Tuesday, July 28, 2020

Standing Above the Clouds | PBS Short Film Festival

Check out this film: Standing Above the Clouds follows Native Hawaiian mother-daughter activists as they stand to protect their sacred mountain Mauna Kea from the building of the world’s largest telescope.
Standing Above the Clouds | PBS Short Film Festival

Monday, July 27, 2020

Poetry Reading: August 2020 - Poets & Pints

Excited to be invited to share some poetry at Poets and Pints by Cracked Walnut. Wednesday, August 19, 2020 at 7 PM – 10 PM CDT (8pm EDT, 5pm PDT, 2pm HST). And there is an open mic too!
Zoom Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81862003356?pwd=SzU5blluKzVkQ3dMZFpHOThjZzNCZz09
Host: Tony Plocido
Featuring:
Leah Fleming Megan Rose Gosney Frances Kai-Hwa Wang Roy Guzmán Glenn North (from KC, MO)
OPEN MIC SIGN-UP HERE (1 Poem - 2 minutes or less):
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/10Y_miT_TZHIV5UpUQTyw0WjYgTYO2Umy0dNVewMma3g/edit#gid=0
Facebook Events Page: (3) August 2020 - Poets & Pints

Media Trust Webinar Series for College Students - Society of Professional Journalists

Excited to be a part of this workshop series for college journalism students from Society of Professional Journalists. Thanks to Rod Hicks for inviting me. I'll be on the 8/4 panel
August 4, 2-3 p.m. ET • Register 
Improving coverage of communities of color
The Kerner Report in 1968 found news organizations had failed to meet the “legitimate” journalistic expectations of black citizens that their communities be fairly and thoroughly covered. Coverage still fails to depict a realistic picture of how people of color live their lives, with much of it focused on crime and an array of social and economic ills that afflict their communities. For decades, journalists of color have raised these issues and suggested ways to address them. Some newsroom managers finally appear to be listening.
Guests:
Katrice Hardy, Executive Editor, Indianapolis StarFrances Kai-Hwa Wang, journalist, essayist and speakerVenise Wagner, Journalism Professor, San Francisco State UniversityBryan Llenas, National Correspondent, Fox News Channel
More info and Register here

Media Trust Webinar Series for College Students - Society of Professional Journalists