CMW 2011 – Sunday 6th November

11.00am-6.00pm Phoenix Square – Citizens Eye presents a ‘Media Day‘ open to all individuals, groups or community organisations who wish to find out how to use social media to help raise their profile. The day includes:

* Animation workshops (12.30pm & 2.30pm) organised by James Lewis and Andrew Leeke co-Festival Directors of Aniscape Animation Festival 23-25th March 2012 – how to use animation as a tool to help survivors.

* Media Workshops – ‘How To‘ develop new film skills, interview techniques, photography skills and build confidence through broadcasting running throughout the day.

* How can your news agency help us? – find out how the Dzine (disability), HowRU? (mental health), INO Mag (ex-offenders), HAT News (refugee & aslyum), Down Not Out (homelessness), The Human Cost (human trafficking)news agencies could support your campaign.

12.00pm-1.00pm Leicester Heritage News Agency – meeting in partnership with Iain Jaques of Photofinale – the architecture of Leicester and the role of social media in it’s preservation. On this theme Leicester Shire Promotions has launched a new smartphone app for visitors interested in the city’s history and heritage offer. The new Leicester History and Heritage app is available to download for free from Apple’s App Store for users of iPhones, iPads and iTouch devices. We shall be reviewing the iPhone & iPad app during the meeting. If you are interested in being a Walking Guide please click here for more information.

12.00pm-1.00pm Citizens’ Eye Radio – If you are interested in volunteering for local community radio please come down to the Phoenix and find out about the many opportunities available across the city and county. These inlude Hilltop Radio -

2.00pm-3.00pm HowRU? the mental health news agency is holding an open meeting for anyone interested in joining a new group of advocates to act as media spokespersons in Leicester and Leicestershire. The new group is being formed by the HowRU? editor Julian Harrison and John Coster, editor of Citizens Eye.

2.00pm-3.00pm The 2 yp news agency – a workshop covering ‘how to’ set up a school newspaper club. Organised by members of The Ace Project at VAL in partnership with The 2 young reporters.

2.00pm-6.00pm The Third University – volunteers involved in The Third University will be offering ‘free’ workshops to anyone interested in using social media apps or services as tools in their protest toolkit.

• Simple Website Building using Wordpress: 1 hour

We’ll show you how you can set up a website using wordpress and turn it into a space to write, to share information or to host your campaign. We’ll go through the basis of using themes, hosting video and audio and writing your first blog post. You do not need to have much technical skills, but you do need to bring your own or share a laptop (this keeps the costs down (free!))

• Social Media for Campaigns: 1 hour

This session will take a look at the recent online activist campaigns, the reasons why they went viral and explore the use of Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and ipadio are a tool for inspiring action and change. Get hands-on experience and advice on how to find, build and maintain a social media community around your cause. Bring your own laptop or mobile phone for additional opportunities to create campaigns, organise supporters and to amplify your message.

• Keeping safe when making media: 1 hour

If you are making citizen media on the front line, you need to keep yourself safe. There is a chance that you’ll be more visible to the police or the rioters and with a camera/mobile to your face, there is more chance of being injured. This will be an open discussion to take about the best practice and the legal rights that you need to know if you wish to make media and document dissent.

Call for workshops:

The Third University is looking for people to host short (1hr or less) workshops or discussions on the 5th or 6th of November during Leicester’s 3rd community media week (2nd-8th of November) They can be about anything, really, because we just want to learn from you and to be able to share our skills with each other. We have space – we just have to transform it. If you think you are up for a bit of skills sharing (or have a suggestion about what you might want to learn) tweet us @thirduniversity, leave a comment or drop us a line: thirduniversity@gmail.com

Wednesday 9th November is the date set for another series of student protests in London so why not find out if there is anything you can use to report your experiences online for others to follow.

3.00pm-4.00pm HAT News meeting – the news agency reporting on Refugee and Asylum issues has invited representatives of the Leicester based Afro-Innovation Group to meet and discuss issues around access to the internet and social media.

3.00pm-4.00pm DMU Square Mile Community Journalists - 10 members of the local community from Square Mile will be trained by DMU Leicester Centre for Journalism to write reports on the different Square Mile projects which will then be given to the Leicester Mercury who will run the stories both online and in the newspaper and Citizens’ Eye. If you want to be involved in the project, come down and find out more information.

http://www.dmu.ac.uk/square-mile/projects/community-journalists.aspx

4.00pm-5.00pm Eco Eye News Agency – reporting on Green Issues – meeting in partnership with the Woodcraft Folk organisation. Planning to support the creation of a newsletter.

