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Conversations with Keiko: Public Media, Global Hip Hop Culture and Youth Space

No Comments 23 November 2010

by Latoya Peterson At Public Media Camp this past weekend, a woman walked up to me after my video games presentation and said she wanted to talk. She handed me a sleek black business card with a QR Code on it, leading to the website 5th-element.jp. This was my first introduction to Keiko Tanaka.

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.” [...]

Fellows, Latoya Peterson, WHUT, Ward 1

Found Art: Poetry on Georgia Avenue

No Comments 28 October 2010

DC has a reputation for being a boring, staid city – except for all the places where creativity flourishes. Here is a quick video I made documenting some poetry scrawled on the side of a door. I later saw that same poem in another doorway on U Street, so clearly the artist was on a [...]

Fellows, Latoya Peterson

Is It Too Late for a GIS Mapping Project?

No Comments 08 October 2010

Time has blown by at a record pace. Really. I don’t know what has happened to July, August, and September, but suddenly it is October, with just two months left in the BETA. One of the things we were most excited about at boot camp was the possibility of a GIS (Geographic Information System) Mapping [...]

Latoya Peterson, Video

What Does Community Media Look Like?

No Comments 08 September 2010

Behind the Scenes - WBAI Pacifica, The Underground Railroad from Latoya Peterson on Vimeo.

Those of you who are offended by youth, black and otherwise, expressing themselves with pride, dignity, and volume may wish to turn away. – Jay Smooth

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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.