Monday, January 22, 2007

New Community History Project

The Virtual Teen Center and Odyssey Youth Center have partnered on a new community history project, Today and Yesterday: A Century of LGBT Faces in the Inland Northwest. The project, also known as QHP (Queer History Project) for short, is collecting and archiving this portion of local history with the help of the Northwest Museum of Arts and Culture.

Students interested in volunteering can receive training in gathering oral histories and digital archiving through an internship with Tincan.

We are also looking for elders willing to be interviewed about their experiences here in the Inland Northwest, specifically pictures and stories of LGBT people from the early half of the 20th century in and around Spokane, including any rural members of the community.

To find out more go to www.virtualteencenter.org/qhp

Friday, January 05, 2007

New Program for Girls Starts in February!

Tincan has recieved a grant from the Inland Northwest Community Foundation for a program that will teach girls business and web design skills. The students will then be partnered with local women business owners who will provide mentoring and real world work experience. The project, Growing Women Entrepreneurs and Growing Neighborhood Economies, merges Tincan's popular e-commerce training program and the resources of the Women's Business Center.

The program will be run in two Spokane neighborhoods after school starting in February. Girls 13-18 or local business owners interested in participating should contact Tara Neumann at tara@tincan.org or call 744-0972.

If you are interested in volunteering with this program email Hannah Whitmore at hannah@tincan.org.

eMerge News keeps on rolling cameras

eMerge News, Tincan's high school tv journalism program in partnership with KXLY, is continueing at three locations this semester. Informational and sign up days are being held at the following times.
Rogers High School - Room A124 - Monday, Jan 8th, 3-5 pm.
Downtown at the Courtyard Office Complex (827 W First Ave) - Room 110 - Tuesday, Jan 9th, 3-5 pm.

Regular meetings will start the same week:
Monday and Wednesday at Rogers, room A124, 3-5 pm
Tuesday and Thursday Downtown, room 110, 3-5 pm
Tuesday and Thursday at Crosswalk, 10am-12pm

In November and December students learned basic news gathing skills and video production. We watched local newscasts, toured the KXLY station, read local papers and discussed local issues. Then using their new skills they produced a variety of news packages. To view, click here.



To read and see more check out the eMerge Myspace, www.myspace.com/emergenews.