Gaining Ground

Exploring Our Potential to Create Positive Social Change

Let's explore together the power of sharing and creating media in creating positive social change.

Links
- Asian Arts Initiative Located in Philadelphia’s Chinatown Neighborhood, the non-profit organization, Asian Arts Initiative, fights hard to build community and promote art among Asian Americans and persons of color.
- Bia 2 Eclectic site for music and entertainment, serving the Iranian diaspora.
- Camp Ayandeh/Iranian Alliances Across Borders Camp Ayandeh is a youth leadership camp for Iranian American high schoolers held annually throughout the nation. Admirable community building initiative.
- Iranian.Com Updates about Iranian current events and happenings.
- Media Education Lab at Temple University The Media Education Lab at Temple University advances media literacy education through research and community service. We emphasize interdisciplinary scholarship and practice that stands at the intersections of communication, media studies and education.
- Messages in Motion “MIM offers participants the opportunity to produce short video postcards that communicate personal and social messages about their diverse life experiences.”
Watch videos at Vodpod and other videos from this collection.

This is so cool!

Posted by Aggie on August 5, 2009

This video is so cool! And is a great example of the aesthetic I want in our doc – kind of classic, kind of “Amelie”esque, hearkening to traditional Persian aesthetics but also bringing in this whole indie feel with rich colors and cartoon-esque characterizations. Something like Wes Anderson meets the Daughter of Lor…

Let’s make it happen Sara Zia and Niknaz

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