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Let’s Talk Solutions: A Community Discussion on Education Reform

No Comments 23 March 2011

(Washington, DC – March 23, 2011) – The Public Media Corps (PMC) announces plans to host newly-appointed Chancellor of DC Public Schools Kaya Henderson for a town hall discussion on education reform at Bell Multicultural High School (16th & Irving Streets in Columbia Heights) on Tuesday, March 29, 2011. Doors open at 6:30pm, forum is from 7pm to 8:30pm.

Ashley Mosley, Conversations, Latoya Peterson, T. Je'Nein Ferrell

Real Conversations: Latoya, Ashley and Je’Nein – Part 3 of 3

No Comments 22 November 2010

Creating Value, Transferring Knowledge into Job Skills Ashley and I have sat up many a night hashing out how to reach the communities in Wards 7 and 8. We recognize that there is a lack of value for using and accessing the internet. Many people in these Wards are not able to answer the question: [...]

Ashley Mosley, Conversations, Latoya Peterson, T. Je'Nein Ferrell

Real Conversations: Latoya, Ashley and Je’Nein – Part 2 of 3

No Comments 22 November 2010

Creating Effective, Usable Tools for the Community, Digital Bias and the Need for Equality The conversation gets deeper as we discuss the Stumble Safely project. “The Stumble Safely site lets users plot a safe way to stumble home after an excessive evening by combining freely-available government data on liquor licenses, crime reports and subway stations.” [...]

Ashley Mosley, Fellows

The Wall

1 Comment 22 October 2010

When this project first began, there was a lot of buzz that we were going to give the community a voice. But something that we’ve learned is that the community already has a voice – it’s just not reflected in public media, nor is it reflected on the web. Our communities have their own [...]

Ashley Mosley, Fellows, Mike Janssen, Ward 8

Community Day @ The Arc

1 Comment 12 October 2010

Here are some scenes from Community Day 2010, an event at The Arc in Southeast DC where I and some other PMC Fellows gathered survey data and told DC residents about our work. Enjoy.

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We, the founding members of the Public Media Corps, believe that we can close this nation's digital opportunity divide through new models of community service. We connect our communities to the informative, expressive, and transformative potential of digital media in all its depth, meaning and value. United by the principles of civic engagement, social justice and reciprocity, we strengthen community voices and create networks, partnerships and dialogue between schools, service organizations, local communities and public media.

Let’s Talk Solutions: A Community Discussion on Education Reform

Real Conversations: Latoya, Ashley and Je’Nein – Part 3 of 3

Real Conversations: Latoya, Ashley and Je’Nein – Part 2 of 3

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