4.00pm-5.00pm “My 5 Week Trip To International Olympic Academy” – a talk by Jennifer Jones with images – JJ is the coordinator for #media2012, web editor for Culture @ the Olympics and PhD Candidate at the University of the West of Scotland, researching social media and the Olympic Games.

5.00pm-6.00pm Paralympics CMC2012 – “what it means to me” session by Hollie Sturgess – “The Paralympics means to me the realisation of someone’s abilities to enable them to do what they want to do and forgetting they are disabled by the things that they can’t do. I got involved in somewhere_to so that they could provide me with a space to carry out a ‘One Year To Go’ event for the Paralympic Games. I felt the need to mark ‘One Year To Go’ because the Paralympics doesn’t always receive the attention that it deserves. I have finished planning three workshops about the issues surrounding the Paralympic Games which is ready to be delivered to a range of ages and abilities in the build up to London 2012.

Dzine Disability Film Festival – the disability issues news agency Dzine, run by volunteers is organising a film festival to raise awareness of the work being done in Leicester and Leicestershire.

The Screen Room has capacity for 30 people and is fully accessible. Hollie Sturgess is the Festival Director.

Disability & access information – click here

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Film Listing: a detailed program of screenings is currently under development.

See My Ability – 3 minutes.

UK Transplant Games, Leicester & Loughborough 2005 – 11 minutes.

Young Athletes Special Olympics (Touch Rainbow Productions) – 11 minutes.

Leicester’s Journey to 2012 (Slideshow) – 8 minutes.

DCS Shut Your Mouth – 16 minutes.

The Magic Hour 2 – Caterpillar, The Visit, The Beaten, Finding a Sky, The White Wall – 71 minutes. (The Magic Hour 2 is a certificate 15, it contains strong language, sex and suicide references. Viewer discretion is advised and will not be appropriate for all ages).

Dash; Additional Short (To be shown after Magic Hour) – 15 minutes.

Raspberry Ripple – 80 minutes.

Say What Now? – 11 minutes.

The Gathering (Touch Rainbow Productions) – 43 minutes.

Our Side – Our Story – 7 minutes.

Dash, Archive Screening – 73 minutes.

Dash; Oska Bright Part 1 (with or without audio description).

Dash; Oska Bright Part 2 (with or without audio description).

Community Media Week June 2011 - 5 minutes.

‘I’m A Survivor Get Me Out of Here’ - 54 mins – a docudrama with a mission to liberate survivors of Mental Health problems from compulsion. Five survivors tell their Life-Stories and reflect on the causes and the resolution of their problems. Talented young actors from Leicester bring their stories to life so, the audience can appreciate, that Mental Health is all about having choice and control over their lives.

David – 10 mins – a film made about an autistic guy who happens to be an amazing pianist.

My Sister Emma – 3minutes – Part of the ‘Take 6’ Scenarios by the Integrated Advisory Board.

Jungle & South Pole – Stop Motion Animation – By VALUES Arts & Crafts Group Summer 2011

The film festival forms part of the build up to the London 2012 Paralympics and the Citizens’ Eye organised Community Media Week 2nd-8th November.

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* The Community Media Centre 2012 project is part of the #media 2012 Network stretching across the UK with 12 regional partners. A showcase on this project includes feedback from 2012 Researcher Jennifer Jones about her recent 5 weeks at the International Olympic Academy with representatives of 37 countries.

Filmmakers Showcase in Screen Room – once again for the 7 days of Community Media Week the Screen Room has been secured to offer local filmmakers a ‘free’ 15 minute showcase for new films or host a first large screen viewing for community groups.  Bill Newsinger, Keith Allott, Victor Gonzales, Steve Friendship and James Black have all provided films for screening. If you are a local filmmaker and you want to discuss taking a 15 minute slot please email editor@citizenseye.org

Pukaar News – the news team will be providing filmed coverage throughout the week so check out www.pukaarnews.com

Community internet & FM radio stations will be broadcasting regular interviews and news updates throughout Community Media Week. These include Oak FM, Hilltop Radio, Demon FM, EAVA FM, Kohinoor Radio FM, Sabras Radio …. more joining regularly.

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