Our Clubhouse is a New AYV Site

Jeff Arthur sent me an email announcement that the NWAC Intel Computer Clubhouse has been selected to participate in the Adobe Youth Voices project. Yeah! I am so happy for this news! Basically, Adobe Youth Voices is the Adobe Foundation's signature philanthropy initiative empowering young people to Create with Purpose. Youth use digital tools to express themselves about issues important to them. I am excited for this opportunity. I have wanted our clubhouse to become part of this project for over two years. It is a wonderful platform to focus our video projects towards meaningful messages to and about our community.

Remember, Adobe is the company that makes Photoshop, Flash, Acrobat, Illustrator, Premiere and many other amazingly creative software programs. With our new equipment we were only able to afford to purchase the Adobe Creative Suite software for three of our computers. The Adobe Youth Voices award provides the CS4 software for all of our computers! It will also provide the funds to purchase some additional cameras and video equipment.

I will have to go to Atlanta for training in April, but we can start now to brainstorm on ideas for AYV projects. What are things that concern you about your neighborhood? What do you think can be done to make youth smarter? kinder? healthier? better? How would you show yourself to the world? What would you want people in China to know about you? There are hundreds of ideas that we can explore through video projects. Check out the Adobe Youth Voices Gallery to see what other participants have created.

So, your ideas are needed! Let's get ready to make outstanding (award-winning) vidoes!