North Central Troy

Here's an update at the end of Youth Media Sanctuary Project #1:

We have successful completed the first phase of our Youth Media Peer Training workshop at The Sanctuary for Independent Media. After beginning in the summer with initial research, script-development and pre-production activities, the local youth participants started their fall workshop schedule and produced seven short video portraits of their community. 

Our first day: Intro to script writing!

Shedding light on key issues effecting their lives, they've focused on violence, family, teen pregnancy, drug abuse, urban decay and poverty, and a need for health, safety and positive education.  They've opened up, many for the first time, to share their hopes and fears.  They've worked with Missing Link Street Ministries, and documented North Central Troy neighborhood sites.

Welcome, Youth Media Sanctuary!

The Sanctuary for Independent Media introduces Youth Media Sanctuary - a new community media peer-training program in North Central Troy.  The program teaches multimedia skills to young people (ages 15-25) in the neighborhood, helping to develop urgently needed independent local voices.

Check out these aspiring media makers in action:

^{Madena, learning shots with Ellie (Photo: Abby Lublin)}

^{Jonathan, Kayleara, and Diana checking footage of Hoosick Street  (Photo: Ellie Markovitch)}

^{Diana shooting from the Hoosick Street median  (Photo: Abby Lublin)}

REGISTER at: mediasanctuary.org/workshopregistration

For more info, or find out about scholarship opportunities,
e-mail workshops@MediaSanctuary.org or call (518) 272-2390

Participants will work as a team to create 3D prototypes using Second Life’s building tools and real time collaborative environment to re-imagine the direct urban environment of The Sanctuary in North Central Troy.  We will create a 3-D model of the block of 6th Ave. between Glen and 101st St.  

"Upstate Girls" from throughout the Capital Region share stories about the challenges in their lives, gathering with representatives of the institutions with which they are entwined—including the legal, educational, healthcare and penal systems—in response to award-winning photojournalist Brenda Ann Kenneally’s compelling work.

The Sanctuary will host a one day workshop to facilitate a dialogue between girls from the UPSTATE GIRLS exhibition, other young women growing up in the Capital Region, and the many agencies that can influence their efforts to break the cycle of post-industrial marginalization.

The day will begin with a tour of Brenda Ann Kenneally’s award winning photographs and responses to the work. We will continue with a scrapbook workshop facilitated by young women from the neighborhood, presentations by local change makers and breakout stations. The day will conclude with a final discussion with all participants.