
available for listening and viewing in the Media Cafe of the new MBC,
scheduled to open
in 2006 at State and Kinzie in Chicago.aclu explain
In
addition, many of the programs trace the influence and
accomplishments of the
Movement's leaders, including Rosa Parks, Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr
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HONOR by Paul Rusesabagina, the former hotel
manager who
sheltered about 1000 people at the Hotel des Milles
Collines in Kigali
, Rwanda, played by Don Cheadle in the
film.
For more information, please visit http:
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The online Civil Rights collection, which feature dramatic reenactments,
historical
news footage, and testimonies, cover a broad range of themes that
can align with a variety of subjects
, including history, social studies,
language arts, and literature, as well as tolerance, anti-bias
, and
multicultural education.slate ugly
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S. West Hollywood recently joined efforts to call
attention
to the problem of AIDS in Africa. CHICAGO, From the sight of barking dogs in Alabama
to the sounds
of protest songs in Mississippi, the American Civil Rights
Movement is brought to life for students
and teachers through an online
educational project by The Museum of Broadcast Communications (MBC
).
The Museum of Broadcast Communications is one of three broadcast museums
in the United States
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Sites in other languages should be submitted to the
appropriate World subcategory.
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Supported
by The Oprah
Winfrey Foundation, the project features a searchable database and on-demand
video
and audio programs that can compliment textbooks and print material.injustices liberties
m. Contributing members, who granted
permission to the MBC to
use materials for educational purposes, include:
Networks/ Stations
Producers/ Individuals
-- Arkansas Educational Television -- Constance
B.This category is for sites on human rights related news and media.
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The City has led
the
fight to prohibit discrimination against Gay, Lesbian,
Bisexual and Transgender (GLBT) persons
. In recent
years, West Hollywood has received a lot of national media
attention
for the City Council's leadership in the protection
of animals. In addition to preserving
history, the new MBC will
also conserve energy and is committed to being the first public museum
in the
nation to achieve a LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Gold
certification
from the U.
Websites submitted here must be human rights related and in
English.
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WHEN:
Sunday, February 27, 2005
4 p.Museum. Television played a significant role in this important
American story," said MBC Founder and President Bruce DuMont.TV .
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Calendar Editors
/Business Editors/Entertainment Editors
REMINDER.
WHO: Leonardo di Caprio; Al Pacino; Danny
Glover; Martin Landau;
Harrison Ford; Jake Gyllenhaal; Ed Harris; Julie Delpy; Mira
Sorvino; Anjelica Huston; Khandi Alexander; Ellen Burstyn;
Rebecca De Mornay; members
of the West Hollywood City Council
and many celebrities and prominent leaders.
The
programs also include: extensive on-air appearances by Harold
Washington, Chicago's first African
-American mayor, including the 1983 mayoral
debates.urgent campaigning
Although the City of West Hollywood is less than
two-square miles, its impact on the public policy agenda in
the U.TV (click on
Education/ Resources), teachers
and students statewide can see and hear 215 television and radio
programs
documenting the struggle for civil rights in America online.chomsky tortured
West Hollywood was
one of the first cities in the U. for the last twenty years has been unprecedented and
it
will continue to have an impact for many years to come.
These programs highlight dramatic events
and include personal accounts
describing life before, during, and after the 1960s Civil Rights Movement
. They also include the landmark Destination Freedom radio series.chomsky ngo
to
protest apartheid in
South Africa and prohibit doing business
with companies that had ties to the country.,
Malcolm
X, and Reverend Jesse Jackson. "By providing
free, on-demand access to 215 Civil Rights programs
, the MBC offers this
extensive collection of primary source materials for teachers and students
--
all at one's fingertips.aclu chomsky
The event, described as the "party with a
purpose," focuses
on human and civil rights, while honoring
creative excellence.Museum.plight tortured
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WHAT:
The City of West Hollywood, one of the most
socially-conscious cities in the country, and
the Lee
Strasberg Film and Theater Institute will honor "Hotel Rwanda"
Writer
/Director Terry George and Actor/Activist Martin Sheen
at the 3rd Annual Celebration of Artistic
Freedom Oscar Gala
and silent auction on Oscar Night, Sunday, February 27, 2005
at 4 p.m." It also has a large
Russian-speaking community, many of whom moved to this country
from the former Soviet Union to escape oppression.
urgent freedoms
For more than twenty
years
, West Hollywood has been a leader in the fight against
AIDS and has provided unprecedented
support to people with the
disease, including adopting one of the first laws in the
country to prohibit discrimination against people with HIV and
AIDS and providing much
needed funding to social service
agencies. Twenty years ago,
the City adopted
one of the first Domestic Partnership
Ordinances in the country and has continued to fight
for the
expansion of domestic partnership and gay marriage rights
nationally.
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REMINDER/Socially-Conscious City of West Hollywood to Co-Host Star-Studded Oscar Gala and Pay Tribute
to Academy-Award Nominated ``Hotel Rwanda'' Writer/Direct
West Hollywood has one of the strongest rent
control laws in the country, provides a large array of social
services to Seniors
and people with disabilities and has been
a strong advocate for a woman's right to choose
by proclaiming
itself a "Pro-Choice City.injustices plight
The Museum of Broadcast Communications Provides
Access to Powerful Sources Describing American Civil Rights Movement
The MBC has created
a free, web-based resource for K-12 teachers to use
when introducing students to civil rights history
.
"Students of the 21st century will have a greater understanding of the
civil rights struggle
of the 1960s when they see the powerful images that
defined the movement.oneworld tolerance
Proceeds from the viewing
party and
silent auction will benefit Amnesty International and the ACLU
Foundation
of Southern California. Martin Sheen will be presented with the Artist of
Conscience Award
for his unwavering commitment to equality
and dignity for all communities.
WHERE:
AGO Restaurant
8478 Melrose Avenue, West Hollywood
CONTACT:
Imee Gacad
, Public Information Officer
(323) 848-6431 (office/voicemail message center)
(323) 533-8900 (cell phone)
Editor's Note:
Since its incorporation in 1984, the
City of West
Hollywood has been at the forefront of civil rights, human
rights
and the struggle to help those who are less fortunate.slate tolerance
.
The Celebration for Artistic
Freedom will honor Terry George,
Writer/Director of the critically-lauded film "Hotel
Rwanda."
The documentaries and broadcast programs, which are part of the MBC's
media
archives, have been contributed by various networks, producers, and
copyright holders.pogue rights
at Robert
De Niro's West Hollywood restaurant AGO,
8478 Melrose Avenue.S.tortured liberties
A community sponsored library.
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