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** Community Media Needs Your Support in 2005 ** |
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In This Issue:
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December 2004 / Year-End Donor Appeal
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PUBLIC ACCESS TELEVISION ~ A viable resource for social change
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DONATE NOW FOR ACCESS! ~ Groundspring.org provides online, secure credit card donation service
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SHOP ONLINE FOR ACCESS! ~ Wellspent.org provides socially responsible shopping portal
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Dear Friend of Community Media:
Can you imagine a scenario whereby access to the tools of media and
television can make a difference in the lives of San Franciscans?
We certainly do at Access SF/Cable Channel 29. It is part and parcel of
our daily work as the City's designated, non-profit manager of public
access television.
Take the story of Brotha Clint, one of San Francisco’s most committed youth advocates:
Earlier this year, Brotha Clint approached Access SF to collaborate on
a training program involving a group of young, African American males
from the Hunters Point/Bay View neighborhood. For the station, our
in-house staff provided NO-COST training in i-Movie and related digital
production. At Access SF, Brotha Clint's youth team was exposed to a
state-of-the-art television environment, media literacy tools, field
production principles and more.
In recounting the collaboration, Access SF's Executive Director, Zane
Blaney shares a powerful anecdote that helps to frame the urgency that
surrounds community media training and partnerships. He states,
“According to Brotha Clint, one of his youth participants had been
offered the chance to start selling drugs on the same day he was
offered the chance to get involved with making a video at public
access. He chose to make video.”
In a letter to Access SF, Brotha Clint writes, “Thank you for the
support of the young men here in San Francisco who are attempting to
free themselves from the cycles of violence that have permeated our
most precious resource, their minds.” He continues, “My team is now
prepared to embark upon this fantastic voyage called television
production, thanks to the dedication and professionalism of Access
SF/Cable 29.”
For our part, the station is grateful to Brotha Clint for the
opportunity to collaborate in such a meaningful way and to demonstrate
HOW PUBLIC ACCESS TELEVISION IS A VIABLE RESOURCE FOR SOCIAL CHANGE.
His is just one of so many life-changing stories that unfold at public
access throughout the year.
In 2005, Access SF is gearing up for one its greatest challenges to
date - San Francisco's renewal of its cable franchise with Comcast
Cable. In this pivotal year of impending change, every dollar counts;
and your support helps send a message to Comcast that you see value in
the important services we provide.
Won't you consider helping Access SF build a sustainable future for
community media that benefits all San Franciscans? Please take a moment
to review the below options for making a year-end gift in support of
public access television.
Thank you, in advance, for your vote of confidence and your faith in
the transformative power of community media. We are the vehicle for
your stories, and to be sure, storytellers hold the keys to the future.
With kind regards,
--
Marc G. Smolowitz
Access SF / Cable Channel 29 Development
Direct: 415-575-4947
marc@accessf.org
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Access SF is funded, in part, through cable operator grants
administered by DTIS, the Department of Telecommunications &
Information Services of the City & County of San Francisco. We
gratefully acknowledge the Access SF membership for their support and
the following agencies for grants that contributed to our work in
'03-'04: the Cable Positive Tony Cox Community Fund; CTCNet & the
Department of Health & Human Services, through the Connections For
Tomorrow Capacity Building Award.
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