Please join The Latino/a Youth Collective (LYC) and FIRME on Saturday, July 31, 2010 from 2 – 4 p.m. to celebrate the culmination of the 3rd annual Campecine Youth Academy (CYA). Youth will share their summer experience through film, testimonios and music. Audience participants will view youth produced Issue-Mations and Varriomentaries on social issues including gender roles, teen pregnancy, domestic violence, sexual identity and more! Light refreshments will be served.

CYA is a six-week program that trains youth in action research utilizing new media technology. The program employed 38 youth for 20 hours a week and engaged students in a process called Youth Participatory Action Research, a process that engages young people in (1) identifying a community issue of concern to them, and (2) investigating its causes and potential solutions through the use of advanced media technology and inquiry methods. Youth then use the results for education and community action. This is a free event open to the public.

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