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Adobe Youth Voices Shares the Stage with Bobby McFerrin, Secretary of Education, Arne Duncan, and Queen Latifah at the WNET, Celebration of Teaching Conference in New York City this March

This year, the two-day conference designed for educators, celebrates the importance of engaging students with 21st century tools and resources that promote learning, a core value of the Adobe Youth Voices program. Plenary sessions hosted by prominent supporters and leaders in education will feature films created by Adobe Youth Voices students. Special highlight at the conference for an Adobe Youth Voices student will be the opportunity to participate in a panel discussion, moderated by guest speaker and entertainer, Queen Latifah. The panel, comprised of young filmmakers, will discuss using media to voice social change.

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March 2010 — Adobe Youth Voices Shares the Stage with Bobby McFerrin, Secretary of Education, Arne Duncan, and Queen Latifah at the WNET, Celebration of Teaching and Learning Conference in New York City this March

The two-day conference designed for educators, celebrates the importance of engaging students with 21st century tools and resources that promote learning, a core value of the Adobe Youth Voices program. Plenary sessions hosted by prominent supporters and leaders in education will feature films created by Adobe Youth Voices students. A student of the program has also been honored with the opportunity to participate in a panel discussion about filmmaking to voice social change; moderated by entertainer, Queen Latifah.

February 2010 — Adobe Youth Voices at Camp Cinequest, February, 2010: Debut Screening on March 6

For the fourth year in a row, Adobe Youth Voices partnered with local, but renowned film festival, Cinequest, on the Adobe Youth Voices/Cinequest Filmmaking Camp, a one month filmmaking program sponsored by Adobe Youth Voices. With the help and guidance from Adobe Youth Voices program mentors and professional filmmakers, 31 young people from San Jose; Silicon Valley area will have the opportunity to produce short films. They debut their films at a screening in the Camera 12 Cinemas in San Jose on March 6.

January 2010 — Adobe Youth Voices and Human Rights Watch Film Festival Showcase 10 Youth-Produced Films

Over the next 3 months, Adobe Youth Voices, founding presenter, in collaboration with the Human Rights Watch Film Festival, will bring young filmmakers to Boston, San Francisco and London to present films they created to raise awareness of human rights issues.

January 2010 — San Francisco Chronicle article features recently opened, Adobe Youth Voices, Peapod Academy arts program in Oakland, CA

SF Chronicle article tells the story about the opportunity provided to young people in the Adobe Youth Voices Peapod Academy, to use multi-media and the performing arts as way to influence change in their community.

November 2009 — Call for Entries: Human Rights Watch Film Festival and Adobe Youth Voices

The Human Rights Watch International Film Festival in partnership with Adobe Youth Voices seeks youth-produced film, video and animated works on human rights issues made by youth ages 19 and under for its third annual Youth Producing Change program.