Intro to Media Literacy Class

Continuing Education Class: Introduction to Media Literacy ($29/3 hrs)

Media has been called the central nervous system of our democracy, but is it well-functioning? Advertising invades our public schools, and television is the babysitter of choice for many parents. But what exactly are the messages we are receiving? Today, there are more channels then ever before for news, but are there common biases in all? Are some urgent discussions utterly absent? Do the public have a right of access to the airwaves we own? What's happened to local productions? Why are political ads so bad? Will blogging save us?

This class will help transform you from being a passive media consumer into a critical viewer and listener.
This class is suitable for teachers, parents, and ordinary citizens wanting to become media savvy.

Topics will be selected based on class need and current events, but may include hyper-commercialism, public service broadcasting, ownership, marketing to children, professional journalism, selling sex and violence, the image of women and minorites, free speech vs. the public interest, censorship and propaganda, how industrial PR manipulates the news, and the death of localism. Useful ideas will be presented about what citizens to change things.

Bill Huston is an independent producer of television and radio, and an activist for democratic, public-access media.

(Full Bio: home.stny.rr.com/bhuston )

Location:
Broome Community College

Cost: $29

Directions: Directions are here:
www.sunybroome.edu/aboutbcc/directions.html

Organizer: bhuston-AT-stny.rr.com

Ecumenical Discussion: Remedial Christianity

Rev. Sue Davis announces a new summer series - following the ecumenical discussions of the past three years that have been lively and meaningful to many of us. The basis is a book she highly recommends: "Remedial Christianity — What Every Believer Should Know about the Faith, but Probably Doesn't" by Rev. Dr. Paul Laughlin. Laughlin is an ordained minister, professor and chair of the department of religion and philosophy at Otterbein College.

Schedule of sessions: 10 Wednesday evenings, June 13 through August 22 (except July 4), from 6:30 to 8:30 pm. Place: First UMC Endicott. You may order the book, or purchase it on Amazon.com: $13.60 new or $7.95 used. Please call the church office to register: 748-7434. Come when you can, even if vacations or other obligations interrupt your attendance. There is no cost for the series.


Selective quotes from the Bible have been used to justify slavery, war, oppression of women, condemnation of homosexuals, exclusive nationalism. Whether you consider yourself a believer or not, you may be interested in a very different framework for Biblical understanding.

This series will introduce some of the methods of historical-critical scholarship in biblical and religious studies, "placing the scriptural heart of the faith in its true historical context."

It will explore Christian Theism, the basic theological model of traditional Christianity (as well as of Judaism and Islam), and its alternatives. (Did you know there are alternatives within Christianity?) We will study Jesus of Nazareth and the Origins of Christianity; the Christ of Faith within the History of Christianity; Sin and Human Nature in the Christian Tradition; Grace and Salvation within the Christian Tradition; The Church, and the Churches from Pentecost to the Parousia (Second Coming of Christ); and Alternative Christian Views, the World's Religions, and the Future of the Faith.

Location:
First United Methodist Church Endicott

Cost: Free

What's Up: Weekly Volunteer Meeting

Whats Up Magazine is a non-profit arts and social awareness street magazine. Whats Up is produced by volunteers and distributed on the streets of Boston (and sometimes beyond) by vendors in need of alternative income. We are always looking of contributors and volunteers in all capacities. Come to a weekly meeting or shoot us an email to get involved. Thanks!

Location:
23 Dartmouth St., South End, Boston

Directions: Orange line to Back Bay or Green line to Copley; walk down Dartmouth away from Copley (about a 5 min. walk)

Organizer:

URL: www.whatsupmagazine.org

Iralako jaiak Ekainak 8-17 Junio (Bilbo)

Gazteok egindako egitaraua:

Ekainak 8 ostirala
19:30 Konpartsen jeitsiera
20:00 Pregoia eta txupinazoa IROLA irratiaren eskutik (20. urteurrena)
16:00 (Auzoko eta inguruetako taldeen kontzertuak)JAM SESSION izarbeltz ateneoan
19:00 eten egingo da. 21:00 jarraituko du
21:00 Gazte Lokala zabalik egongo da

Ekainak 9 larunbata IROLA EGUNA
11:00 Irratia ezagutzeko aukera eta saiatu irratsaioa egiten
14:30 Bazkari herrikoia
17:00 Futbito txapelketaren final laurdenak
20:00 Irola rooling chessee
23:00 KONTZERTUAK
PIKUTARA LEHIOTIKAN
Txozna itxi baino lehen txokolatada irola txoznan

Ekainak 11 astelena
17:00 Hankapalu tailerra
18:00 Pleibaka + karaokea

Ekainak 12 asteartea
18:00 txalaparta tailerra gazte lokalean

Ekainak 15 ostirala GAZTE EGUNA
00:0 Gazte acampada + Mitologia
10:00 Gosaria + Merkatura bisita
12:00 Bazkari tailerra + Graffiti
14:30 Gazte bazkari herrikoia
16:00 Ipuin kontalariak
17:00 futbito semifinalak
18:00 Goitibera txapelketa
20:00 Elektro kalejira poteoa
23:00 KONTZERTUAK + BIDEOA
KISAP the TOASTERS

Ekainak 16 larunbata
14:30 Herri bazkaria
17:00 Futbito finala
20:00 futbito sari banaketa + luntxa
gazte lokalean
21:00 KONTZERTUA gazte lokalean
INSANITY FDLN

Location:

Survival Skills for Healthy Families

Location:
St. Louis Community College Florissant Valley TRIO Room