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PO Box 35
Troy NY 12181
Thanks!
The bulk of our support comes from volunteer labor plus hundreds of small (and some large) individual donations. Thank you! We also receive contributions from these organizations:
The New York State Music Fund
The Stewart's Foundation
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It all happens at The Sanctuary for Independent Media on Friday, May 9, 2008 from 6 PM until... A $10 donation to help with ongoing renovations would be nice, but this is a party for you--give what you can, or nothing at all! Call (518) 272-2390, email info@MediaSanctuary.org, or visit www.MediaSanctuary.org for directions and more information. The Sanctuary for Independent Media is located at 3361 6th Avenue in North Troy. The tentative lineup includes: | ||
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REGISTRATION IS NOW CLOSED; THIS CLASS IS FULL! Join our mailing list to learn about our fall workshop series when it is announced. Just fill out the form at the top right!
"Digital Storytelling" is the last workshop in our spring 2008 "Be The Media!" series. It will take place a week from Sunday (on June 1) between 1 and 5 PM. This workshop will be taught by veteran NYC documentary makers and media educators Jen Wager and Devorah Hill. If you have a short story you want to tell, and have been wanting to learn simple digital tools to turn your photographs, writings, and/or video footage into a coherent and well-structured multimedia piece, then this workshop is for you! Love stories, s/hero stories, recovery stories, coming of age stories... everyone has a story to tell. Learn to tell yours with these techniques and make it look good. | ||
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Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy is the first non-American journalist to be awarded the prestigious Livingston Award and the youngest recipient of the One World Media broadcast journalist of the year award in the United Kingdom. | ||
We're celebrating the re-opening of The Sanctuary for Independent Media by thanking everyone who helped out during troubling times--let's enjoy the onset of summertime bliss together with music, movies, BBQ and more! 
On Saturday, May 17, 2007 at 8 PM the acclaimed group 
As seen through the eyes of grandmother and community organizer Gladys Bolivar, the documentary "Venezuela Rising" follows her and her compatriots five days before it is to be decided by popular referendum whether Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez will continue in office or step down. The entire nation has been mobilized–will it be SI–yes he will be recalled, or NO–he will remain in office. Most in Venezuela feel that no less than the entire future of their country is at stake.
Internationally-celebrated filmmaker Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy will speak at a screening of her new film "The Lost Generation" at The Sanctuary for Independent Media (3361 6th Avenue in north Troy) on Friday, June 6, 2008 at 7 PM. Admission is by donation ($10 suggested, $5 student/low income). Call (518) 272-2390, email info@MediaSanctuary.org, or visit www.MediaSanctuary.org for directions and more information.